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Recent News
Pete Mansoor Live on CNN
Professor Pete Mansoor was interviewed live by CNN's Jim Sciutto on the latest developments in the Ukraine War. This segment aired live on June 8th, 2026.
CNN's Recording of Retired…
Swygart appointed president-elect of the Academic Advising Association
Department of History academic and pre-law advisor Ms. Kari Swygart has been appointed president-elect of the Academic Advising Association of The Ohio State University (ACADAOS) for the 2026 – 27…
Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs: The Fight for Freedom and Democracy in Ohio
This lecture challenged the familiar story that places the civil rights movement in the South and centers it on a few national leaders. Focusing on Ohio, it examined how the state constructed its…
Kristina Sessa Co-Authors "Paleoscience and the Study of Late Antiquity"
History Professor Kristina Sessa co-edited a special issue of Studies in Late Antiquity on paleosciences and the study of the premodern world. "Late Antiquity and the Paleosciences: New Frontiers"…
