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Sat, June 6, 2026
Event Start Time: 10:00 am
Event Location: Great Council State Park
Event Location: Great Council State Park
Wed, June 10, 2026
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Event Location: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Sullivant Hall
Event Location: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Sullivant Hall
Wed, June 17, 2026
Event Start Time: 7:00 pm
Event Location: The Book Loft of German Village
Event Location: The Book Loft of German Village
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Event Start Time: 8:00 am
Event Location: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Event Location: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Recent News
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"…
Congratulations to Bruno Cabanes!
Congratulations to Professor Bruno Cabanes on winning the 2026 Ohio Academy of History’s Distinguished Historian Award! The Distinguished Historian Award honors a distinguished historian, with an…
