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Making History, 2024 No. 61
Making History, 2024 No. 61
Making History, 2024 No. 61
A Message from Department Chair Scott Levi
Living Through History: Working through a global pandemic, in our own words
New Faces on Deck
Publications
Faculty News
Faculty Awards
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A Look at the Center for Historical Research
Leaders and Leadership in History
Friends of the Department of History WWII Tour 2023
Through Frida's Eyes
Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
Picturing Black History
Destination Renovation
In Memoriam
Newsletter
A Message from Department Chair Scott Levi
In this issue
A Message from Department Chair Scott Levi
IT HAS BEEN FOUR YEARS since the Department of History produced an issue of Making History. In spring 2020, as we began work on that year’s edition, the world…
Living Through History: Working through a global pandemic, in our own words
ON MARCH 9, 2020, The Ohio State University announced a two-week suspension of in-person classes to prevent the spread of COVID-19, at that time an unknown virus spreading over the globe with…
New Faces on Deck
Publications
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FACULTY HIGHLIGHT: Theodora Dragostinova In spring 2023, Theodora Dragostinova spent three months as the Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University…
Faculty Awards
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Undergraduate AwardsEACH SPRING WE INVITE OUR HISTORY UNDERGRADUATES to apply for department awards and scholarships. In addition to an application, each applicant must receive a faculty…
A Look at the Center for Historical Research
THE CENTER FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH (CHR) has drawn to a close the second and final year of its program entitled “Crisis, Uncertainty, and History: Trajectories and Experiences of Accelerated Change…
Leaders and Leadership in History
LAUNCHED IN AUTUMN 2021, the Leaders and Leadership in History (LLIH) Fellows Program brings together exceptional history majors and minors who are interested in furthering their leadership…
Friends of the Department of History WWII Tour 2023
FROM JUNE 16 to July 1, Professors Peter Hahn, Peter Mansoor, and David Steigerwald led thirteen guests to World War II and Cold War sites in London,…
Through Frida's Eyes
AS ONE OF Mexico’s most celebrated painters, Frida Kahlo mesmerizes, more than ever, young and old alike. Outside of museums and galleries in Mexico, the…
Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
AT THE HEART of the History Department sits the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, which promotes innovative and effective teaching strategies and engages in community outreach and…
Picturing Black History
A collaboration of Getty Images and Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective African-American children cool off with water as they play and…
Destination Renovation
IN AUTUMN of 2019, the Department of History submitted a proposal to renovate our central office space. The office was in dire need of attention. The small beige kitchenette had at some point…
In Memoriam
Marvin R. Zahniser(1934-2020) Marvin R. Zahniser was educated at Greenville College (BA), the University of Michigan (MA), and the University of California,…
