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Newark Earthworks Featured in "Now at Ohio State" Podcast
Prof. John Low and Emeritus Professors Lucy Murphy and Christine Ballengee Morris were interviewed about the history of the Newark Earthworks by Jacob Carozza for the "NOW at Ohio State" podcast.…
Bart Elmore Talks Plastic Pollution in New NPR Article
Are consumer goods companies doing their part to curb plastic pollution? History Prof. Bart Elmore says beverage makers rank amongst the world's biggest plastic polluters due to their reliance on…
Randy Roth's Research Cited by Justice Sotomayor
On June 21, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in the United States v. Rahimi that the historical record supported a federal law barring those under restraining orders in domestic-violence cases from…
Randy Roth Writes New Homicide Report for Guggenheim Foundation
In a new report, "Government Legitimacy, Social Solidarity, and American Homicide in Historical Perspective," for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Professor Randy Roth writes, “When citizens…
Robin Judd Named 2024 Ohioana Book Award Finalist
Congratulations to Robin Judd on being named a finalist for the 83rd annual Ohioana Book Award for her book, "Between Two Worlds." Since 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards have been presented to…
Publication of New Book By Lydia Walker
Congratulations to Lydia Walker on publication of her new book, "States-in-Waiting, A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization," (Cambridge Univ. Press).
After the Second World War,…
Christopher McNight Nichols Interviewed on Voices of Excellence Podcast
Christopher McKnight Nichols recently sat down with David Staley for a Voices of Excellence podcast interview. Professor Nichols spoke about isolationism, internationalism, the impact of…
Congratulations to Professors Breyfogle, Dueñas, and Judd!
Congratulations to Nicholas Breyfogle, Alcira Dueñas, and Robin Judd on their new appointments to full Professor of History!
Nicholas Breyfogle is a specialist in the…
Max Boot Quotes Peter Mansoor in New Washington Post Op-Ed on Gaza
In Max Boot's new op-ed, "David Petraeus Warns Israel's Clear and Leave Strategy Won't Work," in The Washington Post he quotes Peter Mansoor as follows:
"In a similar vein, retired…