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A page from Tanner MS 407, a commonplace late medieval and early modern book
Tue, October 13, 2026
Legal Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern England
4:00 pm
455 Hagerty Hall
"Incendie du Cap" (Burning of Cape Francais) depicting a "General revolt of the Blacks. Massacre of the Whites" from 1815 Haiti
Mon, October 12, 2026
Slavery, Labor, & Unfreedom in the Age of the American Revolution - Panel 3
4:45 pm
0014 University Hall
Laborers posing at a heavy construction or quarry site utilizing a large wooden derrick crane system
Thu, October 8, 2026
The Landscapes of Reconstruction
4:00 pm
Knowlton Hall, Big Stairs
Portrait of Dr. Ray Brock Jr.
Thu, October 8, 2026
Democracy, Trust, and the Information Ecosystem
4:00 pm
African American & African Studies Community Extension Center
At stack of books in front of a darkened background with "Graduate Student Colloquium" in white text
Mon, October 5, 2026
Birthing the State's Best Asset: Wartime Pregnancies and Childbirth
12:00 pm
168 Dulles Hall
Black and white close-up photo of a woman's face
Thu, October 1, 2026
IHS: The History that Emerges from Uncertain Futures: On History's Capacity to Generate Certainty
3:45 pm
1039 Derby Hall
A collage of antique photos depicting members of the Webster household
Tue, September 29, 2026
Living with Illness in Nineteenth-Century New York
4:00 pm
168 Dulles Hall
"Incendie du Cap" (Burning of Cape Francais) depicting a "General revolt of the Blacks. Massacre of the Whites" from 1815 Haiti
Mon, September 28, 2026
Slavery, Labor, & Unfreedom in the Age of the American Revolution - Panel 2
4:45 pm
0014 University Hall
installation view of Tavares Strachan’s "U.N.I.A. Tea Room" depicting an office with a prominent desk and a UNIA Division #142 sign in neon
Sat, September 26, 2026
Garvey’s Ghost: Frederic Bertley and Mark Christian on Pan-African Histories and Futures
4:00 pm
Columbus Museum of Art at The Pizzuti
Portrait of Joshua Hill
Fri, September 25, 2026
Only Nixon (and Nie) Could Go to Accra: Race, Diplomacy, and Decolonization in Ghana’s 1957 Independence Celebration
3:30 pm
129 Mendenhall Lab
Two Native American pottery pieces
Thu, September 24, 2026
Native American Art, History and Culture: Art and Native American History, Identity and Citizenship
12:00 pm
168 Dulles Hall
Wed, September 23, 2026
Buckeye 2026 NYC Climate Week Reception
6:00 pm
The Live Room at Piano's
Two Native American pottery pieces
Wed, September 23, 2026
Native American Art, History and Culture: Native American Pottery-making Demonstration
11:00 am
58 Hopkins Hall
A large red buckeye leaf on a field of buckeye leaves in varying shades of gray
Wed, September 23, 2026
OSURA: 2026 Annual Conference
8:00 am
The Fawcett Center
Peter Weller seated smiling
Fri, September 18, 2026
Why the Renaissance Matters - Giotto, Caravaggio, and Storaro: Renaissance Narrative Art to Modern Film
7:00 pm
Faculty Club
Jesse Owens on a track in a starting stance
Fri, September 18, 2026
Running Against History: The Enduring Legacy of Jesse Owens
4:00 pm
165 Thompson Library
The Constitution laying on the American flag
Thu, September 17, 2026
This Constitution Day, Remember Our Union
4:30 pm
Wexner Center for the Arts
The shape of the state of Ohio in scarlet on a field of gray buckeye leaves
Thu, September 17, 2026
Future Ohio 2076 Public Forums: Ohio as an Energy-Rich State
12:00 pm
Online Zoom Forum
"Incendie du Cap" (Burning of Cape Francais) depicting a "General revolt of the Blacks. Massacre of the Whites" from 1815 Haiti
Mon, September 14, 2026
Slavery, Labor, & Unfreedom in the Age of the American Revolution - Panel 1
4:45 pm
0014 University Hall
Blue colorized photograph of Parisian buldings in the late 1800s to 1900s
Fri, September 11, 2026
EHTS: Seeing 'Living with Infrastructure' in Picture Postcards of Paris, 1870–1914
4:00 pm
168 Dulles Hall
Illustration of John, Duke of Berry, enjoying a grand meal circa 1410
Thu, September 10, 2026
Medieval and Renaissance Food Fair
5:00 pm
Crane Cafe, Hagerty Hall
Two people standing with their backs turned facing a forested mountain on a cloudy day
Wed, September 9, 2026
Until They Are Found: The Search for Colombia's Disappeared
5:00 pm
WOSU
Stephen Gavazzi, David Rosowsky, and E. Gordon Gee headshots in front of a vintage photo of University Hall
Thu, September 3, 2026
Redefining Ohio State’s Land-Grant Compact Panel Discussion
6:00 pm
US Bank Conference Theater, The Ohio Union
Black and white portraits of Bruno Cabanes and Cameron Givens
Tue, September 1, 2026
IHS: Bruno Cabanes & Cameron Givens
3:30 pm
Mershon Center, 1039 Derby Hall
Monochromatic art of Silvia Hector Webber
Mon, August 31, 2026
CLAS Lunch & Learn: Recentering the Story & Legacy of Silvia Hector Webber - The Harriet Tubman of Texas & the Underground Railroad to Mexico
12:00 pm
Enarson Classroom Building, Room 100
Fri, June 19, 2026
Juneteenth Jubilee
8:00 am
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
America's Founding Son book cover and pictures of Bob Crawford and Chris Nichols
Wed, June 17, 2026
Bob Crawford in Conversation with Chris Nichols
7:00 pm
The Book Loft of German Village
Origins Game Fair sign with attendees standing nearby
Wed, June 17 - Sun, June 21, 2026
Origins University & War College at Origins Game Fair 2026
2:00 pm
Greater Columbus Convention Center
A comic illustration depicting a group of African Americans
Wed, June 10, 2026
Comics for the Humanities Classroom
10:00 am
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Sullivant Hall
Ohio Department of Natural Resources logo
Sat, June 6, 2026
Great Council State Park Heritage Celebration
10:00 am
Great Council State Park
Event Poster for Hasan Jeffries, Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs in Ohio
Thu, April 30, 2026
Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs: The Fight for Freedom and Democracy in Ohio
6:00 pm
Arthur C. Johnson Auditorium, Ohio History Center
white house effect event poster
Wed, April 22, 2026
"The White House Effect," Environmental History Initative and Wexner Center for the Arts Documentary Screening
7:00 pm
Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater
jason c parker event flyer international history seminar
Tue, April 21, 2026
Jason Parker, "The Last Resort? Populations, Partitions, and the Postwar Rise of the Federal Idea in the Decolonization Era" an IHS Event
3:30 pm
1039 Derby Hall
Yigit Akin IHS seminar event poster
Tue, April 14, 2026
IHS: Yiğit Akın, "The Ottomans in a Revolutionary World, 1917-1923"
3:30 pm
1039 Derby Hall
chr flyer
Mon, April 13, 2026
"The Political Economy of Serfdom: Servitude and State Formation in Imperial Russia," Tracy K. Dennison, California Institute of Technology
4:00 pm
University Hall, Room 14
red grad student colloquium event poster for derrik rivet
Mon, April 13, 2026
Graduate Student Colloquium: Derrik Rivet, “Business and Legitimacy: Yugoslavia and Idi Amin’s Rise to Power”
12:30 pm
Dulles 168
blue event poster for Daniel J. Sherman
Fri, April 10, 2026
“A Long Story: Objects, Museums, and Archaeology,” Daniel J. Sherman, University of North Carolina
3:30 pm
Dulles 168
a pocket watch on a chain draped over a pile of old books
Mon, April 6, 2026
"Losing Nuclear Support and Building Environmental Opposition,” Jennifer Eaglin, History Faculty Colloquium
12:30 pm
Dulles Hall, Room 168
graduate student workshop poster
Thu, March 26, 2026
"Talk About Diversity!: Race, Class, and Private Schools in the Post-Civil Rights Era" Graduate Student Workshop, with speaker Lily Geismer
11:00 am
18th Ave Library Research Commons, 3RD Floor, Room 352
CHR Don J Wyatt poster
Mon, March 23, 2026
"Classic yet Exceptional: Slave Societies of Medieval East Asia," Don Wyatt, Middlebury College
4:00 pm
University Hall, Room 14
tan event poster
Mon, March 16 - Tue, March 17, 2026
“Virgins, Philosophers, Emperors, and Eunuchs: The Study of Late Antiquity in the 21st Century”
8:00 am
Barbie Tootle Room, Ohio Union
bharat venkat poster
Thu, March 5, 2026
"What not to wear: a man(ikin) in a suit & other fashion faux pas from the archives of thermal physiology," Bharat Venkat
4:00 pm
Location: TBA
Mary Elizabeth Walters event poster
Thu, March 5, 2026
IHS: Mary Elizabeth Walters, "Unlikely Friends: The Clinton Administration and Kosovo,"
3:30 pm
1039 Derby Hall
upstream downriver documentary screening event poster
Mon, March 2, 2026
"Upstream, Downriver: Uniting for Water Justice," Environmental History Documentary Screening
7:00 pm
Ohio Staters Founders Room, Ohio Union
a pocket watch on a chain draped over a pile of old books
Mon, March 2, 2026
"Ottoman-Era Documents from the Cairo Geniza," Jane Hathaway, History Faculty Colloquium
12:30 pm
Dulles Hall, Room 168
sarah milov event poster
Fri, February 27, 2026
"The Making of Karen Silkwood and the Unmaking of the Plutonium Economy"Sarah Milov, University of Virginia
4:00 pm
Dulles Hall, Room 168
event poster for chr event february 23
Mon, February 23, 2026
Comparative Perspectives on Slavery, Bondage, and Resistance in Asia
3:30 pm
University Hall, Room 14
book cover
Tue, February 17, 2026
“Rhodesia’s Enduring Legacy, 60 Years Later,” Carl Watts
3:30 pm
Derby Hall 1039
Bruno Cabanes and Peleliu island shape
Tue, February 17, 2026
“The Ghosts of Peleliu: The Intertwined Traumatic Memories of a World War II Battle," Bruno Cabanes
12:00 pm
Live Streamed via Zoom
demon mineral event poster
Mon, February 16, 2026
"Demon Mineral," Environmental History Documentary Series
7:00 pm
Barbie Tootle Room, Ohio Union
chris wells poster
Wed, February 11, 2026
"Rethinking Environmental Wisdom before Environmentalism: Nature, Environment, and Power in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America"Chris Wells, Macalaster College
4:00 pm
Dulles Hall, Room 168
emily mendenhall poster
Thu, February 5, 2026
"Invisible Illness: A (Part of the) History, from Hysteria to Long Covid," Emily Mendenhall
4:00 pm
Dulles 168
a pocket watch on a chain draped over a pile of old books
Mon, February 2, 2026
"Spoils of War: The Repatriation of Children in the post-1918 Balkans," Theodora Dragostinova, History Faculty Colloquium
12:30 pm
Dulles Hall, Room 168
blue poster announcing cancelled event
Mon, January 26, 2026
"Upstream, Downriver: Uniting for Water Justice," Environmental History Documentary Screening
7:00 pm
Tanya Rutner Hartman Room, Ohio Union
Molly Wood
Thu, January 22, 2026
International History Seminar: Molly Wood and Forms of Diplomacy, Female Diplomats, and Pedagogy
3:30 pm
1039 Derby Hall
Peter Mansoor and Douglas MacArthur
Tue, January 20, 2026
"Redemption: MacArthur and the Campaign for the Philippines," Peter Mansoor
12:00 pm
Live Streamed via Zoom
Nick Seay
Tue, December 9, 2025
"Striking with a Sword: Pesticides, Pests, and Ecology in Cotton-Growing Soviet Central Asia," Nick Seay
4:00 pm
Live Streamed via Zoom
people
Fri, December 5, 2025
Histories of Native American and African American Citizenship Symposium
9:00 am
Dulles Hall, Room 168 (a.m. sessions) and Page Hall, Room 10 (p.m. sessions)
a person's hands on a laptop keyboard with the letters A and I in the air above it
Wed, December 3, 2025
What Should History Teaching and Research Look Like in the AI Era?
3:45 pm
168 Dulles and Live Streamed via Zoom
leg irons
Mon, December 1, 2025
"'My name is Arneid': Nobility, Thralldom, and Human Trafficking in the Viking Age," Christopher Paolella, Valencia College
4:00 pm
Journalism Building, Room 360, 242 W. 18th Ave., Columbus
four people sitting at a table with electronic devices, AI chart is above them
Wed, November 19, 2025
AI and History Teaching (Hands-on Approaches to Assignments and Teaching Writing, Reading, and Analysis)
3:45 pm
168 Dulles and Live Streamed via Zoom
Bruno Cabanes
Tue, November 18, 2025
Book Launch Discussion: The Ghosts of Peleliu Island - Writing Narrative Non-Fiction as a Military Historian
4:30 pm
Thompson Library's 11th floor reading room
Tue, November 18, 2025
The Soviet West Revisited: Individual and Collective Agency in the Estonian SSR
1:00 pm
160 Enarson Classroom Building
red buckeye leaf on white background
Tue, November 18, 2025
"Fractured Pasts Revisited. Histories of Conflicts and Connections in the Lake Kivu Region (DR Congo and Rwanda)"
12:30 pm
Dulles Hall, Room 264
a laptop, pen, pencil and marker
Fri, November 14, 2025
Turning Your Ideas Into An Op-Ed
12:00 pm
Live Streamed via Zoom
a doctor's office with doctor and onlookers watching a patient on a bed
Thu, November 13, 2025
“Why Slavery Still Matters: Examining the Genealogy of American Gynecology,” Deirdre Cooper Owens, The John C. Burnham Lecture
4:00 pm
The Faculty Club's Grand Lounge, 181 Oval Dr. S., Columbus
David Glovsky
Thu, November 13, 2025
International History Seminar: David Glovsky, Harvard University
3:30 pm
1039 Derby Hall
Brad Lepper, Hopewell Mounds
Mon, November 10, 2025
The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Site: Indigenous Wonders of the World
6:00 pm
Arthur C. Johnson Auditorium, Ohio History Center
a pocket watch on a chain draped over a pile of old books
Mon, November 10, 2025
"Malicious Accusations of Homicide as a Form of Lawfare in Lay-Clerical Relations during the Long Thirteenth-Century," Sara Butler
12:30 pm
Dulles Hall, Room 168
Arne Westad
Fri, November 7, 2025
“The Transformation of China: Origins of Our Times,” Arne Westad, Yale University
4:00 pm
Faculty Club, Upper Level Main Dining Room
Margaret Sutton Berry
Wed, November 5, 2025
"Carving a Path to Rome: the Catholic Conversion of Ski Pioneer Sir Arnold Lunn," Margaret Sutton Berry, Univ. of Notre Dame
4:00 pm
Live Streamed via Zoom
Ceyda Karamursel
Mon, November 3, 2025
"Global Moral Order, Local Legalities, and the Gendered 'Business' of Slavery in the Late Ottoman Empire"
4:00 pm
Journalism Building, Room 360, 242 W. 18th Ave., Columbus