Research

From Perspectives When history enthusiast Seth Givens was an Ohio University undergraduate student, he discovered a unique collection of materials that features raw, unpolished military and civilian personal accounts of World War II. Only about 10 percent had ever been published. The Ohio University Libraries’ Cornelius Ryan Collection includes about […]

By Andrea Gibson When America was attacked by terrorists on 9/11, various commentators compared the incidents to Pearl Harbor, which was the last time foreign enemies had invaded U.S. soil. Although the two attacks were different in nature and context, those analogies helped stir up emotions Americans had about World […]

Ohio University faculty presented at the Policy History Conference June 4-5 in Columbus, OH. Dr. Paul Milazzo, Associate Professor of History, presented “Internationalism in One Lesson: Henry Hazlitt and the Problem with Bretton Woods, 1944-1945.” Milazzo also chaired the session on Transportation and Communication Policy. Dr. Kathleen S. Sullivan, Associate […]

Geology alum Darcy R. VanDervort ’12 and Dr. Dina López, Professor and Chair of Geological Sciences, co-authored an article  in the April 2014 issue of MEDICC Review, which focused on chronic kidney disease in agricultural communities. VanDervort, who doubled majored, did undergraduate research with López. She earned a B.S.in Environmental […]

Dr. Mirna Zakić, Assistant Professor of History, published an article on “The Price of Belonging to the Volk: Volksdeutsche, Land Redistribution and Aryanization in the Serbian Banat, 1941–4” on April 2014 in the Journal of Contemporary History. Abstract: Between 1941 and 1944, the Serbian Banat was occupied by Reich German […]

Dr. Mirna Zakić, Assistant Professor of History, completed a postdoctoral fellowship from the Volkswagen Foundation during 2013-14 in residence at Germany’s Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies. Her current research focuses on ethnic German communities in Southeast Europe, the transnational spread of National Socialist ideology, and the interplay of ideology and […]

Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History and Director of Latin American Studies, published an article on “Succession of Property, Sales of Meação, and the Economic Empowerment of Widows of African Descent in Colonial Minas Gerais, Brazil” in the May 2014 Journal of Family History. Abstract: Although Portuguese laws protected […]