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Ohio University alumnus Dr. Stephen R. Taaffe has written his seventh book, Washington’s Revolutionary War Generals, published by the University of Oklahoma Press and available on Amazon and other booksellers. Taaffe is Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He earned an M.A. in Latin […]

Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, was a keynote panelist at this year’s meeting of the World History Association, the leading professional association for scholars and teachers of world history. Held on 27–29 June 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the WHA meeting took up the […]

Ohio University’s Arts & Sciences Awards Committee selected Dr. Robert Ingram, Professor of History, as the humanities recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award for 2018-19. The award, announced during the 2019 Fall Gala of the College of Arts & Sciences, recognizes “a major contribution to […]

The Ohio University Mock Trial Team selected 20 students to compete during the 2019-20 academic year. Tryouts occurred on Sept. 11 and 12. In order to tryout, students were required to prepare and deliver a three-minute speech on a selected topic. At the conclusion of their prepared remarks, students were […]

For the fourth summer in a row, Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate at Ohio University, co-directed a summer institute that brings together an international, interdisciplinary cohort of Ph.D. candidates conducting research on Lebanon. Abu-Rish explained that he […]

  The Contemporary History Institute held its first public lecture of the semester and welcome alumnus Raymond Haberski Jr. In his talk, titled “Dangerous Ideas,” Haberski explained how the internet has revitalized and broadened intellectual history. The branch of knowledge that deals with changes in ideas, intellectual history has suffered […]

The College of Arts & Sciences Awards Committee selected Dr. Mirna Zakić, Associate Professor of History, as a recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Teacher Award for 2018-19. The news was announced during the 2019 Fall Gala of the College of Arts & Science. The award recognizes superior classroom performance, involvement with students […]