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The Marietta Times reports that Dr. Gifford Doxsee, retired professor of History from Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences, will give a presentation on his prisoner of war experiences after being captured during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The presentation will take place at the […]

“My gender means freedom,” says Ryan Vollrath ’14 in WOUB’s “Gay Perspectives: Ohio University Student Tells Coming Out Story” video. Vollrath is studying History and Psychology and pursuing Gender and Women’s Studies Certificate in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences. “It’s freed me in a lot of ways […]

Dr. Alonzo L. Hamby, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, wrote an opinion article for Bloomberg.com. From the early 20th century to the present day, the history of American liberalism has centered on strong presidents ramming “progressive” legislation through hesitant Congresses. Theodore Roosevelt […]

By Dina Berliner, Post Professor Günther Heydemann, a chair in contemporary history at the University of Leipzig and the director of the Hannah Arendt Institute in Dresden, visited Scripps Hall on Tuesday night to give a lecture. The lecture, titled “The Difficult Road from Dictatorship to Democracy: The Delayed Revolution […]

Dr. Mark Grimsley, Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University, will discuss the many myths that have developed over the years about Sherman’s famous March to the Sea on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. in Walter 145. During this talk on “The Mythology of Sherman’s March,” the audience […]

By Corinne Colbert  In his famous “Checkers” speech, Richard Nixon—then a senator from California and Dwight Eisenhower’s troubled running mate in the 1952 presidential election—downplayed his connection to a cabal of extremely wealthy donors. He portrayed himself as a middle-class guy whose wife wore “a respectable Republican cloth coat” and […]

If it had signed the various international human rights treaties put forth since two world wars dominated the 20th century world stage, “the United States would be a more generous nation today.” Yet many of the countries that did sign the treaties haven’t enforced them, continued Bert B. Lockwood, Director […]