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Dr. Kevin Mattson, Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History, spent the 2016-17 academic year on an Ohio University Faculty Fellowship Leave. During this time, Mattson’s main focus was his newest book project: an intellectual and social history of American punk, especially during the first part of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, 1980-85. […]

Dr. Kevin Mattson authored “The Intellectual as President” in the Sept. 25 Obama Issue of Chronicle of Higher Education. Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. I belong to a small group. Overeducated and often underemployed, we read small magazines and argue politics, and we […]

As reporters, analysts, and scholars continue to debate the underlying logics of this current U.S. presidential elections, historical comparisons have taken center stage. Most recently, Republican nominee Donald Trump claimed that he was inspired by Richard Nixon’s 1968 Republican National Convention (RNC) acceptance speech. The claim echoed a number of […]

Dr. Kevin Mattson, the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University, contributed to the Chronicle oh Higher Education’s “Trump 101 syllabus.” “This course will explore the phenomenon that is Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. We will take an interdisciplinary approach, gathering insights from history, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, and beyond. […]

A wire story on “5 reasons why U.S. politics was always crazy” quotes Dr. Kevin Mattson, the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. Watching talking heads on TV or perusing your Facebook news feed might lead you to conclude that American politics has reached its nadir. The United […]

Save the Date for the 2015 Baker Peace Conference “The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective” on March 26 and 27. The keynote speaker is Dr. Fredrik Logevall, who opens the conference on Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 pm in Baker 240/242. Logevall’s talk is on “Embers of War: The Meaning of […]

The 2015 Baker Peace Conference on “The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective” on March 26 and 27. A panel on War and Social Changes is Friday, March 27,  at 1 p.m. in Nelson Commons. The panel features: Moderator – Dr. Katherine Jellison, Ohio University Dr. Andrew L. Johns, Brigham Young […]