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Several Ohio University departments have partnered to bring David Cobb to campus for a lecture on “Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule” on Thursday, March 31, at 5 p.m. in Scripps 111. Cobb, who will discuss the fundamental relation between people and government, is a lawyer and activist who has […]

Naomi Oreskes, a world-renowned historian of science and authority on the denial of climate change, visits Ohio University to discuss climate change skepticism and its impacts on policymaking and public discourse on Friday, April 8, from 3-4:45 p.m in Schoonover Auditorium. Oreskes is Professor of the History of Science and […]

Sustainability Studies theme brings Frances and Anna Lappé, a mother-daughter team internationally renowned for their work on sustainable food systems, food justice and grassroots democracy, to Ohio University in March to discuss “The Sustainable Food Movement Rising.” The founders of the Small Planet Institute will discuss sustainable food systems in […]

The Wealth & Poverty theme hosts a two-week event—“Society and Inequality”—in February. America’s income inequality is growing again, and it is one of the nation’s most urgent problems—the “defining challenge of our time” in President Obama’s words.  Academic and policy debates on inequality have recently moved beyond income inequality and poverty […]

The Politics Fast series presents Dr. Judith Grant on “A Campus Divided? Racism, Direct Action & Mizzou” on Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. in Bentley Annex 268. Grant is Professor and Chair of Political Science at Ohio University. Politics Fast is a series of short, timely discussions lead by […]

Rakesh Sharma screens his 2004 movie Final Solution on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. This movie screening is sponsored by the Making and Breaking the Law theme; the Global Affairs; Political Science; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and Classics & World Religions. About […]

Dr. Vince Jungkunz, Assistant Professor of Political Science, visits the Students for Law, Justice & Culture’s meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. in the Center for Law, Justice & Culture in Bentley 001. Jungkunz is coming to discuss the Between Love and Hate theme, just one of the […]