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Dantas on Keynote Panel of World History Association Meeting

From left: Dr. Jorge Giovannetti-Torres (University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras); Dr. Mariana Dantas (Ohio University); Dr. Michael Goebel (Graduate Institute, Geneva); Dr. Zaire Dinzey-Flores (Rutgers University).

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 […]

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September 25, 2019 at 9:03 amResearch

Ingram Selected for Outstanding Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award

Robert G. Ingram

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 […]

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September 22, 2019 at 4:10 pmResearch

Abu-Rish Co-Directs Dissertation Institute in Lebanon

Abu-Rish Co-Directs Dissertation Institute in Lebanon

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 […]

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September 15, 2019 at 1:38 pmResearch

Miles Contributes to Study: Cool Lizards Do Not Like Global Warming

Dr. Donald Miles

Dr. Donald Miles, Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, contributed to a study that shows that even sun-loving lizards may not survive rising temperatures in their environment. Climate change is toppling our Earth’s ecosystems out of balance in multiple ways, with often dramatic consequences. Many plants and animals are […]

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September 12, 2019 at 8:40 amResearch

Sandal Publishes Article in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

Dr. Nukhet Sandal. Photo by Ben Siegel

Dr. Nukhet Sandal, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science, authored an article titled “Solidarity theologies and the (re) definition of ethnoreligious identities: the case of the Alevis of Turkey and Alawites of Syria” in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, the official journal of the British Society of Middle […]

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September 10, 2019 at 1:07 pmResearch

Waterbury Part of Oxford Foundation Research Grant

Dr. Myra Waterbury

Dr. Myra Waterbury, Professor of Political Science, is part of a research team that has been awarded £29,408 from the Oxford Noble Foundation Programme on Modern Poland, with Prof. David J. Smith and Dr. Andreea Udrea of University of Glasgow as co-PIs. Waterbury is part of the grant team with […]

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September 5, 2019 at 9:49 amResearch

Sandal Becomes Chair of APSA Section on Religion and Politics

Dr. Nukhet Sandal. Photo by Ben Siegel

  Dr. Nukhet Sandal, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science, has become the new Chair of the Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association. The purpose of the Religion & Politics Section is to encourage the study of the interrelations between religion and politics, including the […]

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September 3, 2019 at 12:02 pmNews Research