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The Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders at the University of Oxford recently interviewed Lydia Walker about her book, "States-in-Waiting":
The concept of self…
In 1846, Mercer County, Ohio, residents and officials violently prevented 383 formerly enslaved people from the Randolph plantation, who migrated to Ohio from Virginia, from settling on land they had…
Prof. John Low and Emeritus Professors Lucy Murphy and Christine Ballengee Morris were interviewed about the history of the Newark Earthworks by Jacob Carozza for the "NOW at Ohio State" podcast.…
Are consumer goods companies doing their part to curb plastic pollution? History Prof. Bart Elmore says beverage makers rank amongst the world's biggest plastic polluters due to their reliance on…
On June 21, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in the United States v. Rahimi that the historical record supported a federal law barring those under restraining orders in domestic-violence cases from…
In a new report, "Government Legitimacy, Social Solidarity, and American Homicide in Historical Perspective," for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Professor Randy Roth writes, “When citizens…
Congratulations to Robin Judd on being named a finalist for the 83rd annual Ohioana Book Award for her book, "Between Two Worlds." Since 1942, the Ohioana Book Awards have been presented to…
Congratulations to Lydia Walker on publication of her new book, "States-in-Waiting, A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization," (Cambridge Univ. Press).
After the Second World War,…
Christopher McKnight Nichols recently sat down with David Staley for a Voices of Excellence podcast interview. Professor Nichols spoke about isolationism, internationalism, the impact of…