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Water Towers of the Indus Basin: Climate Change, Water Security, and Disaster Risks in Chenab Headwaters
Water towers of the Indus Basin are featured in the newest story for River Ethnographies, part of the Indus River Basin Project funded by the Mershon Center.
Sangam Chinar: Of Confluences and the people who protect them
The newest story for River Ethnographies, part of the Indus River Basin Project funded by the Mershon Center, features Sangam Chinar.
Postdoc Blog: From Socialist Symbols to Strategic Narratives
At our Mershon Monday gathering on April 15, Christopher Leger, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History, examined Latvia’s rapidly evolving memory politics in the shadow of Russia’s full-…
Wendt Elected to the American Academy
Alexander Wendt has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a new member.
Hahn Named Distinguished University Professor
Peter L. Hahn, a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History, has been named a 2025 Distinguished University Professor, the highest faculty honor at The Ohio State…
Diplomacy Lab Visits Embassy of Ukraine
Ohio State students in the Mershon Center Diplomacy Lab program presented their project to Ambassador Oksana Markarova at the Embassy of Ukraine in the USA on April 18 in Washington, DC.
Mansoor in Washington Post
Mershon Center Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History Peter Mansoor was quoted in a Washington Post Opinion piece by Max Boot.
Theodora Dragostinova Awarded 2025 ACLS Fellowship
The Mershon Center is proud to announce that Professor Theodora Dragostinova has been awarded a 2025 ACLS Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).
Laurie Georges on the Feedback Loop of Erasure
At our Mershon Mondays event on March 31, Laurie Georges, a PhD candidate in Political Science, presented her research on the mechanisms of erasure: the intentional removal of peoples and their…