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October 27, 2026

Mershon Center hosts Furniss Winner

Thank you to everyone who helped us welcome our 2025 Edgar S. Furniss Winner Fiona Cunningham, whose book Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security…

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H-Diplo releases Jervis Forum roundtable on Walker's "State's in Waiting"

H-Diplo recently released a roundtable for Lydia Walker's States-in-Waiting on the Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum. This forum is one of the most important venues for…

Lydia Walker and cover of States in Waiting book
Walker named finalist for ACLS and Arcadia Book Prizes

Lydia Walker, Assistant Professor, Myers Chair in Global Military History, and Mershon Center affiliate, has been selected as one of five finalists in the History category for the 2026 American…

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Lydia Walker releases new book in May 2024

Congratulations to Lydia Walker on the upcoming publication of her new book, States-in-Waiting, A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization. (Cambridge University Press, May 2024).

Lydia Walker on building a Non-State Archive
Lydia Walker on building a Non-State Archive