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A brownish green mountain with a forked glacial stream at its base

Dutta publishes article in The Wire

Madhumita Dutta published an article in The Wire about Jahlma Nallah, a glacial stream that floods in the sun. This phenomenon, affecting thousands of rural mountain households, local…

Hannah Kosstrin and the book cover of Kinesthetic Peoplehood

Kosstrin publishes "Kinesthetic Peoplehood"

Hannah Kosstrin recently published a new book entitled Kinesthetic Peoplehood: Jewish Diasporic Dance Migrations (Oxford University Press 2026), which examines Jewish diasporic dance…

Peter Mansoor and an image of Douglas MacArthur

Mansoor’s "Redemption" receives Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award

Redemption: MacArthur and the Campaign for the Philippines by Peter R. Mansoor, professor of history and Mershon Center Major General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History, won…

Brooks Marmon with the cover of his Edson Sithole book

Brooks Marmon publishes "Edson Sithole"

Brooks Marmon, former Mershon Center postdoctoral scholar currently at the University of Arkansas, edited a new book, Edson Sithole: Law, Liberation and the Cost of Dissent (Voices of…

Red flag with Chinese characters painted on the side of a white building

Mitzen quoted in Global Policy

Jennifer Mitzen is quoted in a Global Policy article discussing "China's Ontological Advantage". Mitzen argues that states need "to experience oneself as a whole, continuous person in…

Mitchell Lerner and Ellen Arnold

Mershon Center enhancing scholarship as the new home for two journals

Through support of two new initiatives, the Mershon Center is enhancing the scholarship relevant to national, international, and human security. The Mershon Center is proud to announce that we are…

Clarence Thomas

Nichols quoted in The New Yorker

A recently published article in The New Yorker by Ruth Marcus discussed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ speech and views against Progressivism and Progressives. Christopher…

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Murphy publishes How Local Rituals Support Social Healing in Conflict-Affected Societies

Teri Murphy is a co-author of the recently published "How Local Rituals Support Social Healing in Conflict-Affected Societies" (University of Notre Dame, 2026).

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International Alert launches Federalization in Nepal Reports

Starting in 2023 and led by Associate Director for Peacebuilding Research Dr. Teri Murphy, the Mershon Center partnered with International Alert Nepal on a three-year research initiative examining…