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Mershon Associate Director Teri Murphy hosts workshop on armed conflict and criminality in Bogotá, Colombia
This July, Teri Murphy, Associate Director for Peacebuilding Research at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, travels to Bogotá, Colombia to host a workshop with co-hosts Roddy…
Ohio State experts join the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Val de Loire in France for a webinar exploring academic freedom
On April 28, the Mershon Center partnered with the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Val de Loire (MSH) to present a webinar entitled “Franco-American Crossed Perspectives on Academic Freedom.”…
Eda Ayadin, Mershon postdoctoral visiting fellow, discusses Arctic policy in Washington, D.C.
On June 11, Mershon postdoctoral visiting fellow Eda Ayaydin, Ph.D. was invited to participate in a workshop on Restoring Arctic Exceptionalism, followed by a high-level conference on June 12 in…
McSweeney and Coleman Publish Article Exploring the Challenge of Just Federal Sentencing for “Boat Defendants”
In the latest issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter, Ohio State Geography Professors Kendra McSweeney and Mat Coleman illuminate a profound justice policy story surrounding ‘boat defendants’.…
Mershon Visiting Fellow Eda Ayaydin
Dr. Eda Ayaydin is a postdoctoral visiting fellow who is joining us at the Mershon Center this summer.
Dr. Ayaydin is a political scientist specializing in Arctic geopolitics, with a…
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-…
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…