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Marmon pens memorial of "The vanguard of Black American transnationalism in Zimbabwe"
Tommie Sankange was the first black American public figure permanently residing in Zimbabwe who was not a missionary. Why don’t we know more about her?
Mershon Post Doctoral Scholar Brooks…
Newell receives $492,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation
Margaret Newell, a distinguished professor in The Ohio State University Department of History, was “delighted” to learn she would be receiving $492,000 from the Mellon Foundation.
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Sooyeon Kang published in Journal of Peace Research
One of the unresolved puzzles in the civil resistance and contentious politics literatures is why some movements that begin seeking limited redress in a certain policy space escalate their claims…
Mershon Center 2023-24 Funding Cycle Opens
The Mershon Center for International Security Studies announces the opening of its funding cycle for 2023-2024! The first competitions, closing on March 1st, are for graduate and …
Brooks Marmon interviews D. Elwood Dunn for Review of African Political Economy blog
Mershon post-doctoral scholar Brooks Marmon, a researcher of pan-African diplomacy and transnational political networks in southern Africa, conducted an interview for the …
Comparative National Elections Project awarded "Best Dataset" by American Political Science Association
Mershon’s Comparative National Elections Project (CNEP) has been awarded the 2022 Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba best dataset prize from the American Political Science Association’s Comparative…
Racial Equity Project Co-Lead by Mershon Awarded OSU President’s Research Excellence Catalyst Grant
An interdisciplinary research proposal supported and co-led by the Mershon Center was recently awarded OSU’s prestigious President’s Research Excellence Program Catalyst grant.…
Mershon Center, Divided Communities Project Forge New Partnership, Launch Racial Equity Initiatives Guide
The Mershon Center and the Moritz College of Law’s Divided Community Project recently established a partnership with the goals of building peace and strengthening dispute resolution efforts in the…
How undetonated bombs affect Cambodian farmers today
The Vietnam War may have ended over four decades ago, but one unlikely population is still dealing with the effects of the war today… Cambodian farmers.
Mershon Center Faculty Fellow Erin…