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Lerner elected president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR)
Mitch Lerner, professor of history and director of the East Asian Studies Center, was recently elected president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). Founded…

"The Cold War from the Margins" Receives Honorable Mention for AWSS Heldt Prize
Theodora Dragostinova’s recent book, The Cold War from the Margins: A Small Socialist State on the Global Cultural Scene (Cornell, 2021), received an Honorable Mention for The Heldt…

Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh discusses difficult storytelling with Erin Lin
"You have to go and run to the image; the image will not run to you," Panh said, speaking about how he tells the story in his films.
Internationally acclaimed Cambodian filmmaker…

Liddle receives Indonesia's Achmad Bakrie Award
In a ceremony in Jakarta in August, Mershon Center fellow and Professor Emeritus of Political Science R. William Liddle was recognized for his six decades of intellectual dedication to…

Mershon and College of Public Health hosts Virtual Symposium, The Far-Right: Examining its Roots and Challenging its Reach, with Plans to Build a Community Consortium to Address Concern
On October 12 and 13, the Mershon Center and the College of Public Health are hosting the virtual symposium, The Far-Right: Examining its Roots and Challenging its Reach. This symposium is…

Tiglay named Peace Scholar Fellow by the United States Institute of Peace
2020-21 Mershon Graduate Fellow Leyla Tiglay (Ph.D. Candidate, History) was awarded a Peace Scholarship by the United States Insitute of Peace (USIP). Her dissertation examines the nexus…

Weekly Lunch Conversations to return with Mershon Mondays
To celebrate life in person, the Mershon Center is instituting weekly lunch conversations, Monday 12-1:30 in the Mershon conference room, Derby 1039. No preregistration is required and no specific…

A Look Across the Threshold: Welcome from Dorothy Noyes, Director
Dear Mershon friends,
Reasserting ritual amid pandemic and political uncertainties, we wish you a happy academic new year! International, national, and human security urgently demand our…

First Chadwick F. Alger Peace and Conflict Resolution Student Scholarship Awarded
We are pleased to announce Lauren Dahler, a third-year Eminence Fellow at Ohio State, has been awarded the 2022-23 Chadwick F. Alger Student Support Fund scholarship.
Dahler, a…