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Tokdemir joins Mershon Center as visiting scholar
The Mershon Center has a new visiting scholar for 2017-18 academic year: Efe Tokdemir, a postdoctoral fellow with International Studies Association’s James N. Rosenau Fellowship, who will be…

Do Folklore and Security Studies Mix? Mershon Affiliate Says Yes
Mershon affiliate Dorothy Noyes, professor of English and comparative studies, has published a new book: Sustaining Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Guide for the Academy (…

Two Mershon Affiliates Named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Last week the American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of 228 new members, including some of the world's most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, as…

Conference to Explore War, Media and Public Opinion
One of our most important duties as citizens is to form attitudes and opinions that may help guide American decisions about the use of military force. This duty became even more important as the…

Driscoll Wins Furniss Award for 'warlords and Coalition Politics'
The breakup of the Soviet Union was unexpected and unexpectedly peaceful. Although a third of the new states fell into violent conflict, anarchy was soon brought under control. What explains this…

Nyseth Brehm Named Emerging Scholar by Genocide Study Group
Mershon faculty affiliate Hollie Nyseth Brehm, assistant professor of sociology, has been selected by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) for its Emerging…

Spring Conference to Consider Global Inequality
Each year the Center for Ethics and Human Values hosts a yearlong Conversations on Morality, Politics and Society program, this year centering on the theme of inequality.
The 2016-17…

‘Forbidden Zones’ Explores Toll of World War I
One hundred years ago, the United States entered World War I. This year the Department of Theatre, with support from the Mershon Center, is marking this occasion by creating a new work centering…

Mershon Professor Saad Nagi Passes Away at 91
Saad Z. Nagi, Mershon Professor of Sociology and Public Policy from 1970 to 1990, passed away on February 9 at age 91.
Nagi had a long and rewarding association with The Ohio State…