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Erin Moore with Kampala, Uganda in the background

Erin Moore explores NGO governance and women’s and girls’ rights initiatives in Uganda

Erin Moore, the Dr. Carl F. Asseff Assistant Professor in Anthropology and the History of Medicine in the Department of Anthropology at Ohio State, is a sociocultural and medical anthropologist…

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Nichols on American History Hit Podcast

Christopher McKnight Nichols discusses the Monroe Doctrine, a two-hundred-year-old presidential speech still shaping the role of the US in the world, on American History Hits, a top 25 history…

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Mehr Mumtaz in The Conversation

Mehr Mumtaz published an article on Afghan Refugees in Pakistan in The Conversation that centers the experiences she had during her fieldwork in Pakistan, which was supported by a grant from the…

Chris Nichols, Annette Gordon-Reed, Margaret Newell, Maria Hammack

Scholars gather for Northwest Ordinance conference

A fully booked conference – with a wait list – is a great way to kick off celebrations in Ohio for the United States’ semiquincentennial, or America 250. At “New Perspectives on the Northwest…

U.S. President Donald Trump, CIA Director John Ratcliffe (L) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club on January 3, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Mershon Panel featured in Ohio State News

A January 15, 2026 panel "The Operation in Venezuela: Law, Oil, Geopolitics," featuring Mershon Center affiliate experts and organized by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies was…

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Nichols appears on Council on Foreign Relations Podcast

Christopher McKnight Nichols, Mershon Hayes Chair and Professor of History, appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations' popular televised podcast "The President's Inbox" talking about the best…

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Council on Foreign Relations releases survey on best and worst US foreign policy decisions

More than 350 members of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) responded to a survey that asked them to identify and rank what in their judgment were the 10 best and 10…

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Nichols interviewed on All Sides

Christopher McKnight Nichols, Mershon Hayes Chair, spoke to WOSU's All Sides with Amy Jurvich about US-Venezuela and broader international relations implications.

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Mershon Center funds research vital to national and international human security

Congratulations to everyone who received funding during the Mershon Center’s Autumn 2025 grant cycle!

Faculty members from nine departments are pursuing research projects related to national…