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Commander of U.S. Central Command Visits Mershon
Gen. James N. Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), visited the Mershon Center today to meet with university officials and speak to the Mershon faculty. In a wide-ranging talk to the…
Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Gives Kruzel Lecture
Christopher Hill, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, spoke to Ohio State faculty and students at the Mershon Center today about "Trends in American Foreign Policy: What the Next Administration Will Face…
‘Dean of Cold War Historians” Speaks at Mershon
John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University, spoke to faculty and students at the Mershon Center today on "George F. Kennan: An American Life." The event was part of…
Sociologist Speaks on Women and Arab Spring
Valentine Moghadam, professor of sociology and director of the international affairs program at Northeastern University, spoke at the Mershon Center today on "Women and Gender after the Arab Spring:…
Horowitz’s Diffusion of Military Power’ Selected for Furniss Award
Michael Horowitz, associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, has won the Furniss Book Award for The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for…
Gelpi Named New Chair of Peace Studies
Christopher Gelpi, currently a professor of political science at Duke University, has been named the new Chair of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution at the Mershon Center for…
Faculty Group Receives $175,000 Mellon Foundation Grant
Eight Ohio State faculty members including five affiliates of the Mershon Center, have received a $175,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to organize a John E. Sawyer Seminar on the…
Ohio State Students Walk in Footsteps of World War II Veterans in Pacific
"Corporal David C. Greene came ashore on Iwo Jima in a Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, or LCVP on 19 February 1945," writes Caitlin Bentley. "Today, Greene, along with three Navy and seven other…
Parker Awarded Heineken Prize for Outstanding Scholarship
Geoffrey Parker, Distinguished University Professor, Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History, and affiliate of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, has been awarded the highly coveted…