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‘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…
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…
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 International…
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…
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…
Jenkins Takes Helm as Mershon Center Director
After more than 20 years of affiliation with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, including 10 years as director, Richard Herrmann stepped down in July 2011 to become chair of…