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Congratulations to @joestieb.bsky.social, former Mershon postdoc, on his new position as a tenure-track assistant professor in Modern US Military History @uncchapelhill.bsky.social!
February 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Thank you to @maxwoodworth.bsky.social for his Mershon Mondays presentation yesterday on the origins, nature, and geopolitical implications of Taiwan’s postwar military housing settlements.
February 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Peter Hahn addresses current events in the Middle East in @timemagazine.bsky.social Made by History. time.com/7208007/two-...
Trump Faces Long Odds in Brokering Middle East Peace
More than 75 years of efforts to broker a two-state solution have failed—and the odds of success have only grown longer.
time.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Mershon is accepting applications for the Alger Undergraduate Scholarship now through February 15. go.osu.edu/alger
February 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Madhumita Dutta coauthored an article about the domestic semiconductor industry entitled “Chips on the Table,” published in @theprospect.bsky.social. prospect.org/economy/2025...
Chips on the Table
The Biden administration wanted to restore the domestic semiconductor industry. The results have disappointed.
prospect.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Thank you to Furniss Book Award winner @carlygoodman.bsky.social @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social for her insightful and engaging conversation yesterday around her book "Dreamland: America's Immigration Lottery in an Age of Restriction." @uncpress.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Helen Murphey, Mershon postdoc, published “The Origins of the Anti-Vaccination Movement” in @time-magazine.bsky.social Made by History. time.com/7205900/anti...
The Origins of the Anti-Vaccination Movement
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS reflects the rising power of an anti-vaccination movement more than 100 years in the making.
time.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Check out this Ohio State Sustainability Institute student story about the UN Climate Change Conference #COP29. Mershon Center supports student experiences like these through the Global Education Program, led by Nick Breyfogle and Bart Elmore @osuhistorydept si.osu.edu/COP29
Ohio State students advocate for climate action at United Nations Climate Change Conference | Ohio State Sustainability Institute
si.osu.edu
January 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
There's still time to RSVP to hear Furniss award-winner Carly Goodman discuss her book "Dreamland: American's Immigration Lottery in an Age of Restriction" on February 3. RSVP today. go.osu.edu/goodman
January 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Brooks Marmon, former Mershon postdoc, recently published a research article about Malawi officialdom's assault against American historian Robert Rotberg in The Global Sixties Journal. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Transgressing Kamuzu Banda: the Rotberg affair and the suppression of historical research in newly independent Malawi
This article explores Malawi officialdom’s assault against an American historian, Robert Rotberg. Rotberg cultivated a close relationship with Malawian leader Hastings Kamuzu Banda during the final...
www.tandfonline.com
January 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Hayes Chair @cmcknichols.bsky.social is featured on Semafor talking about the media's return to the past. www.semafor.com/article/12/2...
Analysis: Media’s return to the past | Semafor
A deeply partisan media landscape is in many ways a return to business as usual.
www.semafor.com
December 23, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Sefa Secen, former Mershon Center postdoc, wrote about the history, recent events, and the Assad regime's rule in Syria for TIME Made by History. time.com/7202600/syri...
Syria Needs to Overcome Its History
The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.
time.com
December 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Have you seen the speaker lineup for the Quantum Social Science Bootcamp IV? This year will feature speakers in law, journalism, physics, philosophy, political science, and more - all related to quantum social science! Learn more about the speakers here and register! u.osu.edu/quantumbootc...
May 31, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Did you miss our announcement of the 2024 Quantum Social Science Bootcamp? Register now to reserve your spot in this free, virtual opportunity: osu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Quantum Social Science Bootcamp 2024. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Quantum Social Science Bootcamp 2024. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
osu.zoom.us
April 30, 2024 at 3:52 PM
We are delighted to announce the fourth annual Quantum Social Science Bootcamp! Click the link below to register for this virtual, week-long event July 8-12, 2024. Register now! osu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 17, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Mershon Center Hayes Chair in National Security Studies @cmcknichols.bsky.social quoted in this recent piece by the Associated Press on lessons learned from Ohio's 2023 elections.
Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes
Academics, politicos and Republicans caution not to read too much into 2023’s election outcomes in Ohio.
apnews.com
March 12, 2024 at 4:28 PM
The Non-State Archive call has been extended through March 8. Researchers can apply for funding to catalog and digitize their own, another researcher, or an interlocutor. It features a digital copy of documents, oral histories, and other media. Learn more and apply at mershoncenter.osu.edu/archive
February 29, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Laura Dugan was quoted in USA Today on the Houston church shooting reviging false claims on transgender shooters and how the evidence shows they are false.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...
February 23, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Applications for the Non-State Archive close on February 28th. Learn more about the grants at mershoncenter.osu.edu/archive
February 22, 2024 at 3:24 PM
The Mershon Center is the institutional host at Ohio State for the Diplomacy Lab, a program offering real-life research opportunities for students in cooperation with US embassies and the Department of State. Check out resources and see how faculty can apply.

mershoncenter.osu.edu/trainings/di...
February 21, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Reposted by Mershon Center
Thomas Edsall at the @newyorktimes.bsky.social on Ukraine, Trump, rising isolationism, & longer historical trends for which current events, interviewed a bunch of scholars, including me @cmcknichols.bsky.social @mershoncenter.bsky.social @osuhistory.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/o...
Opinion | The World Feels the Trump Touch
Even out of power, the former president’s deepening isolationism is having a profound effect on America’s foreign policy.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Reposted by Mershon Center
More about the Non-State Archive @mershoncenter.bsky.social @osuhistory.bsky.social
on the @ihr.bsky.social's 'On History' blog.

The IHR hosted me as a @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social fellow in the before times, and it's great to 'return,' at least in pixels!
blog.history.ac.uk
February 9, 2024 at 1:26 PM