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!

@dakotarudesill.bsky.social talked to @npr.org about presidents and security clearances. www.npr.org/2025/02/08/n...

What to know about presidents and security clearances

Both former President Joe Biden and President Trump have barred their predecessor access to classified information. But historically, it wasn't like that.

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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.

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

Mershon is accepting applications for the Alger Undergraduate Scholarship now through February 15. go.osu.edu/alger

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.

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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

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

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

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

Christopher Nichols @cmknight50.bsky.social did an interview with @nbc4i.bsky.social commenting on JD Vance and the inauguration. www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...

Former professors of JD Vance weigh in on swearing in

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are officially in office.     One of Vance’s former Ohio State University professors said he is not shocke…

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Laura Dugan was quoted by @csmonitor.bsky.social in a story about the New Year's Day attacks. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/...

New Orleans attack intensifies watch against US terrorism, political violence

New Year’s Day attacks show a changing threat matrix for U.S. cities, amid the rising use of vehicles as weapons and the embrace of political violence by some Americans to address grievances.

csmonitor.com

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...

tandfonline.com

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.

semafor.com

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

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...

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...

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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.

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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...

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.

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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

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...

Applications for the Non-State Archive close on February 28th. Learn more about the grants at mershoncenter.osu.edu/archive

Lydia Walker@lydiawalker.bsky.social · 2y ago

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!

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...

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.

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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!

Mershon Center Senior Faculty Fellow John Mueller writes on the long-term consequences of Israel's response in Gaza in his latest piece for Responsible Statecraft. responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-respo...

After a spate of warnings, Israel went down the 9/11 path anyway

Overreaction has unleashed a fury that has sucked away sympathy and likely spawned a new generation of terrorism

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