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...

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-...

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...

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...

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...

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

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....

Hayes Chair @cmcknichols.bsky.social is featured on Semafor talking about the media's return to the past. www.semafor.com/article/12/2...

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...

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...

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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.

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

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...

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...