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Mershon Mondays Postdoc Blog

Postdoc Blog: From Socialist Symbols to Strategic Narratives

At our Mershon Monday gathering on April 15, Christopher Leger, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History, examined Latvia’s rapidly evolving memory politics in the shadow of Russia’s full-…

Alexander Wendt elected AAAS member

Wendt Elected to the American Academy

Alexander Wendt has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a new member.  

Peter Hahn distinguished university professor

Hahn Named Distinguished University Professor

Peter L. Hahn, a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History, has been named a 2025 Distinguished University Professor, the highest faculty honor at The Ohio State…

Diplomacy Lab

Diplomacy Lab Visits Embassy of Ukraine

Ohio State students in the Mershon Center Diplomacy Lab program presented their project to Ambassador Oksana Markarova at the Embassy of Ukraine in the USA on April 18 in Washington, DC.  

Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History Peter Mansoor

Mansoor in Washington Post

Mershon Center Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History Peter Mansoor was quoted in a Washington Post Opinion piece by Max Boot. 

Theodora Dragostinova Awarded ACSL Fellowship

Theodora Dragostinova Awarded 2025 ACLS Fellowship

The Mershon Center is proud to announce that Professor Theodora Dragostinova has been awarded a 2025 ACLS Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). 

Mershon Mondays Postdoc Blog

Laurie Georges on the Feedback Loop of Erasure

At our Mershon Mondays event on March 31, Laurie Georges, a PhD candidate in Political Science, presented her research on the mechanisms of erasure: the intentional removal of peoples and their…

Carissa Garcia and Molly Hornberger 2025 Alger Scholarship Winners

Carissa Garcia and Molly Hornberger Receive Alger Scholarships

The Mershon Center for International Security Studies is pleased to announce that Carissa Garcia and Molly Hornberger have received Chadwick F. Alger Peace and Conflict Resolution Undergraduate…

Christopher McKnight Nichols

Nichols talks to USA Today

Christopher McKnight Nichols talked to USA Today about the history of US-Denmark relations, Wilson Administration and buying the Virgin Islands, Greenland.