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Cristina Benedetti Receives Democracy Studies Grant
Cristina Benedetti recently received a seed grant from the OSU Democracy Studies Program to help fund her dissertation fieldwork on the logistics of public gatherings on the National…
Comparative Studies Undergraduate Colloquium Call for Papers
The Department of Comparative Studies invites its undergraduate majors to present and discuss their work with peers and faculty members in a colloquium, which will be held on Friday April 1, 2016…
Katey Borland elected to the Executive Board of the American Folklore Society
Congratulations to Katey Borland who was recently elected to the Executive Board of the American Folklore Society for a three year term, beginning this spring. The field is very lucky to…
Redbird Books To Prisoners
Recently, Comparative Studies donated a thousand copies of books and zines produced through Redbird Books-to-Prisoners, thanks to our graduate student, Gabriel Piser, who organized and distributed…
Hugh Urban on Public Radio Back Story
Last week, Hugh Urban was featured on the Public Radio Back Story segment, American Prophets: Religions Born in the U.S. Listen here to learn about religions that originated or transformed in America…
Noah Tamarkin Awarded Prize at American Anthropological Association Meeting
Last Friday, Noah Tamarkin was awarded a prize at the 114th Annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Denver, Colorada. He was awarded The General Anthropology Division (GAD)…
Carolyn Elerding Awarded Presidential Fellowship
Congratulations to Carolyn Elerding, who as of yesterday, was awarded a Presidential Fellowship by the Graduate School at the Ohio State University. This fellowship recognizes outstanding scholarship…
Maurice Stevens Wins The Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award in the Division of Arts and Humanities
Yesterday, Associate Professor Maurice Stevens was named as the winner of this years Ratner Teaching Award. The Ratner Award recognizes faculty for developing new courses, original materials,…
'Out of Darkness' by Ashley Hope Pérez reviewed by The New York Times
'Out of Darkness' is the most recent novel written by Ashley Hope Pérez and it has just received an excellent review by Damien Cave of The New York Times. Check out the review and check out the…