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Comparative Studies Alum Honored with ACLS Fellowship

Comparative Studies graduate, Eleanor Paynter, has been selected as a 2022 fellow for the American Council of Learned Societies fellowship program. Dr. Paynter was selected out of over 1,000…

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New Article to be Published in 'Bulgarian Ethnology'

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate and GAHDT Fellow Sarah Craycraft, who's article "Young in the Village: The Residency Project as Experimental Form of Village Revitalization," has been…

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Welcome, Nick Kawa!

It is with great enthusiasm that the Department of Comparative Studies welcomes Dr. Nicholas C. Kawa as our newest faculty affiliate! Nick joins us from the Department of Anthropology, where he is…

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Dr. John Low elected to Board of CHM

We are pleased to share that John Low has been elected to the Chicago History Museum (CHM) Board of Trustees for a four-year term. John is the first American Indian to have been invited to serve…

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Dr. Amy Gregg Among ALX Grant Recipients

On December 16, 2021, Dr. Amy Gregg of the Department of Comparative Studies at Ohio State (Newark) was named one of 21 Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) grant recipients. The program is designed…

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American Religious Sounds Project featured on CBC Radio

On December 10, 2021, a project by Ohio State’s very own Isaac Weiner was featured on CBC radio. 

Dr. Weiner, an associate professor of Religious and Comparative studies at OSU,…

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Congratulations, Dr. Eric Williams!

On Friday, November 5th, Dr. Eric Williams successfully defended his dissertation, “Daddy, What Did You Do in the Great War?  Deconstructing British Visual Media Propaganda in World War…

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Comparison: What Is It Good For?

Last month, Dr. Jolyon Thomas of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania kicked off our Department’s Autumn 2021 Comparative Studies “Comparison”…

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Dr. Jasmine Stork Begins Fulbright Journey in Poland

Dr. Jasmine Stork recently began her Fulbright year in Poland with an orientation meeting in Warsaw at Central Technology Hub. Jasmine is one of 30 American Fulbrighters in this year's cohort, all…