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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 an…

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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 on…

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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 to…

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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, collaborated…

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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 I”,…

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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 of…

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Autumn 2021 Comparative Studies “Comparison” Workshops

The following workshops are part of the CS 6100 “Critical Foundations: Comparative Analysis” seminar with Kwaku Korang and open to anyone interested in joining by Zoom.   Friday, October 8, 2:20…

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Welcome Gathering at The Crest

On a warm August 27th evening, members of the Department of Comparative Studies gathered on the rooftop of The Crest to welcome in the new academic year. Two cohorts of graduate students who had…