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Congratulations, Dr. Craycraft!

Please join us in congratulating our newest successful Ph.D. candidate, Dr. Sarah Craycraft, who defended her dissertation yesterday!

As noted by her advisor, Katherine Borland, Sarah's…

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Dr. Jasmine Stork Shares Experience Supporting Ukranian Refugees in Poland

In a recent Ohio State News article by Franny Lazarus, Comparative Studies alum and Ohio State Fulbright Scholar Dr. Jasmine Stork recounts her involvement with humanitarian efforts in…

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#bakersforUkraine Webinar Recording Now Available

On Tuesday, March 29th, the Department of Comparative Studies and the Ohio State Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies co-hosted a webinar panel discussion of Canadian-British…

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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 published…

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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,…