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Borland And Hopkin Receive Grant To Produce Covid Conversations Podcast
Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Borland and Dr. Rachel Hopkin, who received a $25,000 grant from the Global Arts and Humanities Discovery Theme for Covid Conversations: Life in a Time of Corona, a…
Fulbright-Hays Supports Fitzgerald's Research on Tibetan Buddhism
Kati Fitzgerald received funding through the prestigious Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. The Fellowship allowed her to do extensive research in China for her…
WOSU and the American Religious Sounds Project
This week the WOSU had a story that talked about how the pandemic has changed worship and the process of religious institutions reopening. In the article the American Religious Sounds Project is…
Congratulations Seth Gaiters on being Awarded the Ohio State Graduate School Presidential Fellowship
Each year the Presidential Fellowship is awarded to outstanding graduate students who are in the final stages of of their research. The Fellowship provides financial support so the fellow is able to…
Congratulations to Afsane and Ehsan On Heading To Utah State University!
Please extend warmest congratulations to Afsane Rezaei, who will be headed to Utah State University’s Department of English this fall as Assistant Professor of Folklore! Utah State has further…
Congratulations Afsane for her dissertation "Agency Between Narratives: Women, Faith, and Sociability in Irangeles"!
With aplomb, this morning Afsane Rezaei defended her dissertation: “Agency Between Narratives: Women, Faith, and Sociability in Irangeles.” Her committee consisted of Katey Borland, Morgan Liu, and…
2020 Graduate Dissertations, Appointments, and Fellowships
Congratulations to: RaShelle Peck (graduated 2014), who accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Borough of Manhattan Community College in Black Studies. Nic Flores (graduated 2019) ,…
Celebration of Graduating Majors and their Undergraduate Thesis Titles
This year professors in the comparative studies department put together a heartfelt video to wish the graduates good luck and congratulations. The seniors also wrote amazing theses on a wide range of…
Comparative Studies 2020 Annual Awards Ceremony
This year the Comparative Studies 2020 Annual Awards Ceremony was held virtually over Zoom! The awards and their recipients are the following: Teaching Awards—Margaret Lynd Award Faculty: Katey…