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History’s Jay Geller weighs in on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ comments on detention centers on the border

June 25, 2019

Academics rally behind Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over concentration camp comments: ‘She is completely historically accurate’ Newsweek: Jay Geller, the Samuel...

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John Grabowski

History’s John Grabowski provides background on Cuyahoga River fire of 1969

June 10, 2019

The myth of the Cuyahoga River fire Distillations: John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History, gave context to the Cuyahoga River Fire...

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History’s Einav Rabinovitch-Fox weighs in on political messages in fashion design

May 30, 2019

Designing Trump couture Medium: Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, visiting instructor in the Department of History, weighed in on political messages in...

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History’s Jonathan Sadowsky discusses history of electroconvulsive therapy

May 29, 2019

My great-grandmother’s struggle with mental illness—and the therapy that saved her life Vox: Jonathan Sadowsky, the Theodore J. Castele...

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History’s John Broich writes about historical context of World War II

May 17, 2019

In a piece for The Washington Post, Associate Professor of History John Broich framed recent instances of white-power...

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History’s John Grabowski discusses Cleveland site once used to produce uranium hexafluoride as part of World War II-era project

May 16, 2019

A piece of the ‘Arsenal of Democracy’ in Cleveland may be redeveloped WKSU: John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor...

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Jay Geller

History’s Jay Geller writes book on Jewish family in Germany leading up to World War II

May 10, 2019

Jay Geller, the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies and associate professor of history, wrote a book published...

Publications & Presentations

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“River Fire & Fire Boats: A Look at the Significant Fires on the Cuyahoga”

April 16, 2019

With the Crooked River Contrasts exhibit as a backdrop, Paul Nelson, historian of the Western Reserve Fire Museum,...

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“Detente! In the Western Reserve! Cyrus Eaton, Anastas Mikoyan and the Visit that Rocked Cleveland, 1959”

March 1, 2019

Pietro A. Shakarian, a PhD candidate at Ohio State University, will deliver a guest lecture titled “Detente! In...

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Public Policy Forum: “The Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924 and How They Changed Cleveland Forever”

February 27, 2019

Titled “The Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924 and How They Changed Cleveland Forever,” the next Public Policy...

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