The Contemporary History Institute is an interdisciplinary academic research institute at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. It was founded in 1987 by the dean of Cold War historians, John Lewis Gaddis, who now teaches at Yale University. The Contemporary History Institute "analyzes the contemporary period in world affairs — the period from World War II to the present — from an interdisciplinary historical perspective." [1]. Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre (7. ... Location in the state of Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Athens Government  - Mayor Richard Abel (D) Area  - City 8. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... President George W. Bush and Laura Bush stand with 2005 National Humanities Medal recipient John Lewis Gaddis. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Though fundamentally interdisciplinary, the institute is anchored in Ohio University's Department of History. The institute is located in Brown House, 2 University Terrace.

The institute does not offer degrees itself. Rather, it offers the Certificate in Contemporary History as part of graduate degrees in Economics, History, Journalism, and Political Science. Graduate students complete a four part sequence to receive the certificate as part of a master's or a doctoral degree. The institute also sponsors conferences and speakers and funds academic projects for its graduate students and affiliated faculty. The institute has eighteen faculty associates from its four participating disciplines. While the institute's mission is to accommodate and encourage the study of contemporary history in general, many of its faculty and graduate students study topics relating to World War II and the Cold War. Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... History studies the past in human terms. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... Contemporary history describes the term of historical events, that are immediately relevant to the present time. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...

The institute is funded by both private and public sources. Its current director is Steven Merritt Miner. Past directors include Michael Grow, Chester Pach, Joan Hoff, and John Lewis Gaddis. President George W. Bush and Laura Bush stand with 2005 National Humanities Medal recipient John Lewis Gaddis. ...

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• Contemporary History Institute
• Ohio University