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Congratulations, Dr. Alison Furlong!
Congratulations to Dr. Alison Furlong, who today defended her dissertation “Resistance Rooms: Sound and Sociability in the East German Church”for the Program in Musicology/Ethnomusicology. Alison’…

Ziying You accepts Visiting Assistant Professor position
Ziying You has accepted a two-year position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies at The College of Wooster. This position is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral…

Congratulations, Dr. Ziying You!
Congratulations to Dr. Ziying You, who successfully defended her dissertation "Competing Traditions: Village Temple Rivalries, Social Actors, and Contested Narratives in Contemporary China” …
David Thomas and his performance at the OSU featured in various magazines and news portals
Columbus Alive featured an article about David Thomas and his performance-talk on February 27th hosted about the CFS.
Ghost Cult Magazine also featured an article about the performance…

Congratulations, Christofer Johnson!
Congratulations to Christofer Johnson, whose advisory committee agreed this afternoon to confer on him the degree of Master of Arts in English. Chris will continue in the PhD program while he moves…
Congratulations, Dr. Amy Shuman!
Please join us in congratulating Amy Shuman, who is a recipient of this year’s Distinguished Scholar Award. The Distinguished Scholar Award, established in 1978, recognizes exceptional scholarly…

Congratulations, Danille Christensen!
Congratulations to Danille Christensen, who has just accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Public Humanities at Virginia Tech! She'll be teaching courses on material culture, folklore/…
Tim Thurston performs in a comedic sketch
Our very own Tim Thurston has recently performed in a comedic sketch entitled "When worshipping at the Snow Mountain Labtse" that was aired as part of Qinghai Tibetan Television Station's New Year…

Isaac Weiner on All Sides w/ Ann Fisher
Tune in to hear one of the Center's associated faculty members, Isaac Weiner, Assistant Professor of Comparative Studies, discuss his book, Religion Out Loud: Religious Sound, Public Space, and…