Department Publications
The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
The transatlantic slave trade brought new forms of wealth and power to local leaders in West Africa. It also occasioned the creation of new cultures in West Africa in much the same way that it gave birth to new cultures in the Americas
Raceball
How the major leagues colonized the Black and Latino game.
See the NPR interview with author »
The Rule of Saint Benedict
A new scholarly edition of one of the most influential texts of the Middle Ages, with a fresh translation that reproduces Benedict's informal and sometimes conversational style
August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays
Authors Laurence Glasco of the History Department and Chris Rawson of the English Department have teamed up to write a guide to historic sites and places that figure in the life and plays of August Wilson.
Lectures and Symposia
Racial Inequality in Brazil and the United States, 1990-2010
Provost's Inaugural Lecture Series presents: George Reid Andrews, Distinguished Professor of History, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
4:00 p.m.
2500 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Reception to follow