The study of history prepares students to live thoughtfully, to work in a wide variety of professions, and to participate as national and global citizens. A popular undergraduate major at Pitt, history develops skills (research and synthesis, critical reading, careful and clear writing and speaking) that are critically important in politics, law, business, teaching, and public relations.
Our diverse international faculty offer a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses in five world regions.
Transnational themes highlight linkages across time and space, and foster comparative, connective, and interdisciplinary analysis.
Clusters of faculty expertise drive research advances and facilitate collaborative mentoring and international network-building.
New faculty and postdoctoral fellows expand the Department of History's global reach and methodological expertise.
Here's how we make history speak to the world of today.
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Interdisciplinary group of faculty
and students exploring early modernity across the globe
Supporting research, teaching, and international collaboration on the global past with attention to the global future
Aura S. Jirau has been honored with the Van Beck Hall Graduate Teaching Award for 2021.
Our graduate student Matt Plishka has been awarded an Albert J. Beveridge Research Grant from the American Historical Association.
