Andrews Honored by the Conference on Latin American History
George Reid Andrews was honored by the Conference on Latin American HistoryGeorge Reid Andrews, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Kenneth P.
Dr. George Reid Andrews is the 2025 Distinguished Service Award Winner
The History Department is pleased to announce George Reid Andrews, Distinguished Professor of History and UCIS Research Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, is the recipient of this year's Conference for Latin American History (CLAH) Distinguished Service Award, which is one of the highest honors bestowed on scholars of Latin American history in the US. Reid will receive the award at the upcoming CLAH annual meeting held in Chicago in early January 2026 in conjunction with the American Historical Association.
In Memorium - Cho-Yun Hsu
Renowned Historian Passes Away at 95.
Longtime University of Pittsburgh History colleague Cho-Yun Hsu taught at Pitt in History and Sociology from 1970 through the late 1990s. Last year, he was awarded the prestigious Tang Prize.
Mostern Launches Institute of Spatial History Innovation (ISHI) in July
The University of Pittsburgh will soon be home to a new research center that will challenge the notion of history as a single past, using massive amounts of data and voices that are often left out of textbooks to explore places around the world across time and contexts.
PhD Candidate Paula Orozco-Espinel Received a Newcombe Fellowship
Paula Orozco-Espinel, a doctoral candidate in Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipient.
Angel Cramer Wins 2025 William Stanton Prize
Angel Cramer received the 2025 William Stanton Prize for her superior history honors thesis.
Pernille Roge Featured in Documentary Drama
History Department Professor Dr. Pernille Roege is currently featured in a four-episode documentary drama entitled "Slave af Danmark" which is shown by Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
Novosel - Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award
Tony Novosel will be awarded The Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement.The University Center for International Studies cordially invites you to the 12th Sheth International Achievement Awards
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 1 pm
William Pitt Union, Lower Lounge
3959 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
In Memoriam - Laura L. Lovett (1963-2025)
Our dear colleague Laura Lovett passed away unexpectedly on March 4, 2025. Laura joined Pitt’s History Department and its Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Program in 2018 after teaching for many years at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
History Faculty and Students Travel to DC for "In Slavery's Wake" Exhibit
In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World immerses visitors in the freedom-making practices of Black communities navigating both the histories and the legacies of racial slavery and colonialism.
Faculty Member Tony Novosel Appointed as Member of Most Excellent Order of British Empire
Tony Novosel, a History Department faculty member, has been appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his contributions to peace in Northern Ireland.
Exhibit, Discussion Help Launch ‘The Return of Benjamin Lay’ by Quantum Theatre
Exhibit, discussion help launch ‘The Return of Benjamin Lay’ by Quantum Theatre
https://www.utimes.pitt.edu/news/exhibit-discussion-help
Thursday, January 9, 2025
By SHANNON O. WELLS
The Awakening of Resistance: The Return of Benjamin Lay and His Fight Against Slavery
“There is no such thing as me or you, only and always ‘us.’”