George Reid Andrews was honored by the Conference on Latin American History
George Reid Andrews, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History, has been honored with the Conference on Latin American History (CLAH) Distinguished Service Award.
The award recognizes honorees whose career in scholarship, teaching, publishing, librarianship, institutional development or other fields demonstrates significant contributions to the advancement of the study of Latin American history in the United States. Andrews was unanimously selected for the award by the CLAH Distinguished Service Award 2025 Committee.
Andrews was recognized for a number of accomplishments, including his original scholarship on Afrodescendants in the Southern Cone and Latin America and his promotion of Afro-Latin American history as an interdisciplinary field. Andrews joined the Pitt faculty in 1981 and served three separate times as department chair. He was honored with the Provost’s Excellence in Mentoring Award in 2016 and the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1996.
Andrews, as part of this recognition, will serve as the keynote speaker at the 2026 CLAH annual meeting.
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Nick France