Pitt World History Center
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Promoting critical research & teaching about human communities in motion & the forces that have shaped our global past & present. www.worldhistory.pitt.edu
Feeling cooped up by the snow and the cold?
Come by this Thursday at 2pm for a play through and learn about the history of this forgotten game from the Middle East!
Come by this Thursday at 2pm for a play through and learn about the history of this forgotten game from the Middle East!
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Feeling cooped up by the snow and the cold?
Come by this Thursday at 2pm for a play through and learn about the history of this forgotten game from the Middle East!
Come by this Thursday at 2pm for a play through and learn about the history of this forgotten game from the Middle East!
Spring Travel & Research Funding Application now open!
All graduate students and faculty in the Dietrich School are eligible. Apply by February 9, 2026.
More info: tinyurl.com/634df2m6
All graduate students and faculty in the Dietrich School are eligible. Apply by February 9, 2026.
More info: tinyurl.com/634df2m6
Spring '26 Research and Travel Funding Support | World History Center | University of Pittsburgh
The World History Center is pleased to announce a call for proposals from graduate students and faculty in the Dietrich School for research and travel funding. Funding is available for expenses to par...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Spring Travel & Research Funding Application now open!
All graduate students and faculty in the Dietrich School are eligible. Apply by February 9, 2026.
More info: tinyurl.com/634df2m6
All graduate students and faculty in the Dietrich School are eligible. Apply by February 9, 2026.
More info: tinyurl.com/634df2m6
Check out our spring events!
As requested: more history gaming events (now with live play!), talks about fiction, AI, Islam, Revolutions, and more.
As requested: more history gaming events (now with live play!), talks about fiction, AI, Islam, Revolutions, and more.
January 21, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Check out our spring events!
As requested: more history gaming events (now with live play!), talks about fiction, AI, Islam, Revolutions, and more.
As requested: more history gaming events (now with live play!), talks about fiction, AI, Islam, Revolutions, and more.
Today @ 1:30pm!
A research blitz where you can learn about the history of aging around the world, all in less than two hours! Lunch reception at 12:30pm
A research blitz where you can learn about the history of aging around the world, all in less than two hours! Lunch reception at 12:30pm
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today @ 1:30pm!
A research blitz where you can learn about the history of aging around the world, all in less than two hours! Lunch reception at 12:30pm
A research blitz where you can learn about the history of aging around the world, all in less than two hours! Lunch reception at 12:30pm
Are you a gamer? A historian? Both?
Come join us for our first game night today at 4:30pm today with Pitt historians Dr. Alaina Roberts and Dr. James Hill!
Come join us for our first game night today at 4:30pm today with Pitt historians Dr. Alaina Roberts and Dr. James Hill!
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Are you a gamer? A historian? Both?
Come join us for our first game night today at 4:30pm today with Pitt historians Dr. Alaina Roberts and Dr. James Hill!
Come join us for our first game night today at 4:30pm today with Pitt historians Dr. Alaina Roberts and Dr. James Hill!
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We are so excited about the @thewha.bsky.social conference in Incheon Korea next June! If you are interested in any aspect of teaching and research about the transnational and global human past, you should submit a paper or panel proposal and come join us! #worldhistory thewha.org/conferences/...
WHA Korea 2026
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September 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We are so excited about the @thewha.bsky.social conference in Incheon Korea next June! If you are interested in any aspect of teaching and research about the transnational and global human past, you should submit a paper or panel proposal and come join us! #worldhistory thewha.org/conferences/...
Welcome back!
We are kicking off the semester with the first of our #globalpittsburgh series. Join us on 9/5 for a special roundtable discussion on the history of industrial sites and heritage preservation in Pittsburgh and Japan.
We are kicking off the semester with the first of our #globalpittsburgh series. Join us on 9/5 for a special roundtable discussion on the history of industrial sites and heritage preservation in Pittsburgh and Japan.
August 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Welcome back!
We are kicking off the semester with the first of our #globalpittsburgh series. Join us on 9/5 for a special roundtable discussion on the history of industrial sites and heritage preservation in Pittsburgh and Japan.
We are kicking off the semester with the first of our #globalpittsburgh series. Join us on 9/5 for a special roundtable discussion on the history of industrial sites and heritage preservation in Pittsburgh and Japan.
The Center's spring Digital Atlas Design Interns completed some awesome projects about a topic in the global past using ArcGIS StoryMaps! 🗺️
Check them out here: www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/news/spring-...
@rmostern.bsky.social
Check them out here: www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/news/spring-...
@rmostern.bsky.social
Spring 2025 Digital Atlas Design Projects are Published! | World History Center | University of Pittsburgh
Undergraduate interns have completed their final projects for the Spring 2025 Digital Design Atlas Internship! Throughout the semester each intern performed historical research on a topic having to do...
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July 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Center's spring Digital Atlas Design Interns completed some awesome projects about a topic in the global past using ArcGIS StoryMaps! 🗺️
Check them out here: www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/news/spring-...
@rmostern.bsky.social
Check them out here: www.worldhistory.pitt.edu/news/spring-...
@rmostern.bsky.social
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📣Job Klaxon! A good #DH #spatialhistory position at the University of Pittsburgh with me and the @whgazetteer.org at the fab new (doesn't even have a website yet) Institute for Spatial History Innovation (ISHI).
Want to work with the WHG team? The Institute for Spatial History Innovation @ Pitt is hiring a full-time Research Associate to be the Digital Data Specialist & Managing Editor of World Historical Gazetteer!
Learn more & apply by July 11: bit.ly/4kAknki
@rmostern.bsky.social @docuracy.co.uk
Learn more & apply by July 11: bit.ly/4kAknki
@rmostern.bsky.social @docuracy.co.uk
Job Opportunity - Research Associate at Institute for Spatial History Innovation | World History Center | University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Spatial History Innovation (ISHI) is currently accepting applications for a full-time Research Associate to act as the Digital Data Specialist. The selecte...
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June 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
📣Job Klaxon! A good #DH #spatialhistory position at the University of Pittsburgh with me and the @whgazetteer.org at the fab new (doesn't even have a website yet) Institute for Spatial History Innovation (ISHI).
Reposted by Pitt World History Center
Want to work with the WHG team? The Institute for Spatial History Innovation @ Pitt is hiring a full-time Research Associate to be the Digital Data Specialist & Managing Editor of World Historical Gazetteer!
Learn more & apply by July 11: bit.ly/4kAknki
@rmostern.bsky.social @docuracy.co.uk
Learn more & apply by July 11: bit.ly/4kAknki
@rmostern.bsky.social @docuracy.co.uk
Job Opportunity - Research Associate at Institute for Spatial History Innovation | World History Center | University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh's Institute for Spatial History Innovation (ISHI) is currently accepting applications for a full-time Research Associate to act as the Digital Data Specialist. The selecte...
bit.ly
June 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Want to work with the WHG team? The Institute for Spatial History Innovation @ Pitt is hiring a full-time Research Associate to be the Digital Data Specialist & Managing Editor of World Historical Gazetteer!
Learn more & apply by July 11: bit.ly/4kAknki
@rmostern.bsky.social @docuracy.co.uk
Learn more & apply by July 11: bit.ly/4kAknki
@rmostern.bsky.social @docuracy.co.uk
The WHC is excited to share our Spring '25 calendar of events & activities which includes our thematic series "Silence in the Narrative: The Politics of Absence in Accounts of the Global Past." We hope to see you this semester!
Check it out ➡️ bit.ly/3ChFFCn
Check it out ➡️ bit.ly/3ChFFCn
January 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The WHC is excited to share our Spring '25 calendar of events & activities which includes our thematic series "Silence in the Narrative: The Politics of Absence in Accounts of the Global Past." We hope to see you this semester!
Check it out ➡️ bit.ly/3ChFFCn
Check it out ➡️ bit.ly/3ChFFCn