University of Pittsburgh: Department of History


Lectures and Symposia The Department of History and the School of Arts and Sciences present a symposium: The Slave Ship in History and Literature. A conversation with novelist Barry Unsworth, author of Sacred Hunger and historian Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship: A Human History. more...	New Summer Course Study and learn the life of 19th century sailors aboard the U.S. Brig Niagara. Program runs for three weeks during the summer of 2008. Dates to be announced. more... Informational meeting on Wednesday, November 28th at 4:30. Pizza provided! more....	Graduate Student Happenings Eric Kimball's paper "Measuring Portsmouth's Atlantic Trade, 1768-1775" was just awarded the New England Historical Association's Graduate Student Paper Prize. more...