World History Center @WHCPitt
Promoting critical research & teaching about human communities in motion & the forces that have shaped our global past & present. Bluesky: @whcpitt.bsky.social worldhistory.pitt.edu Pittsburgh, PA Joined October 2017-
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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. Images from @PittArchives
Join us next Tuesday 10/29 for "From the 1921 Quota Acts to the Trump Wall. ‘Replacement’ thinking then and now, from a global perspective" a talk by @Leolucassen! RSVP here: forms.gle/Fg7b1ZmVykouSW… 👇for more details!
We are thrilled to share “Pedagogy in an Age of Religious Nationalism” a video featuring 5 scholars sharing strategies for fostering constructive classroom experiences. This project was supported by @PittProvost Year of Discourse & Dialogue! Learn more: bit.ly/3zbm31j
WHC Director @RuthMostern dropped in for an episode of @iskme's @EdutobeHuman podcast & talked w/ host @lpetrides about the significance of place and space in the historical understanding of ourselves and our environments. Check it out: worldhistory.pitt.edu/news/whc-direc…
WHC Director @RuthMostern dropped in for an episode of @iskme's @EdutobeHuman podcast & talked w/ host @lpetrides about the significance of place and space in the historical understanding of ourselves and our environments. Check it out: worldhistory.pitt.edu/news/whc-direc…
The Center is pleased to share our Fall '24 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! worldhistory.pitt.edu/fall-24-calend…
Action shot from this afternoon's seminar by @kgeographer on the World Historical Gazetteer. @UOP_SEGG
I'm so delighted to share this news! As always this would be impossible without @kgeographer (and now @docuracy as well), along with Ali Straub, Jesse Obert and everyone at @WHCPitt . Please publish your historical place data with us!
I feel so incredibly excited and energized about the book I’m writing after getting to spend the day with the World History Center! It’s so encouraging to hear that the work you’re pouring your brain into resonates with a broad audience. @WHCPitt 😍
Thanks to our awesome participants & speakers (@roopikarisam @elise_c_silva @anetv) for joining us for this year's ALWH workshop where we talked about big data in world history, historicizing AI & automatic writing, and critically curious engagement w/ information! #worldhistory
Now listening to @elise_c_silva's amazing talk, "Objectivity Bias, Uninformed Skepticism, and the Politics of Trust"! Soooooo good.
Now listening to @elise_c_silva's amazing talk, "Objectivity Bias, Uninformed Skepticism, and the Politics of Trust"! Soooooo good.
We are loving @roopikarisam's talk about big data throughout world history - especially her Geocities inspired slides! 😆 It's not too late to join us for "Truth, Technology, and Misinformation in World History" today on Zoom: bit.ly/3x53Kty
We are loving @roopikarisam's talk about big data throughout world history - especially her Geocities inspired slides! 😆 It's not too late to join us for "Truth, Technology, and Misinformation in World History" today on Zoom: bit.ly/3x53Kty
In the same week we published our #ReviewsInDH review of @WHCPitt's World Historical Gazetteer, I get to be part of their fantastic event for teachers, "Truth, Misinformation, and Technology," talking about the next book I'm writing. 😍 worldhistory.pitt.edu/news/alwh-summ…
Join us TOMORROW 5/1 for a workshop about “Unsovereign Space” for World History educators at all levels! 6:00-8:00PM eastern on Zoom! Check out the poster for details and RSVP here👉bit.ly/4dhX8Zc #sschat #worldhistory #historyteacher #teachers
"Material Culture in the Digital Age" colloquium hosted by @PittTweet Cultural Studies. Graduate students will share papers from WHC postdoc Jesse Obert's spring seminar about the ethics of material culture in the 21st century! TONIGHT! In-person & Zoom!
🚨🌍New publication "Working with Named Places: How and Why to Build a Gazetteer" by WHC Director @RuthMostern & former WHC Postdoc in Digital World History @SusanGrunewald1! Check it out!
🚨🌍New publication "Working with Named Places: How and Why to Build a Gazetteer" by WHC Director @RuthMostern & former WHC Postdoc in Digital World History @SusanGrunewald1! Check it out!
Reminder - deadline is tonight for "Truth, Misinformation, & Technology in World History"!

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