Education
The WHC enthusiastically supports the undergraduate and graduate curricula of the Department of History. The Center also serves as the headquarters for the Alliance for Learning in World History.
The Center offers a digital history internship for undergraduate students. For graduate students, we offer research and travel funding, a fellowship in World History, a graduate student assistantship, and the Teaching World History Credential.
Alliance for Learning in World History
The Alliance for Learning in World History (ALWH) is a collaboration of educators and history scholars organized to advance the teaching and learning of world history in classrooms—in the U.S. and globally. ALWH links leading practitioners in world history scholarship, curriculum, teacher preparation, professional development, and educational research.
Undergraduate Internship Program
The WHC is excited to announce an new undergraduate internship, the Global Public History Lab, to be offered in Spring 2027. This internship offers a hands-on opportunity where students practice public history through community-engaged projects that connect Pittsburgh's past to global histories of migration, labor, and exchange.
Graduate Student Assistants
The World History Center funds a one semester Graduate Student Assistant (GSA) position in Public History each academic year. The program is open to any Pitt graduate student with an interest in world history and creating a public-facing project with the goal of communicating with a non-academic audience about a topic in the transregional or global past.
Teaching World History Credential
Graduate students in the History Department may pursue a credential in Teaching World History as part of their professionalization portfolio, which recognizes Pitt graduate students who have completed World History coursework, developed World History curricula, and taught World History courses.
Graduate Study in World History
The University of Pittsburgh's History Department is an excellent destination for graduate students interested in World History. Learn more about Pitt's History Department and how the Center supports graduate students!