Arts and Humanities
2 from Pitt’s children’s literature program earned a fellowship to work with social justice nonprofits
The recent PhD graduates will advocate for children and youth during the career-boosting postdoctoral program.
Mark hip-hop’s 50th anniversary with Pitt and 1Hood Media on June 15
A free multimedia discussion will examine the rebellious art form that’s gone mainstream.
A Pitt history professor’s play debuted in London
The play, about abolitionist Quaker Benjamin Lay, is based on a book by Markus Rediker and was born at a conference protest in Germany.
Patrick McKelvey won a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The theatre arts assistant professor will write a book about the history of social services for disabled actors in the United States.
Pitt’s Humanities Center named 8 graduate student fellows
The scholars in rhetoric, musicology, theatre arts and more will receive $10,000 for their summer research projects.
Pitt's Humanities Center named its 2023-24 faculty and co-teaching fellows
Eight faculty members from across Pitt will lead colloquiums and develop courses while participating in the center’s activities.
Meet Pitt’s first Berlin Prize recipient
Michael Meyer, a professor in the Writing Program, will present his studies on Taiwanese history to German audiences.
How to live more creatively, according to a Pitt poet
In her poems and the classroom, Diana Khoi Nguyen explores hard stuff and healing by simply paying attention.
Ryan Steinly
A Frederick Honors College student fluent in language and justice.
4 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad
The recipients will travel to Croatia, Latvia, Montenegro and Tajikistan.