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Patrick Manning University of Pittsburgh |
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Web Page: | https://manning.pitt.edu |
List Affiliations: | Reviewer for H-World |
Reviews: | The World of the Nineteenth Century |
Interests: | World History / Studies |
Bio: Patrick Manning is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History at the University of Pittsburgh. He served from 2008 to 2015 as founding director of the World History Center, located in the Department of History and affiliated with the Global Studies Program and the University Center of International Studies. Trained as a specialist in the economic history of Africa, he has become a specialist in world history overall. His research has focused on demographic history (African slave trade), social and cultural history of francophone Africa, global migration, African diaspora as a dimension of global history, and an overview of the field of world history. He was educated at the California Institute of Technology (BS in Chemistry, 1963) and the University of Wisconsin - Madison (MS in History and Economics, PhD in History 1969). Manning now directs the Collaborative for Historical Information and Analysis (CHIA), for work on creating a world-historical data resource. He serves as president of the American Historical Association during 2016; he is also president of the World History Network, Inc., a nonprofit corporation fostering research and international exchange in world history. His current research centers on creating a global historical data resource, African populations 1650-1950, global social movements 1989-1992, and a history of the human system. He served as Vice President of the Teaching Division of the American Historical Association, 2004-2006. |