Patrick Manning

Northeastern University

Patrick Manning is a professor of World History at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also president of the World History Network, Inc., a nonprofit corporation fostering research in world history. As a specialist in world history and African history, his current research addresses global historiography, early human history, migration in world history, the African diaspora, and the demography of African slavery. Manning was educated at the California Institute of Technology, where he received a BS Chemistry in 1963 and at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where he received a MS in History and Economics and a PhD in History in 1969. He was trained as a specialist in the economic history of Africa and went on to explore demographic, social, and cultural patterns in Africa and the African diaspora. Patrick Manning taught at Northeastern University from 1984-2006, where he directed the World Victory Center and twelve PhD students in world history. He also served as vice president of the Teaching Division of the American Historical Association from 2004-2006.