Please join the Pitt History Department Colloquium, Africana Studies, and the African Studies Program for a presentation, discussion, and reception on March 13th, 2017.

Dr. Thomas McDow is an Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University. His research focuses on the Western Indian Ocean in the 19th century and examines the business and family networks that linked Arabia, the East African Coast, and the African interior. He is also interested in World, Islamic, Indian Ocean, and African History and am drawn to themes of trade, migration, diaspora, slavery, and colonialism, with a growing interest in the history of medicine.