Carnegie Mellon University

Internationally known for our innovative historical and anthropological approaches to the study of social, cultural, and policy change.

Our faculty offer three different degree programs: the B.A. or B.S. in Social & Political History, the B.A. in Global Studies, and the interdepartmental B.A. or B.S. in Ethics, History & Public Policy. All three focus on connections between past and present and on how historical knowledge facilitates understanding of social, cultural, and policy change.

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News

University-wide article, Social Justice Is Core to Sustainability Efforts at Carnegie Mellon, features Dr. John Soluri's class the Politics of Coffee, Dr. Ezelle Sanford's Grand Challenge Course on health care disparities and recent Global Studies graduate Eric Moreno.

https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2024/may/social-justice-is-core-to-sustainability-efforts-at-carnegie-mellon

Read Dr. Edda Fields-Black New York Times op-ed Black Families Can Now Recover More of Their Lost Histories.

Dr. Joe Trotter wins the John Lewis Award for History and Social Justice from the American Historical Association.

Dr. Edmund Russell created an interactive digital map on telegraph history.

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Courses

79280: Coffee and Capitalism

Taught by: Professor John Soluri

What role has coffee played in connecting people and places to capitalist markets and consumer cultures? What are the economic, social, and environmental consequences of these connections? How did espresso change from an "ethnic drink" to something served at McDonalds? This course answers these questions and more by using coffee to learn about the history of capitalism, and capitalism to understand the history of coffee.

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