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I’m leading a free workshop tonight on modernity, the great divergence, and world history for Columbia University’s Asia for Educators. You can still sign up 🗺️🗃️ afe.easia.columbia.edu/programs/25s...

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New post on Africa in the Forty Years’ War. I discuss African soldiers in the world wars, Ethiopians fighting fascism, & the roots of African decolonization 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/we-the-women...

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After a brief unanticipated publishing break while traveling in India, I'm back with another post on teaching East Asia during the world wars. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-turning-po...

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This week's post focuses on the Middle East in the Forty Years' War (the two World Wars) I discuss Ottoman Palestine, Egyptian cartoons in the 30s, & the Persian famine in 1942 www.liberatingnarratives.com/such-a-state...

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It's the 15th - time for a new series & monthly free post! This month is about decolonizing the teaching of the World Wars using the “Forty Years' War.” I discuss how we can better use diverse experiences to understand the themes of the world wars. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/every-contin...

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Holiday break is over & Liberating Narratives is back! Today's new post is about Ottoman & Persian opium and the scary importance of opium to all Euro imperialism in Southeast Asia 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/freedom-of-t...

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Holiday break is over & Liberating Narratives is back! Today's new post is about Ottoman & Persian opium and the scary importance of opium to all Euro imperialism in Southeast Asia 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/freedom-of-t...

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Flying to NYC today. On Sat morning, I’m participating in a round table on the “Unsurvey” in World History at @historians.org 🗺️🗃️

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When teaching the opium trade, we often focus on British controlled east India & China. How does the story change if we focus on western India & Singapore? 🗺️🗃️

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The opium trade was more than the Opium Wars; it was central to the 19th century global economy. This free post focuses on how we can rethink our teaching of the opium trade 🗺️🗃️

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The opium trade was more than the Opium Wars; it was central to the 19th century global economy. This free post focuses on how we can rethink our teaching of the opium trade 🗺️🗃️

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People have many opinions about global migration today. In my latest post, I discuss how we can teach contemporary global migration using change & continuity over time 🗺️🗃️

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I was looking back at an old post and thinking about what it means to decolonize world history - it’s about both changing WHAT we teach and HOW we teach 🗺️🗃️

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New post about teaching 19th century migration that emphasizes the global scope (less emphasis on Euro migration) & significance of migration to modernity 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/i-left-my-land-to-come-to-demerara/

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Regular readers may notice I always spell Afroeurasia without a hyphen. Here's a special public bonus post about the logic of this choice and how we can engage students to reflect on naming conventions. 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/afroeurasia-not-afro-eurasia/

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Lots of folks have been following me and are new to Bluesky, so let me introduce myself. 🧵 I'm Bram Hubbell, and I'm a world historian. I primarily write Liberating Narratives, a newsletter for world history teachers.

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this whole post is well worth your time esp if you teach the "scramble for africa" and as always I appreciate @liberatingnarrs.bsky.social's instincts to center student observations e.g. on these maps. "what do you notice?" is undefeated as a kickoff question.

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I wrote this week about how we can teach the Middle Passage in the 18th century as the start of modern migration. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/longing-for-...

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Has anyone put together a starter pack for NRCs? If you know any, please share with me. 🗺️🗃️

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Yesterday @mrshistorylee.bsky.social, @erbeckman.bsky.social & I @bramhubbell.bsky.social led a workshop on the Age of Revolutions. All the resources are available online plus a great deal for annual subscriptions. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/reframing-re...

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I am thrilled to share the cover of my forthcoming book, I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom (June 2025 @yalepress.bsky.social) The stunning painting is by Haitian-American artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre (ulrickjeanpierre.com) yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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When teaching European colonization of Africa, the maps we use can tell different stories. Too often, the story is about which European states conquered which parts of Africa. But what if we focus on how often and where Africans revolted against Europeans? The map below shows LOTS of uprisings. 🗺️🗃️

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When teaching European colonization of Africa, the maps we use can tell different stories. Too often, the story is about which European states conquered which parts of Africa. But what if we focus on how often and where Africans revolted against Europeans? The map below shows LOTS of uprisings. 🗺️🗃️

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Maps can give the impression that the Portuguese arrival in the Indian Ocean completely transformed how exchange worked, but that wasn’t the case. 🗃️

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We all know someone who wants us to fear migration, but people who have migrated have been critical to the development of the modern world. I wrote about how we can teach modern migration history in the latest post. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-voyage-w...

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One easy way to teach the impact of the Haitian Revolution on the Atlantic world is w/ this map showing just some of uprisings by enslaved Africans in the Caribbean from 1791 (start of the HR) to 1848. 🗺️🗃️ #haitianrevolution

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The recording and resources from last night's workshop on teaching the Haitian Revolution are now available online. 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/teaching-the-haitian-revolution-resources/

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World History Folks - Let me know if I’m missing people go.bsky.app/HNmDVyG

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