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Laurent Dubois

@soccerpolitics.bsky.social

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Historian (Avengers of the New World/ The Banjo/ The Language of the Game/ Freedom Roots) & Musician (Traversées)

Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy at the University of Virginia. A specialist on the history and culture of the Atlantic world who studies the Caribbean, North America, and France, Dubois joined the University of Virginia in January 2021, and will also serve as the Democracy Initiative’s Director for Academic Affairs. In this role, Dubois will spearhead the Democracy Initiative’s research and pedagogical missions and will serve as the director and lead research convener of the John L. Nau III History and Principles of Democracy Lab—the permanent core lab of the Initiative which will operate as the connecting hub for the entire project. His studies have focused on Haiti. .. more

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

analytic philosopher, continental philosopher, African Studies theorist

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Can't wait to read this - congrats!

Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · 2d

Loved this book - congrats to Jack (and @yalepress.bsky.social)!

Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · 2d

My colleague Jack Bouchard's book Terra Nova is out today! It's about early 16th-century mariners and the seasonal fishery around present-day Newfoundland, and its place within the Atlantic World. I cannot wait to read it

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · 2d

Loved this book - congrats to Jack (and @yalepress.bsky.social)!

Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · 2d

Terra Nova

A bottom-up story of the fishworkers, whalers, First Nations, merchantwomen, oceans, and animals who together made a new colonial world in the early Atlantic...

yalebooks.yale.edu

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 21d

Euzhan Palcy, the first Black female to helm a studio picture, says she owes it all to Robert Redford: "When people ask how I, as a young woman from Martinique, ended up in Hollywood, I smile and think of Robert Redford" bit.ly/41VgnUw

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 21d

Bad Bunny “is probably the most important musician in the world right now—the person future generations will point to when they talk about what the early 2020s sounded like,” Kelefa Sanneh writes.

Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Homecoming

The Latin-trap performer is probably the most important pop musician of our time. Key to his success is that the bigger he gets, the more local he seems.

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Haitian Studies Association @haitianstudies.bsky.social · 21d

Upcoming Virtual Event: Healing in the Lakou / Gerizon nan Lakou a

buff.ly/E0v7wPl

This virtual conversation bridges KOSANBA’s recent conference theme on “Africana Religious Activism, Resistance and Rejuvenation” and HSA’s forthcoming conference theme on “Reparasyon ak Restitisyon.”

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 21d

To support the UNC System’s new graduation requirement, prize-winning historians at UNC Chapel Hill have created a new resource for UNC system courses, in partnership with UNC Press.

Learn more about the book & how students can get free access 👇
uncpressblog.com/2025/09/18/u...

UNC Chapel Hill Department of History, UNC Press, and UNC System Offer Free Digital Access to Foundations of American Democracy - UNC Press Blog

To support the University of North Carolina System’s new “Foundations of American Democracy” graduation requirement, prize-winning historians at UNC Chapel Hill have created a new reader of foundation...

uncpressblog.com

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Jean-Michel Basquiat @basquiat.bsky.social · 22d

Gri Gri, 1986
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5293

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 22d

Starting in a few minutes!

Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 22d

Tonight!

Panel conversation on "Haiti's Time," a new exhibit at UVA's Fralin Museum of art.

Information & registration for the virtual event here:

arts.virginia.edu/calendar/eve...

Event | UVA Arts

Welcome to UVA Arts at the University of Virginia. Explore to find news, resources, events, & opportunities. There is just so much going on!!

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 22d

In her Age of Revolutions course, Julia M. Gossard uses activities like Reacting to the Past and a constitution-writing exercise to teach her student-citizens in the AI era. 🗃️

Empowering Citizens – AHA

Putting students in the shoes of revolutionaries and drafters of constitutions produces a different kind of engagement.

www.historians.org

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 22d

Tonight!

Panel conversation on "Haiti's Time," a new exhibit at UVA's Fralin Museum of art.

Information & registration for the virtual event here:

arts.virginia.edu/calendar/eve...

Event | UVA Arts

Welcome to UVA Arts at the University of Virginia. Explore to find news, resources, events, & opportunities. There is just so much going on!!

arts.virginia.edu

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Oxford American @oxfordamerican.bsky.social · 23d

“It’s for everyone, this book. You can go wherever you want. It’s just a place to start.”

Christian Leus talks with author Kristina Gaddy and musician @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social about "Go Back and Fetch It," their new book exploring early Black music.

🔗: https://shorturl.at/FZlSn

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 23d

“When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say: Hey, I’ve got a new lease on this thing. So let’s go.”

A life of art, activism, and heart.
R.I.P. Robert Redford. 🕊️💫

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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks to Harris Feinsod for an excellent tour yesterday of Frederick Douglass-related places in Fell’s Point, Baltimore, the waterfront district where he lived much of his life between 1826-1838. Here is the central house on “Douglass Row,” five townhouses he built in 1892, and a nearby mural.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat @basquiat.bsky.social · 24d

Tuxedo, 1982
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5159

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 24d

This is such a gorgeous, moving, & fun thread on a great strand of France's football culture. Thank you @meganclement.bsky.social, & H/T @siddharthamitter.bsky.social

Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social · 24d

I have been obsessed with the football challenge the Lucarne d'Évry – a small window to a bin room in the southern suburbs of Paris – for years.

In 2021, a video of Gay Sissoko nailing a spot kick right through it went megaviral.

Here's the video, you can see why:

www.tiktok.com/@papi__nueve...

Gaye l’ancien qui réussit du premier coup à la lucarne d’Evry ⚽️ #lalucarne #evrycourcouronnes #meme #memefr #snapchat #snapchatfr #video #videodrole #videosdroles #fyp #pourtoi #foryou

TikTok video by Papi

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Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social · 24d

Gaye l’ancien qui réussit du premier coup à la lucarne d’Evry ⚽️ #lalucarne #evrycourcouronnes #meme #memefr #snapchat #snapchatfr #video #videodrole #videosdroles #fyp #pourtoi #foryou

TikTok video by Papi

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 27d

It does feel meaningful to be teaching history right now. We do what we can.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29d

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 29d

NEW: Starting Nov. 1, New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to offer no-cost child care to every family, regardless of income. This is projected to amount to an average annual family savings of $12,000 per child.

Yes, policy meeting people's needs is possible.

Governor: New Mexico to provide universal access to child care

Currently, the state’s child care assistance program covers costs for families with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty level.

www.santafenewmexican.com

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 29d

Looking forward to being in Richmond tonight @ the VMHC!

Alison Herring @historyherring.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm looking forward to hearing from Dr. @kawulf.bsky.social
the Virginia Museum of History and Culture this week! If you're in Richmond, I recommend this! #RVA #SkyStorians #HistorySky #Twitterstorians

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An image of the cover of Dr. Wulf's book titled, "Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 10

The biggest sporting event in the world is happening in our backyard. But most New Yorkers will be priced out of watching it live.

Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ah interesting - I thought I recognized it. : ) Will need to think about some events/panels around the publication!

Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is incredibly exciting!!! I can't wait to get this (& teach it!). Congratulations.

(& the cover is gorgeous)

Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · Sep 9

Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians

Image of the cover of a book titled Beyond the Ocean: France and the Atlantic World from the Crusades to the Age of Revolutions, by Christopher Hodson and Brett Rushforth. The background image is an eighteenth-century ink and watercolor rendition of the harbor of Le Cap in modern Haiti, with three ships and one small boat foregrounded in the bay and a handful of buildings scattered on the shore in the background.

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Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · Sep 9

Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians

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Sara Ziemnik @sziemnik2198.bsky.social · Sep 9

VALENCIA! Congratulations to such a deserving educator and welcome to the Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year #NHTOY club. So inspired by all the great work you do! Proud to know you! Your students and community are so lucky. @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social @vannabbott.bsky.social

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#Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative @slaveryarchive.bsky.social · Sep 9

We are happy to announce the three finalists of the #Slaveryarchive Book Prize 2024! The winner will be announced at the end of September. To know more about the three finalists, visit our website www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...

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#Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative @slaveryarchive.bsky.social · Sep 8

Don't miss historian Vincent Brown ( @professorvbrown.bsky.social) talk in this important new initiative. Deep Dive Session: The Digital is Black: Reparative Methods for Storytelling for the History for our Future Learning Network. #slaveryarchive www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

DEEP DIVE:THE DIGITAL IS BLACK 2025 Professor Vincent Brown with Fiona Compton and Dr Renee Landell:

YouTube video by HOUSE OF DREAD Studio

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yes - it's really great on the context and I didn't know much about this so very cool to read your take.

Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · Sep 8

Fantastic piece - thank you!

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · Sep 8

New from me:

On Kara Walker's radical transformation of a toppled Confederate memorial — the Stonewall Jackson statue from Charlottesville, Va.

Her piece goes on view next month, part of the big MONUMENTS show at The Brick and MOCA in Los Angeles.

[Gift link]

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...

Kara Walker Deconstructs a Statue, and a Myth

www.nytimes.com

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