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André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 2d

Aujourd'hui dans Paroles d'histoire, sur les traces d'un esclave affranchi au XVIIIe siècle, avec @julydup.bsky.social pour son livre @cnrseditions.bsky.social
Bonne écoute et bonne semaine !
parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...

La discussion :

Les choix d’écriture du livre (1:00)
Que sait-on des conditions dans lesquelles « É » est réduit en esclavage ? (15:30)
Un enfant choisi et nommé par le second du navire (20:00)
Un esclave revendu, devenu apprenti cuisinier (26:00)
Un affranchi, marié, tenant avec succès un hôtel (36:20)
Un parcours qui rencontre la Révolution et ses débats sur l’esclavage (47:30)

Les conseils de lecture :

Olivia Butler, Mauvaise graine
Gisli Palsson, L’homme qui vola sa liberté

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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 11d

Une enquête signée des universitaires Maxime Cervulle et Sarah Lécossais documente la manière dont les industries du cinéma, du théâtre et de l’audiovisuel continuent d’écarter les comédiennes et comédiens racisés, tout au long de leur parcours professionnel.

Par Ludovic Lamant

Racisme : des discriminations toujours vivaces au cinéma et au théâtre

Une enquête signée des universitaires Maxime Cervulle et Sarah Lécossais documente la manière dont les industries du cinéma, du théâtre et de l’audiovisuel continuent d’écarter les comédiennes et comédiens racisés, tout au long de leur parcours professionnel.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22d

The Trump administration ordered several National Park Service sites to take down materials related to slavery and Native Americans, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back, one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era. nyti.ms/4nyyyaQ

A man sits with his back to the camera. His back is full of scars and ridges in the skin from beatings. A headline reads: Park Service Is Ordered to Take Down Some Materials on Slavery and Tribes. Photo via the Library of Congress.

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Sep 8

Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

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CNRS Ile-de-France Villejuif @cnrs-idf-villejuif.bsky.social · Sep 8

ECHELLES : un nouveau laboratoire pour repenser l’histoire et les sociétés à l’échelle globale
👉 echelles.u-pariscite.fr/echelles/ech...
@echelles-umr8264.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social

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Eric Gardner @profgardner.bsky.social · Sep 1

I hope to see Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s Civil War and Reconstruction go into paperback before too long, but for now, a discount code—AUFLY30—to help folks who want the hardcover directly from Oxford. ISBN 9780197804490; release date within a month! See global.oup.com/academic/pro...

A card offering a discount code--AUFLY30--that will allow buyers to save 30% when they order the hardcover edition of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Civil War and Reconstruction (ISBN 9780197804490) directly from Oxford University Press. The card shows the book's cover and notes the book's ISBN, prices, and September 2025 release date.

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Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · Aug 21

Now available! THE RISE OF CELEBRITY AUTHORSHIP: 19th-CENTURY PRINT CULTURE & ANTI-SLAVERY, by Sarah Allison

Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%: bit.ly/3V9ygLk @sarahdallison.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Michaël Roy @mroyupc.bsky.social · Aug 19

Also, Bibliothèque Sorbier is to be renamed after Maryse Condé 👌

la1ere.franceinfo.fr/a-paris-une-...

À Paris, une bibliothèque renommée en hommage à Maryse Condé

Le conseil de Paris a voté mardi 3 juin en faveur du changement de dénomination de la bibliothèque Sorbier, située dans le 20ᵉ arrondissement de la capitale. Elle sera désormais appelée la "bibliothèq...

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Michaël Roy @mroyupc.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just realized that my neighborhood's public library (formerly Bibliothèque Parmentier) has a new name--and I love it!

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · Jul 30

Jeremy D. Popkin - The First Emancipation

The Forgotten History of Abolition in Revolutionary France

À paraître en avril aux Princeton UP

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · Jul 28

Caroline Rolland-Diamond - Rosa Parks

À paraître en octobre chez Gallimard

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Colonial Networks @colnet.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist

Screenshot of the website header for slavesinparis.org comprising a drawing of the Place des Victoires in 18th-century Paris

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History News Network @myhnn.bsky.social · Jul 3

Read an excerpt from “Slaves in Paris: Hidden Lives and Fugitive Histories” by Miranda Spieler. @harvardpress.bsky.social www.hnn.us/article/slav...

Slave Hunts as “Normal Policing”

In 18th century Paris, policemen accepted that property could take the form of people.

www.hnn.us

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · Jul 4

If you haven't read Racecraft before, you're in for a treat.
www.versobooks.com/products/227...

Racecraft

Praised by a wide variety of people from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Zadie Smith, Racecraft "ought to be positioned," as Bookforum put it, "at the center of any discussion of race in American life." Most peop...

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Michaël Roy @mroyupc.bsky.social · Jul 3

Félicitations! J'ai regardé avec un très grand intérêt votre entretien pour Hors Série récemment. Il me tarde de lire le livre.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · Jul 1

PUB DATE today folks happy to have written the foreward to Sylvia Frey's classic on black resistance in the south during the American Revolution, one of my favorite books in grad school. @princetonupress.bsky.social did a great job with the new edition. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Water from the Rock

A multifaceted history of Black resistance during the War of Independence

press.princeton.edu

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jun 24

At night, Toni Morrison worked on her novels. By day, she was the first Black female senior-editor at Random House. She championed a fresh generation of authors, @clintsmithiii.bsky.social writes. A new book chronicles her time as an editor:

How Toni Morrison Changed Publishing

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

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Michaël Roy @mroyupc.bsky.social · Jun 23

Félicitations! 👏

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Michaël Roy @mroyupc.bsky.social · Jun 23

Yay! Congrats!

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Michaël Roy @mroyupc.bsky.social · Jun 23

Bravo Emilia! 🥳

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · Jun 17

PUBLICATION DAY!

_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social

To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

I Have Avenged America

A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule ...

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Michaël Roy @mroyupc.bsky.social · Jun 16

👋 @rjboutelle.bsky.social @nneka.bsky.social

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Michaël Roy @mroyupc.bsky.social · Jun 16

Grateful to be included in this review of five new works on the era of abolition. Young Abolitionists is in great company!

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · Jun 10

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
American Quarterly
Volume 77, Number 2, June 2025
tinyurl.com/3t8saeps

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Michaël Roy @mroyupc.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congrats on a great conference!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jun 12

Call for Papers: 'Charles Ignatius Sancho: A Black British Man of Letters and His World' conference. Deadline for submissions 14 July 2025. Conference will be held 13-14 March 2026 at Northeastern University, London: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Portrait of Ignatius Sancho painted by Thomas Gainsborough. Sancho look to the left. He is wearing a red waistcoat with gold trimming and a dark jacket.

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