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Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy at the University… more

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by Laurent Dubois

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Congratulations on this wonderful honor!
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 23h
Yesterday's induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A huge surprise and a big honor. By far, the biggest pleasure this weekend has been in meeting fellows and hearing about their very varied work and worlds.
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by John Palfrey — Reposted by Laurent Dubois, Michael Zimmer

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"He quoted Hannah Arendt's 'The Origins of Totalitarianism' in asserting that the world needs free and objective information."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
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Reposted by Laurent Dubois, Paavo Monkkonen, Patrick Stokes

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In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”
Members of the force's sports squad, responsible - among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access. Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said. Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs". There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said. A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said. "The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there." Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."
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hofrench.bsky.social
Yesterday's induction ceremony of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A huge surprise and a big honor. By far, the biggest pleasure this weekend has been in meeting fellows and hearing about their very varied work and worlds.
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by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò — Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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analytic philosopher, continental philosopher, African Studies theorist
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6d
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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by Laurent Dubois

soccerpolitics.bsky.social
Can't wait to read this - congrats!
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Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · 5d
Loved this book - congrats to Jack (and @yalepress.bsky.social)!
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Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · 5d
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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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Loved this book - congrats to Jack (and @yalepress.bsky.social)!
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Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · 5d
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...
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...
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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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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.
www.newyorker.com
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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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

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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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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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...
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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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

soccerpolitics.bsky.social
Starting in a few minutes!
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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 25d
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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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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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by Laurent Dubois

soccerpolitics.bsky.social
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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

oxfordamerican.bsky.social
“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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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“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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by Marcus Rediker — Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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Tuxedo, 1982
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Tuxedo
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by Laurent Dubois

soccerpolitics.bsky.social
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
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Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social · 27d
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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

meganclement.bsky.social
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
www.tiktok.com
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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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It does feel meaningful to be teaching history right now. We do what we can.
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by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò — Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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huge W
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · Sep 10
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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by Karin Wulf — Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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Looking forward to being in Richmond tonight @ the VMHC!
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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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois, Cas Mudde, Robert B. Reich , and 1 more

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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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by Laurent Dubois

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

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

(& the cover is gorgeous)
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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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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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois

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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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Reposted by Laurent Dubois, Ana Lucia Araújo

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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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