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Liberating Narratives

Liberating Narratives is a weekly subscription newsletter helping world history teachers decolonize their classes. Each post explores how to teach specific historical topics and includes primary and secondary source excerpts, historical images, and maps. Bram Hubbell is the author. He can be found on Twitter and Mastodon.

You can easily browse through all posts on the Archive. On the bottom of the archive is a list of all tags used on the posts. You can also search topics using tags. By subscribing to the newsletter, you can gain access to the posts and can join the bimonthly teaching workshops. Some posts are free to the public; other posts require a paid subscription.

Bram annually takes a two week winter break in late December/early January and a one month break from 15 June to 15 July.

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The Enlightenment Didn’t Cause the Haitian Revolution

Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue had many reasons to revolt... the Enlightenment wasn't one of them

The Enlightenment Didn’t Cause the Haitian Revolution
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Voices of the Southern Front: Decolonizing our Teaching of the First World War

A discussion of how to teach the First World War using sources from India and the Middle East.

Voices of the Southern Front: Decolonizing our Teaching of the First World War
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Beyond the Good War: Alternative Narratives for Teaching World War II

A discussion of how to teach World War II in world history courses by focusing on resources and extreme violence.

Beyond the Good War: Alternative Narratives for Teaching World War II
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“White Devils All Over Asia”: Teaching New Imperialism, c.1850 - c.1940

A discussion of how to teach New Imperialism in world history courses and centering the voices of colonized people.

“White Devils All Over Asia”: Teaching New Imperialism, c.1850 - c.1940

Recent Posts

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Afroeurasian Exchange Networks and the Spread of Religions before 1450

Extensive trade networks crisscrossed Afroeurasia before 1500. These networks facilitated more than the movement of goods; cultural traditions and technologies also spread through the networks. We can easily see this through the spread of the four most popular universal religions. The Source

Afroeurasian Exchange Networks and the Spread of Religions before 1450
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“Listen to the Women For a Change”: The First International Women’s Conference and Late Twentieth-Century Global Feminism

Discussion of teaching late-twentieth-century global feminism

“Listen to the Women For a Change”: The First International Women’s Conference and Late Twentieth-Century Global Feminism
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The Problem with Hyphenating Afroeurasia

Hyphens suggest otherness; Afroeurasia has a long interconnected history

The Problem with Hyphenating Afroeurasia
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“When Mali Conquered the Region of Walata”: Trade and the Expansion of the Empire of Mali

Discussion of how the expansion of Mali facilitated trans-Saharan trade

“When Mali Conquered the Region of Walata”: Trade and the Expansion of the Empire of Mali
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“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950

Discussion of teaching global feminism in the first half of the 1900s

“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950
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Monthly Digest: September 2025

Monthly digest for September 2025

Monthly Digest: September 2025