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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.

Featured Posts

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“Identity is Always Complex”: Teaching the Shared Histories of Israelis and Palestinians

Discussion of how to move beyond teaching the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and instead teach the shared histories of Palestinians and Israelis from a world-historical perspective

“Identity is Always Complex”: Teaching the Shared Histories of Israelis and Palestinians
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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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“Turned His Attention to the Land of Sudan”: Teaching the 1591 Conflict between Morocco and the Songhai

Discussion of teaching rivalries between states in world history

“Turned His Attention to the Land of Sudan”: Teaching the 1591 Conflict between Morocco and the Songhai
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The Trans-Pacific Trade and the Problem with World History

Discussion of how we teach trans-Pacific trade in world history

The Trans-Pacific Trade and the Problem with World History
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“One of the Most Important Ports of the South Sea”: Acapulco as the Unlikely Entrepôt

Discussion of how to teach the marginalized communities of Acapulco involved in the global silver trade

“One of the Most Important Ports of the South Sea”: Acapulco as the Unlikely Entrepôt
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Visualizing the Increased Use of Gunpowder

Teaching the use of gunpowder using paintings

Visualizing the Increased Use of Gunpowder
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“The City Can Neither Go On Nor Maintain Itself without these Chinese”: Manila’s Chinese Community in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Discussion of teaching the influence of Manila’s Chinese Community in the 16th and 17th centuries

“The City Can Neither Go On Nor Maintain Itself without these Chinese”: Manila’s Chinese Community in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
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Monthly Digest: September 2024

Monthly Digest for September 2024

Monthly Digest: September 2024