Skip to content
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

Members Public

“The Voyage Was Full of Dangers”: Teaching Modern Migration, 1700 to Present

Discussion of teaching modern global migration from 1700 to today

“The Voyage Was Full of Dangers”: Teaching Modern Migration, 1700 to Present
Members Public

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
Members Public

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
Members Public

“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

Members Public

“Method of Building the Ships”: Chinese Ships Before 1400

Discussion of teaching Indian Ocean shipping technology

“Method of Building the Ships”: Chinese Ships Before 1400
Members Public

Monthly Digest: August 2025

Monthly digest for August 2025

Monthly Digest: August 2025
Members Public

“A Huge Contingent of Armed Africans”: Revisiting Enslaved African Resistance

Discussion of teaching the Malê Revolt

“A Huge Contingent of Armed Africans”: Revisiting Enslaved African Resistance
Members Public

“The Horrors of the Cruel System of Slavery”: Revisiting the Transatlantic Slave System

Discussion of teaching Brazil and the transatlantic slave system

“The Horrors of the Cruel System of Slavery”: Revisiting the Transatlantic Slave System
Members Public

“As Soon as the Merchants Arrive”: Melaka and Indian Ocean Trade Before 1450

Discussion of teaching Melaka

“As Soon as the Merchants Arrive”: Melaka and Indian Ocean Trade Before 1450
Members Public

“Everything is Found in Zanzibar”: East Africa, Zanzibar, and World History in the Nineteenth Century

Discussion of teaching nineteenth-century East Africa and Zanzibar

“Everything is Found in Zanzibar”: East Africa, Zanzibar, and World History in the Nineteenth Century