Liberating Narratives is a newsletter about decolonizing the teaching of world history. It is written by
@bramhubbell
How did the Korean March First Movement inspire other anti-imperial uprisings?
This week’s post is about the East Asian 1919 anti-imperial uprisings.
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-voice-of-national-self-determination-has-swept-the-world/
New post on Africa in the Forty Years’ War. I discuss African soldiers in the world wars, Ethiopians fighting fascism, & the roots of African decolonization
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/we-the-women-will-fight/
After a brief unanticipated publishing break while traveling in India, I'm back with another post on teaching East Asia during the world wars.
I discuss the role of the Chinese Labor Corps, Koreans in Japan, Japanese propaganda, and a unique Japanese soldier who fought for 5 different armies between 1944 & 1954
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-turning-point-in-my-life/
It's the 15th - time for a new series and the monthly free post! This month I'm writing about decolonizing the teaching of the World Wars using the idea of the Forty Years' War. In this first post I discuss how we can better use diverse experiences to understand the themes of the world wars.
https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/every-continent-is-affected/
Holiday break is over & Liberating Narratives is back!
Today's new post is about Ottoman & Persian opium and the scary importance of opium to all Euro imperialism in Southeast Asia
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/freedom-of-trade-in-opium/
When teaching the opium trade, we often focus on British controlled east India & China. How does the story change if we focus on western India & Singapore?
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/they-all-must-have-opium/
The opium trade was more than the Opium Wars; it was central to the 19th century global economy. This free post focuses on how we can rethink our teaching of the opium trade
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/opium-was-one-of-those-things/
People have many opinions about global migration today. In my latest post, I discuss how we can teach contemporary global migration using change & continuity over time
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/living-between-worlds/
New post about teaching 19th century migration that emphasizes the global scope (less emphasis on Euro migration) & significance of migration to modernity
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/i-left-my-land-to-come-to-demerara/
And here’s a little preview of why we want to use Afroeurasia
Regular readers may notice I always spell Afroeurasia without a hyphen. Here's a special public bonus post about the logic of this choice and how we can engage students to reflect on naming conventions.
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/afroeurasia-not-afro-eurasia/
I wrote this week about how we can teach the Middle Passage in the 18th century as the start of modern migration.
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/longing-for-their-homes/
Yesterday @MrsHistoryLee, @ERBeckman & I @bramhubbell led a workshop on the Age of Revolutions. All the resources are available online plus a great deal for annual subscriptions.
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We all know someone who wants us to fear migration, but people who have migrated have been critical to the development of the modern world. I wrote about how we can teach modern migration history.
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-voyage-was-full-of-dangers/
The recording and resources from last night’s workshop on teaching the Haitian Revolution are now available online.
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/teaching-the-haitian-revolution-resources/
Too often we only teach the influence of creole elites on the Spanish American Revolutions. Instead let’s focus on Black & Indigenous men & women who influenced these revolutions!
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Textbooks often argue the French Revolution contributed to the Haitian Revolution, but how did the Haitian Revolution shape the French Revolution?
New post on Haiti’s influence on the French Revolution
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When teaching imperialism, I always prefer to have the people being colonized describe what is happening rather than the colonizers. One of my favorite sources for teaching the British colonization of India is Amrita Lal Roy, a Bengali.
You can learn more about using this source and teaching imperialism on Liberating Narratives
https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/white-devils-all-over-asia/
One of my favorite resources to use when teaching the transatlantic slave system is Belinda Sutton's petition to the Massachusetts General Court. After her former enslaver fled, she asked for a pension. She also described her experience as an enslaved woman.
You can read more about how to use this source on Liberating Narratives
https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/suffering-the-most-excruciating-torments/
New post on teaching the American Revolution from a global perspective in world history courses.
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-complete-history-of-the-american-war/