Time to share some new materials for teaching the European colonization of Africa.

Trying to get back to a regular writing routine. Here’s a fun post partially inspired by Zohran Mamdani’s excellent St. Patrick’s Day remarks

Excellent essay by Reza Aslan www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

New post on teaching the consequences of Stalin's first Five-Year Plan with primary forces and a focus on the Holodomor 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/hunger-was-the-word-i-heard-most/

New post on teaching how states around the world became more involved in directing economic development in the 1930s 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-changing-role-of-government-involvement/

Working on a new post for Liberating Narratives, and I keep searching for specific speeches by Adolf Hitler. I’m wondering what these searches are doing to my algorithm. 😬

New post on teaching the consequences of new military technology in the First World War 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-deadliest-instrument-of-warfare/

Just saw an excellent exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London 🗺️🗃️

@getskyscraper.com Loving the new app. Is there a way to easily view lists I’ve made?

Heading to Chicago for AHA 2026. Who else is going? 🗺️🗃️

I love this new Ted-Ed video on Tokugawa Edo. It’s a fun resource blending an understanding of how the Tokugawa economy worked and the way Japanese culture synthesized different ideas. 🗺️🗃️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0h8...

Happy New Year! 🎊 May 2026 be a year filled with justice and peace for everyone!

Great article for showing how African consumers influenced the late 19th century global economy. A good length to use with students. theconversation.com/early-shoppe...

This set of lectures on medieval West Africa is aimed at teachers and taking place in January 🗺️🗃️ www.aaiafrica.org/soe2026

I wrote about using chess to teach about pre-modern Afroeurasian exchange. Chess is a fun way to teach about exchange routes from a global perspective. There’s lots of visual primary sources as well. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/set-this-che...

Reflecting on our shared humanity won ped.bramhubbell.com/2025/11/05/o...

My daughter ran up to this car today and asked about the sticker. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊️✊🏾

Good article about underwater archaeology and Chinese maritime trade. 🗺️🗃️ www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trea...

It’s surprising how often I still hear people mention Columbus “discovering” the Americas. Here’s my reply.

Today felt good

Hi, can anyone help me download this? My New York Public Library account doesn’t have access. Thanks. oxfordre.com/internationa...

Hi, can anyone help me download this? My New York Public Library account doesn’t have access. Thanks. oxfordre.com/internationa...

I don’t think enough historians consider what a hyphen in Afroeurasia implies. If we really believe in teaching the interconnected history of Africa, Asia, and Europe, it’s time to stop using “Afro-Eurasia” and start using Afroeurasia.

Most definitely! When I was a union negotiator we had a policy of limiting the top salary in relation to the bottom salary. We need that in the US! jacobin.com/2025/10/maxi...

I always enjoyed teaching the Haitian Revolution. The topic always excited students, and the resources are great.

Excellent op-ed by Roxanne Gay “Civility Is a Fantasy” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/civility-fantasy-power-kirk.html

Last week I wrote about the causes of the Haitian Revolution and got lots of great feedback. Thanks 🙏 I also had a couple of sources I left out and wanted to share. 🗺️🗃️ #histodons www.liberatingnarratives.com/...

Teaching global feminism in world history is like teaching resistance by enslaved Africans or colonized peoples. It should be our default approach. Women (and a few men) have consistently challenged patriarchy and pushed for greater equality. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/souls-are-ne...

One more reason I love @footballweekly.bsky.social Great to hear from @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social even if I’m a Spurs fan and he’s an Arsenal fan

I'm trying a new experiment and sharing Liberating Narratives free posts on Substack and Medium. I know lots of people use those platforms. Everything I post will still be available on the main site.

Finishing up these two new excellent books.

New post! I discuss how we can teach the influence of African women on the slave trade using Crispina Peres. I draw heavily on the work of Toby Green. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-single-bla...

History for the 21st Century publishes excellent case studies for world history classrooms. They are targeted at the college level, but the sources can easily be adapted to the high school level. 🗺️🗃️ www.history21.com

Putting this post together was an eye opener for me. I’ve written a lot about teaching the transatlantic slave system, and I didn’t realize how much my focus was on the North Atlantic rather than Brazil and West Central Africa (the South Atlantic) I hope I provided some helpful resources for folks

I loved writing these posts on East Africa. There are so many great primary sources to use with students.

New post on early modern East Africa. How much influence did the Portuguese have? Not much when we look at the sources! 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/at-variance-...

I’m offering a free workshop tomorrow night (8/12). It’s on teaching the Mongols at 7PM ET/4PM PT. I hope to see you there. www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-great-army...

This has been a challenging year with writing. It felt good to take a break and then come back with this topic.

I forgot to share this article on teaching the Indochina Wars when it was published last month 🗺️🗃️ journals.gmu.edu/whc/article/...

Good article on the upcoming 80th anniversary of the 5th Pan-African Congress that jumpstarted post-WW2 decolonization 🗺️🗃️ www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

In the fall of 1994, I took a seminar on the Crusades and wrote a research paper on the Jewish massacres of the First Crusade. It feels a little wild writing about this same topic 31 years later!

After almost ten years away, I’m heading back to the AP World History reading this week. Any other folks going? 🗺️🗃️

I always love taking traditionally Eurocentric topics and showing how they can be approached from a more global perspective!

It was fun writing this new post on the Crusades, a topic I’ve always enjoyed, but have often been bothered by how it’s typically portrayed in public imagination www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-meeting-...

Here it is, my 220th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Please add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...

Off to Japan! 🇯🇵

So I basically avoided looking at Bluesky for the last 7 weeks while traveling in India. Did I miss any news? #theunitedstatesisadumpsterfire

I’m leading a free workshop tonight on modernity, the great divergence, and world history for Columbia University’s Asia for Educators. You can still sign up 🗺️🗃️ afe.easia.columbia.edu/programs/25s...

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 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/we-the-women...

I wrote about oceans as bridges in world history 🗺️🗃️ community.oerproject.com/b/blog/posts...