Summary
Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy. A specialist on the history and culture of the Atlantic world who studies the Caribbean (particularly Haiti), North America, and France, Dubois joined the University of Virginia in January 2021, and will also serve as the Democracy Initiative’s Director for Academic Affairs. In this role, Dubois will spearhead the Democracy Initiative’s research and pedagogical missions and will serve as the director and lead research convener of the John L. Nau III History and Principles of Democracy Lab—the permanent core lab of the Initiative which will operate as the connecting hub for the entire project.[1] His studies have focused on Haiti.
Laurent Dubois | |
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 Dubois speaks in 2010 | |
| Alma mater | Princeton University Michigan University |
| Employer | University of Virginia |
| Title | John L Nau III Bicentennial professor of History Director of Academic Affairs, Democracy Institute |
Education edit
Dubois was an undergraduate at Princeton University, graduating in 1992, then earned his Ph.D. from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1998.[2]
Career edit
Dubois's main areas of research deal with the history of Haiti and the politics of soccer. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. His book A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 won the 2005 Frederick Douglass Prize.[3]
Bibliography edit
- Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution (2004)
- A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 (2004)
- An Enslaved Enlightenment: rethinking the Intellectual History of the French Atlantic (2006)
- Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France (2010)
- Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (Holt, 2012)[4][5][6]
- The Banjo: America’s African Instrument (Harvard University Press, 2016)[7][8][9][10]
References edit
- ^ "People | Laurent Dubois | Department of History at the University of Virginia". democracyinitiative.edu. University of Virginia=31 July 2023.
- ^ "Laurent Dubois | Duke University History Department Department". history.duke.edu. Duke University. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Past Winners | The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition". glc.yale.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ Hochschild, Adam (29 December 2011). "Haiti - The Aftershocks of History - By Laurent Dubois - Book Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Haiti: The Aftershocks of History by Laurent Dubois". Publishers Weekly. October 24, 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Pressley-Sanon, Toni (27 February 2014). "Haiti: The Aftershocks of History by Laurent Dubois (review)". Journal of Haitian Studies. 19 (1): 307–311. doi:10.1353/jhs.2013.0021. ISSN 2333-7311. S2CID 141956012.
- ^ Hardwig, Bill (1 March 2017). "The Banjo: America's African Instrument". Journal of American History. 103 (4): 1019–1020. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaw515. ISSN 0021-8723. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: The Banjo: America's African Instrument by Laurent Dubois". Publishers Weekly. July 4, 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Gura, Philip F. (20 September 2016). "The Glory-Beaming Banjo!". Reviews in American History. 44 (3): 505–510. doi:10.1353/rah.2016.0068. ISSN 1080-6628. S2CID 151735235.
- ^ Karush, Matthew B. (10 September 2016). "The Banjo: America's African Instrument . By Laurent Dubois Kīkā Kila: How the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed the Sound of Modern Music . By John W. Troutman". Journal of Social History: shw088. doi:10.1093/jsh/shw088.