Laurent Dubois

Babylon.

Took my Archives class to Georgetown's Special Collections today. This volume is one of several amazing things we saw. A highlight of my semester so far!

The Rolling Stone Interview: Alysa Liu

The Olympic gold medalist on dropping out of figure skating, thinking for herself, and her triumphant return to the ice.

Read: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

I'll be performing & speaking with Felwine Sarr tonight at NYU:

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I feel this very often these days too

Today is the LAST DAY to support the @burnitalldownpod.com kickstarter! We are trying to get to $29k by the end of the day, which will allow us to make 7 episodes and pay back fees incurred over during the relaunch.

We are SO CLOSE to getting there!! Every drop helps. Thank you all for everything.

For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the “first comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now

INCREDIBLE: IRAN’S WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM STANDS SILENT DURING ANTHEM BEFORE ASIAN CUP MATCH

Arriving at the tournament in Australia days before American & Israeli air strikes hit Tehran & killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the team decline to sing the regime's anthem.

Congratulations - can't wait to hold the book in my hands!

Franklin Research Center Announces the Opening of the Sylvia Wynter Papers, Exhibition, and Symposium - The Devil's Tale Post contributed by John B. Gartrell, director John Hope Franklin Research Center  The John Hope Franklin Research Center is pleased to share that the archive of philosopher, scholar, and author Sylvi...

"The John Hope Franklin Research Center is pleased to share that the archive of philosopher, scholar, and author Sylvia Wynter will be opened to the public beginning March 3." Alt text: photograph of Sylvia Wynter.

Agreed.

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#okrapolitan

Vince Rafael was a powerhouse in the History Department here at the UW. He will be deeply missed by all of those who knew him.

A glorious blossom in bloom above a graffitied wall and against a glorious blue sky in glorious Montreuil.

Glorious Montreuil.

Two types of uncertainty

Agnotology

A familiar lineage

Alondra Nelson giving a fascinating talk on Algorithmic #Agnotology @ #IASEAI @unesco in Paris. #IASEAI26 #Epistemology #AI #LLMs

World Cup host cities ‘running out of time’ with $625m in funding held up by shutdown Officials warned of potential event cancellations if World Cup host cities do not receive the funds, which are set to be administered by Fema

On Capitol Hill this morning, lawmakers and city officials both expressed concern that World Cup host cities may face extreme budgetary shortfalls if promised federal funds aren’t released ASAP.

Fan tests could be cancelled.

From me, on @us.theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Actually 5:30! : )

TODAY! Join us virtually at 5:30 p.m. EST for a panel discussion featuring JCB Director Karin Wulf, Laurent Dubois (University of Virginia), Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt University), and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins University).

Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Looking forward to being in conversation on "Journalism & History" with @kawulf.bsky.social, @marthasjones.bsky.social & @pastpunditry.bsky.social this evening at 5 p.m.

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It Hurts

It Hurts, 1986
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Pope Leo XIV visits one of Rome’s leading Catholic parishes serving immigrants, refugees, and the homeless.

This is an Ent.

Performances like this are indeed why I write about sport.

LOVE THIS 💗

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Jennifer Schuessler, a reporter for The New York Times; and a panel of historians including Laurent Dubois of University of Virginia, Nicole Hemmer of Vanderbilt University, and Martha Jones of Johns Hopkins University.

One of the contradictions of our time is the belief that work is good for the soul and also that we should just have robots do it.

this scene gives me chills each time I watch it. Casablanca was a contemporary film: it was set in 1941 and released in 1942. They were celebrating neighbors and compatriots across the globe. It'd be like releasing a film next year about what's happening in Minnesota

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Mr. Douglass rose, and, taking the violin, played once more to the delight of the PRESS representative "The Star Spangled Banner, and the goodbye was exchanged, and thus closed the longest interview ever obtained with the "Sage of Cedar Hill."

How to end an interview:

In 1889, Frederick Douglass told a visitor to his DC home that any government that would "grant the right of suffrage and deny itself the power to protect that right is...a sham and a fraud."

Then he grabbed his violin and played the Star Spangled Banner.

The University of Virginia Archival AI Protocol, a practical framework for evaluating AI company requests to use cultural heritage collections as training data.