“A sweeping, passionate history of Haiti. “Well-written, authoritative history… enriched by careful attention to what Haitian intellectuals have had to say about their country over the last two centuries.” - The New York Times Book Review Revealing what lies behind the familiar moniker "the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere," this indispensable book illuminates the foundations on which a new Haiti might yet emerge.Ī New York Times Notable Book of the Year The country's difficulties are inextricably rooted in its founding revolution-the only successful slave revolt in the history of the world the hostility that this rebellion generated among the surrounding colonial powers and the intense struggle within Haiti itself to define its newfound freedom and realize its promise. But as acclaimed historian Laurent Dubois demonstrates, Haiti's troubled present can only be understood by examining its complex past.
This series will feature scholars from various academic disciplines at the top of their fields engaging issues in disciplines including Philosophy, Theology, French and Francophone Studies, and Ethnic Studies.A passionate and insightful account by a leading historian of Haiti that traces the sources of the country's devastating present back to its turbulent and traumatic historyĮven before the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a benighted place of poverty and corruption, blamed by many for its own wretchedness. The Nanovic Institute is pleased to announce our spring 2023 lecture series, Decolonizing Scholarship. The Nanovic Institute, with its strategic emphasis on “peripheries” and de-centering the center, is committed to fostering research and teaching that presents European studies in a new light.
Dubois also served as co-director of Duke’s Franklin Humanities Center Haiti Laboratory for three years. 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.īefore coming to UVA, Dubois spent a decade at Duke University, where he founded the Forum for Scholars & Publics and taught as a professor of romance studies and history. 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 Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy and Director for Academic Affairs of the Democracy Initiative in the Department of French at the University of Virginia.Ī 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 new co-director for academic affairs.
Decolonizing Scholarship in French and Francophone Studies
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