L.Virginie Belony
@virginiebelony.bsky.social
♢ Historienne | Histoire des Caraïbes & d’Haïti (XIXe et XXe siècles) | Pensée intellectuelle haïtienne (avant 1957) | Mémoire collective, diasporas, duvaliérisme.
(Art: Hector Hyppolite, 1947)
➥ https://haitianhistoryblog.com
(Art: Hector Hyppolite, 1947)
➥ https://haitianhistoryblog.com
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Jean-Claude Carrié, Les membres de l'Haïti Littéraire dans la résidence de la romancière Marie Vieux-Chauvet à Port-au-Prince (1963).
De gauche à droite : Villard Denis, Anthony Phelps, René Philoctète, Marie Vieux Chauvet, Roland Morisseau, Serge Legagneur.
#marievieuxchauvet
De gauche à droite : Villard Denis, Anthony Phelps, René Philoctète, Marie Vieux Chauvet, Roland Morisseau, Serge Legagneur.
#marievieuxchauvet
July 19, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Jean-Claude Carrié, Les membres de l'Haïti Littéraire dans la résidence de la romancière Marie Vieux-Chauvet à Port-au-Prince (1963).
De gauche à droite : Villard Denis, Anthony Phelps, René Philoctète, Marie Vieux Chauvet, Roland Morisseau, Serge Legagneur.
#marievieuxchauvet
De gauche à droite : Villard Denis, Anthony Phelps, René Philoctète, Marie Vieux Chauvet, Roland Morisseau, Serge Legagneur.
#marievieuxchauvet
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2025 has already been a brutal year for Haitian literature: Décès du grand poète haïtien-canadien, Anthony Phelps www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?art...
Haïti-Littérature : Décès du grand poète haïtien-canadien, Anthony Phelps
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March 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
2025 has already been a brutal year for Haitian literature: Décès du grand poète haïtien-canadien, Anthony Phelps www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?art...
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Looking forward to this today!
It will be live-streamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@ucla-c1718cs
It will be live-streamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@ucla-c1718cs
February 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Looking forward to this today!
It will be live-streamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@ucla-c1718cs
It will be live-streamed on the Center’s YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@ucla-c1718cs
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A HUGE loss for Haiti: The death of Franketienne, a giant of Haitian literature & art. Thanks to @danicacoto.bsky.social & @apnews.com for covering this in English. RIP Franck Étienne!
He was born Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d’Argent (more on his name below).
He became known simply as Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important writers and artists.
Thousands are mourning his death.
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He became known simply as Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important writers and artists.
Thousands are mourning his death.
apnews.com/article/hait...
Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti's most important and prolific writers, dies at 88
Frankétienne, a renowned writer, painter, actor and musician known as the “father of Haitian letters” has died. He was 88.
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February 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A HUGE loss for Haiti: The death of Franketienne, a giant of Haitian literature & art. Thanks to @danicacoto.bsky.social & @apnews.com for covering this in English. RIP Franck Étienne!
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It's out!
I edited " #Catholicism & #Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the #Atlantic World" & authored "New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith. Visions of an #Abolitionist #Black Catholic Church in Early #Haiti (1808-1825)🇭🇹"
Previews soon #earlymodern #slaveryarchive
tinyurl.com/3w68jkax
I edited " #Catholicism & #Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the #Atlantic World" & authored "New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith. Visions of an #Abolitionist #Black Catholic Church in Early #Haiti (1808-1825)🇭🇹"
Previews soon #earlymodern #slaveryarchive
tinyurl.com/3w68jkax
Slavery & Abolition
Forum: Catholicism and Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the Atlantic World. Guest Editors: Damien Tricoire and Miriam Franchina. Volume 46, Issue 1 of Slavery & Abolition
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February 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's out!
I edited " #Catholicism & #Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the #Atlantic World" & authored "New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith. Visions of an #Abolitionist #Black Catholic Church in Early #Haiti (1808-1825)🇭🇹"
Previews soon #earlymodern #slaveryarchive
tinyurl.com/3w68jkax
I edited " #Catholicism & #Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the #Atlantic World" & authored "New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith. Visions of an #Abolitionist #Black Catholic Church in Early #Haiti (1808-1825)🇭🇹"
Previews soon #earlymodern #slaveryarchive
tinyurl.com/3w68jkax
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📚 Analyse sur l’occupation étudiante de 1969 à Concordia et l’ambiguïté des universités, souvent prises entre la dénonciation des injustices et leur perpétuation.
➡️À lire ou relire: histoireengagee.ca/protests-and-pedagogy-la-commemoration-de-loccupation-etudiante-de-1969-a-concordia/
➡️À lire ou relire: histoireengagee.ca/protests-and-pedagogy-la-commemoration-de-loccupation-etudiante-de-1969-a-concordia/
« Protests and Pedagogy » : La commémoration de l’occupation étudiante de 1969 à Concordia - Histoire Engagée
Par Amanda Perry, doctorante en littérature comparée à la New York University
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February 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
📚 Analyse sur l’occupation étudiante de 1969 à Concordia et l’ambiguïté des universités, souvent prises entre la dénonciation des injustices et leur perpétuation.
➡️À lire ou relire: histoireengagee.ca/protests-and-pedagogy-la-commemoration-de-loccupation-etudiante-de-1969-a-concordia/
➡️À lire ou relire: histoireengagee.ca/protests-and-pedagogy-la-commemoration-de-loccupation-etudiante-de-1969-a-concordia/
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Next time someone asks which film to show on the #Haitian Revolution 🗃️, I need to remember to say:
Ep 2 of EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES!
Peck+Trouillot = 🔥
(& before you recommend Liberté for All or something else to me, I invite you to read Slave Revolt on Screen 🤓) www.hbo.com/exterminate-...
Ep 2 of EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES!
Peck+Trouillot = 🔥
(& before you recommend Liberté for All or something else to me, I invite you to read Slave Revolt on Screen 🤓) www.hbo.com/exterminate-...
February 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Next time someone asks which film to show on the #Haitian Revolution 🗃️, I need to remember to say:
Ep 2 of EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES!
Peck+Trouillot = 🔥
(& before you recommend Liberté for All or something else to me, I invite you to read Slave Revolt on Screen 🤓) www.hbo.com/exterminate-...
Ep 2 of EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES!
Peck+Trouillot = 🔥
(& before you recommend Liberté for All or something else to me, I invite you to read Slave Revolt on Screen 🤓) www.hbo.com/exterminate-...
Il y a 230 ans, la Convention nationale abolissait l’esclavage dans l’ensemble des possessions françaises
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February 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Il y a 230 ans, la Convention nationale abolissait l’esclavage dans l’ensemble des possessions françaises
haitianhistoryblog.com/230-years-ag...
haitianhistoryblog.com/230-years-ag...
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order, when I remember. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
7/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
January 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order, when I remember. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
7/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
7/20
#BookSky
#BookChallenge
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Short rant on Firmin and Moise
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Claude Moise on Firmin
Claude Moise's essay in the 117th issue of Conjonction is a fine overview on the life and works of Anténor Firmin, one of Haiti's greatest i...
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January 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Short rant on Firmin and Moise
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thedreamvariation.blogspot.com/2025/01/clau...
Inca past and symbolism in 18th century Saint-Domingue
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One of the most peculiar developments near the end of the Haitian Revolution was the adoption of the name Inca and children of the Sun by Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
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One of the most peculiar developments near the end of the Haitian Revolution was the adoption of the name Inca and children of the Sun by Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
January 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Inca past and symbolism in 18th century Saint-Domingue
haitianhistoryblog.com/incas-of-the...
One of the most peculiar developments near the end of the Haitian Revolution was the adoption of the name Inca and children of the Sun by Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
haitianhistoryblog.com/incas-of-the...
One of the most peculiar developments near the end of the Haitian Revolution was the adoption of the name Inca and children of the Sun by Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
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Le 1er janvier 1804, il y a 221 ans aujourd’hui, Haïti se déclare indépendante. Pour la première fois, la population dominée d’une colonie triomphe de la puissance qui l’a réduite en esclavage. C’est le début officiel de la décolonisation. 1/3
January 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Le 1er janvier 1804, il y a 221 ans aujourd’hui, Haïti se déclare indépendante. Pour la première fois, la population dominée d’une colonie triomphe de la puissance qui l’a réduite en esclavage. C’est le début officiel de la décolonisation. 1/3
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What amazing company!! Looking forward to this conversation with @araujohistorian.bsky.social and @elotroalex.bsky.social!!
@yalepress.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
It's here: #Slaveryarchive Most anticipated books of 2025. Pre-order. Repost. Spread the word. Schedule book talks. Assign. Read. www.slaveryarchive.com/most-anticip...
December 31, 2024 at 2:02 AM
What amazing company!! Looking forward to this conversation with @araujohistorian.bsky.social and @elotroalex.bsky.social!!
@yalepress.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
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White Gloves, Black Nation
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uncpress.org/book/9781469...
White Gloves, Black Nation | Grace Sanders Johnson | University of North Carolina Press
This ambitious transnational history considers Haitian women's political life during and after the United States occupation of Haiti (1915–34). The two dec...
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December 31, 2024 at 5:50 AM
White Gloves, Black Nation
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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Jean Price-Mars et la Révolution haïtienne : Entre héroïsme collectif et complexité historique
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December 23, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Jean Price-Mars et la Révolution haïtienne : Entre héroïsme collectif et complexité historique
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haitianhistoryblog.com/jean-price-m...
Gérard de Catalogne et l’édition canadienne-française : un #Haïtien au centre d’une crise, 1941-1948
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December 13, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Gérard de Catalogne et l’édition canadienne-française : un #Haïtien au centre d’une crise, 1941-1948
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haitianhistoryblog.com/gerard-de-ca...
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Un événement majeur au Château de Versailles en cette fin d'année : du 21/12/2024 au 05/01/2024 le portrait par Girodet de Jean-Baptiste Belley, 1er député noir français, représentant de St-Domingue (aujourd'hui Haïti) sous la Révolution, sera exceptionnellement visible au public. 1/4
December 12, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Un événement majeur au Château de Versailles en cette fin d'année : du 21/12/2024 au 05/01/2024 le portrait par Girodet de Jean-Baptiste Belley, 1er député noir français, représentant de St-Domingue (aujourd'hui Haïti) sous la Révolution, sera exceptionnellement visible au public. 1/4
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Maryse Conde in Africa
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rfi.my/Aw19
Afrique, mémoires d'un continent - Sur les pas de l’écrivaine Maryse Condé en Afrique
Afrique, mémoires du continent rend hommage à une grande figure de l’histoire de la littérature. Lauréate du prix Nobel « alternatif » de littérature en 2018, la guadeloupéenne Maryse Condé aura sillo...
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December 6, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Maryse Conde in Africa
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Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article:
"But these early pubs remind us that research on slavery & the Caribbean is not a new fad in Fr. history 🗃️, but has been a core part of US historians’ interest in 🇫🇷 since the earliest days of SFHS & FHS." 🎤
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"But these early pubs remind us that research on slavery & the Caribbean is not a new fad in Fr. history 🗃️, but has been a core part of US historians’ interest in 🇫🇷 since the earliest days of SFHS & FHS." 🎤
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December 10, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article:
"But these early pubs remind us that research on slavery & the Caribbean is not a new fad in Fr. history 🗃️, but has been a core part of US historians’ interest in 🇫🇷 since the earliest days of SFHS & FHS." 🎤
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"But these early pubs remind us that research on slavery & the Caribbean is not a new fad in Fr. history 🗃️, but has been a core part of US historians’ interest in 🇫🇷 since the earliest days of SFHS & FHS." 🎤
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We are celebrating our 9th anniversary at AoR! Our executive editor, @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, wanted to take this occasion to remind everyone of the importance of Open Access publication.
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Ninth Revolution Around the Sun: A Note on Open Access
By Bryan A. Banks The Tree of Cracow was a large chestnut tree in Paris. The tree supposedly got its name from a rather raucous debate over the War of the Polish Succession (1733-1735), but it was …
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December 9, 2024 at 2:27 PM
We are celebrating our 9th anniversary at AoR! Our executive editor, @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, wanted to take this occasion to remind everyone of the importance of Open Access publication.
ageofrevolutions.com/2024/12/09/n...
ageofrevolutions.com/2024/12/09/n...