Bram Hubbell
@bramhubbell.com
he/him * Husband & father 🧑🧑🧒 World historian 🗺️ Teacher 👨🏫 Pilgrim 🧳 Yogi 🧘🏻♂️ Writer of Liberating Narratives
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My daughter ran up to this car today and asked about the sticker. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊️✊🏾
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My daughter ran up to this car today and asked about the sticker. ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊️✊🏾
Excellent op-ed by Roxanne Gay
“Civility Is a Fantasy”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/civility-fantasy-power-kirk.html
“Civility Is a Fantasy”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/civility-fantasy-power-kirk.html
September 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excellent op-ed by Roxanne Gay
“Civility Is a Fantasy”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/civility-fantasy-power-kirk.html
“Civility Is a Fantasy”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/civility-fantasy-power-kirk.html
In 1818, Antoine Metral, a Haitian historian, wrote this account. He borrowed from Dalmas, but he also added the priestess who appears in most images of the ceremony
September 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In 1818, Antoine Metral, a Haitian historian, wrote this account. He borrowed from Dalmas, but he also added the priestess who appears in most images of the ceremony
In 1793 or 1794, Antoine Dalmas, the surgeon at the nearby Gallifet plantation, wrote this account of the ceremony
September 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In 1793 or 1794, Antoine Dalmas, the surgeon at the nearby Gallifet plantation, wrote this account of the ceremony
The night before the enslaved Africans on Haiti launched their revolt, they held a ceremony at Bois-Caïman. There are lots of paintings of this ceremony that was central to the revolution. The ceremony was one more example of how the enslaved Africans weren't inspired by the Enlightenment
September 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The night before the enslaved Africans on Haiti launched their revolt, they held a ceremony at Bois-Caïman. There are lots of paintings of this ceremony that was central to the revolution. The ceremony was one more example of how the enslaved Africans weren't inspired by the Enlightenment
Finishing up these two new excellent books.
September 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Finishing up these two new excellent books.
Traveling with a toddler in India is amazing, beautiful, exhausting, and so much more
February 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Traveling with a toddler in India is amazing, beautiful, exhausting, and so much more
Excited to be in Delhi and pick up @amitav.bsky.social new book before it comes out in the states.
January 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Excited to be in Delhi and pick up @amitav.bsky.social new book before it comes out in the states.
Naughara is a historic road in Chandni Chowk (Old Delhi). It has nine beautiful doors and was home to the jewelers of the Mughal Emperors.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Naughara is a historic road in Chandni Chowk (Old Delhi). It has nine beautiful doors and was home to the jewelers of the Mughal Emperors.
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My favs in our rickshaw mirror 🛺🪞
January 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My favs in our rickshaw mirror 🛺🪞
When I get great Indian food in Delhi after too long of living in Charleston
January 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When I get great Indian food in Delhi after too long of living in Charleston
I loved legos as a kid. I never understood the adult dude obsession with legos. I may just have found a reason to play with Legos at 50!
January 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I loved legos as a kid. I never understood the adult dude obsession with legos. I may just have found a reason to play with Legos at 50!
Flying to NYC today. On Sat morning, I’m participating in a round table on the “Unsurvey” in World History at @historians.org
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January 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Flying to NYC today. On Sat morning, I’m participating in a round table on the “Unsurvey” in World History at @historians.org
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We don’t have as many primary sources as we do for Europe, but we know there were similar examples of rivers freezing
December 30, 2024 at 12:11 PM
We don’t have as many primary sources as we do for Europe, but we know there were similar examples of rivers freezing
Reading @sathnam.bsky.social’s Empireworld and this incredible line made me laugh out loud
December 28, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Reading @sathnam.bsky.social’s Empireworld and this incredible line made me laugh out loud
I love it. Instead of using serious photos of leaders, I would show them doing fun things to remind students they were humans first. (Lenin, Jinnah, Kenyatta)
December 28, 2024 at 3:21 PM
I love it. Instead of using serious photos of leaders, I would show them doing fun things to remind students they were humans first. (Lenin, Jinnah, Kenyatta)
In 2022, I saw this amazing menorah in the shape of a minaret & wanted to learn more about the history. This period saw Ottoman Jews adopting lots of “Islamic” symbols
December 27, 2024 at 2:28 PM
In 2022, I saw this amazing menorah in the shape of a minaret & wanted to learn more about the history. This period saw Ottoman Jews adopting lots of “Islamic” symbols
One of my favorite photos. I visited a spice plantation on Zanzibar in 2011. This is what nutmeg and mace look like when they’re harvested.
December 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM
One of my favorite photos. I visited a spice plantation on Zanzibar in 2011. This is what nutmeg and mace look like when they’re harvested.
I was looking back at an old post and thinking about what it means to decolonize world history - it’s about both changing WHAT we teach and HOW we teach
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December 10, 2024 at 4:50 PM
I was looking back at an old post and thinking about what it means to decolonize world history - it’s about both changing WHAT we teach and HOW we teach
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When I'm teaching the Cold War & Decolonization, I love having students read Indonesian President Sukarno's speech from the opening of the Bandung Conference in 1955
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December 6, 2024 at 7:23 PM
When I'm teaching the Cold War & Decolonization, I love having students read Indonesian President Sukarno's speech from the opening of the Bandung Conference in 1955
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I'm finishing an incredible book about the history of travel. This quote is relevant to any teacher & student who ever used or heard the ridiculous phrase "Age of Discovery."
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December 3, 2024 at 3:33 PM
I'm finishing an incredible book about the history of travel. This quote is relevant to any teacher & student who ever used or heard the ridiculous phrase "Age of Discovery."
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I also am a certified yoga teacher and lead culturally immersive yoga retreats with my wife. We now travel with our young daughter.
December 1, 2024 at 9:20 PM
I also am a certified yoga teacher and lead culturally immersive yoga retreats with my wife. We now travel with our young daughter.
I love traveling, primarily throughout Afroeurasia. I've been to over 70 countries, many of them multiple times. By learning how people in other parts of the world understand their own history, it has shaped how I approach world history.
December 1, 2024 at 9:20 PM
I love traveling, primarily throughout Afroeurasia. I've been to over 70 countries, many of them multiple times. By learning how people in other parts of the world understand their own history, it has shaped how I approach world history.