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Laurent Dubois

Laurent Dubois

Laurent Dubois is Professor of Romance Studies and History and the Director of the Forum for Scholars & Publics at Duke University. He is the author, most recently, of Haiti: The Aftershocks of History (2012) and The Banjo: America’s African Instrument (2016). icon

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Heroines of the Haitian Revolution

By Laurent Dubois

What is the role of an artist in the face of political repression? What is the place of culture in the midst of injustice and terror? Haitian writer Marie Vieux-Chauvet ...

Virtual Roundtable on “Orange Is the New Black”

By Noah Berlatsky, Megan Comfort, Laurent Dubois, Kaveh Landsverk, Heather Love, Rebecca McLennan, Eric A. Stanley, & Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

In advance of the second season of Netflix’s original series, Orange Is the New Black, which will be released on Friday, June 6, we asked Public Books contributors to share their views on the show’s ...

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