On Feb 27, join @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @arturochang.bsky.social and @hypervic.bsky.social for a virtual discussion on their latest books, including Chang's forthcoming @princetonupress.bsky.social 'A New World of Revolutions.' #AgeofRevolutions #theAmericas press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

This is a very important thread for anyone thinking about #Minnesota and #America250. Many of us hold dear the values of the #AgeOfRevolutions. The coming months will reveal how well the US adheres to them. The people of Minnesota (& across the US) demonstrate that these values remain alive & well.

🧵4/4. Unlike @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy I'm too young to remember McCarthyism. But as a little kid I was shaped by the Civil Rights Era and Vietnam. We saw naked racism and self-serving politics then, too. And remember #FareedZakaria's conclusion in #AgeofRevolutions: Backlash. Always.

William Jennings Bryan is the Wizard of Oz??!! Thank you for that nugget, Fareed Zakaria! 😮 #AgeOfRevolutions #AmReading

Prussian Reformist Sentiment Before 1806 This post is a part of the 2024 Selected Papers of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, which were edited and compiled by members of the CRE’s board alongside editors at Age of Revolutions. By …

Discover the roots of Prussian reformist sentiment before 1806 and how it shaped modern Europe. A fascinating read on early revolutionary ideas! 📜 #History #Prussia #Reform #AgeOfRevolutions ageofrevolutions.com/2025/03/17/p...

Freedom, Faith & Sovereignty: The 1796 Boca Nigua Revolt as an Afro-Catholic Royalist Rebellion Using a microhistorical approach to offer a novel interpretation, this article situates the 1796 Boca Nigua Revolt in Spanish Santo Domingo as an Afro-Catholic anti-slavery and freedom movement. Bu...

Oct.1796: enslaved Africans took over the #BocaNigua plantation ( #SantoDomingo). The revolt was crushed in48h. Jesús Ruiz links this episode to transcaribbean&transimperial #Afrocatholic #royalism =ideals & practices of enslaved resilience o in the #AgeOfRevolutions

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‘A Very Thorny’ Question: Debates on Slavery between Capuchin Missionaries and the Roman Holy Office in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries The article reconstructs the debates of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the Roman Holy Office and as transmitted by the Capuchin missionaries on the issue of the Atlantic slave trade. W...

Maria T.Fattori unveils new cases of #Capuchins in #Brazil & #Kongo in the #AgeOfRevolutions who refused sacraments to enslavers. She explains ≠views w/in the #CatholicChurch & how criticism forced Rome to frequently revise its arguments in favor of the #slavetrade 3/3

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Fareed Zakaria’s Speed Date With the Liberal World Order (Gift Article) In “Age of Revolutions,” the CNN host promises to shed light on four centuries of social upheavals and to offer insights on the global fractures of the present.

I've not yet managed to read @fareedzakaria.bsky.social's #AgeofRevolutions, but his interview w @maxboot.bsky.social helped me grab a succinct takeaway of relevance. Too-rapid social change causes backlash. And this fundamental reality hobbles human progress. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/b...

On Friday 11/22 at 9:45, @mrshistorylee.bsky.social, @erbeckman.bsky.social, and I are leading a workshop at NCSS on diversifying how we teach the Age of Revolutions. We hope to see you there!
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Logo for Age of Revolutions. Two cloaked figures stand underneath a sparse piney tree against a white background. "AoR" is at the forefront in scarlet script.

Historians have long placed the French and American Revolutions in comparative analysis. But should they? In a new post for @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social vs, Katlyn Marie Carter considers the question. Now linked on the Octo. blog.oieahc.wm.edu/the_octo/ #VastEarlyAmerica #AgeOfRevolutions

Dear colleagues in Holland, don't miss @DTricoire 's keynote lecture "The Triumph of Theocracy: Reconsidering the Age of Revolution".
Conf. "#Colonialism in the #AgeofRevolutions", by @AliciaSchrikker 's team (@UniLeiden , @UniLeidenNews )
Thursday 23.11, 10.15, #BoerhaaveMuseum