Cover of Bêtes Noires: Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands by Lauren Derby. A photograph of a crouching individual holding rope and wearing a covering with horns that hides their face in an empty room. Below the photograph the cover is black with a grey texture. The title appears on top of the photo and texture in a bold white sans-serif type. The subtitle is directly below aligned right in red. The author's name is above to the left of the title in a serif white type.

Lauren Derby is on Reddit's #AskAHistorian right now, talking about her new book "Bêtes Noires," which discusses the history of sorcery in the Dominican Republic & Haiti. Ask her anything!
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a penguin carrying a backpack and a book with the words off to school behind him ALT: a penguin carrying a backpack and a book with the words off to school behind him

dear #skystorians,

what would your book recommendations be to someone who wishes to deepen & expand their understanding of history as a discipline? think of it as curating a starterpack for a DYI Master's degree in History.

thank you so much 🥰💖

#AskAHistorian

Like the #askahistorian hashtag. Will start adding it to #skystorians. Thanks!

"Such interventions jeopardize our ability to think honestly about the past, present and future." #askahistorian

Get your reading glasses
and check this out 👇
#AskAHistorian #Russia #Syria

Were north and south enemies before the war?

#AskaHistorian (I follow quite a few)

#GreatDayInTheMorning #TCMParty

#askahistorian #rome

So I know the Romans had knowledge of and used cement.

But where they the first to do so? Or was there a civilization before them who also knew about cement already?