Laurent Dubois

This article is about 21st-century academic. For 17th-century minister, see Laurent du Bois.
Laurent Dubois
A man sits behind a table at a microphone. In front of him a placard reads Laurent Dubois.
Dubois speaks in 2010
Alma materPrinceton University
Michigan University
EmployerUniversity of Virginia
TitleJohn L Nau III Bicentennial professor of History Director of Academic Affairs, Democracy Institute

Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy. A specialist on the history and culture of the Atlantic world who studies the Caribbean (particularly Haiti), North America, and France, Dubois joined the University of Virginia in January 2021, and will also serve as the Democracy Initiative’s Director for Academic Affairs. In this role, Dubois will spearhead the Democracy Initiative’s research and pedagogical missions and will serve as the director and lead research convener of the John L. Nau III History and Principles of Democracy Lab—the permanent core lab of the Initiative which will operate as the connecting hub for the entire project.[1] His studies have focused on Haiti.

  1. ^ "People | Laurent Dubois | Department of History at the University of Virginia". democracyinitiative.edu. University of Virginia=31 July 2023.