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Andrew Curran

Cincinnati, Connecticut
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Covers:  race, history, enlightenment, Diderot, France, eighteenth century, history of medicine
Writer/Scholar... Books: "Biography of a Dangerous Idea" / "The Race Makers" / "Diderot" -- www.andrewscurran.com/biography-of-a-dangerous-idea

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Andrew Curran’s Biography

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ANDREW CURRAN's writing has appeared in the New York Review of books, The New York Times, The Guardian, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Paris Review, El Pais, Folha de Sao Paolo, and The Wall Street Journal. His most recent book is Who's Black and Why: A Hidden Chapter in the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.). He is also the author of three other books. His most recent book, Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely (Other Press, 2019), was named one of the best biogr…

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Opinion | We Need a New Language for Talking About Race

Opinion | We Need a New Language for Talking About Race

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Dr. Gates is a professor at Harvard University. Dr. Curran is a professor at Wesley…

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Inventing the Science of Race

Inventing the Science of Race

In 1712 King Louis XIV of France signed the lettres patentes that formally established Bordeaux's Royal Acade…

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Five Best: Andrew Curran on Intellectual Freedom

Five Best: Andrew Curran on Intellectual Freedom

Darwin By Adrian Desmond and James Moore (1991) 1. Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" (1859) appeare…

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Facing America's History of Racism Requires Facing the Origins of 'Race' as a Concept

Facing America's History of Racism Requires Facing the Origins of 'Race' as a Concept

An op-ed on the history of race by Wesleyan professor, Andrew Curran.

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El librepensador cuyo coraje sigue siendo rompedor 300 años después

El librepensador cuyo coraje sigue siendo rompedor 300 años después

Durante los años que siguieron a la fuga de Diderot del monasterio carmelita y su regreso a París, sus padres…

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Discover Denis Diderot's France with this handy dandy guide

Discover Denis Diderot's France with this handy dandy guide

Philosopher and famed author Denis Diderot has inspired people for over three hundred years. Now, you can wal…

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The Brutal History That France Prefers to Ignore Is Being Heard at Last

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By Andrew Curran
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In May 2025, François Bayrou, then the prime minister of France, fielded an unusual question from a member of Parliament: Why hadn’t France formally revoked the Code Noir, the notorious set of laws that had been used to enforce slavery in French colonies? It would be safe to assume that Mr. Bayrou didn’t see that question coming; few people understood that the laws were still on the books.
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The Ghosts of France’s Slave Trade Will Be Silenced No More Original

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By Andrew Curran
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The Ghosts of France’s Slave Trade Will Be Silenced No More May 25, 2026, 1:00 a.m. ET Credit...Michael Kennedy Mr. Curran is the author, most recently, of “Biography of a Dangerous Idea: A New History of Race from Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson.” In May 2025, François Bayrou, then the prime minister of France, fielded an unusual question from a member of Parliament: Why hadn’t France formally revoked the Code Noir, the notorious set of laws that had been used to enforce slavery in French...
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The Brutal History That France Prefers to Ignore Is Being Heard at Last

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By Andrew Curran
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In May 2025, François Bayrou, then the prime minister of France, fielded an unusual question from a member of Parliament: Why hadn’t France formally revoked the Code Noir, the notorious set of laws that had been used to enforce slavery in French colonies? It would be safe to assume that Mr. Bayrou didn’t see that question coming; few people understood that the laws were still on the books.
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