Charlotte Dodds @charlottedodds.bsky.social WRoCAH PhD candidate @ University of York 🦆 Researching children’s sensory history & education in early modern England/Scotland!
Fred Smith @fredesmith.bsky.social Career Development Fellow in Early Modern History @ Lincoln College, Oxford | Interested in early modern religious history; exile; transnational history; Catholicism
LJMU History @ljmuhistory.bsky.social The account of the History Department at Liverpool John Moores University. A small but lively modern history department situated in the heart of Liverpool. We teach and research modern history with a global outlook. https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/academic-uni
Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social The Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) aims to encourage scholarship and collaboration across the boundaries of national histories and disciplinary frameworks. FEEGI hosts conferences every 2 years. https://feegi.org/index.html
John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social Former playwright and scriptwriter. Now author of around 30 books, mainly historical fiction. Member of Society of Authors. Still learning.
Jess Ayres @drjessayres.bsky.social 📚Historian of early modern London
📜 Apprentice Archivist at The London Archives
🖋️Research interests in women, the City of London, and record keeping in C17th
🎓 PhD on women in the Court of Orphans
👩💻 https://jessica-ayres.co.uk
Public Statues and Sculpture Association @pssatweets.bsky.social Charity advancing understanding & appreciation of public statues & sculpture. Webinars, talks, books, statues of women & sculptors' lives databases, forthcoming sculpture residency & Marsh Awards for Public Sculpture, Conservation & Fountains. pssauk.org
UCL Early Modern Exchanges @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social The Centre is dedicated to the study of the diverse cultural, economic and social exchanges between early modern states in the Old World and beyond in the period 1450-1800. www.ucl.ac.uk/early-modern/
@roaringgyrle.bsky.social @roaringgyrle.bsky.social
Gemma Morris-Conway @gemma2.bsky.social Historical Novelist | Tudor & Plantagenet Researcher | Lead Campaigner for DNA Testing of the Princes in the Tower | Public Historian & Speaker Author, The Reflection in the Mirror and The Wolf of Whitehall, currently working on two new novels out in June.
Prussian-Stepping Goose @pauldlockhart.bsky.social History prof. War & religion in early mod Europe; Denmark/Norway/Iceland. DENMARK, 1513-1660 (OUP 2007); FIREPOWER (Basic 2021). Current project: Days of Wrath: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of Søren Jensen Quist.
Dad and cat dad.
Doer of several things.
Dave Cornell @drdavecornell.bsky.social Philosopher | Writer | Lecturer
www.drdavecornell.com
David Ryan @ryangenealogy.bsky.social Historian/genealogist. APG board member. Recently completed MA Public History and Cultural Heritage in University of Limerick. Passionate about heritage, oral history and anything that connects to our past https://ryangenealogicalresearch.com/
Rory Loughnane @loughnrv.bsky.social Reader in Early Modern Studies, University of Kent; Gen. Ed., The Oxford Marlowe: Collected Works, The Revels Plays; Series Ed., Cambridge Elements in Shakespeare and Text, Studies in Early Modern Authorship http://CADREdb.net 🇮🇪🇺🇸
Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
Esther Kearney @estherkearney.bsky.social PhD researcher on Lucy Hutchinson at the University of Nottingham│Editorial Assistant for Women's Writing.
https://earlymodernnetwork.wordpress.com/2023/04/04/the-sculpted-or-the-sculptor-lucy-hutchinsons-the-life-of-john-hutchinson-and-ovids-pygmalion/
Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social Research Fellow @ Flinders Uni. Early English Queens, 850-1000 (https://t.ly/Q395d); Remembering England: Cultural Memory in the Sagas of Icelanders (https://t.ly/So2-E); & Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception (https://t.ly/jeqql) all out now.
Abby Beckett @abbybeckett.bsky.social PhD candidate at McGill University
History of Medicine
Working on corpse medicine 1550-1700
Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com Holocaust & Genocide Studies/ History prof/ veteran/single dad/ former goalkeeper/ current fiddler/ Grad West Point and UNC/ he/him
Host of The Holocaust History Podcast
TV/Film Rep: Past Preservers
Psalm 109: 7-17
bootha.bsky.social @bootha.bsky.social PhD candidate at Liverpool Hope University.
Early modernist /women's lives and experiences (1560-1640)
Mama to a beautiful Boy 'for bonnie sweet Robin is all my joy'
Olivia Weisser @oliviaweisser.bsky.social Historian of early modern medicine, health, healing, sexuality, gender Author of The Dreaded Pox (CUP), Ill Composed (Yale)
Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social Professor of Early Modern History, University of Manchester
#materialculture #globalhistory #earlymodern
Dragoman’s Self @routledgehistory.bsky.social
In-Between Textiles @amsterdamupress.bsky.social
@uomhistdept.bsky.social @bemccollective.bsky.social
Sally Barnden @sally-barnden.bsky.social Early modern drama enthusiast. Lecturer in Literature and Visual Culture at Swansea University. Aspiring climber and successful cat person.
Katherine Firth @katherinefirth.bsky.social Writes about writing, especially for PhDs and researchers: poetry, music, food. Blogs at Research Degree Insider
Kate Lusheck @klusheck.bsky.social Professor of early modern European art @ University of San Francisco | Author of Rubens and the Eloquence of Drawing | Newfoundland mom and lover of nature I Interested in all sorts of things
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Sylvia Barbara Soberton @sylviabso.bsky.social Biographer of #TheForgottenTudorWomen. Independent researcher. Best-selling author. Research on Anne Boleyn's female household.
Natalie Donnell, PhD @nataliedonnell.bsky.social Historian of women in early modern Europe, political power, transregionality, and network analysis.
nataliedonnell.com - feministhistories.substack.com
The Wanderer @thewandererhistory.bsky.social Connecting history enthusiasts to world class experts. Learn from the very best about the most fascinating topics of history. https://thewandererhistory.substack.com/
Hosted by @brandonmbender.bsky.social
Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social Associate professor of early modern Chinese history at the University of Oslo working on maps and maritime history
Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social Free access to 900 years of history - Derbyshire, Britain and beyond: books, archives, maps, prints and photographs. Explore online or visit us in Matlock.
Website: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/recordoffice
John Boeren, LLM, MSc, QG 🇳🇱 @antecedentia.com Professional genealogist. Research in Netherlands and Belgium. Interest in early modern history. Member of APG and RQG. Graduate of University of Strathclyde. Scholar for New Netherland Settlers Project.
Business: https://www.antecedentia.com
LadyGiada @ladygiada.bsky.social Early Modernist. From the British Isles to the sunny Mediterranean. EUI Marie Curie Fellow on Gender and Sexuality.
Seán Thomas Kane @sthosdkane.bsky.social Historian of 16th century French natural history focusing on three-toed sloths (Bradypus sp.). Ph.D. Candidate at Binghamton University. Fellow of the Linnean Society. Gaelgeoir. All opinions are my own.
Nicola Harris Author 💙📚💙📚 @nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.social I’ve written three novels in my eight book Tudor Queens series, and I’m currently deep into writing Catherine Howard. No direct messages. Universal link: https://linktr.ee/Nicola_Harris_Author #KU #hisfic #wivesofhenryviii
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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
Wolf Hall Weekend @wolfhall.bsky.social A celebration of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall Trilogy.
https://wolfhallweekend.substack.com
Rosa Campbell @rosavcampbell.bsky.social Historian of global feminism & believer in 🏃💗 🦭🕊📚🏊♀️ 🌹 🍉
Author of The Book that Taught the World to Orgasm and then Disappeared (April '26)
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King's College.
PhD from Cambridge. Homesick Australian.
www.rosa-campbell.com
Dr Sarah Bremner @brummieclassicist.bsky.social Head of History & Politics, LCS | PhD Demosthenes, Ancient Athens, Democracy, Rhetoric, Oratory, Identity | Views My Own
Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social #Historian. Author #BlackTudors #Heiresses (out September 2025) Collaborative educator #TeachingBlackTudors
www.mirandakaufmann.com
www.linktr.ee/drmirandakaufmann
Histories of racialised communities in Britain @historyracebritain.bsky.social Showcasing new historical research on racialised communities in Britain by emerging scholars from racially minoritised backgrounds. Send work for us to share via dm!
Gavin Schwier 🇨🇦 @gavin27.bsky.social “Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
Kurt Vonnegut
Canadian, enjoy: movies, music, history(Medieval, Viking/Norse, Gaelic/Celtic, Ancient) Scotland, reading and trying to find happiness.
KathrynOfKingsport @kathrynofkingsport.bsky.social Writer, editor, lover of Renaissance literature + history, Shakespeare, and Anne Boleyn. 👑
Kate Stevens @kateisabelle24.bsky.social Kidneys | Assoc editor @ckj-era.bsky.social | Medical History | Trustee/SoMe poster @friendsofgri.bsky.social | Fitness instructor | emojis | 🐶 🐶| 🐝 🐝 | 👛 | 🇮🇹
Dr. Joanne Collins-Gonsalves PhD (History), FRHistS (UK) @jcollinsgonsalves.bsky.social Managing Director, Historical Research International | Canada’s Top 100 Black Women to Watch for 2025 | Fellow, Royal Historical Society-UK | Rotarian | https://www.historicalresearchint.com/
Delphine Jasmin-Belisle @delphinejb.bsky.social Development & Membership at the Heritage Alliance. Trustee at The Maritime Heritage Trust. Director at Hild. Nichiren Buddhist and SGI Member. Talk in footnotes. Views my own.
Jo McIntosh @jomcintosh.bsky.social PhD Candidate-Open Access, Digital Born Critical Edition of Mary Wroth’s Urania I—. I used to post Wroth quotes on that other platform @wroth1621
Faculty of History, University of Oxford @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/home
Charlie Bowden @charlie-bowden.bsky.social charliefromthetopofthehill.substack.com
Frances Stonehouse @frances-s.bsky.social Curator at Kirklees Museums & Galleries
* Oakwell Hall
* Tolson Museum
* Bagshaw Museum
www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/museums-and-galleries/index.aspx
Vile - The Tudor Play @vile-thetudorplay.bsky.social A new play from Time & Again Theatre Company, coming in 2025.
Paul Schoon @paulschoon.bsky.social Moderately crumbly English local history freak. A Yorkshireman researching early modern social structures and networks in Bedfordshire. Kellogg College, Oxford. I’m here for fun, knowledge and respectful debate, so be nice. Keyboard warriors get blocked.
Terry Birdgenaw @terrybirdgenaw.bsky.social Award-winning author of The Antunite Chronicles (Antifascist Allegorical Fiction), Satirist, Professor, Democracy Defender, Resists Autocracy, Writing for freedom, Check out my humorous Orwellian stories.
terrybirdgenaw.com
https://linktr.ee/terrybirdgenaw
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian actor, filmmaker, and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories series 📚 Bradford, Eh? & 📚 Bradford, Ye What?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
J L Laynesmith @jllaynesmith.bsky.social Medievalist in Reading researching queenship, Wars of the Roses, royal adultery, and medieval noblewomen (Cecily Duchess of York appears frequently) | Editor of The Ricardian | May also mention Environment, Eco Church, Trade Justice . . .(all views my own)
Amy Thorpe @acthorpe.bsky.social PGR Northumbria ⭐ Leftist / histories of gender, visual and periodical culture, emotion, femininity and identity / museum and heritage enthusiast ⭐ BSL learner 👍
Views and grammatical errors my own.
Jasmine Elmer @jasmineelmer.bsky.social 📖 Author | Goddess with a Thousand Faces & Slay (2026)
🌙 Myth, history, magic & the feminine reimagined
🔥 Feminist rants likely
Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social This is the account for the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective at the University of Manchester. Exploring bodies, emotions and objects in the past!
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotions-material-culture/
Werkgroep Achttiende Eeuw @achttiendeeeuw.bsky.social Dutch-Belgian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. For everyone with an interest in this fascinating period in history. See also EMLCjournal.bsky.social and https://achttiendeeeuw.wordpress.com/
DGTarbuck @dgtarbuck.bsky.social History of Science, Intellectual History, Eighteenth Century, History of Sociability.
Cecilie @ceeaa.bsky.social PhD candidate | A microhistorical lens on refugee women and children in the aftermath of WWII | Educator and historian in training | Views are my own
Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social Medieval manuscripts, languages & cultures. I write about & cook medieval food @ modernmedievalcuisine.com; create public history content for heritage professionals & collaborate with creatives: https://www.themedievalmonk.com/projects--publications.html
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Daniel Lieberman @damfino11.bsky.social Traveler, art lover, polyglot, cook, yoga student. Curator of an #ImaginaryMuseum
"If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it."
— Stan Laurel
@jonathansheehan.bsky.social @jonathansheehan.bsky.social Early modern historian, UC Berkeley, all things sacrifice, anthropology and politics, banjo.
Marie-Alice Belle @mariealicebelle.bsky.social Prof. Translation Studies (Université de Montréal)
Ed. Meta: Journal des traducteurs/ Meta: Translators' Journal
Translation and print in 17th c. Britain: crosscurrentscatalogue.ca
Material, feminist, decolonial history of translation in early modern era
Lincoln School of Humanities and Heritage @uolhumanities.bsky.social
Allan Kennedy @allankennedy.bsky.social Lecturer in Scottish History. Social and political history of early modern Scotland. Find me via the University of Dundee: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/allan-kennedy
Mikki Brock @mikkibrock.bsky.social historian of religion, the supernatural, & gender in early modern Scotland | professor | views mine | she/her.
Holly B 🌈 @hsbamford.bsky.social PhD student Uni of Liverpool | Early Modern Family | Witchcraft and Superstition | VL at York St John | She/They 🏳️🌈
Sarah Moran @lc-beguines.bsky.social Historian of art & women, Faculty of Theology @UiO.no
Pubs:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8692-4321
Developmental editing for scholars:
www.SJMoranEditing.com
Mari Välimäki @marivalimaki.bsky.social Historian of #earlymodernity, #gender, #youth & #academiclife. Writing in Finnish, Swedish & English. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-4675.
Also interested in knitting, reading and guinea pigs
Isidro J. Rivera @isriv.bsky.social From the DR to Barna and Pucela. Medievalist. Passion for early printed texts during the 15th century. Teach so that students can become critical thinkers.
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social Musicologist, parent, fair-weather gardener
Head of Music Department at University of Liverpool
Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Victoria Shepherd @victoriashepherd1.bsky.social Historian Author of Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside (Oneworld June 2025) and A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse (Oneworld 2022); also docs and audio producer for BBC Radio and others.
Chenies Manor House and Gardens @cheniesmanor.bsky.social Grade 1 #historichouse manor house | award-winning gardens |
Bucks/Herts Chiltern Hills
Wedding/Event Venue | Film location |
open April to October
Friends of Nonsuch @fononsuch.bsky.social Preserving Nonsuch Park's history with a Victorian Service Wing Museum & the largest model of Nonsuch Palace. Open on Sundays. Reg. Charity No. 1053923.
Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social Rare Book School is a non-profit institute located in Charlottesville, VA, that provides advocacy, education, and outreach for the study, care, and uses of written, printed, and born-digital materials.
rarebookschool.org
Bethany Moore @historyandmoore.bsky.social Military and 20thC Historian and Battlefield Tour Guide. Co-founder of the Great War Group.
http://historyandmoore.com - history blogs, media work, talk requests and more
Disney/Sweet Treats/WBA
Black Country wench now transplanted into Shropshire
Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social Health Hist:
•Gambling sports sponsorship www.kickingthehabit.uk
•Tanning/beauty/fitness industry
•Maternal mental illness
•Gazette editor @sshmedicine.bsky.social
📙 Sunbed: Tanning Culture: http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350450363
📚 fabiolacreed.com
English at the Australian National University @englishanu.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of the English Department of The Australian National University 📚✍🏽🤓
Dr Anna Harrington @amdharrington.bsky.social Social and cultural historian of eighteenth-century Britain and empire. Thinking about space, identity, time, and imperial project(s). Happy but tired mom to two nutters and a sassy cat.
Battle Women Podcast @battlewomenpodcast.bsky.social Discover the fascinating stories of heroines and villains from around the world on Battle Women. Listen now!
Emily Crouch @historypomegranate.bsky.social Historian and writer. Specialising in Early Modern England and France. Bibliophile and proud mum to a doxie
James Coverley @jamescoverley.bsky.social Roman history with the potential to be quite interesting. Subscribe for updates 👇
Substack - https://jamescoverley.substack.com
Tip Jar - https://ko-fi.com/jamescoverley
Caitlín Rankin-McCabe @rankinmccabe.bsky.social All Things Early Modern Literature • Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne • UKRI funded PhD from Durham • Bodies human/non • Angels • Marlowe • Milton • Maps • EM Encounters with the Islamic world •
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
merchantshallyork.org
Talking about History...with Laura @talkingabouthist.bsky.social Currently undergoing a brand and name change from The Local History Blogger to Talking about History- all things English History including posts, podcasts, reviews, walks, talks and more.
Author of Kateryn Parr- Henry VIIIs sixth Queen(Pen and Sword).
Historical Fictions Research Network @historicalfic.bsky.social Discussing all aspects of the construction of the historical narrative
https://historicalfictionsresearch.org/
In The Same Sea @inthesamesea.bsky.social ERC and University of Copenhagen research project investigating the shared history of the Lesser Antilles, 1650-1850. Website: www.inthesamesea.ku.dk
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo
Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast “Beforecast”
Tracy Doyle @trdoyle.bsky.social Tudor reenactment at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk - mostly in the dairy. Investigating and creating dairy practices, equipment and related issues of the 16th century.
All Things Tudors @allthingstudors.bsky.social Kerri
Plantagenet • Tudor • Stuart History
People, power & stories behind the portraits
History brought back to life
What is life without Books?! @wherearethebooks.bsky.social Promoting #OpenScience practises (in the Arab States) & #LordByron (everywhere else). Ravenous bibliophage lurking in the desert (with cats)
Chief Academic Officer, Knowledge E | Director, The Byron Society | Director, Forum for Open Research | BARS Exec
Historical and Archaeological Studies at Lincoln Bishop 🗃️ @lbishophisarch.bsky.social Updates from the History, Military History, and Archaeology team at Lincoln Bishop University.
Find more information about our degrees here: https://www.bgu.ac.uk/course-types/undergraduate
Linda Pearce @lindapearce.bsky.social Artist, teacher, historical researcher. Posting wildlife paintings, classical art studies and cat pictures.
Occasional fun with historical pigments, clay, and other experimental archaeology.
Based in Northeast Ohio.
Portfolio at http://pearce.gallery/
Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social Historian of medicine, gender, & politics. Executive Editor Emerita, @nursingclio.
https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-clio-reader/9781978838598/
Forthcoming Book: Doctoring the West: Women Physicians & the Politics & Practice of Medicine
Drew Kopp @drewkopp.bsky.social Professor of Writing Arts at Rowan University: Historian of rhetorical theory, ontological rhetoric and pedagogy. When I leave speculative chemtrails here in Bluesky, any re-posts are not endorsements. Please, no dms unless you know me irl.
Donna A. Seger @daseger7.bsky.social History professor also dabbling in the realms of public history and preservation in Salem, Massachusetts. Streetsofsalem.com.