Alice Oates @aliceoates.bsky.social Evidence Manager at RNID. Previously an Antarctic geographer. Still probably spends too much time thinking about Antarctica. Views my own etc etc
Dr Lauren Alex O'Hagan @drlaurenalexohagan.bsky.social 🎵 I got me them Rory Gallagher blues🎵
Creator of Rewriting Rory | Research Fellow at Open University | Affiliate Researcher at Örebro University | Specialist in 19th/early 20th-c. visual/material culture & Irish ethnomusicology
www.rewritingrory.co.uk
King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social
Dr Elizabeth A. Walsh @lizannwalsh.bsky.social Teaching Associate at @uniofcam.bsky.social | Sociocultural anthropologist/human geographer working on Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations to environment and material culture in the North American Arctic.
Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social Archivist and Historian. Principal Legal Records Specialist at The National Archives. Dr of Late Medieval/Early Modern Legal History. FRHistS. Big fan of archives and original records. Views my own.
Nigel J.Hetherington @pastpreservers.bsky.social Producer, Casting Agent and Founder of Past Preservers, representing experts, speakers & researchers.
Northerner, lapsed Archaeologist, lives in Cairo and The Lake District.
Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social The Warwick History ‘Post-Doc’ club is an informal social/discussion group of former History Research Students meeting online to maintain contact and encourage mutual support for ongoing research and careers. All welcome - not restricted to Warwick alumni.
INDY-HIST @indy-hist.bsky.social Independent Historians Working Group
. . . a collaboration between independent historians for mutual support.
www.bit.ly/INDY_HIST
RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social The latest in geography higher education from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social Archive Sector Leadership department at The National Archives UK. We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Find out more about the support we offer: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/
uopmaritime @uopmaritime.bsky.social The Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures at the University of Portsmouth focuses on the past, present and future importance of urban-maritime cultures and communities within a global context. Find out more at www.port.ac.uk/portcities
Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own.
Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social Academic history journal, publishing in all fields and periods.
Find our content here:
https://academic.oup.com/ehr
The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social Empowering authors since 1884. The largest UK union for writers, illustrators and literary translators. #societyofauthors #humanauthored
Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre @lrfheritage.bsky.social The Lloyd's Register Foundation Heritage Centre explores the importance & development of maritime safety and classification.
War Studies @warstudieskcl.bsky.social The Department of War Studies at King's College London | Contact: comms-soss@kcl.ac.uk
Website: kcl.ac.uk/warstudies
Podcast: https://bit.ly/WarStudiesPodcast
Robert W Park 🇬🇱 @rwmp.bsky.social Archaeologist interested in the far north, both Inuit who've been there thousands of years (doi.org/10.1515/opar-2022-0326) and explorers who died after only three (https://tinyurl.com/4dk9edt9); in recovery after years as a minor academic administrator
Divorce_History @divorcehistory.bsky.social A New Methodological Approach to the History of Divorce 1857-1923 @drjenniferaston.bsky.social @dianeranyard.bsky.social
@Northumbria Law School #ESRC #UKNatArchives #welshwomensaid #CAFCASS Website: https://hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_history
Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social Senior Fellow | German Maritime Museum
Gerda Henkel Research Scholarship
Research Coordinator (on leave) | Prize Papers Project
Lecturer Early Modern History & Games | Oldenburg University
Founder Gamelab Oldenburg | Games in School
Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Journal of British Studies is the publication of @thenacbs.bsky.social
and is the critical resource for scholars of British culture from the Middle Ages to the present.
Westminster Abbey @westminsterabbey.bsky.social A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.
Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social Home to the largest & most historic collection of surgical pathology in the world.
Open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week.
The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social
Working towards a world where nature is understood, valued and protected.
https://www.linnean.org/
Dr Kate Gibson @kategibson.bsky.social Historian of family and inequality at the University of Manchester, researching fostering, adoption, illegitimacy in 18th C Britain
Manon C Williams @manoncwilliams.bsky.social Historian of health and medicine in the 18th and 19th c. maritime world || Pearsall Early Career Fellow in Naval and Maritime History @ the Institute for Historical Research, London
Dr Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri @chountisdefabbri.bsky.social New here: Historian of 18th-century politics, Empire, and ideas | Edmund Burke | Whig culture.
Think tanker, Demos | Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen | Adviser, House of Lords.
Words: Engelsberg Ideas, The Critic, The London Magazine.
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it.
NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social The Network in Canadian History & Environment.
NiCHE is a confederation of researchers & educators who work at the intersection of nature & history.
niche-canada.org
Ruth Brown @baliscoe.bsky.social Retired museum curator; wide interests- civic history; arms and armour; castles; Scotland; Yorkshire; Armourer and Brasier of London. But my bread and butter is historic cannon. Used to be Basiliscoe...
Kat Long @katlong.bsky.social Freelance science journalist, 19th-century Arctic enthusiast, biographer of polar explorer William Scoresby, Jr.
Uncover fascinating stories in the history of Arctic science and exploration in my newsletter Arctic Archives: https://katlong.substack.com/
Mark Jones @mark18681918.bsky.social PhD student @cardiffuni.bsky.social/Prifysgol Caerdyd. Critical historian researching regimental identity, organisational culture & learning processes within the British Army during the Cold War.
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/research-staff/jonesma19
Canadian @arcticbella.bsky.social Proudly 🇨🇦. Work in the Arctic. Advocate for social equity and justice. Lover of animals. Tolerate humans.
Hakluyt Society @hakluytsociety.bsky.social Since its foundation in 1846, the Hakluyt Society has published scholarly editions of primary records of voyages and travels. These are distributed to current members, and are illustrated with maps and plates. See www.hakluyt.com for more information.,
Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social Cartographic Collections Manager at the RGS-IBG. Teach history of London architecture at NYU London. Cultural historian interested in books, maps, museums, exploration, and the early modern maritime world, esp. the Pacific.
Whitby Museum @whitbymuseum.bsky.social An independent museum founded in 1823 by Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society in Whitby, UK. We have a quirky collection including fossils, archaeology, ships, explorers, Hand of Glory and a library and archive of historic documents.
Jonathan Chatwin @jmchatwin.bsky.social Non-fiction writer.
Writes about travel, China, sometimes both simultaneously.
‘The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China’s Future’ (2024).
‘Long Peace Street: A walk in modern China’ (2019)
‘Anywhere Out of the World’ (2012)
George Ryall-Jones @georgeryall-jones.bsky.social 29
History Nerd
spel (they/them) @spelacchiotto.bsky.social Mel | 28yo historian 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | sometimes nsfw 🔞 | sometimes i draw | currently into polar explorations and Oasis
Shep @nautieval.bsky.social 19 year old boy who likes whaling
lesbian john irving @greensundog.bsky.social it’s really cute that you’re going to defeat me with the power of friendship and all but again i am THE DEVIL from THE BIBLE | mars - they/he/it - 22 | same username on twitter, parhelios on tumblr
Katie Daysh || Queer histfic author ⚓🌈 @kdayshauthor.bsky.social Katie (she/her) || ON SUBMISSION || Author of queer histfic set on the sea || LEEWARD (2023), THE DEVIL TO PAY (2024) and A MERCIFUL SEA (2025) out now from Canelo || rep'd by Francesca Riccardi ||
Eddie Jenkins 🦤 @eddiejenks510.bsky.social Polar exploration and natural history
Croker Mountains truther
Sam Pope @sampopewriter.bsky.social Writer of gothic, ghostly tales. Polar history buff and devotee of Eleanor Anne Porden. Find out more at www.sampopewriter.com and www.eleanorporden.com
Stromness Museum @stromnessmuseum.bsky.social Orkney's museum of Natural and Maritime History, founded in 1837. "A treasure trove of objects from across the centuries..."
VCH Oxfordshire @vch-oxon.bsky.social Researching and publishing the history of Oxfordshire places as part of @vchlondon.bsky.social - landscape, settlement, buildings, economy, religion, society and more: www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history/counties-z/oxfordshire
Mr. Ghost @theseathesea.bsky.social Archivist, erstwhile Napoleonic historian, polar nerd. Running @rossexpedition.bsky.social. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
J. 🐦⬛🍂 @baffin-j.bsky.social 30+, multifandom, some polar exploration. also on twt! 🏳️🌈🇧🇻
Alison @finger-post.blog I write about the Franklin Expedition and the people who searched for them. I also enjoy petting cats in Victorian cemeteries.
Humanitarian. Sea lawyer. She/They. #MDANT. #NUJ. #NoTerfs.
https://finger-post.blog
History Lab Plus @historylabplus.bsky.social We are the UK’s national network for early career historians. Are you #postdoc or writing up your #PhD? Did/does it involve historical research? Whatever sector you do/want to work in, the HistoryLab+ network is for you! 👉 https://historylab.plus/
The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social In the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery & community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate & research for over 300 years. Also own Kelmscott Manor, past home of William Morris.
Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social liking stuff since 1741. arctic expeditions, medical history, marine life, flouncy mantuas, the sea, perfume. Edward Forbes fan account.
🦪 https://edwardforbes.net
Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social 👩🏻🏫 Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @sheffielduni.bsky.social
✍️ Influenza book @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
📚Research Rep @cncsi.bsky.social
🦇Co-host @GothicaUob.bsky.social
👋🏼ECR Rep @bavs-uk.bsky.social
👻 Summoned to the Séance @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Dr Eavan O'Dochartaigh @eavanod.bsky.social Honorary Research Lecturer, English @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Principal Investigator of 'Exploring the Arctic Archive' funded by @researchireland.bsky.social. MSCA alumni @umeauniversitet.bsky.social. Travel writing, Arctic exploration, Visual Culture.
ko ⚓️ @saltbind.bsky.social i’m ko! ⚓︎ she/they ⚓︎ polar exploration, fantasy and pirate enthusiast ⚓︎ 🔞 ⚓︎
Keili Bartlett @keilibartlett.bsky.social Journalist / writer / part-time bookseller interested in where culture, history and nature meet. Always looking for good stories and my next coffee! Based on the Sunshine Coast of B.C.
www.KeiliBartlett.com/link-in-bio
Katie G @katiegors.bsky.social Software developer by day. Baker, knitter, and hobbyist Franklin expedition genealogist by night. alongblank.com. 🇨🇦
UK Polar Network @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social UK branch of APECS Polar Research, providing opportunites and representation to early career polar researchers.
linktr.ee/polarnetwork
Nina @ninarodet.bsky.social MPhil in Polar Studies at SPRI and submissions coordinator of @newpolartimes.com
The New Polar Times @newpolartimes.com An upcoming interdisciplinary literary and arts publication for those interested in the "Heroic Age" of polar exploration.
❄️ Submissions are CLOSED! ❄️
Ciarán Wright Drinnon @ciarandrinnon.com They/he. Tennessee, USA. Editor-in-Chief @newpolartimes.com. Graduate student and historian of the polar regions. Still getting the hang of the whole "being a serious academic" thing, and probably always will be.
MA Naval, Maritime and Coastal History Portsmouth @navalhistory.bsky.social Study watery history at the home of the Royal Navy through distance learning. Bringing together students from all over the world. #NavalHistory #CoastalHistory #MaritimeHistory
🪦𝕮𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝕮𝖑𝖚𝖇🪦 @cemeteryclub.bsky.social Cemeteries are museums of people! Exploring places of rest as social history. By public historian Sheldon K. Goodman (he/him). ⚰️ 🏛💀 🏳️🌈
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard @phdockyard.bsky.social HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860, Mary Rose Museum, National Museum Royal Navy Portsmouth, Action Stations, Boathouse 4, HMS M.33 & Harbour Tours
David C. Woodman @aglukaq.bsky.social Husband, father, grandfather. Ex-Navy. Retired professional mariner - deep sea, submarines, ferries. Author of non-fiction books on Arctic exploration history. Sometime expedition member to Arctic. Old fart.
www.aglooka.ca
Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
Publishing books that champion arts & humanities 🏰 home of history!
⭐️ For book updates & UK OFFERS join the Yale in London newsletter: bit.ly/YaleBookNews ⭐️
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History @jich.bsky.social A peer-reviewed Taylor & Francis academic journal exploring the British Empire, the Commonwealth, and wider colonialism.
EIC @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social
AE @yiannicart.bsky.social
BRE @evansmithhist.bsky.social
CDE @jonasgjerso.bsky.social
Eva Molina Flores @evamolinaflores.bsky.social Writing about science + culture. Editorial Fellow @ American Philosophical Society. PhD Candidate in the history of science @ Princeton. otherannapurnas.substack.com
Marc-André Bernier @mabernier-uwarch.bsky.social Underwater/maritime archaeologist, formerly Parks Canada, ICUCH, ACUA, Slave Wrecks Project, Opinions are my own
The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social The national charity campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian Built Heritage. Join us!
linktr.ee/victoriansociety
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales
Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
https://academic.oup.com/past
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies supports the study of the long #c18th. Check website for details. https://www.bsecs.org.uk/
Terror Camp @terrorcamp.bsky.social Polar Exploration Lectures & Learning • February 6th & 7th, 2027 • Contact: command@terror.camp
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
History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social We publish high-quality historical research freely accessible online and create opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.
Cambridge History of Memory and Emotions Workshop @histmememo.bsky.social A platform to explore the formation and development of memories and emotions in their historical contexts, across any place and time.
Email: CamHistMemEmo@gmail.com
Website: https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/workshop-memory-and-emotion
Evan Wilson @evanwilson.bsky.social Naval historian. Professor at US Naval War College. Views own. Latest book with Paul Kennedy: Planning for War at Sea: 400 Years of Great Power Competition.
History Today @historytoday.com 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆. Try 3 issues for £5 at http://historytoday.com/subscribe
Royal Canadian Geographical Society @rcgssgrc.bsky.social Nonprofit organization
Making Canada better known to Canadians and the world since 1929. 🇨🇦 Faisant mieux connaître le Canada aux Canadiens et le monde entier.
50 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1M 2K1
Nick @profmassa.bsky.social Boats in cold places is my thing. Books are life.
David Oakes @davidoakes.bsky.social Actor & Ecologist
http://www.davidoakes.co.uk
🚂 Levin in ‘Anna Karenina’ @ Chichester FT
https://www.cft.org.uk/events/anna-karenina
⚔️ ‘Vikings: Valhalla’ on Netflix
🎙️ Hosts www.treesacrowd.fm
🔬 Student of Evolutionary & Behavioural Ecology
percy ⚓️ @prouvvaire.bsky.social PhD track polar gothicist @ U of Glasgow, james clark ross enthusiast, any pronouns.
🤍 polar exploration sillies over at @hmserebus.bsky.social 🌊
HistFest @histfest.bsky.social The best history events and courses all year round.
Quest Chronicle @questchronicle.org.uk Polar Exploration:The Shackleton-Rowett Expedition and the broader Quest family.
Antarctica. South Georgia. Polar science. Rowett.
https://questchronicle.org.uk/
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org We are the UK’s learned society and professional body for geography, supporting geography and geographers across the world.
The Alpine Club @alpineclub.bsky.social The world’s first mountaineering club, founded in the UK in 1857. At the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering & exploration.
Cover 📷 George Cave
Huw... @hiker-huw.bsky.social Dog owner, guitarist, Greenland fieldwork organiser. B/Sky as uninterested in Greenland as Twatter was so I'm happy to post any old crap on here. 😁 Tries to avoid toxic politics! On B/Sky mainly to celebrate the outdoors and nature. Sensible on Instagram!😁
ellie 𓂃 ོ𓂃 @eleanorcrane.bsky.social artist, writer, history lover and boat guy⚓️
she/her, 20s, eleanorcrane on tumblr 🪞
commandergrahamgore.com @cmdrgore.bsky.social your local graham gore enthusiast | 28 she/her | owner of https://www.commandergrahamgore.com | katie
Ross Expedition @rossexpedition.bsky.social The Ross and Crozier Antarctic Expedition of 1839-43 in real(ish) time.
British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk We're the UK's polar research institute 👋 Uncovering the secrets of Earth's frozen places, doing science for a sustainable planet.
Looking for a seriously remote job? https://bas.ac.uk/vacancies
Polar Artists Collective @polarartcollective.bsky.social We're a collective of artists making work inspired by the polar regions.
Follow along for news about exhibitions and projects!
David Wilson @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social Historian working on legal and environmental history within context of colonialism & oceans / lakes, esp. piracy, fishing, & marine science. Current focus: Law, Science, and the British Colonial Fisheries Advisory Committee. Senior Lecturer @ Strathclyde.
Dr Dan O’Brien @drdan.bsky.social Historian of undertakers and funerals in Eighteenth Century England. Researching the trade and their goods. Visiting Research Fellow at CDAS, University of Bath.
Associate Fellow of Royal Historical Society
UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling @cpom-uk.bsky.social UK Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling (CPOM), primarily funded by NERC. Leading research in the polar regions from scientists at Northumbria, Lancaster, Liverpool, UCL, Reading & Bristol.
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.