IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social 'Black British History: Concepts, Geographies, Debates' covers all aspects of Black British history from the ancient to the contemporary. @ihr.bsky.social
Haohao Zhang (they/he) @karl-haohaozhang.bsky.social 🔭 Early modernist | Victorian microscopy, glass slides & Blaschka models | material text, circulation & repair | analogy as afterlife
Also building a global digital project tracing Blaschka models across collections and archives. Hopefully online soon!
Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social Exeter branch for the UCU. #DefendExeterUni. https://linktr.ee/DefendExeterUni
Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social The Modern British Studies Association offers a thriving, interdisciplinary space for debate and intellectual exchange relating to British history, society, politics and culture at its regular Modern British Studies conferences.
https://modbritstud.org.uk/
Ruth Beecher @ruthbeecher.bsky.social Historian (mainly of medicine and child abuse), sea swimmer, greyhound guardian from the People’s Republic of Cork
Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social Historian of birth control/suffrage/abortion law and policy. Book: "Women's Votes, Doctors' Rights: The Making of the American Birth Control Movement" coming soon with Rutgers UP. Asst Prof @kennesawstate; Fellow @GSU_HealthLaw; @UVa alum
Kelly S. O'Donnell @kellyodonn.bsky.social History person. Clover’s dog mom. ☘️ Definitely not that journalist of the same name, so I am begging you please don't @ me.
Carolien Stolte @carolienstolte.bsky.social Historian | Leiden University | India | Peace | Decolonization | Books | Running
peace.lucdh.eu
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~ Author of 7 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ Ex-HORRIBLE HISTORIES BBC TV 📺🤣
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Sasha Handley @sashahandley.bsky.social Professor of Early Modern History, University of Manchester, specialising in histories of sleep, healthcare practices, and supernatural beliefs.
Miguel Garcia @miguelgarcia.bsky.social Product guy, keen on bibliometrics, working with Altmetric and Dimensions
Altmetric @altmetric.com We measure the attention that research outputs receive from policy documents, mainstream news outlets, Wikipedia, social media and online reference managers. We detect sentiment of Bluesky/X posts.
Come for the attention to research. Stay for the memes.
Kamila Smagulova @kamilask.bsky.social PhDing in history, Leiden University
Colonial history | Civic activism | Anti-nuclear movements in Kazakhstan
#peacemovementsproject
Kasonde Mukonde @kasonde.bsky.social Academic Librarian. MSLIS, PhD. Hikes. Jazz & theatre.
Tash Walker @tashwalker.bsky.social (They/She)
Podcasts Aunt Nell incl. thelogbooks.org
Archive Switchboard LGBTQIA+ Helpline
Co-Founder Get In Her Ears
DJ Soho Radio
#transrightsarehumanrights
Linktr.ee/TashWalker
Adam Zmith @adamzmith.bsky.social Writer, podcast producer, etc
https://linktr.ee/adamzmith
Andrew WM Smith @smidbob.bsky.social Historian of Modern France at QMUL
Sam Young @drsamyoung.bsky.social Independent researcher focusing on the history of the Catholic Church in France, plus other stuff.
Ymchwilydd annibynnol sy'n canolbwyntio ar yr hanes yr Eglwys Gatholig yn Ffrainc, a phethau eraill.
https://substack.com/@samyoung3
Stephen Legg @stephenlegg11.bsky.social Historical Geographer of 20th-Century Interwar Indian Urban, Colonial, Imperial and International Worlds. https://stephenleggeog.wordpress.com
Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social Senior lecturer & historian of modern Britain. Activism & experience. Books: mothering & feeling; student mental health. Director of GENCAS & Co-Ed Modern British History. Mother x 3. Book: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526140128/
Urvi Khaitan @urvikhaitan.bsky.social Prize Fellow in Economics, History, and Politics at the Center for History and Economics, Harvard University | Gender and economic life in South Asia | she/her
https://urvikhaitan.com
Holly Fletcher @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social Early modern historian researching bodies, material culture & environments at UCL https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/106276-holly-fletcher/about
'Body Size in Early Modern Germany' (OUP, 2026) https://academic.oup.com/book/62409
Gillian Mathys @gillianmathys.bsky.social Historian of African Great Lakes | Associate Professor history @ugent | associate editor @CJAS_RCEA | Academic mom. I got very lucky.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fractured-pasts-in-lake-kivus-borderlands/28EE1FFBB2BDDA8814964DD39656B959
saskia papadakis @sazpaps.bsky.social geographer / sociologist / oral historian interested in race, gender, class, life stories, place, gay stuff
Barbara Brayshay @bbrayshay.bsky.social Director and Editor at Livingmaps Network (livingmaps.org.uk)
Pacifist, Environmentalist, Geographer
Sings with the Climate Choir- Dances to electro-beats
Loves Yoga
Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social Historian of revolution, pessimistic anarchist. Nobody else wants these views, trust me. 'His real face is a hat' - Fern Riddell.
The People's Papers @peoplespapers.bsky.social ~ all about the archives ~
A research project exploring 1970s activist print culture. Current project: local Manchester newspapers @wcmlibrary.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/peoplespapers
Oxford Academic @academic.oup.com The official account for Oxford Academic, featuring Oxford University Press's academic news and insights.
OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project, collaboratively researching British & Irish railway staff accidents pre-1939. Posts by Mike Esbester.
#RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory #Railway200
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
@ijhs.bsky.social @ijhs.bsky.social 
Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social Historian (mostly of Japan) and trade unionist (mostly in UCU). UCU Vice-president for Higher Ed. He/him
natalicinelli.bsky.social @natalicinelli.bsky.social PhD in International Relations | King's College London + Universidade de São Paulo
CEDAW | Women's Rights | History of Feminisms
Christian Jacobs @christianjacobs.bsky.social Historian interested in social movements and ideas, colonial histories, and transimperial histories in the 19th and 20th century | Book: "The Politics of Culture. Far-right, Feminist, and “Immigrant” Movements in France, ca. 1965 to 1985" | He/him
urban_james_ @urban-james.bsky.social 🏙 urban studies + border studies
🏳️🌈 lgbtqi+ she/her
all views my own
How fast or slow it becomes a ‘ruin’ is unknown.
– Beverly Buchanan
@urban__james__
https://www.instagram.com/urban__james__
Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @cammbhw.bsky.social The Cambridge Modern British History Workshop is open to postgraduate students working on any topic related to the history of Britain, Ireland, the British Empire and the Commonwealth since 1750.
Convenors: Rob Kelsey, Lis Riveros and Adam Pountney
Chris Campbell @chriscampbell1.bsky.social History PhD student, St John's College, Cambridge | Researching the British Council and soft power in the twentieth century
Matthew Taunton @matthewtaunton.bsky.social Professor of Modern Literature and Director of Research in the School of Literature, Drama, and Creative Writing at UEA. Co-editor “‘The People‘ and British Literature” (CUP) out now. Writing “The Collective Voice” for Stanford UP. Literature & Politics.
Vipin K @talentedmrvipley.bsky.social Reading, exploring, and enjoying the process of discovering philology, historical geography, maps, and what have you.
José Miguel Ferreira @joseferreira.bsky.social PhD in History | Editorial manager at IHC — NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST (@ihchistory.bsky.social) | Goa, Portuguese empire, colonialism and archival stories | chief editor Práticas da História (@pdh-journal.bsky.social)
Zoe Neubauer @zneubauer.bsky.social PhD candidate at McGill University, studying trans identity in the UK, 1970-2004
John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social Pedestrian Historian.
Imperialism Syllabus: http://tinyurl.com/ev4psh98
The Anticolonial Front: http://tinyurl.com/33d3exca.
Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/ykp7r5a9.
Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social Postdoc @jacculturelmu.bsky.social | Blog: http://medisi.hypotheses.org | Arabic Bible | Manuscript Studies | Book History | Provenance | SciCom | #FirstGen
https://www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/team/tarras-peter/
Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social Edinburgh, dragged along by a spaniel 🐕
Latest book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/europe-in-the-eleventh-century-9780198860235?cc=gb&lang=en&
Univ. website: https://edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/charles-west
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social Medieval Historian and UCU branch officer. Senior lecturer at Winchester University. Research on popular protest, political culture, warfare, rumour/conspiracy theories in England and Scotland, c.1300-1600. Views also on union stuff and politics
Friends In Common @friendsincommon.bsky.social 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯: 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 & 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴
by @lauracforster.bsky.social & @joeljoel.bsky.social out June 2025
https://linktr.ee/friendsincommon
WerkstattGeschichte @werkstattgeschichte.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy #WerkstattGeschichte ist ein Ort, an dem über #Geschichte und ihre Akteur*innen ebenso reflektiert wird wie über historisches #Forschen und #Schreiben […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://openbiblio.social/@WerkstattGeschichte, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Warwick_SMLC @warwick-smlc.bsky.social 
Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social History, Britain, culture, cities, selfhood, sexuality, gender, #20s30s.
Now - The Institute: The untold story of Pelmanism and its followers
Just out - Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London (MUP)
He / him
Joel White @joeljoel.bsky.social Friends In Common out now, come say hi on the tour : https://linktr.ee/friendsincommon @friendsincommon.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🍉
GLARC tapes / Communal Leisure
Writing about solidarity, Islamophobia, antiracist & Queer history, No Borders, music.
Matthew Hurst @mrmhurst.bsky.social PhD @york.ac.uk on the influence of Hong Kong people upon the handover • Studentship from WRoCAH • Graduate: @ox.ac.uk @manchester.ac.uk
Will Clement @historywill.bsky.social Historian of Modern Europe
| poverty & inequality, centre & periphery, health & housing in c19 France🏠🏚️🇫🇷 | Tired dad | posts represent my views | He/him
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/will-clement
Timothy Cooper @timothycooper78.bsky.social Historian of environment and society; Visiting Professor Department of Global Studies, Pusan National University; Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter.
Radical Online Archives @radonlinearchives.bsky.social List of *online* and *open access* collections of historical documents relating to radical history (broadly defined). Nearly 1000 collections from around the world listed (and always looking for more).
Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social Researching antifeminism, conspiracy theories and the far right. PhD from UEA, former postdoc on Everything is Connected project. UK correspondent for QAA Podcast + MAN CLAN and writer of Vaccine: The Human Story. New series TRULY TRADLY DEEPLY out now!
Overshoot Podcast @overshootpod.bsky.social The world missed its goal for tackling climate change. What happens next?
Welcome to Overshoot.
Listen: http://overshootpod.com
Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social The Warwick History Postgraduate Work in Progress.
Showcasing talks by PG students across departments on history-related topics.
Every Monday at 5pm during term time.
Run by the history PhD community.
National Trust Research @researchnt.bsky.social News, stories, opportunities, and occasional memes from the National Trust's Research Team. You're welcome to contact us at research@nationaltrust.org.uk.
Stephanie Jones @stephaniejones.bsky.social Lecturer in Film, Television and Media | Co-editor, Media History | 007's critical friend | Dysgu Cymraeg, Top of the Pops 🌈
David Geiringer @davidgeiringer.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain - interested in histories of sex, religion, and emotions. Senior Lecturer in Public History & Heritage @QMHistory
Liz Wood @worsted.bsky.social Tired, archive-themed, occasionally falling over a cat.
Mass Observation Archive @massobsarchive.bsky.social An archive of everyday life, thought and feeling in the UK. Based at The Keep in East Sussex. Find out more at massobs.org.uk
Find out more: massobs.org.uk
Sign up to our mailing list: https://subscribe.emailblaster.cloud/MjEyMjQ/122.html
Diarmaid Kelliher @diarmaidkelliher.bsky.social Human geographer & historian. Research on solidarity, labour, social movements etc.
Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social The Friends of The Women's Library support The Women's Library at LSE in acquisition, preservation and education. https://friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk
Jonathan Moss @jmoss88.bsky.social Political historian at University of Sussex. Currently researching ageing and political understandings in modern Britain.
The Tenementals @tenementals.bsky.social Debut album, 'Glasgow: A History (Vol. I of VI) out now! Check out the video for the opening track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FffdSfynIBc. And check out our website for more info, merch etc. www.tenementals.com
Andrew Popp @andrewpopp.bsky.social Historian of economic life, emotions & the everyday. Living in Copenhagen, going swimming, being vegan.
Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social Investigating the history of maternal activism in the UK since 1914 | Partnered with @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social | Funded by a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship | Profile picture © Charles Hastings Education Centre |
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
CCEIL SOAS @cceilsoas.bsky.social SOAS Centre for the study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law | Research, Teaching and Public Events |
Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social Welcome to Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North! We are a group of academics who have an interest in active academic research on the complex topic of “magic” in pre-Modern Northern regions. 
Maisie Jepson (she/her) @girlinthewrongera.bsky.social 📚MA History graduate and independent researcher.
Interested in gender, social and cultural history, told through fashion, textiles and oral histories of women.
Usually chatting about banners and all that jazz.
Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social Historian of Modern History, mainly researching and teaching things ~ transnational, colonial, animal ~ also coffee coffee coffee and biking
University of Tübingen, Germany
she/her
Share UK @share-uk.bsky.social Retrieving women from the dustbin of history. ✊✨ Join the movement!
https://linktr.ee/shareuk
Greenham Women Everywhere @greenhamwomen.bsky.social Heritage project collating/sharing herstories from the Greenham Women’s Peace Camp 1981-2000 which challenged the siting of US nuclear weapons on UK common land
Dr James Peate @jamesepeate.bsky.social Social/Cultural Historian.
Press/populism/Romani history.
Views are my own
Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social Free, open-access resources for teaching and learning about real people in the ancient world #PeoplingPodcast #PeoplingVideos #PeoplingBlog
peoplingthepast.com
Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social Social historian of gender, migration & public space | Nuns | Ireland & its diaspora | Senior Lecturer @QUBLiberalArts | Forging Identities in the Irish World @EdinburghUP 2022 | She/her.
Erika Hanna @erikahanna.bsky.social Historian of Ireland, cities, folklore, photographs, bicycles, raindrops and other ephemera. Associate Prof Modern History at University of Bristol. I blog about weather and urbanization here: https://rainandtheirishcity.com/
Catherine Baker @richmondbridge.bsky.social PERFORMING QUEER NATIONS: THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST IN POST-COLD-WAR EUROPE due from Manchester University Press in 2027. She/her.
@carolinebressey.bsky.social @carolinebressey.bsky.social Historical and Cultural geographer at UCL, working on Black Historical Geographies, the multi-ethnic Victorian city, nineteenth century periodicals and diverse histories in museums and galleries.
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
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
The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social
Working towards a world where nature is understood, valued and protected.
https://www.linnean.org/
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.
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social The membership body for recordkeeping professionals in the UK & Ireland.
Posts are by Deborah Mason, Head of Communications for ARA. You can reach her on deborah.mason@archives.org.uk (quicker than a DM).
Find our more about ARA here www.archives.org.uk
Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social SRS, the main academic organisation in UK & Ireland dedicated to the promotion of the study of the Renaissance. Hatched in 1967. 🐥 🔥 🐣 🐦🔥 https://rensoc.org.uk/
The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social The home of Political Studies since 1950. We advance, support & promote the global study of Politics & International Relations. psa.ac.uk
Become a PSA member http://psa.ac.uk/members
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 Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social The national charity fighting to save our Victorian & Edwardian heritage. Join us!
linktr.ee/victoriansociety
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales
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.
German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social The GHI London is a research centre supporting and connecting history students and scholars from Britain and Germany. One of 11 independent research institutes of the @maxweberstiftung.de.
Open Mo-Fri, 9.30am-5pm
https://www.ghil.ac.uk
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social Founded in 1906 to support, promote, and celebrate the discipline of English Studies (registered charity 1124890). www.englishassociation.ac.uk/join-us/
Oxford Bibliographical Society @obs1922.bsky.social Founded 104 years ago, the OBS celebrates the collection, care, and enjoyment of libraries, books, and archives of all sizes📚
Oxford, England
oxbibsoc.wordpress.com
Cambridge Group for the History of Population & Social Structure @camunicampop.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research group at the University of Cambridge.
https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/
Follow our blog: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages. https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog
Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie Fostering excellence and scholarship to enrich society, e. 1785.
Home to the RIA Library, 8 research programmes & a publishing house.
www.ria.ie
Reg. Charity No. 20003524 - Reg. Revenue No. CHY 2795
Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social We are a UK-wide educational charity that helps champion and promote participation in archaeology. We run the Young Archaeologists’ Clubs and the annual Festival of Archaeology. Join us to help shape the future of archaeology.
https://www.archaeologyuk.org
Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought @biapt.bsky.social Our aim is to promote the study of all branches of political thought, including analytical political philosophy, continental and post-structuralist theory, and the history of political thought. 
LGBTQ+ History Association @lgbtqhistorya.bsky.social The LGBTQ+ History Association (formally the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History) founded in 1979, is an affiliate of the American Historical Association. Learn more at clgbthistory.org