Dr Crystal Hollis @graffitiginger.bsky.social Historian and archaeologist. Historic graffiti specialist. London history nerd. Church crawler. Theatre. Crochet.
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
Dr Charlotte Parsonson-Young @charlie-l-y.bsky.social Early modern & genealogy tutor at Conted Oxford. Lecturer at Wake Forest Uni (London campus). Writing on English Civil War sequestration, & John Bradshawe. Vice-Chair of @Cromwellorg.bsky.social. Reviews Editor of @MidlandHistory.bsky.social.
Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
University of Reading Special Collections @uorspeccoll.bsky.social Sharing treasures from our Special Collections, Rare Books and Archives.
Website: https://collections.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/
Enquiries: specialcollections@reading.ac.uk
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/unirdg_collections
School of Advanced Study, University of London @sas-news.bsky.social News and events from the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of humanities research. We monitor our profiles, more here: http://bit.ly/3q8WHYm
NHM Library and Archives @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social One of the finest collections of natural history literature, art and online resources.
Come and research with us Tuesday - Thursday 10.00 - 16.00 (by appointment).
linktr.ee/nhmlibraryarchives
(Natural History Museum, London and Tring)
Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social Historian of Capitalism and the Pink Pound (he/him)
Writer | Speaker | Traveller
Editor: @historyworkshop.org.uk
Founder: @notchesblog.bsky.social
Convenor: @histsex.bsky.social
justinbengry.com
IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social IHR Women's History Seminar, Schools of Advanced Study, University of London
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social Professor of history @uclhistory.bsky.social + co-convenor @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social. Editor at @enghistrev.bsky.social.
Institutions, rationalities, environments, mostly medieval.
https://tinyurl.com/2p8r9yeh + https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene/.
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Dr Anita Sethi 🍃📚 @anitasethi.bsky.social writer, journalist & broadcaster 📝
Author, I BELONG HERE (“a thing of beauty” - Sunday Times). Winner, Books Are My Bag Award, nominated Wainwright 🏆for Nature Writing, Great Outdoors Award, RSL Ondaatje.
Mancunian 🐝
anitasethi.com
English Radical History @englishradical.bsky.social Quotes, facts, images and videos about England’s radical past.
The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social The London Archives is a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history.
About us - https://www.thelondonarchives.org/
Events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-london-archives-2913691059
Guildhall Library @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social The Library of London History.
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/libraries/guildhall-library
Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social Official BlueSky account of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Fostering interest in all things #churchhistory.
Gwent Archives @gwentarchives.bsky.social The official county archive for the former counties of Gwent and Monmouthshire. Open Tues-Thurs 09:30 - 16:30. What will you discover?
www.gwentarchives.gov.uk
University of Liverpool Library @livunilibrary.bsky.social 📚 Books, e-resources, study support, academic skills and more. Open 24/7 term time, you’ll always find a smile here!
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
Layers of London @layersoflondon.bsky.social https://www.layersoflondon.org/ Mapping London's history & heritage through time using maps, images, films & Londoners' stories. Part of @chppc.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social
Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social Research centre specialising in the history of the book, manuscript and print studies, textual scholarship, digital editing and new critical approaches to literary history at the School of Advanced Study, University of London
https://ies.sas.ac.uk/
Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social The RCN (@rcn.org.uk) Library and Museum is Europe’s largest nursing library. Use our services online or visit our libraries, exhibitions and events in person.
Get in touch via: www.rcn.org.uk/library
Online|Belfast|Cardiff|Edinburgh|London
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.
Borthwick Institute for Archives @uoyborthwick.bsky.social The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, UK, for records of the archdiocese, local parishes, businesses, hospitals etc. borthwick-institute@york.ac.uk
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
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/
Senate House Library @senatehouselib.bsky.social One of the UK's largest academic libraries for arts, humanities & social sciences. 2 million books, 50 special collections & 1,800 archives 📚
https://linktr.ee/senatehouselibrary
IHR Jewish History Seminar @ihrjewishhistory.bsky.social London, UK
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
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/
Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social Independent Scholar/Medieval Francophonie & Italian Historiographies. http://digitalhumanitiesddp.com, http://tcf.lauramorreale.com, http://dalme.org.
SOAS Special Collections @soas-speccoll.bsky.social Archives, manuscripts and rare books from
@SOASLibrary, the UK National Research Library for Asia, Africa and the Middle East | special.collections@soas.ac.uk
Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social Proudly independent since 1895. Dive into our archives and learn with us online. https://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/
Antoine Destemberg @adestemberg.bsky.social Associate Professor in Medieval History (Université d'Artois) | Senior Research Fellow at the Maison française d’Oxford (CNRS/University of Oxford) | Head of ANR project SOCIOMA (2024-2028) | Member of the editorial board of the Revue historique (Paris)
Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Early Modern History @historytcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social | Historian of the news, press, political cultures, and popular politics in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
📺🤣
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
British Records Association @britrecs.bsky.social The British Records Association is a UK charity, working for archives since 1932. Please become a member and support our work https://www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/
Leo Baeck Institute London @lbilondon.bsky.social The Leo Baeck Institute London is a research institute dedicated to the study of German-Jewish history and culture, organising research projects, fellowships and public events. Affiliated with Birkbeck, University of London
https://www.lbilondon.ac.uk
Monumenta Germaniae Historica @monumenta.bsky.social Official account of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) - a research institution with over 200 years experience in publishing Medieval source material in text-critical editions. Posts by Clemens Radl, Annette Marquard-Mois, Dominik Trump.
Dr Katharine Carlton @k-a-carlton.bsky.social Early Modern Historian at Huddersfield University, co author of 'The Gentleman's Mistress'. Also interested in railway heritage. Secretary of Vintage Carriages Trust & the Friends of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
@beamishmuseum.bsky.social @beamishmuseum.bsky.social
Shahmima Akhtar @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social Historian. Exhibiting Irishness: Empire, race and nation, c. 1850-1970 out now with @ManchesterUP Studies in Imperialism Series. 30% discount code: EVENT30
Alexander Courtney @dralexcourtney.bsky.social #Earlymodern historian | FRHistS | IHR Fellow
📚James VI, Britannic Prince (Routledge, 2024) | James VI & I: Kingship, Government & Religion (2025) | Co-editor: Mary Queen of Scots’ Lost Letters (forthcoming, Routledge)
https://bio.site/alexandercourtney
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Founded 1969. News & highlights from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh https://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/
#arts #humanities #socialscience #academicsky
Salvation Army International Heritage Centre @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social The International Heritage Centre tells the story of The Salvation Army from its origins in the 1860s to the present, both in the UK and internationally.
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre
Andrew Preater @preater.com Always-already librarianing. 🍞🌹🌹
Library director at Goldsmiths, University of London; CILIP & SCONUL board member. Audax cyclist. (he/him)
Personal account: my own views. 💁♂️
🦣 @preater@hcommons.social
IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social Seminar on the history of Britain and associated regions during the long eighteenth century. Join us in London or on Zoom every other Wednesday at 17.30 GMT https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/british-history-long-18th-century
Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social Associate Professor at ANU who writes about – and sometimes sings – ballads about executions, disasters, military conflicts & politics from the 16th to the 19th century. Personal website: unamcilvenna.com
SOAS History @soashistory.bsky.social News and events from the History Department in the School of History, Religions and Philosophies @SOAS University of London www.soas.ac.uk and the SOAS History Blog blogs.soas.ac.uk/soashistoryblog/
HMML @visithmml.bsky.social The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) photographs, catalogs, & provides access to manuscripts—partnering with more than 1,500 libraries worldwide to preserve & share handwritten history. Learn more: hmml.org
Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
Iain Moore @iainmoore.bsky.social Interested in libraries, charities and the social sector and how together they can fix everything.
Once & future ultra runner. Macclesfield. Gay adopter. 🏳️🌈
Commercial Director, Libraries Connected
www.librariesconnected.org.uk
He/him
@nbellromero.bsky.social @nbellromero.bsky.social
John Robinson @johnecake.bsky.social
museumsmith @museumsmith.bsky.social Elderly millennial, museum factotum, 🇬🇧 🇪🇺, lay catholic-ish Anglican of non-conformist ancestry, #AuDHD, strolling player, cishet 🏳️🌈/🏳️⚧️/🍉/anti-racist/refugee ally.
Own views (who else would want them?!). He/him.
Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social Historical Geography #planthumanities PhD student at Royal Holloway & RBG Kew researching the cultural history of arboretums. Book author, former magazine editor, gardener, cat servant
Kate Teltscher @kateteltscher.bsky.social Cultural historian and writer. Author of Palace of Palms, a Times and New Statesman Book of the Year.
https://kateteltscher.com/
@karenwhelan.bsky.social @karenwhelan.bsky.social Chair of the Friends of 27 Queen Street, Derby, UK; history of science, history, literature, philosophy: John #Flamsteed; John #Whitehurst, Benjamin Franklin; Joseph #Wright of Derby; John Smith of Derby.
Robert Bickers @bickers.bsky.social Writer & historian. European. Professor of History, University of Bristol. Rewriting British and other history is my job. Find out more via my staff profile: http://tinyurl.com/rbickers, & blog: http://robertbickers.net I also run http://hpcbristol.net
Karen Colbron @kcols.bsky.social Subject Matter Expert Digital Collections focusing on access and use of digital content in learning, teaching and research.
Gareth @garethhunt.bsky.social Well what to write? I love hiking and rambling in the countryside, love reading, photography, a wee bit of football, politics, and I’m an absolutely rubbish runner. Owned by a dog/cat. Managed by two kids and the other half.
Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social Once a geographer, avid practitioner of slow scholarship, Leeds Uni prof, teaches law & health, biotech, food, nature. Preferred habitats: Greece, gardens, mountains, coasts, London, pubs https://grahamdutfield.substack.com/
Alan Matthews #ClimateCrisis #FBPE @alan-matts.bsky.social Retired IT person that now dabbles in Linux and a website for our #Ramblers group Also leads walks. Supports local #Ealing #Wildlife group with #beavers #Christian🕊️ #ClimateEmergency #FBPE #IAmEuropean #autism end of empire history #Foodbank #Ukraine #NHS
Alican @alicans.bsky.social M.A., M.Ed.| PhD candidate at Goethe University Frankfurt | American Studies | RTG "Aesthetics of Democracy"
https://aesthetics-of-democracy.de/member/alican-simsek/?lang=en
Virginia Reinburg @vreinburg.bsky.social Historian. Feminist. Boston. France. Hawai’i. Author of Storied Places (Cambridge UP 2019). Abolish ICE
Dr Helen Glew @helenglew.bsky.social Gender historian, book lover, runner, gymnerd.
Current projects: history of the marriage bar; women's work in Mass Observation archives
She/her
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784996208/
Research/writing services:
https://helenglew.com
Sasha Smith @sashasmith.bsky.social History teacher. Assistant Headteacher for T&L/SCITT/ECT. SHP PATHS Council. SHP Regional Representative. Committee for Lincoln HA. Objects of Empire Project. ESIS Campaign History Chair. Views my own.
Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social Associate Professor History Education at University of Nottingham
Co-Chair @htenuk.bsky.social
Co-author: https://tinyurl.com/vj36v3hu
Blog: https://uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/
@UoNSoEHistory in other places
Stephanie Keenan @headofenglish.bsky.social Head of Product, English, AQA
The New Disorder Blog @tomleveller.bsky.social Alienated Marxist adrift in a post-liberal fog. Writing from the wreckage at The New Disorder.
Caroline Rance @quackdoctor.bsky.social Writer focusing on the history of medicine, especially patent remedies and fraudsters at thequackdoctor.com and thequackdoctor.substack.com
Also co-host of literature podcast @shewrotetoo.bsky.social
@tleyman.bsky.social @tleyman.bsky.social Head of History in Hampshire
Leonhard Riep @leonhardriep.bsky.social PhD candidate in social philosophy @goetheuni.bsky.social: "Politics of Experience after Michael Foucault" | he/him
Claire Daly @cdaly1390.bsky.social Head of History in Nottingham and mum of 2.
Helen Fisher @helenxfisher.bsky.social HE archivist working with large cataloguing backlogs, attempting digital preservation, & using university archives for research and engagement. Own views
ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social Prof History Ed & Head of Department Curriculum Pedagogy & Assessment @ UCL’s Institute of Education. Editor HistEd Research Journal & International Rev of HistEd. Vice-Chair OHTE SAC. FRHistS. FHA. Co-Chair HEIRNET. Blog: thecamelsback.org. Own views.
Ed Durbin @edurbin.bsky.social History Teacher and Curriculum Leader / Lead Practitioner T and L / Textbooks / Bristol / over educated childminder
Jen Gallagher @jengllagher.bsky.social Librarian. Historian. Amateur/trainee gardener. Over achiever.
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
Stephen Jackson @stomperjax.bsky.social Historian of education at the University of Kansas interested in the British Empire, world history, and settler colonialism. All views my own.
Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social A collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to present-day political, social, and cultural issues surrounding gender and medicine.
nursingclio.org
Alan Rew @alanrew.bsky.social UK-based retired software developer.
Art, Photography, Science, Music, Economics, Politics, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Architecture, Archaeology
I can't send/receive DMs here.
Signal: alan.285
Peter Harris @petercoxwell82.bsky.social History teacher, professional mentor at London secondary, particularly enjoy teaching the 17th century
Dr Claire Warrior @clairewarrior.bsky.social Anthropologist and historian. Polar exploration: Erebus, Terror, Scott, Shackleton. Senior Curator National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Trustee UK Antarctic Heritage Trust. Sing London Oriana. Views my own.
Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social History teacher & HoD at Bolder Academy.
TeachFirst ambassador 2015.
As a rule, usually dreaming about when I’m next teaching about the Vikings…
Ali Messer @freereed59.net History. Trad music. Teacher Education. #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation #UKteaching #SSChat #ContraDancing
📒🕰🎓🗺 No DMs unless we talk irl.
https://intheoryandinpractice.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/and-then-the-bell-rang/
https://linktr.ee/Freereed59
Bryn Roberts @labourbryn.bsky.social Aerospace engineer & Librivox narrator - not taking this lying down. All views my own etc.
Lauren Brand @laurenbrand.bsky.social Reviews Editor @ American Historical Review. 📚 Coffee-drinker. Cross-stitch enthusiast.
https://www.historians.org/news-publications/american-historical-review/
MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social Scholarly books from University Presses. News and info from across academia. Part of the Mare Nostrum Group. Based in Harrogate, UK.
Ian Gadd @iangadd.bsky.social Bibliographer; book historian. Opinions are my own.
(Header image is cartoon by Stephen Collins: http://www.stephencollinsillustration.com/)
H Oscar @h-oscar.bsky.social
CraveCute Collector @cravecute.bsky.social Adore cute vintage books and home decor.
💙🇺🇸 ♻🌲😺
Radhika Natarajan @imperialhistorian.bsky.social 💁🏾 Imperial Historian
📝 Race, Ethnicity, Migration, Multiculturalism
🦉 @reed_college_
📕 Hear Our Voices - out now from Quarto Kids!
https://linktr.ee/radhikanatarajan
Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social Lecturer at Goldsmiths. Contemporary historian of British, US and global politics and culture. Writing a book on progressive politics, culture, and memory. Made in North London from working Cypriot parts. 🔴⚪️
Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com
sundeep @historysunny.bsky.social Historian & Lecturer at KCL. Formerly co-lead on Runnymede Trust's http://ourmigrationstory.org.uk & researcher on AHRC Beyond Banglatown http://beyondbanglatown.org.uk. PhD on British citizenship and immigration policy