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cole adams @cole-adams.bsky.social scholar and critic, adjuncting - literature, media, higher ed politics, SF, poetics, gender/sexuality, etc.
Becca Harrison @beccaeharrison.bsky.social Writer and researcher (Sight & Sound, BBC radio, etc.) interested in cinema, nature, power. New book *A Star Wars World* forthcoming 2027 with Bloomsbury. Let's get organised. Pass me the matches. She/her.
SOTUS @sotuspod.bsky.social America: The Story of the USA is a global community of academics, journalists, experts and the US-curious. Join Team SOTUS now: https://sotus.beehiiv.com
Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS); Professor of Digital Society and Policy at the University of Bristol. All views my own, etc. https://www.gov.uk/government/people/tom-crick
Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social Classicist, based in UK. Pessimist.
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
William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social Political theorist in Montreal, via Custer, Lubbock, New Underwood, Rapid City, Northfield, State College, and WashPa. Free Palestine.
Kate Adams @professorkate.bsky.social I research, write, and teach about gender and race in early US culture. Lover of dogs and cats. Hater of piety in any ideological inflection.
Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social “Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read linktr.ee/mychalthreets
Keith Bunting @keithbunting.bsky.social Social care trainer. Interested in politics. I would probably be considered a woke lefty!! Married with two daughters and an adorable granddaughter. No unsolicited DM’s please.
Will Barber Taylor @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social Host @debatedpodcast.bsky.social
Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social Inequality Economist, former trader and author of The Trading Game. Other Economists make predictions, but my ones are actually right. https://linktr.ee/garysecon
Dr Dave Hitchcock @davehitchcock.bsky.social Historian at CCCU: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-4968 Councillor of the Royal Historical Society; SHS executive; EHS. Views own. Currently: "Dying Homeless, 1600-2013", Soon: 'The Wheel of Poverty'. He/him.
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙‍♂️ https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9 Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤 https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
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
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social Anarchism. A Very Short Introduction (https://tinyurl.com/54r98nv6), Constitutionalising Anarchy with Ruth Kinna (https://tinyurl.com/4y9pn3v4 coming soon). Uni Exeter, UCU, HEC Rep. UCU Commons. DM me re anything UCU UK-wide HE. I’m your rep. #ynwa
Caper @caper.fun Caper – An independent family bookshop, activity, and events space in East Oxford. https://caper.fun
Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt‬ | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine Proud queer 🏳️‍🌈 Trans ally 🏳️‍⚧️ Intersectional feminist ✊ Anti-fascist #LGBWithTheT www.heatherpaterson.co.uk
João Florêncio @noisybits.bsky.social Prof. of Gender Studies (Sex Media & Sex Cultures) at @liu.se 🇸🇪. Hon. prof. at @exeter.ac.uk 🇬🇧. Comrade. Coordinator: NordSex—Nordic Research Network on Sexuality, Media, and Culture 👬: @benwritesthings.bsky.social More: linktr.ee/Jpmflorencio
Dr Matt Lodder @mattlodder.com Senior Lecturer in Art History, University of Essex. Trustee, Bishopsgate Institute. Law Student. Historian of tattooing. Podcaster @beneaththeskinpod.history.tattoo. 'Painted People' and 'Tattoos' out now. ADHD.
Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social Historian (of Russia, at Exeter). Didn't really want another social account but susceptible to peer pressure, so here I am.
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.
Dr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social Cultural historian of modern Britain. Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. All views my own.
red @rednewsom.bsky.social books & events at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social 📚 most likely seen posting about: queer horror and litfic, jellycats, dragon age and a massive ginger cat.
Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social Your friendly neighbourhood bookshop on Oxford Road, Manchester 📚 Bookchat, events and silly things. Bleets (?!) by @rednewsom.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/blackwells-manchester-11315868456
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc. pronouns: they/them all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Stephen Holman (he/him/his) @tgpstephen.bsky.social Green Party activist with Trafford Green Party
Charlie Jones @charliepsych.bsky.social Clinical psychologist in an NHS hospital. Relationships in healthcare. 'Human side' of healthcare. What's going on under the surface? Listening. Dad. Bristol.
Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social ✏️ race/gender/sex/religion/politics/America 🙄 also "cults" 🎧 #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF 📚 #RINDWY (Beacon 2024) | #CultsInc | #AbusingReligion (Rutgers 2020) https://megan-goodwin.com/design
Mehwaesh @mehwaesh.bsky.social Work in research policy. Views are my own.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Howl @howl895fm.bsky.social Valentino Assenza, Alison Gadsby & Hollay Ghadery welcome Authors, poets, scriptwriters & songwriters Tuesdays 10pm-11pm on CIUT 89.5FM.
Z-arts @zarts.bsky.social Manchester's dedicated theatre, arts and music venue for children, young people and their grown-ups! Come along, be inspired, get creative and DREAM BIG! 🎭🎨🎶
QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social Local University & College Union branch at Queen Mary University of London. || Account checked only part-time; allow time for responses or reach us via email. https://qmucu.org/
Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com Historian | Author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2014), ‘Humankind’ (2020) and ‘Moral Ambition’ (2025) | Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition | moralambition.org | rutgerbregman.com 📖 substack.com/@rutgerbregman 📺 youtube.com/@rutger.bregman
David Bretherton @dtbretherton.bsky.social “Hyper-woke academic with blue hair” (GB News) • He/him • Join a union! • Mostly dogs • Occasionally music theory, musicology & queer studies • Trade union rep
Universities UK @universities-uk.bsky.social The voice of UK universities
Rachel @rappinrach.bsky.social Love learning, nature, being inspired. Hate prejudice & injustice. Work for a trade union. Norwich, UK
Dr Gillian Jack @drgillhistory.bsky.social Historian of women in late medieval/early mod Italy. Open University. Feminist. UCUCommons & NEC. She/her. Strong words; weak tea. Book out in October: https://uolpress.co.uk/book/prostitution-repentance-and-social-welfare-in-renaissance-florence/
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Michael Larkin @ipanalysis.bsky.social Researcher, phenomenologist, parent to various creatures, some sort of musician, baker, reader, breaker of stuff, liker of seas and hills, sufferer of Boro. https://collaborativeresearch.co.uk/
Nollaig McEvilly @drmcevil.bsky.social Editor of European Physical Education Review. Lecturer in sociology of sport & exercise. Book & film lover. AI hater. Never knowingly undercaffeinated. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈
the mangosphere @mangmangmang.bsky.social boring machine
Caroline Proctor @caggles.bsky.social UCU NEC member (Midlands), UCU Commons member, interested in higher education, food, LARP, meteorology, Sea Cadets and naval history. Occasional Arma3 content because we all need a hobby.
Suzi Toole @suzitoole.bsky.social UCU rep, FE teacher, mad scientist Proud Chair of the FEC, Women's committee & NW Regional committee Vice Chair of the Equality committee UCU VP (FE) Elect All opinions are my own
John Vibes @johnvibes.bsky.social 📚 Author 👻 Ghostwriter Find me at 📺 youtube.com/@JohnGVibes 🔖 johnvibes.substack.com (no paywalls) 📖 raveoutlaw.com
Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social Sociologist/sociologue/soziologe of education (elites, geographies, social mobility, dreaming/fighting for another education). Union rep UCU: organising in various capacities. Working/living in Durham/Newcastle mostly. https://linksta.cc/@Sol%20Gamsu
Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social
Sam Cohen @samcohen.bsky.social Teaching; writing about books, book banning, book publishing, music; editing New American Canon series at U of Iowa P. Views mine, not my employer's. 50 Essays 8th ed. out soon. https://samuelscohen.com/
Peter Adkins @peteradkins.bsky.social Lecturer in Modernism at University of Edinburgh | Author of 'The Modernist Anthropocene' and editor of 'Virginia Woolf and the Anthropocene' | Judge of James Tait Black Prize in Fiction | Views here not necessarily those of my employer etc etc | He/him
Sonya 🕊️ @sonya.eurosky.social 🚺 She/her ⭐️ Tejana 📍 Houston, TX Professional interests: immigration, public international law, & natsec Personal interests: pop culture, tech, & cats
Schuyler Chapman @schuylerjchapman.bsky.social e.g. Artist, Dog-Reader, Avid Lover
PequodPod @pequodpod.bsky.social Welcome to PequodPod! The podcast on the wonder-world of Herman Melville. Find us wherever you enjoy podcasts! We're currently reading Moby-Dick and talking about each chapter. We also enjoy and discuss Melville's other works. https://linktr.ee/pequodpod
Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social Crafter, slow runner, UCU active, reader, art historian, DW nerd, theatre lover
Philip Clark @musicclerk.bsky.social Author-journalist (Prospect, NYRB, Spectator, The Wire); Brubeck biographer; new book “Sound and the City" 2027, White Rabbit & Hachette; Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer's Award Winner, 2022. Info: curtisbrown.co.uk/client/philip-clark Oxford/London
Joseph Osmundson @reluctantlyjoe.bsky.social scientist, writer, activist. VIROLOGY (Norton, 2022) "dazzling... love essays" -NYTimes Book Review, NBCC & Lambda Literary Finalist in Nonfiction
Brian Ward @brian222ward.bsky.social Prof Emeritus in American Studies; wrote some books on US history and culture; writing ‘She Loves Y’all’ a book on the Beatles and the US South; Come on You Irons!
Cindy Ermus @cindyermus.bsky.social Mom; Wilson Assoc Prof in History of Medicine; Dir of medical humanities; Series Ed for France Overseas, U Neb Press; cofounder ageofrevolutions.com; FRHistS; NEH Fellow 2022. Book: Great Plague Scare of 1720 (Cambridge 2023). Views my own.
Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social Puts the 'fun' in 'executive dysfunction' | Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist | Higher ed, critical pedagogy, C18/19th, and baseball-esp. minor leagues | Wrote: https://wvupressonline.com/node/823 | Hope, always. | he/him.
Chelsea D Chamberlain @cdchambs.bsky.social Historian of modern US disability and childhood.
Rachel Gunter, Ph.D. 🗃️ @phdrachel.bsky.social Public Historian/Prof; Voting rights, suffrage, & citizenship; 🗃️ On The Great Courses & Audible Views=my own. On #TikTok http://buymeacoffee.com/PhDRachel
Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social Helping academics & introverts nerd out about teaching. SoTL author + editor, professor of history/education/pop culture & Syracuse University Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Director. #AcademicSky IDIC https://jessamynneuhaus.com
Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social MapReader, computational history, history of infrastructure and information. Writing a book about people & highways in 18th c. France. Based in Pittsburgh these days.
Age of Revolutions @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social Online journal for the history of #revolutions, #revolutionaries, & the idea of “revolution” itself. Est. by @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social & @cindyermus.bsky.social. ageofrevolutions.com
Karen Racine @klracine.bsky.social Historian. Age of Revolution. Spanish America and Great Britain. Atlantic World. Co-editor of Atlantic Crossings book series (University of Alabama Press). Canadian.
American Historical Association @historians.org The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. http://historians.org/join
Jen Manion @manionjen.bsky.social Historian of Sexuality & Gender @ Amherst College. #LGBTQ #FirstGen Author of Female Husbands (2020) and Liberty’s Prisoners (2015). WELLFLEET
will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social historian of witchcrafts, tarot, folklore, France 18-20th century ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic also #CreativeHistories yes, that’s an actual photo of me. never had ebola. yet
Hannah Frydman @hannahfrydman.bsky.social Assistant Prof of French @ Harvard. c19-20; gender/sexuality; print culture; queer lit & reading. Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France shipping now from Cornell 🌈🌱 😷♾️
Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird. https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
Dr Nicole Willson @nlwillson.bsky.social Haiti/Black Atlantic scholar, poet and mummy. Passionate about public heritage and outreach, collabs and excavating the histories of Haiti's rebel women. AHRC CATALYST BUILDING A BLACK NATION COMMENCING FALL 2025. https://linktr.ee/fanmrebel.
Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social “Gerontocracy in America” (2026) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/ http://campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social NCPH advances the field of public history, promoting professionalism among history practitioners and encouraging historians' engagement with the public.
Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social Professor and Chair, Center for Learning Innovation, UM Rochester; Historian; author, A Pedagogy of Kindness (https://bit.ly/OrderPoK); catherinedenial.org; https://redbrickagency.com/cate-denial/; posts my own; she/her; settler, Dakota land
Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social Historian of the American Revolution | Bostonian |🎙️ Ben Franklin’s World | 🐾 Mother of schnauzers | I help adults see how early America shapes today. https://linktr.ee/lizcovart
Judith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social historian, modern France, gender, loves goldens, cats, knitting, gardening, & justice. she/her. trans rights are human rights.
Robin Mitchell @parisnoire.bsky.social Very tired Historian. Author #VénusNoire; writing bio on Suzanne Louverture. Blocks anon accts. Big shoe problem (#FrenchHistorianShoes). Rep’d by Chris Rogers/DCLAgency. Contact my PA @keanuheydari.bsky.social for talks. Robinmitchellhistorian.com
Society for French Historical Studies @sfhs.bsky.social https://www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net
Fondation pour la Mémoire de l'Esclavage @fondationme.bsky.social Reconnue d'utilité publique, la Fondation vise à transmettre l’histoire, par la culture, pour la citoyenneté. https://linktr.ee/fondationpourlamemoiredelescla?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=b102b073-3cb8-48b8-9a2e-5756f0148eaf
Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social Historian (early modern & true crime). Teaches at Oxford University. Author - 1666 (out now), GOD’S THRONE (out soon). Also… co-host BURIED EVIDENCE. Director of HistFest.
Alex Churchill @alexchurchill.bsky.social Award-winning Historian & Author FRHistS WW1/WW2/20thC Royalty Runs @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social @15minutebook.club 🎧 www.istoriatravel.org ✈️ Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 But frequently bangs on about the French 🇫🇷 https://achurchill.substack.com
Brian DeLay @briandelay.bsky.social Berkeley Historian. Author of War of a Thousand Deserts. For Norton, finishing Aim at Empire: An international History of American Revolutions, through the Barrel of a Gun. Also 2nd Amendment cases. Birds, too. https://history.berkeley.edu/brian-delay
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE FIREARM REVOLUTION out now. Previous books include THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR; ROADS TO ROME.
The Siècle history podcast @thesiecle.com A history podcast by @dhmontgomery.com covering France's overlooked century between Napoleon and World War I. Annotated transcripts at thesiecle.com!
Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social Historian of religion & gender in the 19th c US, drinker of tea in the 21st c US. Museum educator at MTH&M. Wrote some quit lit you may have read. Founder & editor at contingentmagazine.org. Former academic. Sings with Voices of Concinnity. She/her.
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
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
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
Matt Shaw @matthewshaw.bsky.social In a library. Most likely just off Queen's Lane. #PrintHistory #Time #Newspapers https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/an-inky-business-a-history-of-newspapers-from-the-english-civil-wars-to-the-american-civil-war-matthew-j-shaw/5911999?ean=9781789143867
Dig: A History Podcast @dig-history.bsky.social Four feminist historians. 200+ episodes, and a world of history to unearth. Can you dig it? digpodcast.org SPIRITUALISM’S PLACE: REFORMERS, SEEKERS AND SEANCES IN LILY DALE now available from Cornell University Press
Society for U.S. Intellectual History @susih.bsky.social The official Society for U.S. Intellectual History Account at Bluesky! #USIH
Dr. Michael Phillips @drmphillipsut.bsky.social Historian, author of “White Metropolis” and co-author of the upcoming “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas.”
David Avrom Bell @davidavrombell.bsky.social Historian, writer, New Yorker