Igor Szpotakowski @iszpotakowski.bsky.social Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in IP Law at University of Leeds. Passionate about copyright, Chinese law, tech law, AI, and digitalisation. With a sip of Roman Law 📚 - https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/staff/2704/igor-szpotakowski
Louise Falcini @louisefalcini.bsky.social Interested in co-production, archives and public histories. Historian of 18thC poverty, marginal communities and cleanliness. Currently researching 19thC prisons. I did a thing here www.thomasturner.org.uk #18C
Dr Stephen E. Mawdsley @smawdsley.bsky.social Historian of modern American medicine and disability
Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences, University of Bristol
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-e-mawdsley
folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social Lawyer, academic, writer, and occasional singer and poet.
Author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge.
Handle on all socials: folukeifejola
Website: FolukeAfrica.com
https://linktr.ee/folukeifejola
Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social Prof Emerita | History female activism, gender equality & women's social movements Britain & Ireland | #HistoryofExperience | Fellow @royalhistsoc.org | PI #womensgrassrootsactivism | Visiting Full Prof @ucddublin.bsky.social & Visiting Researcher @utu.fi
Fred Cooper @histloneliness.bsky.social Historian of Medicine. Loneliness, epistemic injustice, critical medical humanities. SRA on the Wellcome-funded Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare project (EPIC), University of Bristol Law School.
Dr. Barry Houlihan @barryhoulihan.bsky.social Archivist at University of Galway.
Research on Irish theatre, memory, conflict, and digital cultures.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-74548-6
Mari Takayanagi @satisfactory20.bsky.social Archives, history, heritage. Women and Parliament. #NecessaryWomen. London. COYS https://www.maritakayanagi.com
Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social women, gender, religion, digital humanities, AI | Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin @voicestcd.bsky.social | Fellow of the Royal Historical Society | President of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland | author ✍️
Drew Gray @drewdgray.bsky.social Historian of crime and London;
Arsenal fan and member of the Arsenal Advisory Board, Chair of aisa-arsenal.bsky.social
Green Anarchist, and wannabe photographer
Ricardo Aguilar @ganapam.bsky.social Environmental History
Foods and drinks history in the conquests and colonisation of the Americas.
Elisa Acuña Postdoctoral Researcher at CIGA - UNAM
Güero de Rancho
Catherine Léglu @cathalogus.bsky.social Medievalist, Professor of Medieval French and Occitan literature at the University of Luxembourg.
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social The interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol concerned with all aspects of the history, culture, art and representation of medieval Europe.
Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social Prof of contemporary history, University of Glasgow.
Mum.
Left feminist.
Belgian/Italian/Scottish/Swiss.
Thalassophile.
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social Historian of science, technology, medicine and the environment in 20th century Britain, the Caribbean and Africa. PI of “The Chemical Empire” project on the history of past insecticide use. Works at the University of York.
Matt Steilen @mattsteilen.bsky.social Law professor. Legal history, constitutional law. PhD in philosophy. Forthcoming book on the origins of the English parliament, Routledge.
Amy J. Rutenberg @amyjay401.bsky.social Historian of War, Gender, and the Modern U.S. Author of Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance. Working on books on peace activism and the US military and on DADT. Former high school teacher.
Jean-Charles Buttier @jcbuttier.bsky.social Chargé d'enseignement en didactique de l'histoire et de la citoyenneté (Université de Genève).
Mes recherches portent sur l'histoire et son enseignement. #ESR
Page professionnelle : https://www.unige.ch/fapse/edhice/membres/jean-charles-buttier
Juliette Desportes @juliettedesportes.bsky.social Historian of 18th century Scotland. Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of the Highlands and Islands. PhD from University of Glasgow.
Stefan Fisher-Høyrem @stfisherhoyrem.bsky.social Historiker, forfatter, sofist, luditt, analogiseringsminister og humaniora-entusiast. Førstebibliotekar ved Universitetet i Agder. Glad i kampsport, hage og klassisk korsang. Ikke her for debatten. Blogger på stefanfisherhoyrem.com.
Infinite Women @infinite-women.com Allison Tyra: Creator of a database of 10,000+ women's biographies, author of Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed & Stolen Work and The View from the Hill (infinite-women.com/books), cat lady, AuDHD. She/her
www.infinite-women.com
Olivia Jagiella-Ivanov @ojagiella-ivanov.bsky.social PhD in Art History specializing in South Asian art and museum collections | Passionate about cultural heritage and representation in museums 🏛️
David Lawton @davidlawton.bsky.social
Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social Institute of #irishstudies @liverpooluni.bsky.social: world-leading research & teaching in peace & conflict, women's studies, literature & history.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies
Ali Hatapçı @alihatapci.bsky.social History and geographies of science, periodicals, and images in C19 Britain @Université Bourgogne Europe
til.ube.fr/membres/ali-hatap
A.W. Boardman @historymondays.bsky.social Author & Historian | Exploring #Towton1461, the Wars of the Roses & medieval military history. For deeper insights join me at: historymondays.substack.com
John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social Historian of modern Europe. DE, EN, FR & IT; working on CZ (permanently) & NL. Posting in a personal capacity on history, literature, arts, &c.
Dean Clay @drdeanclay.bsky.social Historian of activism & empire (US & transnational). Lecturer in History at Uni of Hull. NUFC fan (& Milan occasionally too).
www.congofreestate.com | www.bihg.ac.uk
Tynelines.substack.com
Dominic de Cogan @domcogan.bsky.social Tax Law and Public Law academic, University of Cambridge
David Malcolm @djmalcolm.bsky.social PhD student at Teesside University, researching Founding Fathers, the American Constitution, and the ideas of Ancient Greece & Rome. Ordinary Member for BAAS. He/him.
Dr Rita J. Dashwood @rjdashwood.bsky.social 🎓 Literary Scholar and Historian of the 18th and 19th Centuries
📖 FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at Ghent University, The Heiress: Women, Property and Economics
📚 Author of Women and Property Ownership in Jane Austen + Reading the Romantic Ridiculous
Jay Rubenstein @medievaljay.bsky.social Medieval historian interested in other stuff
Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social Historian, author, researcher. IHR Applied History Fellow. Specialist in the C19th press. PhD from Edge Hill University & British Library, funded by an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership. Thesis focuses on short-lived nineteenth-century newspapers.
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
H-Material Culture @h-materialculture.bsky.social 3000+ member H-Net academic network about the study of objects, the built environment, and materiality. @ us about your *things*, pubs, CFPs, syllabi, etc. #MaterialCulture Posts by @daniellekinsey.bsky.social
https://networks.h-net.org/h-material-culture
Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social Archaeologist studying lots of things (mainly bones) ‘cos I’m cursed with curiosity. I like cats, crafts, bears and fungi. She/her. Own views.
History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social Creating a comprehensive account of parliamentary politics in England, then the UK, from the thirteenth century to the present day.
You can find us at other places, here: https://linktr.ee/historyofparliament
Disability History Association @disability-history.bsky.social
Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social media + curriculum tool for promoting women & nonbinary historians | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | https://womenalsoknowhistory.com/ #WomenAlsoKnowHistory
#HistoryBeyondTheBinary
Schools History Project - SHP @1972shp.bsky.social Supporting history teachers to bring rigorous, accessible and life enhancing history into classrooms for all young people. Find out more www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk #WeAreSHP #SHPUnderstanding #SHPCurriculumPATHS
International Congress on Medieval Studies @kzooicms.bsky.social Hosted by the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, the International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual gathering of thousands of scholars interested in medieval studies. ICMS 2027: Thursday, May 13, through Saturday, May 15, 2027.
The Scottish Record Society @scotrecsoc.bsky.social The Scottish Record Society is one of Scotland’s oldest historical societies, and is dedicated to publishing calendars, indexes and texts of historical records.
History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk // Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ //
|| enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ ||
\\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
Social Science History Association @socscihistory.bsky.social Official account of the Social Science History Association. Supporting social science history since 1974, we host an annual meeting and publish a journal. More about us can be found at www.ssha.org
Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
Young Historians Project @younghistorians.bsky.social Encouraging the development of young historians of African and Caribbean heritage in Britain | #HlfSupported #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿
Scottish History Network @scothistnetwork.bsky.social
Irish Historical Society @irishhistsoc.bsky.social https://www.irishhistoricalstudies.ie/irish-historical-society/
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/
Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
The Burgon Society @burgonsociety.bsky.social Membership society, academic research publishers, and charity for the study of academic dress: history, design, and use. Universities. Robes. Regalia. Graduation. Cap & gown. Join us 🎓
https://www.burgon.org.uk
TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS). We're in Pasadena for #nacbs2026!
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
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
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/
Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk
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.
Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/
#histmed
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
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/
Dr Alison Daniell @alispencer.bsky.social Author, former family lawyer and all-round plate spinner currently working in learning development. Independent scholar: 18th century women, law, literature (esp Jane Austen) plus a bit of witchcraft 🐈⬛
Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social "Estimable" Sir Jonathan Jones KC
Associate Prof in Public Law, Durham Law School. Looks at how legislatures and govt works. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/benjamin-y-yong/
Mastodon: @bymyong@mstdn.social
The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social Opening up Historic British Law and Legislation and digitally deforming it
@tijdschrift.bsky.social @tijdschrift.bsky.social
Janne Kivivuori @jkivivuori.bsky.social Professor of criminology, University of Helsinki, Finland. Criminologist, sociologist. Research themes: history of criminology, homicide, International Self-Report Delinquency Study.
Robert Thomas @robertthomas223.bsky.social Public Law Professor, University of Manchester, administrative law scholar and administrative justice expert https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/robert.thomas/publications/
Joshua Shaw @joshuashaw.bsky.social Assistant Professor, #USask College of Law | Legal theory and history | Medical law, ownership and use of bodies and biomaterials | He/him
Treaty 6 territory
https://linktr.ee/jdmshaw
Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social Legal academic, PhD - researching EU Rule of law, the CJEU, EAW and judicial independence deficiencies, medieval, legal and Celtic history. Latest book https://brill.com/display/title/61820.
Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social Legal historian @vubcore.bsky.social
Law, politics, diplomatic history. RT ≠ endorse.
https://vubcore.blogspot.com/p/frederik-dhondt.html
Barbara Rich @barbararich.bsky.social Retired barrister (England + Wales) https://www.5sblaw.com/news/all-at-5-stone-buildings-wish-barbara-rich-well-on-her-retirement-from-practice/ law, legal history, public understanding of law. Londoner
https://bleakhouserevisited.substack.com
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.
Jennifer Aston @drjenniferaston.bsky.social Legal Historian @Northumbria Law School. PI @divorcehistory.bsky.social
All things business, gender, divorce & bankruptcy in the (very) long 19thC.
York and Newcastle.
Anne Logan @annefhlogan.bsky.social Recovering academic, busy with projects and voluntary work.
🇨🇦 Katherine D. Watson 🇬🇧 @drkdwatson.bsky.social Historian of forensic medicine and crime at Oxford Brookes University. Cricket lover. Collector of shoes, perfumes and nail varnish.- I Ian Walsh @ianwalensis.bsky.social History | Law | Books
Interested in historical methods, legal history, genealogy, history of inquests, the family, and migration.
Ariella Elema 🍁 @ariellaelema.bsky.social Reference archivist, legal historian, medievalist. She/her. Knows more than is healthy about the history of trial by combat.
Marta Iljadica @martailj.bsky.social Researching (intellectual) property and the built environment at the University of Glasgow @create-glasgow.bsky.social and School of Law
Leslie Howsam @lesliehowsam.bsky.social Book historian. Special interests in history books (as material objects) and Eliza Orme (Victorian lawyer). Past president of SHARP (2009-2013).
https://lesliehowsam.ca/
Selden Society @seldensociety.bsky.social Founded in 1887, the Selden Society is the only learned society and publisher devoted entirely to English legal history. Account maintained by @jctate1215.bsky.social.
John Levin @anterotesis.bsky.social Digital History, Radical History, Social History.
Dadaists, Anti-Artists, Cultural Deserters.
Coin clippers, Debtors escaping and imprisoned, Londoners.
Critics and Critiques of Political Economy.
Open Access, Public Domain, Hacking Around.
And Cats.
Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social Researching immigration control in 17C England, and what it tells us about citizenship now and then. Co-convenor @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar
kabcommons [at] gmail [dot] com
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
Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people.
https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history
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
Russell Sandberg @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social Professor of Law at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Writes on Legal History & Law and Religion with focus on marriage law and education law reform.
No DMs - please email SandbergR@cf.ac.uk
https://linktr.ee/sandbergrlaw
Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social Senior Software Engineer, University of Bristol; Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; working on Mapping the March (https://mowlit.ac.uk) and Historical Photographs of Hong Kong (https://hphkbristol.net) also worked on https://hpcbristol.net
Dr Stephanie Dropuljic @stephaniedropuljic.bsky.social Lecturer @ Exeter Law School with a PhD from Aberdeen Law School. Researching legal history/criminal law/evidence. feminist. may encounter occasional 🐈 videos.
Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social Your go-to place for women’s history!
The Women’s History Network is an inclusive UK association for those passionate about women’s & gender history. Also on LinkedIn.
Learn more about our values: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/about-page/
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.
Paula Giliker @pgiliker.bsky.social Academic lawyer specialising in comparative law, private law, vicarious liability and private law responses to institutional child abuse. Dog-lover especially mad golden retrievers.
The Centre for Legal History - Edinburgh Law School @legalhistoryed.bsky.social The Centre encourages the study of legal history, with particular attention to Scots and Roman law.
https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/research/research-centres-and-networks/centre-for-legal-history
Bristol PGR Medieval Conference 2026 @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social The Bristol University Centre for Medieval Studies (@bristolcms.bsky.social) annual PGR conference, 'Power and Performance’ 2026. Questions to cms-conference-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk.
CFP: https://medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/pgr-conference-2026/
Gwen Seabourne @gwenseabourne.bsky.social #LegalHistory prof, U of Bristol Law. Account nobody else's fault. Working on: mayhem; 'legal medievalism'.
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