Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social The Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) aims to encourage scholarship and collaboration across the boundaries of national histories and disciplinary frameworks. FEEGI hosts conferences every 2 years. https://feegi.org/index.html
Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social • Putting the interdisciplinary in eighteenth century studies for almost 30 years
• Researching and teaching the longest eighteenth century, 1650-1850
• Home to the interdisciplinary MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York, since 1994
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
Cody @codyjohnston.bsky.social Host of Some More News, half of The Hot Shapes, space bird.
Some More News @somemorenews.bsky.social News show. News podcast. Hosted by codyjohnston.bsky.social and katystoll.bsky.social.
Dr. Rachel K. Bright @rachelkbright.bsky.social Digital Historian of global Britishness, empire, gender, migration, labour. Keele University Senior Lecturer. Social History Society committee. Deviance strand convener. She/her.
Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic 1500-1800 @nonconformity2025.bsky.social Conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity in the Early Modern British Atlantic, at the University of Birmingham, 12 September 2025: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ecc/eventsnew/nonconformistdialogues/
Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective @bemccollective.bsky.social This is the account for the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective at the University of Manchester. Exploring bodies, emotions and objects in the past!
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotions-material-culture/
Ela Bozok @elabozok.bsky.social History PhD @EUI, Italy | Historian of news and rumors, early modern period, eastern Mediterranean, Ottoman Empire, La Serenissima | Sabancı University
School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck @bbkhistorical.bsky.social Official tweets from the School of Historical Studies at Birkbeck, University of London
English and Creative Writing Goldsmiths University @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social English & Creative Writing, Goldsmiths, University of London. Where creative daring meets critical rigour, discover the world of literature & language.
https://www.gold.ac.uk/ecw/
Matt Ryan @heggledepeg.bsky.social Historian | Writer | Curator
Not often here. Insta below...
Insta: https://tinyurl.com/3byn6z6n
Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.social
More: www.matttellsstories.co.uk
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/
Emerson W. Baker @emersonwbaker.bsky.social History prof @Salem State, author of A Storm of Witchcraft & The Devil of Great Island, early American public history, 17th C. archaeology and material culture.
KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections @speccoll-kuleuven.bsky.social We take care of KU Leuven Libraries' heritage collections housed in the University Library: rare books, lecture notes and other manuscripts, graphics... We also have a reference collection of more than 65.000 titles on book history.
Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social Advancing knowledge, fostering collaboration, informing the future
https://www.pennpress.org/
Scottish History Network @scothistnetwork.bsky.social 
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
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
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
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
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 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
Anita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social PhD-ing at York on '17C Private Diseases'. Aspiring historical fiction writer about women medical practitioners and their adventures in 17C London.
Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Manchester| General Editor, Literature & Theology
📚Voices of Thunder: Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century (2025)
https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-of-thunder
EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social Associate Professor in Early Modern Performance at University of Bristol: early modern bodies, PaR, gender. Formerly thinking about hair, now thinking about walking: also defining 'the Predramatic'. Teacher, cat-lover, writer, and mum, in varying measures.
Susan Longfield Karr @susanlongfieldkarr.bsky.social Historian of Early Modern European Legal & Political Thought, Renaissance, Italian Wars, Humanist Jurisprudence, Jus Gentium, Legal History, & History of Human Rights
Jus Gentium in Humanist Jurisprudence: On Justice and Right (DOI: 10.1163/97890045237
André Krischer @andrekrischer.bsky.social Historiker Frühe Neuzeit / Early Modern History / Uni Freiburg / works on treason / legal and political procedures / urban history / postwar (1648ff)
Duncan Hardy @hrehistorian.bsky.social Associate Professor. 🇬🇧🇨🇭 in 🇺🇸. Holy Roman Empire & other medieval/early modern history. utk.academia.edu/DuncanHardy
Views expressed here are my own and do not represent any institution or employer.
Sophie Bacchus-Waterman @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social Historian. Author of "Elizabeth Boleyn". Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Book History MA graduate.
Natasha Constantinidou @nconstantinidou.bsky.social Historian of early modern European ideas and culture, researching (Greek) early printed books; co-ordinator of #HorizonEurope #GrECI project (2023-25) http://greci-twinning.org #bookhistory #classicalreception #skystorians
Dr Shirley Bell @drshirleybell.bsky.social Early modernist 🎭 Book: Music and Emotion on the Caroline Stage (2026)📕PhD: Music in Caroline Drama 🎶 Associate lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University 🎓 Soprano at Rotherham Minster Choir 🎼 Book reviewer for YWES 📚 She/Her 👩🏻🦰 Views own ☕️
Edward Collins @ejpcollins.bsky.social Historian of science in the Spanish & Portuguese empires at
@ucddublin.bsky.social. Nautical science & technology, history of animals and creepy crawlies. Opinion-haver, sci-fi-enjoyer, cat-botherer.
Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social Early modernist and Research Fellow in French at KCL
Writes on salons, exiles, libertinism, queer women, Huguenots ~ she/her
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/annalisa-nicholson
Neil Tarrant @neiltarrant.bsky.social Historian of early modern science, medicine and magic. Author of Defining Nature's Limits: The Roman Inquisition and the Boundaries of Science (UCP, 2022).
Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social Musician, historian & mother. FRHistS. FSA.
Early music specialist & historical consultant for film, TV, radio & theatre.
Early Modernist.
Passamezzo. Greensleeves Project.
Occasional lecturer in Renaissance art & music at the Courtauld Institute.
Borja Franco Llopis @bortxeta82.bsky.social Professor of Art History at UNED. I research early modern art in the Mediterranean, as well as issues of alterity and race. Member of the Young Academy of Spain and the Young Academy of Europe. https://uned.academia.edu/BorjaFranco
Charlotte Gauthier @faraiunvers.bsky.social Historian of late medieval/early modern religious conflict and diplomacy. England and Christendom, the crusades, and the Reformation. Also: digital humanities, early music, historical theology, and public history. www.charlottegauthier.com
Hispanic pixie dreamgirl @bocadelperro.bsky.social Historian of 17th century German religion and culture in the San Francisco area. Part time German teacher of moppets. I have a kid, a corgi and a garden.
Proponent of the weird guy theory of History.
Posts mostly in 🇺🇸, occasionally in 🇩🇪 or 🇲🇽.
David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social Historian of the Reformation, early modern world, social movements, uprisings. Helped create the permanent exhibition at Holocaust Museum in DC, ages ago. Union activist. Amateur cook and photographer. Opinions are my own, RT ≠ endorsement. 💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊🚫👑🚫🧊🚫🥭
Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social Early modernist and Lecturer in English at Queen Mary University of London + Shakespeare’s Globe. “Yes I am the metals person” ⚒️ Can also be found letterpress printing, slowly jogging, TTRPG-ing, and pasta-making ✝️
Daragh Grant @daraghjgrant.bsky.social UChicago. Early American history; colonialism and empire; legal history; history of political thought. https://www.daraghjgrant.com
Helen Smith @wordsmith.bsky.social Professor, @UoYEnglish. Printer, @thinicepress.
Opinions mainly culled from the dustier corners of the sixenteenth century.
Mary Laven @marylaven.bsky.social Historian of Italy, religion and material culture. Thinking about a more diverse Renaissance.
Anne Gerritsen @annegerritsen.bsky.social historian at the University of Warwick and Chair of Asian Art at the University of Leiden
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social Historian of science, art, & ideas 🗃
Words: Smithsonian, LA Times, TLS, Aeon, Nature, Science.
Author: HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY
www.surekhadavies.org
Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/surekhadavies?tag=bluesky
Speaker bureau: Chartwell Speakers
David M. Whitford @davidmwhitford.bsky.social European Reformations historian. Cultural history. Making of a Reformation Man: Martin Luther and the Construction of Masculinity. Routledge, 2025. Gender. Embodiment. (The pic is me, just fyi. I found it tucked among my mom’s things. c. 1978)
Richard Calis @richardcalis.bsky.social historian of the early modern world | Assistant Professor
@Utrecht University | JRF @Trinity College Cambridge | PhD @ Princeton U | animal lover + cocktail enthusiast
Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social Official account. #SCSC2024 Conference will meet in Toronto.
Andrew McRae @mcraeandrew.bsky.social English prof, Uni of Exeter. Prone to talk about UK politics, higher education policy, the 17th century, the excellence of English studies, & Aussie sports.
Barry Ryan @drbarraoriain.bsky.social Academic in the field of International Relations.. Security studies, caustic Irish wit & maritime politics, mostly.
Brigitta Schvéd @brigittaschved.bsky.social Historian exploring early modern politics & ideas ▪︎ PhD (University of Pécs) ▪︎ Based in Budapest, researcher @lupspolitics.bsky.social ▪︎ Editor @esprit-jeps.bsky.social & @ceraejournal.bsky.social
Caitlín Rankin-McCabe @rankinmccabe.bsky.social All Things Early Modern Literature • Honorary Fellow at University of Melbourne • UKRI funded PhD from Durham • Bodies human/non • Angels • Marlowe • Milton • Maps • EM Encounters with the Islamic world •
Joint Center for History and Economics @historyecon.bsky.social Official account for the Joint Center for History and Economics at Harvard University, University of Cambridge and Sciences Po.
https://histecon.fas.harvard.edu/
https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/
https://histecon.fr/en/
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/
The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social The Bibliographical Society exists to promote the study of the history of the book, for librarians, collectors, historians and book lovers everywhere.
McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social Facilitating scholarly inquiry into the histories and cultures of North America/Atlantic world before 1850
https://www.mceas.org/
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 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
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/
Old Paper Collector @oldpapercollector.bsky.social I am a hobby collector (+25 years) of early modern books (1500-1800) printed in Antwerp and books with recycled manuscripts. I live in the Netherlands. https://sites.google.com/view/oldpapercollector
Le Temps des médias. Revue d'histoire @tempsdesmedias.bsky.social Créée en 2003, la revue Le Temps des médias est l'une des premières revues européennes consacrées à l’histoire des médias.
https://miar.ub.edu/issn/1764-2507
Cairn : https://shs.cairn.info/revue-le-temps-des-medias
Irene Vicente-Martín @irenevicentem.bsky.social MSCA Res. Fellow at Salamanca | Before at MIAS & Ph.D by @eui-history.bsky.social | 16-17c. Bahia, Brazil, Portugal & Spain | Currently... book in progress!
Sara Caputo @saracaputo.bsky.social History Assistant Prof. & Director of Studies at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. Histories of maritime labour, mapping, and medicine (Britain, France, Spain, & Italy).
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-sara-caputo
Graham Moore @mooregraham.bsky.social Sometimes pirate, othertimes historian.
Records Specialist (Early Modern Parliament) at The National Archives UK. Views own &c
Curator of REVOLUTION 250 exhibition - now OPEN at The National Archives!
Historical Fictions Research Network @historicalfic.bsky.social Discussing all aspects of the construction of the historical narrative
https://historicalfictionsresearch.org/
Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers) @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social Professor of History; author, Religious Women in Golden Age Spain; historian of #earlymodern nuns; co-editor @emwjournal; #highered consultant; runner, gardener, needlepointer, cocktail enthusiast; madrileña at heart
email me: llehfeldt at gmail dot com
Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙 @kaydaly.bsky.social #Earlymodern nerd. Hired pen. Curator of hipsters. Snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. #Tudor? Sure. #Jacobean? SIGN ME UP.
Coming Spring 2027, "Wilton House," a novel of Lady #MaryWroth. @regalhouse.bsky.social. Stay tuned! https://www.kaydalywriter.com
Dr Aurélie Chatenet-Calyste @achatenetc.bsky.social Rennaise
Maîtresse de conférences en Histoire moderne tout récemment habilitée à diriger des recherches
18e siècle
Genre
Culture matérielle et consommation
Cour de France
#ESR
Department of History - Western University @westernuhistory.bsky.social Department of History, Western University, Lawson Hall 2201, London, Ontario, Canada #westernu #purpleandproud #ldnont
@westernupubhist #Masters #PhD 🐎 history.uwo.ca
history-inquiries@uwo.ca
Mari Välimäki @marivalimaki.bsky.social Historian of #earlymodernity, #gender, #youth & #academiclife. Writing in Finnish, Swedish & English. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-4675.
Also interested in knitting, reading and guinea pigs
Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social Historian & Curator | Senior Lecturer
in French & British History of Art 1600-1900 at University of Edinburgh |Director, Global Premodern Art MSc |Ceramics,Glass & History of Collecting
Alejandro Salamanca Rodríguez @desvelandooriente.com Me creía alguien porque tenía muchos jologüers en tuiter.
Soy historiador, especializado en migración. Llevo una web sobre la historia de Oriente Medio y el Maghreb en los siglos XIX-XXI y el colonialismo español
https://desvelandooriente.com
Dr. Stephanie Seul @stephanieseul.bsky.social Historian of media and communication 1900-1945 - Mum of 4 - Fellow, Royal Historical Society - Co-editor, Media History - Part-time lecturer, University of Bremen
Website: https://stephanieseul.com/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2616-1366
Dr. Pelayo Fernández García @pelayo-fergar.bsky.social #earlymodern historian. PhD in History, PhD in Humanistic Research. Interested in cultural, war and diplomatic History, also network analysis. Cataloguing the manuscript collection of the IFESXVIII. FRHistS (He/him).
http://es.linkedin.com/in/pelayofergar
Rebecca Yearling @beckyyearling.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English at Keele University. Shakespeare, Jonson, Marston, etc., early modern satire, violence, and audiences. All opinions my own.
Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture.
Sign up to the MUP newsletter & receive 30% off all orders.
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Northern Early Modern Network @nemn-network.bsky.social Early Modern History network based in Scotland & the North of England, but expanding worldwide - Bringing together Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers interested in all things Early Modern.
Join us here: https://earlymodernnetwork.wordpress.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
Centre de recherche du château de Versailles @handle.invalid Le GIP - Centre de recherche du château de Versailles a pour objet la #recherche et la #formation sur les lieux et expressions du pouvoir au château Versailles et en Europe
Site web, portail de ressources, réseaux sociaux ▶ https://linktr.ee/crcversailles
Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social The Premodern Body Project is a scholarly collective dedicated to exploring the rich and diverse narratives of the pre-modern body.
Manuel Turlin Rodríguez @manuelturlin.bsky.social Early modern historian - Rural, social, cultural and legal history - social evolutions, material culture, crimes and misdemeanors - 16-19 th c. - http://www.turlin.eu
CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social CEMS KCL: https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/
Centre Director: @hsmurphy.bsky.social
Posts by Assistant Director: @jamie-gemmell.bsky.social
Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/docIGD
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social All-around genius working for peace, beauty, and intelligent thought.
IRL: professor of art history. Occasionally write things about Rubens. Also Dutch art, the Bruegel family, and Elizabethan visual culture.
Reader of many novels. DC & Amsterdam.
Olga Gonzalez-Silen @gonzalezsilen.bsky.social Historian of Venezuela, Spain, Latin America, and the Atlantic World :|: Editor of the Diary of Philip DePeyster :|: Digital archivist
https://harvard.academia.edu/OlgaGonzalezSilen
Bárbara Zepeda @mbzepedacortes.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. of History at Lehigh University on leave. John Carter Brown Library Fellow, 2024-25. IAS member 2023-24. Writing biography of José de Gálvez (1720-1787) for Yale UP. Eighteenth-century Studies. Book history too! Views and opinions are my own.
Martina Mampieri @martinamampieri.bsky.social MCF stagiaire (Ass. Professor) @ Sorbonne (Paris 1) • Advisory Board @ H-Judaic & EMoDiR • prev MSCA fellow @ Penn & Modena, HebrewU, Oxford, Harvard, Göttingen
#earlymodern and #modern Jewish history and #BookHistory
📍 Paris
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies: a home for innovative interdisciplinary research from the medieval to the early modern in a World Heritage Site.
University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social University of Illinois Press / Publisher of scholarly and regional trade books and journals since 1918
Dr Leona Watson (formerly Skelton) @infrastructuregeek.bsky.social Associate Prof in Environmental History, Northumbria Uni. Editor in Chief, Environment and History. Environmental, social and cultural impact of British water and transport infrastructure, 1500-2000. Authored Tyne after Tyne and Sanitation in Urban Britain
Jess Ayres @drjessayres.bsky.social 📚Historian of early modern London
📜 Apprentice Archivist at The London Archives
🖋️Research interests in women, the City of London, and record keeping in C17th
🎓 PhD on women in the Court of Orphans
👩💻 https://jessica-ayres.co.uk
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 ✍️ 
VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social ERC Advanced Grant Project at Trinity College Dublin
PI Jane Ohlmeyer. Harnessing #knowledgegraph, #semanticweb and #AI technologies to tell the hidden stories of women in #earlymodern Ireland voicesproject.ie
Càtedra UB d'Estudis del Renaixement Molins de Rei @crmrub.bsky.social BlueSky oficial de la Càtedra de la Universitat de Barcelona d'Estudis del Renaixement de Molins de Rei.
#earlymodern #Renaissance
📩catedra.renaixement@ub.edu
https://instagram.com/crmrub/
https://www.ub.edu/catedres/ca/catedres/catedra-ub-destudi
Work, Authenticity, & Social Identity in Early Modern Britain @earlymodern2025.bsky.social Conference on Work, Authenticity, and Social Identity in Early Modern Britain at the University of Warwick on 10-11 June 2025 ✨ Email any questions to EarlyModern2025@gmail.com & find us @ https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ecc/eventsnew/socialidentity
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 🧑💻
Routledge History Research @routledgehistory.bsky.social We publish academic books & journals in the field of history. This account is managed by our history Editorial teams.
UCL Early Modern Exchanges @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social The Centre is dedicated to the study of the diverse cultural, economic and social exchanges between early modern states in the Old World and beyond in the period 1450-1800. www.ucl.ac.uk/early-modern/