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punkacademic @punkacademic.bsky.social Anarchist | historian | political culture and education policy | disabled | MS | he/him | Evertonian Debating Anarchism https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/debating-anarchism-9781350118102/ punkacademic.org
Peter Kidd @mssprovenance.bsky.social Oxford-based researcher of medieval manuscripts; formerly of the Bodleian and the BL; especially interested in provenance and illumination; currently preparing a catalogue of the medieval and renaissance manuscripts of University College, Oxford.
Paul O'Toole @endodoc.bsky.social Came here to get my ProCycling news fix - but you brighten my life in so many other ways. Thanks BlueSky people.
Erin Weinberg @bardolator.bsky.social English prof in the prairies, proud union member Shakespeare | Jane Austen | Agatha Christie | Food | Cults & Coercive Control | Teaching & Learning
Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social #LectionaryPrayers guy. Church of Scotland minister. https://peterwnimmo.co.uk https://about.me/peterwnimmo https://mastodon.scot/@Peternimmo https://buymeacoffee.com/peterwnimmo No DMs- use peterwnimmo.co.uk/contact-me/ Signal: PeterNimmo.01
Dom Wright @wrightdom.bsky.social Team Rector of 8 incredible Saxon, Norman and medieval churches in Bucks- Wing, Stewkley, Soulbury, Cublington, Aston Abbotts, Wingrave, Mentmore & Cheddington. Recent cycle pilgrimage through Jordan, Türkiye and India. https://youtu.be/LS32XqliozY
Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social Early modernist needing work; Oxford Lifelong Learning & study abroad lecturing ongoing. PhD from Birkbeck, 'The Marginal Dead of London'. Suicide, crime, execution, dead bodies, burial, religious outsiders (esp Quakers) & London. Co-editor How-to History
Leicestershire Fieldworkers @lfieldworkers.bsky.social Leicestershire-based archaeology group having fun in the field with small excavations, geophysics and fieldwalking. Talks, newsletters, training. New members always welcome. https://leicsfieldworkers.org/
ApocalypseHere @apocalypsehere.bsky.social Into archaeology, geology, architecture, cats, dogs, science, music, other stuff. Not into fascism, airborne pathogens, mass breaks from reality, cruelty, war. Probably autistic with ADHD. Pro independence for Scotland.
Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social Specialist in Roman mosaics, with particular interests in iconography and antiquarian illustrations; also hedgehogs in any medium. Author. Membership Secretary asprom.org (posting personally).
University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk UK trade union for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers and professional services staff in further education, higher education, prison education, and adult and community education.
Karen Annette O'Brien @drka.bsky.social early modern history, popular medicine, petitioning, women’s narratives in manuscripts, customary knowledge, colonialism, sovereignty https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/petitioning-for-land-9781350010703/ https://link.springer.com/book/9783031440441 book
Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social Visiting Fellow in Victorian Literature at Loughborough University @lboroenglish.bsky.social #19thcentury & pre-war popular fiction Author of Marie Corelli - https://www.eerpublishing.com/turner-marie-corelli.html https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-4354
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her
Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social Historian of the long 18thC, editor, genealogist. 📚 Book: The Fall of the House of Byron 📝 Writing about: Marie Antoinette’s ladies
Helen McKee @helenthev.bsky.social Likes dead languages and medieval manuscripts. She/her.
medievalmvb @medievalmvb.bsky.social cognitive medievalist (researching climate in medieval literature) | working remotely at Durham University, UK | lost decade at The SunBreak & Seattlest | outdoor photographer see https://mikevanbaker.myportfolio.com/work
Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social Shakespeare, slowly #SlowShakespeare (just done: #MoonMad); editing (2GV for Arden, ongoing), introducing (R&J, Cambridge, 2023), writing (Textile Shakespeare, Oxford, 2025) & Very Short Intro to the Histories (currently). Teaching in Cambridge (Catz) 🇳🇿
Dr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social Haligonian, Medievalist, Author, Historian of Medicine, Science, and Religion. Dad to kids and cats. Playing piano, MTG, D&D, BG3
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.
Tractor Boy🚜 #FBPE 🇪🇺 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @tommoitfc.bsky.social Family first. Four generations of ITFC. Psychotherapist & Support Worker for the autustic and vulnerable. ZP/Green Party✅ Trans rights .Zero tolerance for racists and fascists. Anti Zionist. Save NHS. PR not FPTP. Justice for Palestine. Save Ukraine.
Abigail Nunes-Richards @abinr.bsky.social Mum, scientist, archaeologist, geneticist, cheese monger.
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
Lisa | Regency Relatives @regencyrelatives.bsky.social Hello, I'm Lisa. Family historian with a love of the Regency era, strong tea, and research rabbit holes. Honest about the chaos of genealogy. Founder of Regency Relatives: regencyrelatives.co.uk
Rosalind Phillips-Solomon @rphillips-solomon.bsky.social 🪦 medievalist & whale fan 🐋 Currently working on late medieval death ritual 🪽 Virgin martyr obsessed 🦷👁️🐉 PhD candidate at the Courtauld 🌸🪻🦋 (they/she)
Laurence G. Tilley @lgtilley.bsky.social Sculptor, photographer, writer, father, grandfather, Keeper of Secrets, history stuff. Dog person, cat person. Instagram @laurence.tilley.photography & @laurence.g.tilley York
Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social Chief Reviews Editor, Journal for 18th-Century Studies (JECS). Interests: #18C Print Culture, esp Satire & Periodicals. Podcast: http://anchor.fm/satire-no-more (@talkaboutsatire.bsky.com)
Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social Historian/art historian (12C & 18C esp), lover of Old Roses, literature, art, music, pigeons & other cute creatures! Trans-inclusive egalitarian #FBPE #UKEUFriend #Aspie GilchristHeritage at the Other Place. Posts in personal capacity. She/They
AllisonH @alieb1961.bsky.social Atheist. Science fan. NHM Volunteer. All opinions my own.
Cristina León Alfar, PhD 🐈🎭📚🌻💃🏻🐈‍⬛ @cristinalalfar.bsky.social Professor ~ EM English drama ~ Shakespeare ~ feminist ethics ~ parrhesia ~ book series ed. *Late Tudor & Stuart Drama* @MIP ~ https://hcommons.org/members/clalfar/ 🌻 amateur gardener ~ childless cat lady 🐈‍⬛~ "I can see a church by daylight."
History Sister @annashi.bsky.social Music maker, historian of 17th century popular culture, print, astrology, magic and politics. Sometime modern politics and culture too. I’m an eclectic person. Australia.Living outside my timeline and ancestry.
Colin Gorrie @colingorrie.bsky.social English is weirder than you think. Every week I dig into the hidden history of everyday words: etymology, Old English, and the accidents that shaped how you speak. Linguistics PhD. deadlanguagesociety.com
Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social Historian of race, blackness, and complexion in modern Britain | Teaching & Research Fellow in Black British History at the University of Edinburgh | Convenor at @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social https://oliviawyatt1999.wordpress.com/
Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social Cultural historian. Associate Professor, School of History & Geography, University of Limerick. Current book project -the development of Catholic architecture in Ireland, 1780s-1950s. #CeaseFireInGaza https://pure.ul.ie/en/persons/niamh-nicghabhann-coleman
Dr Rory M. Butcher @rmbhistory.bsky.social Historian | Visiting Research Fellow @LeedsUniHistory | National identity, masculinity, & contractual soldiering in the #C18th | Army Records Society Fellowship | Aspiring hockey goaltender | Historical reenactor | Opinions my own | he/him
Charlotte O'Brien @cobrien.bsky.social Professor of Law, University of York (she/her). Social security; EU law; discrimination; migration; social justice.
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Sara Wolfson @sjwolfson.bsky.social Early modern historian, The Open University, formerly Canterbury, who specialises in the court of Charles I, Queen Henrietta Maria, queenship, gender, exile and diplomacy. Proponent of innovative teaching methodologies within the Humanities at HE Level.
Harry Spillane @harryspillane.bsky.social Early modern historian, University of Cambridge | Bye Fellow (Downing College) & Senior Member (Newnham College) | Former Munby Fellow, Cam. University Library | PhD on the Bishops' Bible | General book lover www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-harry-spillane
Paul O'Leary @paulaber.bsky.social Hanesydd / Historian. Emeritus prof. Interested in ideas and practices of freedom in 19th century Atlantic world, transnational journalism, Wales, Ireland and France. Co-edited Gender in Modern Welsh History (2023) with Drs Beth Jenkins and Stephanie Ward
Neil M Kennedy @nmkennedy.bsky.social Historian and archaeologist of the early modern Atlantic World, specializing in Bermuda, slavery and the slave trade, maritime history, maritime emancipation, Caribbean history, sensory history. Dept of History, Memorial University, Newfoundland.
Rebecca Brackmann @brackman1066.bsky.social English professor, medievalist, early modernist, and general-purpose geek. Cross stitch and random mystery novels could make cameos. she/her/hers. I love Mastodon, but y'all seem to be here.
Sharon Marshall @lemonamarshall.bsky.social Assoc. Prof. of Classics at Exeter; wild swimmer; knitter.
Lucy Grig @lucygrig.bsky.social Ancient historian and failed optimist, always looking for somewhere to procrastinate
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.
Dr Kathleen McIlvenna @kathleenmcil.bsky.social A lecturer and historian. I work on histories of work and welfare including occupational pensions, occupational heath and family, specialising on 19th century post office and civil service. Currently working on a book looking at retirement before 1930.
Jennifer Davey @jhdavey.bsky.social Historian and Director of The History of Parliament (@histparl.bsky.social). On substack https://historyofparliament.substack.com/. Views are my own.
Nicholas Seager @nick-seager.bsky.social Professor of English and Head of Humanities, Keele University
Kate Loveman @kateloveman.bsky.social Mostly posting about Samuel Pepys’s diary, and other strange 17th-century stuff
Elias Feys @eliasfeys.bsky.social PhD-candidate @ KU Leuven/ULille - Late medieval women and gender in Burgundian Pardon Letters
Finola Finn @finolafinn.bsky.social Historian of early modern health, religion, & emotions | Critical AI studies & historiography Postdoc at C²DH, University of Luxembourg
Brett Greatley-Hirsch @notwithoutmustard.bsky.social Prof in Renaissance Lit & Textual Studies @ U Leeds. Antiquarian books, letterpress, linocut, uilleann pipes, and computational humanities. Fur-dad to a corgi puppy and three rescue guinea pigs. notwithoutmustard.net 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 He/Him
Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Medieval History at University College Dublin Historian of the British-Irish Isles & the Papacy in the 11th & 12th c. Likes 🏏🏔️🚲
Alice Thornton's Books @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social We are a project based at the University of Edinburgh. Funded by the AHRC Sept. 2021-Feb. 2025. Our main output was a digital edition of the manuscripts of Yorkshire gentlewoman, Alice Wandesford Thornton (1626-1707). See http://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk
Annaliese Money @amm-maritime.bsky.social Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Exeter. Passionate researcher on the study of women in maritime communities of early modern Devon. Funded by the ESRC 2024-29
Polly Lowe @polly-lowe.bsky.social Historian of the social and cultural history of the body, labour, unfreedom, and the market in eighteenth-century Britain.
Simon Peplow @simpep.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, focusing on race, ethnicity, and migration histories. University of Warwick. Education Officer for History UK. I don't actually wear glasses anymore and look much more tired since having kids, I need a new photo. (he/him)
Dr Bethany L. Donovan @bethanyldonovan.bsky.social Historian of medieval London, focusing on material culture and counterfeit goods
paulftremlett @paulftremlett.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University & President of the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR). Religions; places; literacies; alternative futures. Bad at chess, worse at table tennis.
Peterborough Women's History Group @pborowomenshist.bsky.social Dedicated to researching the history of the women of Peterborough! https://peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/
Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social Professor of History, with particular focus on women in England c.1300-1700. Was PI on AHRC-funded Alice Thornton’s Books project, 2021-25. https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/people/cbeattie/
UK's HowToEnjoy @howtoenjoycouk.bsky.social DISCOVER JOY in UK (England, NI, Scotland, Wales) events, biz, health, music, tourism, on linktr.ee/HowToEnjoyCoUk. Unleash fun nationally, from villages to cities and tourist hotspots. Embrace togetherness through the four home nations | HowToEnjoy.co.uk
Steve King @steve-king.bsky.social UK based Christian who believes Christian Nationalism is a wicked heresy. Centre left politics with a big helping of Green.
Ardent Archivist @ardentarchivist.bsky.social Nasty woman (and occasionally proud of it). Dog mom, citizen of the Earth, history & archaeology afficionada, all-around observer, faithful commentator on the ridiculous. Warning: there will be puns. Also at: @ArdentArchivist@archaeo.social 🇺🇦🇬🇱🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧
RuthS56 @ruths56.bsky.social Wife; mum; priest. Team Vicar @ St Columba's, Wideopen. Enthusiasms include: God, social justice, finding joy, cats, and cake. All views my own.
Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social Set up by Emma Bastin, Lucy Jane Santos, Karen Averby and Kathryn Ferry the Independent Historians Network is for exactly what the name suggests! A network for those historians working outside academia. Join up now. https://independenthistorians.org
Lindsay @lblankley.bsky.social Cat servant. Book lover. Enjoy crafting. Norwich City FC
Baptist Historical Society @baphist.bsky.social We try to find out who we have been, to explore who we might be. Interested in Baptists, in history, in good relationships
Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net I play running. Historian of Ancient Greek religion. Amateur sewist. Free Palestine. #ActuallyAutistic. 🏳️‍🌈 🇦🇺in🇬🇧: Immigrant, not expat. https://www.elliemackinroberts.net/links.html
Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social Historical Fiction Author from Pembrokeshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.tonyriches.com Visit my #Writing #Blog The Writing Desk https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/ #Podcast https://tonyriches.podbean.com/ #Tudors #Elizabethan #HistoricalFiction
Karen Averby 🌊 @karenaverby.bsky.social karenaverby.co.uk Buildings Historian/Consultant Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk FRHistS ACIfA Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist Rep PastPreservers Brum/London
Bettany Hughes @bettanyhughes.bsky.social Author, historian, broadcaster - planet and people-lover
Alix Mortimer @alixmortimer.bsky.social I(i)mpact and engagement for my brilliant colleagues in politics, economics, social sciences @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Often I dream of islands. 🚢 ships 🏺archaeology 🏰 medieval history 🇭🇷 učim Hrvatski
grndkntrl @grndkntrl.eurosky.social 🌎🌍🌏|🔭🔬🧬⚛🌋🪐☄️💫🌌🚀|📚🐈‍⬛🎶🏹🚲🪡|😷💉³ —— born @ 336ppm —— See 📌 post for who/what I don't tolerate.
Talla Hopper @tallahopper.bsky.social Archaeology. Art. Isle of Skye. Independence. The Archers. And other fancy stuff.
Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkehist.bsky.social Wannabee Historian. Studying at University of Greenwich. Political Liberal and Eurofederalist. I always have time for people who are experts in their own field.
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social Historian of Ancient Mediterranean science and medicine. Mother of two. Feminist. Plant lover. Trade unionist. Super Belgie. Welsh by adoption. Many typos.
Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social Historian of science and medicine. Editor for The Casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier (1596-1634), now writing about Napier, slowly. And taking photos. Views my own.
Andrew Haglington @andrewhaglington.bsky.social #Author #Scifi #Fantasy 📚 Andrew Haglington #Environment #Climate #SocialNetworking #Photographer #Artist #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #Progressive
Cathy Haglington @cathyhaglington.bsky.social 📚 #Book #Editor @CathyHaglington Music Classic Rock 🎸#Rush Environment Gardening Snorkel Swim #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #Dartmoor #Devon
Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections
Berkshire @royalberkshire.bsky.social News and updates from the Royal County of #Berkshire, UK
Lisa P @loopielisalou.bsky.social Tea addict, curry lover, aroace 💜♠️💚, Christian outside of the church, likes history, gardening, plants 🪴, bees 🐝 and random stuff.
Clayton Hall Living History Museum @claytonhall.org Historic moated Tudor manor house in Clayton Park. A 15-minute tram ride from Manchester's city centre. Once the family seat of the Byrons and latterly Humphrey Chetham, now an entirely volunteer-run museum. 🔎 Visit claytonhall.org
Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social Picks books up and puts them down. Will work 4 دبس وطحينة. Professes Arabic and History @ UMD Hears selectively. Reads voraciously.
Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social http://www.cambridgeartstudio.com/ https://www.flickr.com/people/bakerart/ Lifelong artist. Not actively looking for sales at present. Posting mostly older work and some new. Images copyright except for limited personal use. 🚫AI
Midland History Journal @midlandhistory.bsky.social We are the principal academic journal covering the history of the English midlands, from Roman times to the twenty-first century.
Paul Schoon @paulschoon.bsky.social Moderately crumbly English local history freak. A Yorkshireman researching early modern social structures and networks in Bedfordshire. Kellogg College, Oxford. I’m here for fun, knowledge and respectful debate, so be nice. Keyboard warriors get blocked.
Martha Fox-Adams @marthafox-adams.bsky.social History PG student at the University of Warwick | Histories of student mental health in 20th and 21st century Britain
Dave Hamilton @davewildish.bsky.social Author of 7 books inc Weird Guide out May 2026, Wild Ruins series & Where the Wild Things Grow. Freelance writer, BBC Magazines, Wildbounds, Walk magazine. Often gets lost.
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
AnnieSAnderson @anniescottarch.bsky.social Recently completed MLitt Archaeological studies at #UHIArchaeology after a long academic career in Public Health Nutrition #UniofDundee. The past is my future.
David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social Archivist, archaeologist, librarian, historian. 20th century Brit, 21st century USAian. Manc. Was "SmallFind" on the Bird site. Former circuit digger. Roman & rescue archaeology, ruins, libraries & book history, archaeological archives. (GPA+VT)
Noor Hashmi (she/her) @noorhashmi.bsky.social Historian of Caribbean slavery in the 17th & 18th centuries | Aspiring Presenter ⭐️ 📸 Instagram: @historian_noor #SkyStorian #SkyStorians #AcademicSky
Bethan Catherine Watts @bethanwatts.bsky.social MRHistS. PhD researcher at UWTSD focusing on Medieval English children and childhood. Author of 3 books. Owner of 3 cats. Loves children’s history, domestic culture, and the history of medicine. Works for @histchild.bsky.social
Paul Bulmer @paulsbabble121.bsky.social Quantity Surveying by day Stoic Bachelor GenX Leicestershire, UK Blog: paulsbabble.wordpress.com History, knowledge, Pinterest, Wikipedia, spreadsheets, facts, Gemini, historical fiction, blogging, cooperation, kindness.
Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social Mild-mannered lecturer by day…mild-mannered lecturer by night. Welsh lit, politicians’ fictions. Fencer, cyclist, UCU. Dysgwr Cymraeg; tá gaeilge agam. Barnau fy hun. Read books; join unions; block cookies. University of Mordor.
History Today @historytoday.com 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆. Try 3 issues for £5 at http://historytoday.com/subscribe
Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social Early Modern Historian, Academic advisor to the National Civil War Centre. FRHistS. Author of five books Methodist Minister (retd) Alzheimers Advocate & Hon Vice President of Alzheimer’s Society, UK https://stuartbjennings.wixsite.com/stuart-b-jennings