Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social News from the staff and students of the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge: one of the world’s largest and most diverse history departments.
Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social Historian of extinction, race & empire. Vanished shortlisted for Royal Society’s Trivedi Prize, & 2025 best book for FT, Guardian, BBC History Extra, Smithsonian and more.
Views own/No DMs
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254/vanished-by-qureshi-sadi
Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social Historian of women, welfare and activism. Currently researching working class women’s welfare campaign’s in twentieth century Britain. IHR Fellow 2024/25
Karen Annette O'Brien @drka.bsky.social history, women’s narratives, petitioning, global socio legal, customary knowledge, sovereignty, early modern/modern
https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/petitioning-for-land-9781350010703/
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031440441
Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist
@erinacean
@erinacean@h-net.social
www.lesleyahall.net
https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/
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
Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social We believe in books that promote positive change and enrich culture.
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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.
Cambridge Modern British History Workshop @cammbhw.bsky.social The Cambridge Modern British History Workshop is open to postgraduate students working on any topic related to the history of Britain, Ireland, the British Empire and the Commonwealth since 1750.
Convenors: Rob Kelsey, Lis Riveros and Adam Pountney
Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social The Historical Journal publishes papers on all aspects of British, European, and world history since the fifteenth century.
Neil Stewart @neilstewart.bsky.social Head of Library & Digital @ihrlibrary.bsky.social at the Institute of Historical Research, London, UK @ihr.bsky.social. Libraries, history, books, music, film, current affairs, the odd bit of politics- you know, the good stuff.
Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social Historian of medicine and gender in modern Ireland. Professor at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. I work on #histmed, reproductive health, and activism. Cat lover. 🐈 she/her. Personal views. 🇮🇪🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/proflaurakelly/
Saima Nasar @saimanasar.bsky.social Historian. Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol working on gender, empire, and welfare activism. She/her. Views own. No access to DMs.
PI: Welfare, Citizenship and Intersectional Feminism @wcifproject.bsky.social
Dr Heather Ellis @heatherlwellis.bsky.social SFHEA, FRHistS | Historian of education & knowledge Uni of Sheffield https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/education/people/academic/heather-ellis | Co-Investigator @esrcschoolmeals.bsky.social https://www.theschoolmealsproject.co.uk
| Co-Editor History of Education
Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social Death and crime historian, family researcher, teller of tales.
Visiting fellow at the Open University.
Obsessed with inquests.
Dr Stephanie Brown @drstephaniebrown.bsky.social BBC / AHRC New Generation Thinker | Historical Criminologist | History of Crime, Punishment, & Policing | Medieval to Modern | Expertise in legal & social reactions to homicide, suicide & abortion | https://substack.com/@drstephaniebrown
The Rest Is History @theresthistory.bsky.social History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook.
From Goalhanger Podcasts
Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social History PhD at KCL on Anarchism, the Freedom Defence Committee and the British Left 1940-1960. Admin at RHS. Views my own.
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
Maisie Jepson (she/her) @girlinthewrongera.bsky.social 📚MA History graduate and independent researcher.
Interested in gender, social and cultural history, told through fashion, textiles and oral histories of women.
Usually chatting about banners and all that jazz.
Liam Ryan @liamryan2788.bsky.social Historian at University of Oxford. Political history, socialism, neoliberalism and the history of the Conservative Party. Finishing a book on the history of British anti-socialism
Joseph Price @joseph-price.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Warwick | Centre for the History of Medicine, Science & Technology | Histories of Sexual Health at University in Postwar England
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/students/eportfolios/u2282164/
Rochelle Rowe @drrochellerowe.bsky.social Author & historian of race, gender, beauty & performance.
Lectures in Black British History at University of Edinburgh
Book: Imagining Caribbean Womanhood: race, nation and beauty competitions
agent: @WatsonLittle
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/
Leila Sellers @leilarsellers.bsky.social Wellcome funded PhD candidate
at Northeastern researching The Beaumont Society: A Transvestite History of Britain from the 1950s
Editorial Fellow at History Workshop
She/Her
drsburdett22 @sburdett.bsky.social English Faculty at University of Cambridge. Author of The Arms-Bearing Woman and British Theatre in the Age of Revolution, 1789-1815 (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023). Researching women and dramatic adaptation, 1800-1871. Runner (usually injured) 🏃🏼♀️
Priyanka Zylstra @priyanka-zylstra.bsky.social Historian 📚 Doctoral candidate at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | Studies South Asian migration, British Empire, women’s history, labor and resistance histories
Chris Pearson @chrisjpearson.bsky.social Environmental Historian | Dogs | Climate | Books
Author of Collared: How We Made the Modern Dog (Profile 2024) and Dogopolis (Chicago 2024)
Lydia Gray @lydiajgray.bsky.social Historian of the British empire, political activism and the Cold War. PhD researcher, University of Southampton.
Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social Historian. Into the history and memory of Italy’s far right - how it’s remembered, how it remembers. Antifascist. University of Bristol. She/her.
Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social I teach and research the history of economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (@lseechist.bsky.social) ⋅ member @rehpere.bsky.social ⋅ research associate @historyecon.bsky.social ⋅ personal website: https://cleocz.com/
Lauren Pikó @booklearning.bsky.social Sometimes historian, evaluator, writer, researcher. Always about disability justice and lying down. Exhortations for slowness, process, practice.🥄 Views own. laurenpiko.com
lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social https://www.york.ac.uk/history/people/black/ - or the history of where, when and how politics and culture met. Or didn’t. Likes flawed red things.
Tom Sojka @tomsojka.bsky.social mad, bad, mostly martinis
historian of 20th century britain
writing a book about elite culture, space, and gossip in interwar britain
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
Stephen Brooke @sjbrooke.bsky.social Historian|20th Century Britain|London
Imogen Tyler @imogentyler.bsky.social Professor of Sociology
social justice; historical sociology; political economy; anti-poverty; anti-racism; colonial histories & legacies; class struggle; stigma; environmental justice. 🌳 🌊 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧ 🍉
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Imogen-Tyler
Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social Historian of the Labour Left. Articles and book reviews in Tribune, Jacobin, Political Insight, Contemporary British History, English Historical Review, Modern British History.
Organised 'Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On.'
William Crawley @williamcrawley.bsky.social BBC presenter. @BBCNIreland, @BBCNewsNI. @BBCR4Sunday. #BBCTalkback. Member @RIADawson. @EF_Fellows. Cynophilist. Talking on-air against my better judgment.
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UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS) @stsucl.bsky.social Understanding the past, present and future of science and tech. Subscribe to our newsletter - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/sts-newsletter
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
Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social Cambridge Historian, London-dweller, author of Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood, now writing the social history of retirement for Penguin/Allen Lane. https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/prof-helen-mccarthy
Matthew Francis @mjfrancis.bsky.social 
Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social Author of The NGO Moment (http://cambridge.org/9781108708548). Associate Professor in History at University of Galway. Co-editor @difp-ria.bsky.social. Currently researching climate change and capitalism in c20th & early c21st Ireland
Centre for Modern British Studies @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research centre at the University of Birmingham.
MBS2026 conference, June 3-5 2026. Registration now open!
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/mbs
Gillian Murphy @gillianmurphy.bsky.social Archives The Women's Library Hall-Carpenter Archives @lselibrary.bsky.social
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com)
Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two.
Senior fellow: Institute for Government
BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social The British Society for the History of Science is Britain's largest learned society devoted to #HistSTM #HSTM #HistSci. Handled by Comms Officer: Alexander Stoeger
Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social Official BlueSky account of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Fostering interest in all things #churchhistory.
HSTM Network Ireland #HSTM @hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social History of Science, Technology & Medicine Network Ireland fosters research, teaching & engagement in #HistMed #HistSci #HistTech #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HSTM #MedHums #Science #Technology #Medicine #Health #Speirgorm Managed by @chendirl.bsky.social
RCN History of Nursing Forum @rcnhistory.bsky.social #HistNursing for and by #Nursing in the UK
Find out more: https://www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved/Forums/History-of-Nursing-Forum
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain @thesahgb.bsky.social Bringing together all those interested in the built environment's history.
All Periods, All Places, All Welcome.
www.sahgb.org.uk
Museum of British Colonialism @museumofbc.bsky.social Transnational network confronting British colonialism UK, Kenya, and beyond. http://museumofbritishcolonialism.org/ourblog http://museumofbritishcolonialism.org/support
Oral History Society @oralhistsoc.bsky.social Founded in 1973, the Oral History Society is dedicated to collecting, preserving and promoting the use of recorded memories. Run by volunteers, the OHS plays a key role in supporting and developing oral history practice in the both the UK and abroad
Oral History Network Ireland @oralhistoryie.bsky.social OHNI is an organisation with charitable status that aims to promote oral history in Ireland and to provide a network and training for oral historians.
Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social We offer a focus for those with an interest in church monuments of all types and periods. Posts by @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social
Irish Society for Archives @irisharchives1970.bsky.social We exist to promote the place of archives in Irish society.
#IrishArchives #ExploreYourArchive
Find out more about the society: https://irishsocietyforarchives.wordpress.com
AMARC @amarc.bsky.social The Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections - promoting the study, accessibility and preservation of manuscripts and archives
https://amarcsite.wordpress.com/
UK Disability History and Heritage Hub @ukdishisthub.bsky.social UKDHHH is a network to allow those interested in Disabled, Neurodiverse, & D/deaf histories, from the ancient world to the modern era, to connect & collaborate. We are open to researchers, archivists, museum professionals, activists & everyone in-between.
British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social The British Association for Romantic Studies supports the study of #c18th and #c19th literature and culture.
https://www.bars.ac.uk/main/
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
SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social The Society for Military History and the Journal of Military History's Official Bluesky Page.
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/
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social Promoting Irish History in Ulster since 1936.
https://usihs36.com/
Scottish Industrial Heritage Society @scotindustria.bsky.social SIHS promotes the heritage of Scottish industry, past and present. Founded in 1984 by combining the Scottish Society for the Preservation of Historical Machinery and the Scottish Society for Industrial Archaeology. www.sihs.co.uk/ 
Programming Historian @proghist.bsky.social Award-winning Diamond Open Access journals of digital methods for the humanities.
https://programminghistorian.org • https://tinyurl.com/support-PH • https://linkedin.com/company/prog-hist
Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG) Scotland @cahgscotland.bsky.social - A self-sustaining network of community archive groups within Scotland
- Collaboration and mutual support
- Celebrating and highlighting its diversity
https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/community-archives/community-archives-and-heritage-group-scotland
UK Association for the History of Nursing @ukahn.bsky.social The UK Association for the History of Nursing (UKAHN) promotes the development and advancement of #histnursing through scholarly work and outreach. https://ukahn.org/ Find our yearly journal at https://bulletin.ukahn.org/ 
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.
George Padmore Institute @gpadmoreinstitute.bsky.social Community archive of black grassroots activist and cultural movements associated with John La Rose and Sarah White, co-founders of New Beacon Books, and many others. Testimony to the creativity and resilience of black resistance.
https://linktr.ee/thegpi
History of Education Society UK @histedsocuk.bsky.social Official BlueSky Account for History of Education Society UK. #histed
https://historyofeducation.org.uk/
National Council for History Education @historyed.bsky.social We elevate the importance of history teaching and learning through professional learning, community building, and advocacy.
Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social The Family History Federation, supporting #Genealogy and the membership of #FamilyHistory societies worldwide 🌳 #FamilyHistoryFriday familyhistoryfederation.com / http://exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk
BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social Association of British American Nineteenth Century Historians 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
We welcome members from the UK, US & beyond
Affiliated with American Nineteenth Century History (ANCH)
Find out more about us: https://www.branch.org.uk/
London Group of Historical Geographers @lghgseminar.bsky.social The London Group of Historical Geographers is a seminar series hosted by the Institute of Historical Research. Conveners: Felix Driver, Margot Finn, Innes M. Keighren, and Miles Ogborn. https://lghgseminar.wordpress.com/
Voluntary Action History Society @vahs.bsky.social VAHS aims to promote the study of voluntary action history and to develop an understanding of this history for the public, for academics, and for people working in the voluntary sector.
Construction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social Construction history worldwide. Materials, technologies, systems and people relating to construction in the past. Journal, members' magazine, conferences etc
To get a follow-back tell us your construction interests.
https://www.constructionhistory.co.uk
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.
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 
International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social Find out more about the Society on our website https://firstworldwarstudies.org/
Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social The Business History Conference is a scholarly organization devoted to encouraging all aspects of research, writing, and teaching about business history and about the environment in which businesses operate. https://thebhc.org/ 
Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk We believe that art history inspires people to think differently and see differently. Find out more about our vision, mission and work:
www.forarthistory.org.uk
Irish Historical Society @irishhistsoc.bsky.social https://www.irishhistoricalstudies.ie/irish-historical-society/
Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social A network bringing together postgrads and ECR scholars from universities in northern England and Scotland working in the field of environmental history.
BSSH @bssh.bsky.social British Society of Sports History promotes the study of sport history and physical education
British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social Official Bluesky Account for the British Association for American Studies (BAAS). We promote, support & encourage the study of the United States in the UK. Posts by the Social Media team.
Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) @sahavoice.bsky.social The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance brings together 12 HEIs, The RSE and SGSAH to provide a collective voice for Arts & Humanities in Scotland.
🌐 Visit our website saha.scot
🎙️ Listen to our podcast #SAHAConversations on Spotify
Disability History Association @disability-history.bsky.social 
The Urban History Group @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social https://urbanhistorygroup.wordpress.com/ We organise biennial conferences and occasional talks to promote the study of Urban History in the UK. Established in 1966 and now working with the Pre-Modern Towns Group on our conference in September 2025
Raphael Samuel History Centre @rshc.bsky.social Outreach and research centre devoted to encouraging the widest possible participation in historical study and debate.
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/
Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social Multi-disciplinary international group promoting the study of women and gender in the early modern period and long eighteenth century.
https://womensstudiesgroup.org/
Seminars | Workshops | Outings | Bursary Scheme | Mentoring | Newsletter | Reading Group
Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social We provide leadership for the archives and records management sector in Scotland. Lead. Inform. Inspire.
Website: https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/
British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social BAIS is the national network for those with an interest in the study of Ireland. Posts by our comms team and council members.
https://irishstudies.co.uk/
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 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.
Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social www.one-place-studies.org – For excellence and enjoyable engagement in #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Studying and celebrating places, their people, and their shared histories. Post about your OPS on #OnePlaceWednesday!