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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social The #WolfsonHistoryPrize is the most prestigious history writing prize in the UK.
Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social Professor of English @LJMU and author of If You Should Fail, First You Write a Sentence, Shrinking Violets, Armchair Nation, On Roads etc. Website: joemoran.net
Derek R. Peterson @unseenarchive.bsky.social Ali Mazrui Professor of History & African Studies @umich. #MacFellow. New book: A Popular History of Idi Amin's Uganda. Just published! https://tinyurl.com/mtdy6yv2
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Anna Horn @feministnoire.bsky.social
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
Max Long @maxlong.bsky.social Historian of the environment, science, and popular culture in modern Britain.
Dylan Neill Andres @dylanneill.bsky.social Early modernist researching violence, masculinity and identity in seventeenth-century Britain 🗡️ History PhD | University of Bristol & University of Exeter | SWWDTP-funded 🎓 he/him
Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social Women’s cricket historian & journalist. Sports Journalism lecturer at Bournemouth University & writer for Guardian Sport. Vice Chair of The Cricket Society.
Andrew Burchell @andrewburchell.bsky.social Historian of UK but living in Sweden - working on stammering, patient organisations, diabetes and rheumatism. https://www.actdisease.org/ Kanske kan vi prata svenska? Mass Observation and Frågelista fanboy. He/him.
Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social Historian of Biology and Medicine. Science is culture, and long live the Humanities. Director of @manchstm.bsky.social. Lapsed biochemist. Immigrant. Urban cyclist (& motorist). Owned by dog. More lucky than smart. 0 attention span. Here privately. He/him.
Lizzie Bowes @lizzieb16.bsky.social PhD student @uni of Bristol thinking about rap music, politics, autofiction, RA @ black music research unit, concerted yapper AND hater
Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social Author, musician. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
Cara Delay @delaycara.bsky.social Historian of reproduction and women's health studying abortion in Ireland and the American south. WGST professor at the University of South Carolina
Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist @erinacean @erinacean@h-net.social www.lesleyahall.net https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/
Nadine Attewell @nadineattewell.bsky.social Researcher (intimacy, labour, race, empire), teacher, reader. She/her. https://www.nadineattewell.com
History: The Journal of the Historical Association @hisjournalha.bsky.social BlueSky account for History: The Journal of the Historical Association. Academic history journal published by Wiley; editorial team based at Northumbria University. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468229X
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
Owen Dowling @owenjdowling.bsky.social PhD @camhistory.bsky.social | International solidarity campaigns and the British left, 1960-1990 | Words in Tribune and Jacobin https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/owen-dowling
Charlotte Cull @charlottecull.bsky.social Visiting Research Fellow at KCL, working on Anarchism, the Freedom Defence Committee and the British Left 1940-1960. Admin at RHS. Views my own.
Alfie Hancox @alfiehancox.bsky.social Historian of modern Britain and empire, working in Adult Education | PhD on Black Power and Anti-Imperial Solidarity in the UK at @unibirmingham.bsky.social (completed 2025) | Contributing Editor of Ebb Books and @prometheusmagazine.bsky.social
LJMU History @ljmuhistory.bsky.social The account of the History Department at Liverpool John Moores University. A small but lively modern history department situated in the heart of Liverpool. We teach and research modern history with a global outlook. https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/academic-uni
Jo Laycock @jolaycock.bsky.social Historian: migration, refugees, humanitarianism, South Caucasus, Armenia. Sidelines in histories of Rochdale and of the Manchester Guardian. UCU Manchester equalities (disabilities) officer. Tired.
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Kimberlé Crenshaw @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social Co-Founder & ED @aapf.org Host of @imkcpodcast.bsky.social Professor at Columbia Law School & UCLA Law School
The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Promoting world-leading research using the unique special collections of The University of Manchester Library. Open to visitors Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social South of the Thames, south of the Yarra. Rootless cosmopolitan. Historian. Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism and University of Melbourne. Racism (against). Arsenal.
Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social Historian of disability, gender and sexuality in modern Britain | UKRI Research Fellow @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social | Editor @historyworkshop.org.uk | erstwhile Warwick and IHR
Agnieszka Sobocinska @asobocinska.bsky.social Professor of Global History at King’s College London. Histories of development, non-elite politics, Australia & Asia. Books: ‘Saving the World?’ (CUP, 2021) & ‘Visiting the Neighbours’ (UNSW, 2014). Next: ‘The World vs the World Bank’
Pritam Singh @babasahebssikh.bsky.social PhD Candidate at LSE International History (2022-2026). MPhil Cambridge (2019-2020). Histories of Caste, South Asia, Indian Ocean, and British Empire.
kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social writing and teaching histories of 19 and 20c South Asia and Indian Ocean Worlds.
Stephen Brooke @sjbrooke.bsky.social Historian|20th Century Britain|London
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
Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social Historian: mobility & recordkeeping of #earlymodern Catholic minorities. Book: confessional mobility and English Catholics in Early Modern Europe. Also grumpy about the state of UK Higher Education so likely to talk about how it is being failed...(She/Her)
Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org Building the UK’s Missing Museum. We explore how the movement of people to and from the UK has made us who we are. Community guidelines → https://www.migrationmuseum.org/community-guidelines/
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
Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social Historian of colonialism, trans life, human/animal boundary at Uni of Nottingham. Queer, feminist, trans. They/them.
Sampad @sampadarts.bsky.social Birmingham, UK. Sampad connects people and communities to South Asian and British Asian Arts and Heritage by breaking down barriers, raising critical issues and amplifying unheard voices.
Sushma Jansari @sushmajansari.bsky.social South Asia Curator @britishmuseum (previously Lead Curator #SouthAsiaGallery @mcrmuseum) • Trustee @RoaldDahlMuseum
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
G Fariha Shaikh @globalvictorians.bsky.social
AIU RACE Centre @aiucentre.bsky.social Library and archive of material on race, ethnicity and migration. Dedicated to fighting racism. Located in Central Library, MCR Links- https://linktr.ee/aiucentremcr
Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social Progressing racial justice since 1968 linktr.ee/runnymedetrust
Chimene Suleyman @chimenesuleyman.bsky.social Writer. The Chain (W&N 2024). One of the Good Immigrants. Quotes Fleetwood. Something about Tracey Emin saying I have big tits etc etc.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor @keeanga.bsky.social historian, co-founder of Hammer & Hope, @NewYorker, DEI hire https://www.keeangataylor.com/
Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social Historian of Capitalism and the Pink Pound (he/him) Writer | Speaker | Traveller Editor: @historyworkshop.org.uk Founder: @notchesblog.bsky.social Convenor: @histsex.bsky.social justinbengry.com
Dr Tara Talwar Windsor @ttw1984.bsky.social Lecturer in German Studies @lcsleeds.bsky.social. All views my own. She/her. https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanities-cultures/staff/9915/dr-tara-talwar-windsor
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
Lise Butler @lisebutler.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Modern History at City, University of London. Interested in the history of the British left and futures past. Co-editor, Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy
Tessa Alexander @assetweb.bsky.social Pythonista, Web Developer and Research Software Engineer
Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social Author of Indian Sex Life (Princeton University Press, 2020) & The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (Princeton University Press, 2026). writing gender history in the time of gender ideology.
Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social Queer vegan of colour academic. Committed to decolonial inquiry. Postcolonial, Queer Studies. Université Paris Cité. He, they. https://echelles.u-pariscite.fr/membre/bakshi-sandeep-fr/ http://decolonizingsexualities.org https://instagram.com/sandeep.bak/
Sam Grinsell @samgrinsell.bsky.social Historian trying to help build better worlds 🇵🇸🌈✊🏳️‍⚧️ Blog here https://samgrinsell.hcommons.org/writing/ Buy me a brew https://ko-fi.com/samgrinsell
Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England aims to create the first holistic cultural history of the medieval March of Wales, the borderlands between Wales and England, occupied by a diverse population of Welsh and English speakers between 1282-1550.
Dr Rachael Harkes @latemedievalist.bsky.social Historian | postdoc @mappingthemarch.bsky.social | Interested in processes of decision-making, borders, networks, and digital humanities | Canadian in the UK | she/her
George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social Historian of health, violence and activism in modern Britain. Postdoc at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. Usually found reading or swimming.
Tariq Modood @tariqmodood.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy, University of Bristol Leading author on multiculturalism, secularism, Islamophobia and cultural racism RTs are not endorsements and may be sent while I print it to read later.
Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social Professor of Political Theory working on nature/methods/purposes of political philosophy. Chair of 'Methods of Normative Political Theory' (ECPR). Co-Chair of 'Political Philosophy' (IPSA). Personal website: https://www.drjonathanfloyd.com
Ogechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social Associate Professor of History of Medicine and Health (Africa). Researcher on maternal health, childbirth, indigenous med., and health advocacy. Website: drogewilliams.com
Kalathmika Natarajan @kalathmika.bsky.social Historian of modern South Asia at Exeter. Diplomatic history/IR at the intersections of migration, caste, and indenture.
Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social The Friends of The Women's Library support The Women's Library at LSE in acquisition, preservation and education. https://friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk
Freddy Foks @freddyfoks.bsky.social 'The past is only the future with the lights on.' Emigration; Anthropology; Modern British History. Simon Fellow at Manchester: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/freddy.foks
Dr Anne Hanley @drannehanley.bsky.social #Historian of Medicine & Modern Britain, University of Birmingham | Medical Humanities | UKRI FLF & PI on Histories of #SexualHealth in Britain, 1918-1980 | Series Editor @sshmedicine Book Series | https://healthhistorian.wordpress.com | #histSTM #MedHums
Martha Robinson Rhodes @mrobinsonrhodes.bsky.social Bisexual history, queer history, cats. she/her
Holly Smith @holsmith.bsky.social Research Fellow @ University of Cambridge // My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN (Verso) is out now 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️
Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class and Coal Country. Should be running or writing.
Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social
Feminist Studies Journal @feministstudies.bsky.social committed to publishing and championing interdisciplinary research in gender & sexuality studies; unabashedly feminist; fiercely independent; feministstudies.org
Marybeth Hamilton @marybethhamilton13.bsky.social Writer, historian, podcaster.
Africa Is a Country @africasacountry.bsky.social Website, Podcast, Radio Show. Left politics & culture, useable pasts. http://africasacountry.com
University of Bristol Public Engagement Team @engagebristol.bsky.social https://www.bristol.ac.uk/public-engagement/
Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social The Modern British Studies Association offers a thriving, interdisciplinary space for debate and intellectual exchange relating to British history, society, politics and culture at its regular Modern British Studies conferences. https://modbritstud.org.uk/
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social Writer and independent feminist scholar Queer person of colour #FreePalestine
IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social 'Black British History: Concepts, Geographies, Debates' covers all aspects of Black British history from the ancient to the contemporary. @ihr.bsky.social
Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social Historian and writer | politics, social history, medicine, environment, welfare | Author of 'Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best-Loved Institution' (Yale, 2023) | Hallsworth Fellow, University of Manchester http://andrew-seaton.com
Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social Investigating the history of maternal activism in the UK since 1914 | Partnered with @gmmedicalmuseum.bsky.social | Funded by a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship | Profile picture © Charles Hastings Education Centre | voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social Quick! Somebody call an anthropologist! Assoc prof @ Northwestern. MedAnthro. African studies. Pop culture. Politics. She/her. book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816692439/hiv-exceptionalism/
Lola Dickinson @loladickinson.bsky.social historian, PhD @BirkbeckUoL on sex work, public health and HIV/AIDS in late 20thc Britain 🍞🌹 she/her 🍉
@kojokoram.bsky.social @kojokoram.bsky.social
European Network in Universal and Global History @eniugh-comparativ.bsky.social ENIUGH fosters research and teaching in world and global history across Europe. Through congresses, publications, and academic collaboration, we provide platforms for exchange and innovation—transcending national boundaries to explore global connections.
Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social Professor of International Politics Author of global health books, producer of BAFTA-nominated film, lover of books, Corrie, Bruce Sproodlesteen, & (once upon a time) house music all night long
Camilla Schofield @camillaschofield.bsky.social
Casey Schmitt @csschmitt.bsky.social Historian @ Cornell. Author of THE PREDATORY SEA: HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CAPTIVITY IN THE 17TH-C CARIBBEAN (Penn Press, 2025) https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828146/the-predatory-sea/
Stuart Hall Foundation @stuarthallfdn.bsky.social The Stuart Hall Foundation is committed to public education, addressing urgent questions of race and inequality in culture and society through talks and events, and supporting artists and academics. https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org
Kate Law @drkatelaw.bsky.social Historian|Intersectional Feminist|Southern Africa| Decolonisation|Depo-Provera|Reproductive Justice |Grieving, fighting, and looking for the light.
saskia papadakis @sazpaps.bsky.social geographer / sociologist / oral historian interested in race, gender, class, life stories, place, gay stuff
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social History in the School of HAPP and adjacent historians at Queen's University Belfast. Find the QUB Historians and projects under ‘Lists’. We are at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ/
Dr Victoria Bateman @vnbateman.bsky.social Author of #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power (an FT Best Book of 2025). Resident economic historian on BBC Radio 4 #UnderstandTheEconomy. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society & RSA.
Migration Mobilities Bristol @mmbuob.bsky.social Faculty Research Centre @universityofbristol 📚 New thinking on people, movement and social justice 🚀 Blogs, podcasts, conversations. Visit us at https://migration.bristol.ac.uk/
Simon Fern @simonfern.bsky.social Sociology PhD - writing on immigrant health/medical experiences in Spain. Also, collaborative work on food apartheid in the American south. #migration studies, Medicine, #reproduction, care, #STS, #embodiment, coloniality, ANT.
@eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social https://eraldosouzadossantos.com/
Prof Sunny Singh @profsunnysingh.bsky.social Writer, reader, thinker. Founder & director of the Jhalak Prize
Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she
P Peter Gatrell @pwgatrell.bsky.social Historian - mainly researching refugee history in the 20c. … but it’s not just about refugees… oh, and still learning about what’s at stake then and now. Funded generously in the past by AHRC and Leverhulme Trust and enabled by UNHCR Records and Archives
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social Professor at a University in the Fens.
Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social Prof of contemporary history, University of Glasgow. Mum. Left feminist. Belgian/Italian/Scottish/Swiss. Thalassophile.