Dr Claire Markham @culturalclare.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Rurality, pubs, communities, social harms, sustainability, co-production. Also💜 history. Views my own. @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
The National Archives Trust @natarchivestrust.bsky.social Supporting education and engagement projects to share the stories held at The National Archives and beyond.
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social Retired archivist & museums professional, based in Newcastle upon Tyne but still Welsh. Luxury views my own 
Dr Ann Kennedy Smith @akennedysmith.bsky.social Writing about books and 19th-20thc women's history in 'Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society' on Substack: https://akennedysmith.substack.com
Essays & reviews also in TLS, Slightly Foxed, ODNB & History Today etc
Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social Neurodiversity, disability, access, medical humanities, genre fiction. "Divergent Minds in the Archive" project PI.
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
Kelly Bosomworth @kellybosomworth.bsky.social Collaborative PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham with the Women's Library. Researching the Six Point Group (she/her).
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
@mistinguettecat.bsky.social @mistinguettecat.bsky.social 
JoannaMWilliams @joannamw.bsky.social Historian, nature and music lover. Author of historical biographies on Mancunian Victorians Abel Heywood and Lydia Becker. And now I have a new book out: ‘Emmeline’s Loving Comrade: Richard Marsden Pankhurst, the man who inspired the Suffragette leader’.
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.
Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social Archivist historian train travellers perennially anxious frequently cooking always interested
Tbh if you RT more than you comment I'm unlikely to follow back. I like to chat. UK based. Can't talk politics.
Hannah Jones @hannahkj.bsky.social Sector Development Manager East and Arts at TNA. Fan of tea, cake, gin and eye-wateringly loud music.
Tash Walker @tashwalker.bsky.social (They/She)
Podcasts Aunt Nell incl. thelogbooks.org
Archive Switchboard LGBTQIA+ Helpline
Co-Founder Get In Her Ears
DJ Soho Radio
#transrightsarehumanrights
Linktr.ee/TashWalker
Alan ✨ @alanlee99.bsky.social 
CILIP LGBTQ+ Network @ciliplgbtq.bsky.social More about us here:
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Elisa Heinrich @elisaheinrich.bsky.social max weber fellow in history @eui-eu.bsky.social, florence | queer history; disability history; activism; memory politics | current project on disability rights in Central Europe since 1970s | former visiting professor @univie.ac.at
Sara Zadrozny @drsarazadrozny.bsky.social Victorian fiction, female ageing, medicine and culture. Departmental Tutor at the University of Oxford, Oxford Lifelong Learning,
Catherine Baker @richmondbridge.bsky.social PERFORMING QUEER NATIONS: THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST IN POST-COLD-WAR EUROPE due from Manchester University Press in 2027. She/her.
Argula @argular.bsky.social Project Curator (Cataloguing Lead), SOAS Library
Lyndsey Jenkins @teadevotee.bsky.social Historian of women and politics, feminism, the left in modern Britain.
Claire Newing @clairennewing.bsky.social Web Archivist at The National Archives (UK). I like archives, libraries, museums and all things culture and history but I REALLY like web archives!
Probably in Kew or Prudhoe or on a train between the two.
https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive
Tim Jerrome @timjerrome.bsky.social Doctoral student at Brighton researching gay and lesbian histories in rural England. Also a writer, gamer, enthusiastic but hopeless tennis player, and fan of all dogs with facial hair
Malcolm Wilson @malcolmwilson01.bsky.social If you’d like to get in touch, my email address is my Bluesky handle at Hotmail dot com.
Born at 319.08 ppm CO2
Michael Eades @drmichaeleades.bsky.social Head of Civic Engagement at Goldsmiths, University of London. Cities, engagement, art, nature, surrealism. Research as practice. Writer and walker www.michaeleades.net
Southall Black Sisters (SBS) @sbsisters.bsky.social 
CILIP @cilip.bsky.social We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. Our purpose is to unite, support and empower information professionals across all sectors. cilip.org.uk
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
Binni Brynolf (they/them) @brynolf.bsky.social Proudly trans & queer, killjoy feminist, grumpy vegan, Trekkie. Libraries, trade unions, music & friends 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇸🇪🏴🖖
Wallasey
(also tech.lgbt/@brynolf sometimes)
HOWL @howl2025.bsky.social HOWL aims to create a welcoming online home for all oral, written and photographic memories of the Women's Liberation Movement 1969-1990s.
We invite all older feminists to contribute!
Visit our website to find out more >> https://howl-uk.org/about <<
Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social Historian of 18th century London; Professor Emeritus of Digital History at the University of Sussex. Just coughing in the ink to the end of time.
Joe Cozens @joecozens.bsky.social Historian of protest, smuggling, and the British state, 1700-1850.
Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social Historian. Cyclist. Runner. Professional Irishman. Head of Early Modern Records at The National Archives, Kew. Working on the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland too
Beth Wyatt @wyattbeth.bsky.social Cultural historian of modern Britain. PhD researcher in First World War studies. Interests including film and TV, gender, emotions, country houses. Also interested in Korean history and culture.
Kathryn Maude @krmaude.bsky.social Head of Medieval Records at The National Archives
A Middlemiss @themiddlemiss.bsky.social Archive gremlin/MA History Grad
Probably thinking about museums and/or pirates
she/they
Oonagh Gay @oonaghgay.bsky.social Retired House of Commons official and walking tour guide specialising in women and political history. Upcoming walks can be found at the following link. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/11054676824
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Dr Will Butler @wbutlerhistory.bsky.social Head of Modern Collections @UkNatArchives writing on amateur military tradition and Irish recruiting in #WW1
Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social Family historian, lecturer, author. Former Principal Family History Specialist at The National Archives. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 42 years in the business. Loves a good map. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
https://lifelinesresearch.co.uk/
Andrew Janes @cartivist.bsky.social archives | maps | stammering | cake | he/him
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.
Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social Cohost of @maintenancephase.bsky.social. Author of WHAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAT and YOU JUST NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT. Subject of @yrfatfriendfilm.bsky.social. She/her/hers. Photo by the wonderful Josh Coen. yrfatfriend@gmail.com
Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) @iswrn.bsky.social We are a platform for those interested in sex work and sexual governance scholarship within the island of Ireland.
Andrew Potts🏳️🌈 @andrewspotts.bsky.social Culture-Based Climate Change Action. Locally-Led Adaptation for Heritage. Community of Practice Director for Preserving Legacies @preservinglegacies.bsky.social.
Personal account. Doesn’t reflect my employer.
#ClimateHeritage #HeritageAdapts
Hoosier in NY
Dr Anna Harrington @amdharrington.bsky.social Social and cultural historian of eighteenth-century Britain and empire. Thinking about space, identity, time, and imperial project(s). Happy but tired mom to two nutters and a sassy cat.
Andrew Riley @andrewriley-001.bsky.social Archivist. Works on modern political papers. (Views are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.)
Aunt Nell @auntnellproduction.bsky.social We produce timeless podcasts popping with improbable connections and human stories. Brought to you by the makers of #TheLogBooks
Linktr.ee/auntnell
Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social I'm Sarah from Smart Bitches, and I like Trashy Books | Daily SBTB email: http://bit.ly/SBTB-feed | Reviews, Cover Snark, & Recs: http://sb-tb.com |
Maria Bell @bellmari.bsky.social Learning & engagement @LSELibrary
- learning, #infolit, cultural heritage, archives, public engagement https://lse.ac.uk/library/whats-on
Little Fierce Ann @gentleannwalker.bsky.social Bisexual Wiccan IRL who'll "go on fearlessly" to fight for my #LGBTQ sisters and brothers and everyone in between. 🏳️🌈 Pro-Democracy🇺🇸 🏳️🌈
Dr Jessamy Carlson @jessamycarlson.bsky.social Archivist. Historian. Knitter. Walker. Guider. Mama. Half deaf.
Packed with Potential @packedwith.bsky.social Uncover Anne Lister's life and historical context through open, collaborative and accessible research.
Find us on:
https://linktr.ee/packedwithpotential
Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social Historian of health, welfare, childhood & sexuality. Expertise in public health education, HIV/AIDS, activism, gender, queer health, & emotions.
Wellcome Research Fellow @ Strathclyde, researching the history of activism around HIV/AIDS denial.
They/them
Dr Fern Riddell @drfernriddell.bsky.social Historian. Author. On your TV/Radio.
**Victoria’s Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen OUT NOW**
Expert: Suffragette Terrorism, Music Hall, 19thC Sex + Culture, Queen Victoria & John Brown.
www.fernriddell.com
https://lnk.to/victoriassecretbook
Lou Bell @louisebell.bsky.social Researches artificial limbs in #ww1 and #ww2 | Committee member @socialhistsoc.bsky.social | co-founder @ukdishisthub.bsky.social | goes to a lot of gigs | she/her
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.
Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social Historian and Writer at Queen’s University Belfast.
Latest book - MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY (2024) - Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize
Agent: Salma Begum/Greyhound Literary
Website: https://www.kieranconnell.com
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
Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social By day: literary historian and editor for hire. By night: historian and enthusiast of Chartism, 19thC British writing and politics, sausage rolls, and women's, workers', queer and trans rights ✊ she/her, views own
drvicclarke.co.uk
Shannon Frystak @wordsbooksbourbon.bsky.social Writer/Historian/RetiredBartender/TreeHugger/Activist/Bourbon Drinker
Civil Rights, Southern History, Labor History, Women's History, Louisiana History
#BlackLivesMatter
Proud member of #APSCUF and #AFT
Polly Hember @pollyhember.bsky.social Researching modernism, queer networks, literature and silent cinema 📚🎞️ writing about the POOL group 🌊 teaching film and poetry. She/her.
Dr Gerri O'Neill @gerrioneillhist.bsky.social Historian (Irish revolution(s)), Bohemian in every sense but especially FC. Still donning that cape, tilting at windmills and fighting injustice. 🇵🇸🇵🇸
Jacqueline Beatty, Ph.D. @jmbeatty.bsky.social History prof & author of *In Dependence* (NYU Press). Runner; baker; list maker. Never met a cheese I didn’t like. I should be writing. Views mine.
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
Nicola Edwards @nic-jim-ed.bsky.social Tired person | University of Wolverhampton | History graduate/ History Prize 2023 | PhD researcher in History - Working-class women in the 1960s🐺
Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social Historian of religion, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity@KCL. Coffee lover, diasporic Melbournian, feminist, LGBTQ+ and CSA ally, and apologetic workaholic. https://www.thehortonninethousand.org/
Karsten Uhl @karstenuhl.bsky.social Historian. Head of archives and research @neuengamme-mem.bsky.social. Privatdozent at University of Göttingen.
Author of: Technology in Modern German History: 1800 to the Present (Bloomsbury, 2022).
https://uni-goettingen.academia.edu/KarstenUhl
Isabel Davis @drbeldavis.bsky.social Historian @ Natural History Museum, research on repro history, nat history, collections.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/people/isabel-davis.html
Book: Conceiving Histories: Trying for Pregnancy, Past & Present MIT Press.
🐁 lover (someone's got to be).
Amy Achenbach @amyachenbach.bsky.social History PhD Candidate at Baylor University
Researching: Women & Gender, Greek-letter Sororities, Feminisms of Difference, Adolescence & Higher Education
Cat Mom & Yinzer
Alexandrea @alexandreanarchive.bsky.social history~antiquity femme noire 🕊️🧚🏾♀️🌙✨
⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚ Digital art archive ⋆.˚ ᡣ𐭩 .𖥔˚
Cassie Osei is Writing a Book @tropigalia.bsky.social Writer, historian, and assistant professor of Latin America, African Diaspora, and Brazil. Info + Inquiries: https://www.cassieosei.com
Sarah Bellows-Blakely @bellowsblakely.bsky.social Historian at Freie Universität Berlin | 📕 Girl Power? A History of Girl-Focused Development from Nairobi (U of Chicago Press, 2025) | Global historian of Africa, Europe, gender, knowledge, the UN, and institutional processes of erasure
Katie Heatherly @katielheatherly.bsky.social Notre Dame History PhD Student studying the history of religion, gender & sexuality.
Divorce_History @divorcehistory.bsky.social A New Methodological Approach to the History of Divorce 1857-1923 @drjenniferaston.bsky.social @dianeranyard.bsky.social
@Northumbria Law School #ESRC #UKNatArchives #welshwomensaid #CAFCASS Website: https://hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_history
Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social Director of the Institute of Historical Research. Sometimes writes about history and feeling.
Walter B. R. Toscano, Ph.D. @walterbrtoscano.bsky.social Post doc at Ca’Foscari University of Venice.
https://www.unive.it/data/people/28451965/curriculum
Pauline Mortas @paulinemortas.bsky.social PhD in History. Sexuality, gender, contraception, sex market (19th-20th centuries, France). Postdoctoral researcher @Cermes3. Current research: history of vaginismus.
Andrea L. Turpin @andrealturpin.bsky.social Associate Professor of History, Baylor U. Author, *A New Moral Vision: Gender, Religion, & the Changing Purposes of American Higher Education.* Currently researching women in US religious controversies. Views my own.
Dr. Sophie Turbutt @sophie-turbutt.bsky.social Historian of Spanish anarchism: gender, comradeship, intimacy, emotions 📚
☆AHRC Curiosity Award Specialist
☆LAHRI Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow
☆History Workshop Editorial Fellow
(she/her)
Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social Doctoral candidate in history at Notre Dame | religious & women/gender historian focusing on the identity & work of Catholic women converts in the long 19th | editorial assistant @modamhist.bsky.social | teaching fellow, Notre Dame London
Susie Steinbach @susielaurie.bsky.social Jewish, Minnesotan (via the Bronx), widow, historian (c19 Britain). Understanding the Victorians 3e now out!!
https://www.routledge.com/Understanding-the-Victorians-Politics-Culture-and-Society-in-Nineteenth-Century/Steinbach/p/book/9780367421021 
Joanna Scutts @joannascutts.bsky.social London -> NYC -> Paris. PhD gone public. Writing GOOD LOOKS & BAD MANNERS, a history of American women in Paris. Previously: HOTBED; THE EXTRA WOMAN; FIREBRANDS.
A Writer in Paris: joannascutts.substack.com
www.joannascutts.com
Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social History, IR, Oxford, Brighton. 🇮🇪 🌈 Mum of two. First Gen academic. Arsenal Women. She/her. Author of award-winning Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men (Princeton, 2025)
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691266442/erased
Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social writer. researcher. flutist. teacher. stitcher of stories.
https://linktr.ee/sonjaboon
Jacqui Baker @jacquibhistory.bsky.social Historian who works in an archive. Interested in researching gender, sexuality and feminism 📚🐶💖🪴📻
Dr Lisa Berry-Waite @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social Historian of women & politics, Modern Parliament Records Specialist at The National Archives, and Blog Editor for the Women’s History Network. Views my own
lisaberrywaite.com
Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
Sue John @suejohn.bsky.social A Feminist Leader and Co-Director at Glasgow Women's Library - @womenslibrary.bsky.social | PhD Researcher in History at the University of Glasgow, studying Suffrage material culture | Runner | Views are mine | She/Her
Sara McDougall @sarannmcd.bsky.social Medieval gender, crime, & history prof. at John Jay College & CUNY Graduate Center, writing about a survivor in c.1470 France for PrincetonUPress, 2023-4 Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library, bylines Slate etc. 
Rebecca L. Davis @historydavis.bsky.social Author of FIERCE DESIRES: A NEW HISTORY OF SEX AND SEXUALITY IN AMERICA, publisher of the Carnal Knowledge newsletter, and co-host of This Is Probably a Really Weird Question, a podcast about sexual health and history. 
Julia Hauser @juliahauser.bsky.social PD,U Kassel.Entangled history of Europe,India&the Middle East."German Religious Women in Late Ottoman Beirut"(Leiden:Brill,2015)."A Taste for Purity."(NY:Columbia University Press,2024).
https://www.julia-hauser.de
Kickass Women of History @kickasswomenof.bsky.social PODCAST LAUNCHING 7TH JAN!
Each week, Amy and Emma will be joined by a different expert to discuss the life of a woman from the past who deserves to be better known. They could be from anywhere in the world, and have lived at any time in the past.
Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social Professor and Chair, Center for Learning Innovation, UM Rochester; Historian; author, A Pedagogy of Kindness (https://bit.ly/OrderPoK); catherinedenial.org; https://redbrickagency.com/cate-denial/; posts my own; she/her; settler, Dakota land
Diana Moore @dmoore26.bsky.social Historian of women's history, nationalism, and religion in the 19th century (mostly Italy and Britain).
Adjunct Asst Prof at John Jay College, CUNY
🌈 Erika Pérez @erikaperez22.bsky.social Historian of early CA, gender, sexuality, borderlands. L.A. native. Views my own, not my employer’s. NEH fellow, 2023-24, Huntington Library. ❤️ jigsaw puzzles, cross stitching, burlesque, comedy shows, deejays. Look for me on the dance floor! 🪩 🏳️🌈🖤
Lisa Climie-Somers @lisaclimieofficial.bsky.social Website https://lisaclimie.co.uk
PhD Researcher & creative writer Loughborough University. Writing a blend of memoir and historical fiction. I have an MA from UEA in Biography and Creative Non-Fiction. I have a Bedlington Terrier called Smudge 🌊⚓️🧜♀️
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