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
The ADAPT Centre @adaptcentre.bsky.social Research centre focused on AI-Driven Digital Media Technology. Supported by Research Ireland, ADAPT has 8 partner universities and over 400 leading academics across Ireland.
To discuss research collaboration or business partnership, email info@adaptcentre
The Library of Trinity College Dublin @tcdlibrary.bsky.social The Library of Trinity College Dublin is a major research library, supporting learning, teaching and research across the University. Follow us here for TCD Library updates, activities, events & a spotlight on our fabulous Research Collections.
History Ireland Magazine @historyireland.bsky.social Established in 1993, Ireland's premier history magazine.
Published bi-monthly.
Editor: Tommy Graham.
www.historyireland.com
A Wordwell Group publication.
Subscribe in print or online here: https://historyireland.com/subscribe/
Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social Associate Professor of eighteenth century Irish History, co- director Trinity Colonial Legacies Project. All views my own and not of those my employer.
Micheál Martin @micheal-martin.bsky.social Taoiseach and Uachtarán Fhianna Fáil. TD for Cork South Central.
Sadhbh Dunne @sadhbhnidhuinn.bsky.social
Library of the Royal Irish Academy @rialibrary.bsky.social Premier research library @ria.ie. Manuscript, book, pamphlet & drawings collections, outreach programmes, master classes & visits, exhibitions & lectures.
Trinity Civic Engagement for Societal Impact @trinitycivic.bsky.social Celebrating Trinity College Dublin's active involvement with organisations and communities to address societal issues, promote democratic values and foster positive social change.
Elizabeth Biggs @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social Research fellow at Swansea working on fiefs of medieval & early modern Jersey; women in the Plantagenet world, first book on the Palace of Westminster; formerly @virtualtreasury.bsky.social, UWE, York and Durham; was once called Irene Adler; dogs; she/her.
Emma Rothwell @rothweeee.bsky.social Assistant Librarian @rialibrary.bsky.social. Libraries, history, art, theology, music and all that good stuff.
Friends of Medieval Dublin @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social Formed in 1976, the Friends of Medieval Dublin is a not-for-profit study-group designed to promote public interest in the medieval city of Dublin. Keep an eye on our page for upcoming events!
Buffer @buffer.com The social media management platform for scheduling, publishing & analytics across every major network. Plan your content calendar in one place. This account is managed by real humans. 💙
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clairehall.bsky.social @clairehall.bsky.social
John McDonough @mcojo.bsky.social University Librarian @dculibrary.bsky.social. Previously chair of @dri.bsky.social, Director National Archives @deptcultureirl.bsky.social, @oireachtasnews.bsky.social
Cambridge Digital Humanities @camdighum.bsky.social An interdisciplinary digital humanities research and teaching centre at the University of Cambridge.
Visit our website: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk
Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/NewsCDH
ARA International @arainternational.bsky.social Hello! This is our Bluesky account for the Archives and Records UK & Ireland Association International Group.
We aim to share and connect goings in archives and with archivists and archive enthousiasts.
Our little banner friend is called Earthbert!
J. Heald @heald-j.bsky.social
Brendan Kane @brendankanect.bsky.social Historian of early modern Ireland and England; part of léamh.org team (Learn Early Modern Irish); co-director of Democracy and Dialogues at UConn Dodd Human Rights Impact
Ann-Maria Walsh @annmariawalsh.bsky.social Early modernist, UCD; currently editing 17th-century Boyle women’s letters; interested in epistolary culture, women’s manuscript writings - diaries, accounts, wills, and also book ownership.
Book: Four Courts Press. Views own. She/her.
Catherine Swift @bewattled.bsky.social Medievalist based in Limerick with interests in Ireland and the Irish church in a European context - St Patrick through to King John and all folk in between.
Mark Empey @memps2.bsky.social Early Modernist to the bitter end #Bookhistory Female Book Owners; Women Writers; British & Irish historical writing; early Stuart peripheral governments
Forthcoming book: Sir James Ware: Royalism, History & Antiquarianism (Boydell)
Coined #HerBook
Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Eighteenth-Century Studies, School of English, Trinity College Dublin | Author of Mere Bagatelles: Women’s Diaries from Ireland, 1760-1810
Cian T. McMahon, PhD @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social Historian of Ireland and the Irish, at home and abroad. Currently working on a global history of Saint Patrick's Day.
*The Routledge History of Irish America* (2024)
*The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine* (2021)
Dr Caitlín Smith @caitlin-smith.bsky.social PhD from Ulster University | Historian of women, gender and medicine
Researching maternal and infant welfare in Belfast during the 20th century
Huw Bennett @bennetthuw.bsky.social Professor of International Relations, writing on British defence since 1945. In south Wales, an archive or a military museum. Permanently grateful to archivists and librarians.- U Ultán Gillen @ultan1793.bsky.social Interested in counter-revolution, but also Wolfe Tone. And Robespierre
Claire Dubois @clairedubois.bsky.social Associate Professor University of Lille. Irish history, memory studies…
Currently working on the French representations of the Irish revolutionary period.
Dr Deirdre Foley @drdeefoley.bsky.social Research Ireland Pathway fellow, Trinity College Dublin.
Researching pregnancy and maternity care in twentieth-century Ireland.
Membership Secretary, Women’s History Association of Ireland.
Previously: DCU, UCC, Oxford.
she/her
Dr Lauren Smyth @laurensmytg.bsky.social Historian of child welfare and poverty in early 19th Century Belfast. PhD from QUB and currently working as the historian of Clifton House.
Hayley @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social Historian 📚
Conflicts & aftermaths
Professional overthinker ✨✨
Padhraig Higgins @phillypaddy.bsky.social Historian, eighteenth-century Ireland. Cycles around Philadelphia and New Jersey.
S M Sigerson @bealnamblath.bsky.social Author THE ASSASSINATION OF MICHAEL COLLINS: What Happened at Béal na mBláth? amazon.com/dp/1493784714 #IrishHistory #WritingCommunity #Ireland #History #IrishResearch #Gaeilge Ta Gaeilge agam.
Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social Glucksman Ireland House is the center for Irish and Irish-American Studies at New York University.
Register for our fall 2025 events here: https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/irelandhouse/events/fall-20250.html
Shaun McDaid @drshaunmcd.bsky.social Criminology lecturer. Research interests in history of violence, terrorism/extremism (including Ireland/Northern Ireland), especially far-right. Former Hillsborough independent panel researcher.
Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social Historian of medicine, religion, and the supernatural. Joint editor, Irish Historical Studies. Senior Lecturer in History at Ulster University. Research profile: https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-sneddon
Co PI Islandmagee Witch Project: w1711.org
Seán Ó Hoireabhárd @hoireabhard.bsky.social Historian of Medieval Ireland
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.substack.com Econ Prof at Heriot-Watt University, interested in #econhist, #landreform, #microfinance, #sustainabledevelopment, #health, #nufc & #Seinfeld (not necessarily in that order)
www.eoinmclaughlin.ie
Martin Maguire @martinmaguire.bsky.social Working on the history of the Irish state and the civil service; writing on civil service trade unions. Fond of hill walking, weissbier, red wine….
Dr. Morgan Wait @mwait13.bsky.social Historian of late 20th century Ireland. Interests in media, recreation, gender, and sexuality. Dog parent. Historian for the lols. They/them
Tomás Finn @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social Historian of Modern Ireland and Britain at the University of Galway
Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social Historian @Trinity College Dublin and Dublin Cemeteries Trust / Glasnevin Cemetery since 2015. Researching 19th and 20th century Irish history especially death, burial and poverty. Also Public History
Eneclann @eneclann.bsky.social Eneclann Ltd.
A heritage company with expertise in archives, records management & digitisation, established in 1998 and based in Dublin.
www.eneclann.ie
Inquiries: info@eneclann.ie
Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social Geologist / palaeontologist in Dublin, retired museum curator National Museum of Ireland, still digging... mostly in 18-19th centuries
Dr Patrick McDonagh @patrickmcdonagh98.bsky.social Historian of Late Medieval Ireland, Wales, and England | Irish Traveller | https://shorturl.at/u4JSw
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.
Dr Mark Purcell @camlibresearch.bsky.social Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg @bnluxembourg.bsky.social Preserving Luxembourg’s cultural heritage. Explore collections, stories and events with us at the National Library of Luxembourg.
👉 https://www.bnl.lu
Archives & Collections, Library of Birmingham @theironroom.bsky.social Preserving & sharing 800 years of Birmingham's history at the Library of Birmingham.
For enquiries, please email archives.heritage@birmingham.gov.uk
Follow our blog @ www.theironroom.wordpress.com
More info @ birmingham.gov.uk/archives
Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social Implementing the Strategic Heritage Plan 2024-29 @dubcitycouncil.
Proud to be part of the @heritagecouncil.ie's Heritage Officer Network.
Email: heritage@dublincity.ie
The Heritage Council @heritagecouncil.ie Dedicated to empowering Ireland to value and care for its national heritage. Advisor to government on heritage policy. Grant giving body. Operates and collaborates on programmes that raise awareness, educate and conserve heritage for future generations.
The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social The London Archives is a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history.
About us - https://www.thelondonarchives.org/
Events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-london-archives-2913691059
The Honorable Society of King’s Inns @kingsinns.bsky.social King’s Inns is renowned for professional legal education and training across specialist areas of the law.
19 Century Studies Association @ncsascholars.bsky.social Official account for the 19th Century Studies Association. Come here for our CFP, prizes, and publication news.
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 ✍️
Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social SFI-IRC (Research Ireland) Pathway Fellow at UCD School of History. PI on Law versus Practice, a digital humanities project exploring women’s property ownership in early modern Ireland.
https://www.lawvpractice.ie/
Irish Manuscripts Commission @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social The Irish Manuscripts Commission, founded 1928, preserves primary manuscript sources for Irish history in print and online. Browse our collection, including free digital resources at irishmanuscripts.ie
The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social The Edward Worth Library is an early eighteenth-century collection. We are based in Dr Steeven’s Hospital, Dublin 8.
Registered Charity: RCN 20066093
www.edwardworthlibrary.ie
University of Bath Library Research Services @uniofbathlibraryrs.bsky.social Offering expert guidance on Archives & Research Collections, Open Access, Research Data Management and Research Impact.
https://library.bath.ac.uk/research-services
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
Research Ireland @researchireland.ie Ireland’s new competitive research and innovation funding agency
John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social A historian of things before 1700, especially religion, friars and the ways of everyday life.
Explore York Archive @yorkarchive.bsky.social Making over 850 years of the city of York's history accessible to all. Keep up to date with our latest projects and activities here.
Website: https://exploreyork.org.uk/archives/
Blog: http://citymakinghistory.org
Daniel Patterson @drdpatterson.bsky.social Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin
Cultural and social history of early modern England and Ireland
https://voicesproject.ie/
National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social Ireland’s premier cultural institution and home to the greatest collection of Irish heritage, culture and history. Free admission.
Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) @igrs1936.bsky.social We are the “Great Granddaddy of all Irish Family History Societies”. Founded in 1936, we’re the world’s oldest society dedicated Irish family history - and now in our 90th year. 🎉☘️
https://www.irishancestors.ie
@janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
Library of The Honorable Society of King's Inns @kilibrary.bsky.social Law library for members & current students of @kingsinns.bsky.social
Current law collection, legal history & heritage collection, archive collection.
www.kingsinns.ie
University of Surrey Archives and Special Collections @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social We hold the University archive, collections related to the artist E H Shepard, the collections of the National Resource Centre for Dance and other Special Collections.
Trinity Research @trinityresearch.bsky.social Official research news from Trinity College Dublin!
https://www.tcd.ie/research/
#researchMATTERS
#TrinityResearch
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Journal of Early Modern History @earlymodhistory.bsky.social This is the official account of the Journal of Early Modern History, published by Brill and based at the University of Minnesota.
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (anzamems.org). Posts by Matt Firth, BlueSky novice extraordinaire.
MEMS @memsunikent.bsky.social The Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent | MA & PhD scholarships available.
For our latest updates: linktr.ee/MEMS_UniKent
The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social The Prize Papers Project is dedicated to the study and digitization of the Prize Papers collection stored at The National Archives, UK. It is based at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, and the National Archives, UK.
Learn more: www.prizepapers.de
Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, York @crems-york.bsky.social 📜 The largest centre for Renaissance & Early Modern studies in the UK
👩💻 Director: @emilieKMmurphy.bsky.social
🧑🏫 Over 100 staff & students across 8 depts
📖 Home to our pioneering interdisciplinary MA
🤓 Research seminars hybrid & open to all
york.ac.uk/crems
Cambridge Workshop for the Early Modern Period @emgscam.bsky.social Postgraduate workshop for all studies into the early modern world (c. 1450-1800) at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge.
CEMS Exeter @cemsexeter.bsky.social University of Exeter Centre for Early Modern Studies - a place for interdisciplinary exchange among staff and students and engagement with the wider academic world.
(Posts by Lucy Hurst).
Northern History @northernhistory.bsky.social Academic journal that publishes work on the history of the seven historic Northern counties of England.
Digital Renaissance Editions @dreditions.bsky.social Scholarly editions of early modern English drama and literature | Open Access | Woodcut Whimsy
STEMMA: Systems of Transmitting Early Modern Manuscript Verse @stemma.bsky.social An ERC-funded project led by Prof. Erin McCarthy and based at the University of Galway. We are building the first large-scale computational model of the circulation of early modern verse in manuscript from 1475-1700. https://stemma.universityofgalway.ie
Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social AHRC project: premodern contact btwn England & Islamic Worlds. Led by Lubaaba Al-Azami & Samera Hassan. Book: https://bit.ly/3ZEIy6L OA Journal: https://rb.gy/wlrcie. Website: https://memorients.com/
Early Modern Graphic Literacies @emodgral.bsky.social Project by Research Council of Finland, 2021-25 | Use of graphic devices + development of graphic literacies in England 1473-1800 | PI Matti Peikola, tweets by team members.
The Marlowe Society of America @marlowemightyln.bsky.social The Marlowe Society of America promotes scholarship on poet & playwright Christopher Marlowe's life, works, & crucial role in the early modern theater.
GEMMS Project @gemms-sermons.bsky.social GEMMS is the Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons. SSHRC project creating open-access, searchable, online bibliographical database of early modern sermons, 1530-1715. Find us at gemms.usask.ca.
Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies @sheffieldcems.bsky.social The official BlueSky page for the Sheffield Centre for Early Modern Studies, based at the University of Sheffield.
Website: https://scems.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/. Email: scems@sheffield.ac.uk
Monash Medieval & Renaissance Studies @monashcmrs.bsky.social Community of Medieval & Renaissance Studies at Monash University, Australia. The past is not as distant as you imagine.
(Banner: Lincoln County Archives, BNLW 1/1/55/1; Profile pic: Monash, Bischoff frag. 002, MS 1821) Skeets by KN.
Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social The Early Modern History subject group at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge | News about conferences, seminars, workshops, publications, and more
Institute of Reformation History @ihr-geneva.bsky.social Research institute for the history of the 16th century reformations, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Posts by @uelizahnd.bsky.social and Jéromine Roth; unige.ch/ihr
English Literary Renaissance @elrjournal.bsky.social Tri-quarterly journal publishing scholarly articles and textual studies on matters English, Literary, and Renaissance (broadly construed, 1500-1700). Current issue: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/elr/current
SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 @sel1500to1900.bsky.social SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 is a quarterly journal published for Rice University by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Submissions: https://sel.rice.edu/submission-guidelines-faq
Marginalia: https://marginalia.blogs.rice.edu/
Malone Society @malonesociety.bsky.social A society for scholars of renaissance drama, committed to the permanent utility of original texts.
https://malonesociety.com/
Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal @emwjournal.bsky.social The only journal devoted solely to the interdisciplinary and global study of women and gender spanning the late medieval through early modern periods. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/current
Global Recipes in the Early Modern World @globalrecipes2024.bsky.social ECR Conference | May 2024 | University of Cambridge | Support: SSHMedicine, BSHScience, @camhistory.bsky.social, @srsrensoc.bsky.social
Early Modern Digital Itineraries (EMDigIt) @emdigit.bsky.social Account for the Early Modern Digital Itineraries Project, transforming printed itineraries into tools for understanding the history of travel 🧭 Find out more at https://emdigit.org
Early Modern Metals Research Network @emodmetals.bsky.social EMMRN is an interdisciplinary, international research network for scholars interested in metals in the early modern world.
https://earlymodernmetals.wordpress.com/
MEMSLib @memslibukc.bsky.social Digital library for researchers of Medieval and Early Modern studies, run by postgraduate students at the University of Kent
https://www.memslib.co.uk/
Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social The Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) is a professional organization for the advanced study of Shakespeare's works, times, and afterlife.
Visit linktr.ee/saaupdates for more information on events and member updates.
British Graduate Shakespeare Conference @britgrad.bsky.social The Twenty-Seventh Annual British Graduate Shakespeare Conference. June 19th - 21st 2025.
#britgrad2025
https://linktr.ee/britgrad