Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social The magazine of international literature since 1984. Order our latest issue, Wasafiri 127: Solidarities
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Gemma Romain @gemmaromain.bsky.social Historian & writer (freelance, currently on long-term sick leave). Caribbean & Black British LGBTQ+ histories #BlackQueerHistory #BlackQueerArt 🇬🇩🌈 painting, BTS, Zhou Shen * she/her
Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social EAS Miscellany is the digital companion to Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust funded project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 30,000 wills.
Visit our website: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/
Haitian Studies Association @haitianstudies.bsky.social The Haitian Studies Association supports scholarship on Haiti and provides a forum for the exchange and dissemination of ideas and knowledge in order to inform pedagogy, practice, and policy about Haiti in an international community.
London Museum @londonmuseum.bsky.social
SOAS History @soashistory.bsky.social News and events from the History Department in the School of History, Religions and Philosophies @SOAS University of London www.soas.ac.uk and the SOAS History Blog blogs.soas.ac.uk/soashistoryblog/
UCL Institute of the Americas @uclamericas.bsky.social UCL Americas promotes, coordinates and provides a focus for research and teaching on Latin America, the United States, the Caribbean and Canada.
Digital Humanities Research Hub @dh-researchhub.bsky.social The Digital Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study, University of London works to promote DH approaches, support the national DH community, and connect with DH practitioners around the world.
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
Global Maritime History @globalmarhist.bsky.social GMH is a forum for discussions of maritime history, broadly conceived. Get in touch if you'd like to post an article, blog, CFP or podcast. Social media run by @canadianerrant
No ChatGPT or AI art permitted for content on our website.
Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social Christina Sharpe. Writer/Professor/CRC. Ordinary Notes (2023). In the Wake: On Blackness & Being (2016). Monstrous Intimacies (2010). What Could a Vessel Be? (2027). Black. Still. Life. (2028) Agent: Jackie Ko/Wylie
Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the world.
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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research center based at the University of Oxford and Oxford Population Health - disrupting and realigning #demography. Funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social
https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/
JenniferJames100 @femmenoire.bsky.social Pprofessor. Black environmental literature, war, and 19th century Black life. Former President of C19: The Society for 19th Century Americanists. Plant and poetry lover. New book: Captive Ecologies: The Environmental Afterlives of Slavery (Duke UP). D.C.
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Elly Robson Dezateux @ellydezateux.bsky.social Historian of environmental politics and Atlantic colonialism | early modernist | Research Fellow in Legacies of Colonialism at Christ Church, Oxford | editor at History Workshop & History Workshop Journal (she/her)
Fred Oxby @fredoxby.bsky.social Head of History in South Yorkshire, Anti Racist School Award Coach, Doctoral Student. Speaking history to power. https://decolonial-curriculum.pubpub.org/
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Dr Francis Osis @fosis.bsky.social Tweets about heritage, textile crafts, F1, dogs & nice walks. Makes motorsports art stuff at RaceCraft. Glasgow based. #ActuallyAutistic 🖖🌈🏳️⚧️ he/him
https://racecraftembroidery.etsy.com
Duane @heritagethings.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at UCT | Heritage | Contested Public Cultures | Religion | Materiality | South Africa | Berlin | Editorial Team @Material Religion journal | ACHS Exec | ACHS Currents in Critical Heritage Studies Blog editor
Bharat Malkani @bmalkani.bsky.social Law academic @CardiffLaw. Racial justice; miscarriages of justice; criminal justice. With a smattering of human rights
Latest book: "Racial justice and the limits of law" https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/racial-justice-and-the-limits-of-law
SOAS Library @soaslibrary.bsky.social Library at the heart of SOAS University of London
UK National Research Library for Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Not monitored 24/7
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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social I teach American history at Cambridge. Views/opinions strictly personal. Content 40% political, 30% historical, 30% cat photos but ratio under constant review
Brycchan Carey @brycchancarey.bsky.social Professor of Literature, Culture, and History; scholar of slavery, empire, and natural history; Stalwart of BSECS, ASLEUKI, the Linnean Society, and Alnwick FoE. From Cornwall, now living in Alnwick, Northumberland. Website: https://www.brycchancarey.com
Fabien Goa @fabiengoa.bsky.social Human rights researcher based in Marseille.
Work on migrants' rights, GCC migrants, sports & human rights. Also talk antiracism, borders, politics, MUFC
Diaspora Mauritian 🔴🔵🟡🟤
Cantona disciple 🔴⚪⚫ #Legacyfan SAF N2411 UTFR
William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social Lecturer in Heritage at a university near Colchester. ‘Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology’ out now with Cornell UP. Fellow, RHistS. https://williamcarruthers.co.uk
Charles Forsdick @cforsdick.bsky.social Drapers Professor of French, MMLL, Cambridge; Professorial Fellow, Murray Edwards College; Lead Fellow Languages, @britishacademy.bsky.social; Hon. Professor Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS). Researches travel, empire, Haiti, comics..
Kristy Warren @krwarren.bsky.social
Dr Rachel Bynoth @rachelbynoth.bsky.social Historian of 18th/19th c. Family, lifecycle, gender, emotion esp. anxiety, distant comms and politics. Bath Spa Senior Lecturer. PhD: PM George Canning and family’s letters/anxiety https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/rachel-bynoth/
Chris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social Historian & Author on #FWW allied relations, historical games studies, & #StarWars. Rep'd Justin Nash of Kate Nash Literary Agency. Consulting partner @historystudiola.bsky.social. He/him
https://linktr.ee/chriskempshall
Iyiola Solanke @ivy180.bsky.social Jacques Delors Professor in EU Law, University of Oxford/ Somerville College
prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social academic University of Manchester | #regions #security #gender #EUAfrica #FFP | RTs ≠ endorsement | views mine not employer's | Chair #UACES | Editor, Security Dialogue
Dr Amal Abu-Bakare @nawalabu72.bsky.social Lecturer in the politics of race & decolonial studies / IR lover researching terror & migration-security/ Black Muslim feminist killjoy | https://colouredacademia.wordpress.com
Aklilu Habtu (PhD) @akliluhabtu.bsky.social Anthropologist interested in Black Geographies | Transnational food commodity chains | Afro–Diasporic Identities | Political Economy | Political Ecology | The Anthropocene
Cassandra Mark-Thiesen @cmarkthiesen.bsky.social Historian of Africa / the Globe: socioeconomic, cultures of knowledge, media. #Digital History. Advisory Editorial Board Journal of African History.
“Neglected Historiography from Africa„ 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853723000257
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social Sociologist @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @NorthwesternU alum. Author #CitizenOutsider @ucpress.bsky.social. AE @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Research on race/racism/France & US. Yoga lover & sarcasm expert
Survival International @survivalinternational.org We are the global movement for Indigenous peoples' rights.
#DecolonizeConservation #UncontactedTribes
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
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.
Deanna Lyncook @deannalyncook.bsky.social PhD: Caribbean children in the British colonial education system, 1940-1985. @QMUL History. Podcaster: The History Hotline. Isaiah 54:17 🇯🇲
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/
SA Smythe @essaysmythe.bsky.social blk critical theorist + transmedia artist. ‘black studies & the archive’ assoc. professor
Freedom Seekers: Stories of Black Liberation in the Am. Rev. @freedomseekers.bsky.social A growing resource of short stories of enslaved people who attempted to seize their freedom by escaping.
Based at UW-Madison, partnered with scholars and institutions all over.
Discover more at www.freedom-seekers.org
Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social The Arts and Humanities Institute is Maynooth’s flagship institute for groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research across the arts and humanities. The AHI leads research on one of the University’s five research beacons: Heritage, Language and Culture.
Dr Victoria Taylor @spitfirefilly.bsky.social Military Historian & Analyst | Author, 'Eagle Days: Life & Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain' (out now!) | Broadcaster | RAF Charitable Trust & National Spitfire Project Ambassador | Rep: Georgina Capel
www.spitfirefillyaviation.com
Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social Digital Researcher at the National Archives, UK
Historian and curator focused on media history, history of science and technology, and digital approaches to the study of history
Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social Professor of American History, University of Edinburgh. Author (with Peter S. Onuf) of Thomas Jefferson Survives: American Independence in His Time and Ours (Liveright, 2026).
History Today @historytoday.com 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆. Try 3 issues for £5 at http://historytoday.com/subscribe
Cahiers d'histoire. Revue d'histoire critique @cahiers-histoire.bsky.social #HelloESR
Revue trimestrielle d'histoire critique. Dominations, mouvements sociaux et pensées critiques
Revue OpenEdition, SHS / Science ouverte
https://journals.openedition.org/chrhc/
H-Empire @h-empire.bsky.social H-Net's interdisciplinary network on colonial and imperial studies. https://hnet30prod.h-net.org/h-empire
Penn State University Press @psupress.bsky.social Dedicated to disseminating knowledge and publishing books and journals of the highest quality with an emphasis on the humanities and social sciences.
The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com ‘The premier literary-intellectual magazine in the English language.’
Gillian Mathys @gillianmathys.bsky.social Historian of African Great Lakes | Associate Professor history @ugent | associate editor @CJAS_RCEA | Academic mom. I got very lucky.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fractured-pasts-in-lake-kivus-borderlands/28EE1FFBB2BDDA8814964DD39656B959
Routledge History Research @routledgehistory.bsky.social We publish academic books & journals in the field of history. This account is managed by our history Editorial teams.
Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social Historian (Avengers of the New World/ The Banjo/ The Language of the Game/ Freedom Roots) & Musician (Traversées)
University of Wisconsin Press @uwiscpress.bsky.social Publisher of books and journals (scholarly, literary, and regional), at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. https://uwpress.wisc.edu. (We are not the UW news/PR office)
Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social Advancing knowledge, fostering collaboration, informing the future
https://www.pennpress.org/
Leuven University Press @leuvenup.bsky.social Turning Inspiring Scholarship into Outstanding Publications
Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. edinburghuniversitypress.com
Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social News and research from Bristol University Press Journals
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals
UVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social Publishes 70+ books per year in the humanities & social sciences, blending the strengths of a university press with innovation sparked by digital technologies
upress.virginia.edu
UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social Home of Brave & Brilliant poetry and literature.
UCalgary Press publishes peer-reviewed academic books that connect expert scholars and readers worldwide.
Lloyd Belton @historylloyd.bsky.social Knowledge Exchange Associate and British Academy Postdoc at Uni of Glasow. I research African maritime history, abolitionism in the U.S, and slavery and race in Latin America.
Michael J Bustamante @mjbusta.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of History and Cuban Studies Chair, Univ. Miami | Dir. Academic Programs, Cuban Heritage Collection | Cuban Memory Wars '21 | The Rev. from W/in '19 | Opinions my own.
William Gould @wgouldhistory.bsky.social Professor of Indian History at University of Leeds. Projects on Indian anthropology, cassette tape letters and Dalit print culture. Pianist, guitarist, and full time Dad / carer
African Studies Library - Cambridge University @afrlib.bsky.social We support the research & teaching activities of the Centre of African Studies at Cambridge.
Open 9-5, Mon-Fri.
Find out more: linktr.ee/afrlib
Run by Jenni & Ben.
Ukrainian Institute London @ukrinstitute.bsky.social The Ukrainian Institute London (UIL) is an independent charity that champions Ukrainian culture and shapes the conversation about Ukraine in the UK and beyond.
Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought @biapt.bsky.social Our aim is to promote the study of all branches of political thought, including analytical political philosophy, continental and post-structuralist theory, and the history of political thought.
Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people.
https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history
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.
Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social The Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) was founded in 1968 to explore the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish cultures.
https://ssns.org.uk
Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social We are a UK-wide educational charity that helps champion and promote participation in archaeology. We run the Young Archaeologists’ Clubs and the annual Festival of Archaeology. Join us to help shape the future of archaeology.
https://www.archaeologyuk.org
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
Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
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.
Irish Historical Society @irishhistsoc.bsky.social https://www.irishhistoricalstudies.ie/irish-historical-society/
Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
National Humanities Alliance @humanitiesall.bsky.social The National Humanities Alliance is a coalition of organizations that advocates for the value of the humanities on campuses, in communities, and on Capitol Hill.
Learn more at www.nhalliance.org.
TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS). We're in Pasadena for #nacbs2026!
German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social The GHI London is a research centre supporting and connecting history students and scholars from Britain and Germany. One of 11 independent research institutes of the @maxweberstiftung.de.
Open Mo-Fri, 9.30am-5pm
https://www.ghil.ac.uk
Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social The home of Political Studies since 1950. We advance, support & promote the global study of Politics & International Relations. psa.ac.uk
Become a PSA member http://psa.ac.uk/members
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.
St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social School of History @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
World-leading researchers and top-quality teaching
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/
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.
Journal of War and Culture Studies @jwcsjournal.bsky.social Interdisciplinary and international in scope, the Journal of War and Culture Studies emphasises cultural histories and cultural production as significant forces that have shaped experiences, representations and memories of war.
British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social Our skilled team curate and digitise unique collections of primary sources that illuminate key historical concepts, events, and themes.
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies @fahacs.bsky.social The School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies is one of the largest and most exciting centres in the UK for aspiring cultural practitioners to hone their creative and critical skills, and broaden their intellectual horizons.
Russell Group @russellgroup.bsky.social The Russell Group represents 24 universities located across the UK.
We work to advance and champion the positive economic, societal & cultural impacts of UK research-intensive universities.
russellgroup.ac.uk
Historical and Archaeological Studies at Lincoln Bishop 🗃️ @lbishophisarch.bsky.social Updates from the History, Military History, and Archaeology team at Lincoln Bishop University.
Find more information about our degrees here: https://www.bgu.ac.uk/course-types/undergraduate
Business History, a Taylor & Francis Journal @businesshistory.bsky.social #BusinessHistory is an international #journal concerned with how businesses, #organizations, and their environment develop over time. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fbsh20 #bizhis
Henrice Altink @henricealtink.bsky.social Professor of Caribbean history at the University of York. I work on the intersection between social inequalities and environmental /climate change in Jamaica post-1945.
Lincoln School of Humanities and Heritage @uolhumanities.bsky.social
Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social Lecturer in Caribbean History, Politics & Humanities Training @sas-news.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social | Assistant Ed: Citizenship Studies Book: https://shorturl.at/JPH0j | Profile: https://shorturl.at/sKiXa | #digitalidentity #IDsystems Proud single mamma.
Laura Duckett @lauramarcella.bsky.social Content curator at Campus, Times Higher Education
Dr. Sarah Donovan @plottingpapist.bsky.social Catholic | Historian studying 18th cent. extralegal violence in Atlantic World at W&M | Brockport & Lycoming alum | Writing center aficionado | Dog Mom