British Library Oral History
@bl_oralhistory
Posts from British Library oral history department staff & National Life Stories, an oral history fieldwork charity run out of the BL.
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Alison Atkinson-Phillips
@dralia_p
writer, researcher, ranter and procrastinator. #publichistory at Newcastle Uni (UK) + other stuff too. Author of Survivor Memorials tinyurl.com/2p9a7hd9
Historic England
@historicengland
Protecting the heritage that matters to us all, so it lives on and is loved for longer. House rules: bit.ly/2unALuH
British Library
@britishlibrary
We’re the UK’s national library, working to restore our services following a cyber-attack. Need help? Get in touch at [email protected]
Fiona Harvey
@fionaharvey
Writing about the environment full-time since 2004. Seen a lot of environment since then. All tweeting is personal. In the Woman's Hour Power List 2020.
Tilly Blyth
@tillyblyth
Director Weald and Downland Museum, Trustee @bletchleypark and Blue Plaques Panel for @englishheritage previously Science Museum @tillyblyth.bsky.social
London Museum
@ldn_museum
We’re building a new museum for London. In the meantime, visit us at Docklands 💙
Emma Cole 'Positive Voice' HIV+
@emmacolehiv
HIV+ 33 years. 'Positive Voice' talk for schools and businesses; TEDx speaker. ❤️QPR; LAMDA & Springsteen. London Marathon 2017. Loved by and in love with B.
The National Archives
@uknatarchives
Official archive of the UK government. Discover our online collections, research guides and educational resources, spanning 1000 years of history.
Dr Ida Milne
@milnem
Writer. Health and IR Prod id historian, 1918-19 flu,au Stacking the Coffins Influenza IRL, 1918-19, HSTMI chair, #ESSHC strand co-chair, personal account/views
IISG
@iisg_amsterdam
We are leaving X because the platform has not been in line with our ethical, democratic and academic values. You can find us @ iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
Carsten Timmermann
@ctimmermann
Historian of medicine & biology @MancHSTM. Lapsed biochemist. Migrant. Dad. Rheinländer. Gen Xer. Owned by dog. Opinions mine. He/him.
Anna Shternshis
@shternsh
Professor of Yiddish Studies at @UofT, specialist in Russian Jewish history, culture and oral history, views are my own.
@emilymbender.bsky.social
@emilymbender
Prof, Linguistics, UW // Faculty Director, CLMS // she/her // @[email protected] & bsky // rep by @ianbonaparte
South Asian Britain
@remakingbritain
Twitter account for @UoBArtsMatter, @QMULSED, @BritishLibrary @ahrcpress project Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1830s to the present
BL Metadata
@blmetadata
Eleanor Birne
@eleanorbirne
lorna toms
@tommo978
i'll stop doing it when you stop laughing
Holocaust Centre North
@holocaustnorth
Open to all, based @HuddersfieldUni. Our free exhibition tells a global history of the Holocaust through local stories from the North of England.
Andrew Whitehead
@john_pether
'A Devilish Kind of Courage: Anarchists, Aliens + the Siege of Sidney St' published by Reaktion 3/24 - historian - journalist - blogger - hon prof ... ex BBC
Robert Gildea
@robertgildea
Professor Emeritus of Modern History. Angry about inequality, injustice, and colonialism. Still European. Writing an oral history of the 1984-5 Miners' Strike.
Linda Kinstler
@lindakinstler
Junior Fellow @Harvard / Author of COME TO THIS COURT & CRY @BloomsburyBooks @PublicAffairs / writing about oblivion / 2023 Whiting Award Winner in Non-Fiction
Shirin Hirsch
@shirinhirsch
Anti-racist historian. Views my own.
The London Archives
@theldnarchives
The London Archives is a free public archive focussing on the history of London from 1067 to the present day. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history.
Chiva
@chivaprojects
A charity working to enhance the health and psychosocial wellbeing of children, young people and young adults growing up living with HIV.
Lea Ypi
@lea_ypi
Professor @LSEnews from 🇦🇱 in orderly transition to @leaypi.bsky.social
Andy Clark
@andyclark22
Pipe Major, City of Newcastle Pipe Band. Co-owner @morton_fc. Historian. 'Fighting Deindustrialisation'. He/him.
thomas cauvin
@thomascauvin
Associate Professor of #Publichistory at @C2DH, International Federation for PH (@pubhisint). Author of "Public history: A Textbook of Practice" Views my own.
IFPH-FIHP
@pubhisint
International Federation for Public History - Fédération internationale pour l'histoire publique
Tanya Evans
@tanyaevans14
Public historian. Historian of Australia and Britain from the 18th century to the present. Director of the Centre for Applied History, Macquarie Uni. She/her.
Emma Peplow
@emmapeplow
All things #oralhistory for @HistParl. That and politics, hiking, cricket, raising 2 little ones. 'Political Lives of Postwar MPs' out now in paperback
Oral History Association
@oralhistory
OHA is a professional organization for all persons interested in oral history as a way of collecting & interpreting memories to foster knowledge & human dignity
The Eccles Centre
@bl_ecclescentre
No longer being updated (6 Feb 2024) - head on over to @BL_EcclesInst for updates from the Eccles Institute!
Public History Weekly (PHW)
@ph_weekly
The multinational multilingual collaborative Open Peer Review Journal for #PublicHistory. | Since 2013 — in coop with @dg_history publishers
Stef Dickers
@stefdickers
Special Collections and Archives Manager @BishopsgateInst & @WestHamUtd fanatic. Rather passionate about #London, #activist, #queer & #fetish #archives.
Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social)
@citiesandmemory
One of the world's biggest sound & #fieldrecording projects: remixing the world, one sound at a time. 2,000+ contributors, 125+ countries. Made by @stuartfowkes
Scottish Oral History Centre
@scotoralhist
The Scottish Oral History Centre (SOHC) is based @UniStrathclyde. Est. 1995. Co-Directors of the SOHC - Prof. Arthur McIvor & @yvonne_mcfadden
Prof Caitríona Beaumont
@caitbeaumont
Prof Social History @LSBU. Female activism-social movements Britain & Ireland. @RoyalhistSoc Council. PI @Activism23. Visiting Full Prof @UCDDublin. My views.
Thomas de Waal
@tom_dewaal
Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe. Scholar/writer on Caucasus, E. Europe, Russia. 2022-3 Fellow at IWM, Vienna. Translator of Osip Mandelstam.
The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR)
@theajr_
The AJR represents Britain’s Jewish refugees & survivors of Nazi oppression and their descendants & commemorates their experiences and contributions to society.
BL Sound Heritage
@blsoundheritage
This account is no longer active. For all #UOSH and #SaveOurSounds news and content, please follow @soundarchive.
Family History Federation
@federationfhs
The Family History Federation, supporting #Genealogy and the membership of #FamilyHistory societies worldwide 🌳 NEW: exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk
Freya Marshall Payne (she/her)
@fmarshallpayne
Orwell Prize-winning writer and DPhil researching women's homelessness @UniofOxford @ESRC | Scouloudi Fellow @ihr_history | ✍TLS, Guardian, Prospect
Dr Hannah Kaarina Yoken
@hannhkarina
@SuomenAkatemia postdoc & @EASaatio project lead @jyu_hela | Follow me on Bluesky @hannhkarina.bsky.social
Tower Hamlets Archives
@lbtharchives
Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives • Free public access to collections documenting the histories of London's East End • Related events & exhibitions
Prof. Annebella Pollen
@annebellapollen
📚Mass Photography; Dress History; Kibbo Kift; Photography Reframed; Nudism in a Cold Climate; Photo Wallets; Art without Frontiers. Now on IG @annebella_pollen
Dr Aleema Gray
@aleemagray
Curator | Public Historian | Researcher - Bun Babylon @houseofdread_
Pascale Siegrist
@pasc_siegrist
Historian of anarchist thought, global and geographical; new project on C20 language invention. Research Fellow @ghilondon. Loves cinema, food, hippos.
Maxine Beuret
@beuretmaxine
Creative cultural historian of the commonplace
John Merrick
@johnpmerrick
Writer, critic, historian, etc. Deputy Editor: The Break Down (break-down.org) [email protected]
Riz
@rizkhunzo
سخن مستانه میگویم ولی هوشیار میگردم
Megan Joyce (she/her) ☘️
@megljoyce
Senior Curator in the Cold War and late twentieth-century conflict team at @I_W_M | Oral history interviewer | Student with @CAIS_Courses | Views my own 🤓
Asel Doolotkeldieva
@adoolotkeldieva
PhD. Contentious Politics. Central Asia. Mainly my opinions about contemporary developments but also academia and research. [email protected]
Society of Genealogists
@socgenealogists
A charity with the unique purpose of helping people to discover their place in history. Preserving the records of everyday lives and promoting family histories.
Alison Chand
@alisonchand
Oral historian, lecturer, proofreader, copy-editor and other assorted roles.
Lawyers at the Coalface
@law_solidarity
An oral history project on legal solidarity and the miners' strike by Dr Joanna Gilmore @UoYLaw & @BL_OralHistory, funded by @BritishAcademy_ & @LeverhulmeTrust
BL scran
@bl_scran
food from in and around the British Library. DMs open for submissions (staff and public welcome). not affiliated with any BL catering team
Kazky
@kazky_gb
Consultancy - archives, heritage, libraries, evaluation. @larysa76 and @kevinjbolton. Trading as Kevinjbolton Ltd.
Tape Letters Scotland
@tapelettersscot
Oral history project uncovering long-distance cassette tape communication among Scottish Pakistanis between 1960-80.
The Planned Environment Therapy Archives
@t_c_archives
Specialising in therapeutic community history and archives from around the world. Housed at The Mulberry Bush Third Space, managed by Debs and Gareth
Sue (Zeleny) Bishop
@suezelenybishop
#History my 💼 #oralhistory #women #race #multiculture ❤️ #Leicester research @HyPIRUoL, bit of freelance, now writing the book. Ex-NHS and other Finance.
Bradley Reynolds
@breynold5280
Supporting🇺🇦 Researching 🇫🇮,🇷🇺, and OSCE // Doctoral researcher @helsinkiuni, @FOHNFinland & @HWB_fi board member, @YGLNtweets member// Hiker/climber🥾🏔️
Memory Studies Association
@memstudiesassoc
🔸Follow us on BlueSky 🔸Based in the Netherlands…with members from more than 40 countries Join the MSA: goo.gl/GM5uBb
The National Archives Sector
@uknatarcsector
Archives Sector Development team at @UkNatArchives. Taking forward our role as leaders of the archives sector in England.
Carla Pascoe Leahy
@c_pascoeleahy
Historian | Researcher | Writer | Facilitator
sean o’connell
@seanoco78853943
Social/Oral Historian In Belfast. All views are my own unless I have plagiarised them.
Jay Prosser
@jaydprosser
Personal and cultural stories to head off divisive times. Moved to bsky.app/profile/jaydpr… instagram.com/jayprosserwrit…
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz
@riccardiswartz
assistant prof of religion and anthro @northeastern | Book w/ @FordhamPress | Current projects: trad futurisms/digital dissidents