History at Leicester
@historyleic
Excellence in the research and teaching of history in the School of History, Politics & International Relations (HyPIR) at the University of Leicester.
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http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/history 02-10-2012 08:22:42
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SFU History
@sfuhistory
Department of History at Simon Fraser University. #sfuhistory
David Olusoga
@davidolusoga
British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT [email protected] geni.us/AfricaBook
Dr Yewande Okuleye PhD
@yewandeslondon
Fellow @RoyalHistSo Poet-in-Residence {Mental Health} {Black Feminism}. Creative Critical Soundscapes oxfordhealth.web.ox.ac.uk/creative-interโฆ
BBC Arts
@bbcarts
The best of arts and classical music from the @BBC
Judith Vรถcker ๐บ๐ฆ
@judithvoecker
@Midlands4Cities @UoLSBC PhD student | @EHRIproject @webertweets @holocaustmuseum Fellow | Researching the German judiciary in occupied Poland | @on_camps 2022
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 Katy Roscoe
@katyaroscoe
Historical criminologist, researching imprisonment, unfree labour + imperial legacies. Lecturer at Liverpool Uni. She/her. Views my own
University of Leicester
@uniofleicester
๐ University of the Year (Daily Mail 2025, Shortlisted by THE Awards 2024 & The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025) #CitizensOfChange
National Library of Wales
@nlwales
A Library for Wales and the World ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | Siarad Cymraeg? Dilynwch ๐ @LLGCymru
Corinne Fowler
@corinne_fowler
Prof. Corinne Fowler @UniofLeicester dir. of @Colonialcountr1 #colonialcountryside project. Rep'd @agent_bal @MMLitAgency nationaltrust.org.uk/features/c
Angela Muir
@muirdershewrote
Historian of 18th c. Wales. Crimes to the wines of @vinvancymru. Keys/Trumpet @EchoAndAlways. She/her. Find me at: drangelamuir.bsky.social
Leicester Museums & Galleries
@leicestermuseum
Leicester Museums & Galleries, free to all since 1849. Exhibitions, events, learning and collections. Sign-up to our monthly newsletter: bit.ly/3rIpPHP
Colin Hyde
@leicsoralhist
I manage the East Midlands Oral History's Sounds for the Future project. Also interested in urban history and the heritage of Leics & the East Midlands.
Dr Alex Patel
@alex_patel_leic
BSc Psych/Neuro; MRes inc genetics & cell culture; PhD Neurobiology; worked in drug discovery/microbiology; Learning developer; PGCE.
Jackie Eales
@jeales1
President of the British Association For Local History, Professor Emerita at Canterbury Christ Church University, Past President of the Historical Association.
Caroline Dodds Pennock
@carolinepennock
Historian and human sacrifice enthusiast... Author: On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe (2023) bsky.app/profile/caroliโฆ
Women's History Network - at Bluesky and LinkedIn
@womenshistnet
A national association supporting those who are passionate about women's and gender history. Can now be found at Bluesky & LinkedIn @womenshistnet.bsky.social
Chloe
@chloerphillips
Finally PhDoing it: Black histories in Cornwall, University of Leicester Future 100.
Namak Khoshnaw
@namak_khoshnaw
Multi award winning filmmaker @BBC. MA degree at UWL, PhD at University of Leicester. see my films pirmampro.com
Navy Records Society
@navyrecords
Publishing British naval documents and history since 1893. We'll post all the latest discoveries here...
Richard Jones
@rlcjones
Iโve left this shitshow. You should too.
Gemma Thompson
@gemhave2
Gemma - ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ซHistory Teacher. ๐คPhD student @uniofleicester. ๐ถ๐ถDog Mam. ๐ฟ๐๐ท๐Lover of museums, walking tours, reading, wine, knitting & travelling.
CUH Leicester
@cuhleicester
Information about the Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester and Urban History news
Joseph Cronin
@joseph_cronin
Historian of modern Germany. Director @lbi_london. Lecturer @BirkbeckHCA. Committee Member @GermanHistSoc. Fellow @RoyalHistSoc and @AdvanceHE. He/him.
Archives Wales
@archiveswales
Everything you need to know about Archives in Wales Yn Gymraeg: @ArchifauCymru archives.wales
Dorot Memorialine - Next Generations
@dorotnextgen
We are 2nd & 3rd generation to families that survived the #Holocaust, bound to keep alive the memories of the victims & their heritage bit.ly/35jnOKG
Royal Historical Society
@royalhistsoc
The Royal Historical Society supports history and historians. From 21 Feb 2025 we have ceased posting on X and moved wholly to BlueSky. Please join us there.
r_panchasi๐
@r_panchasi
prof; rutgers phd; c20-21 france+empire+nuclear+culture; podcast host; brown; settler; NOT my employer; she/elle๐๐
Jonathan Healey
@socialhistoryox
Social historian at Oxford University. Northerner. Now mostly with the butterfly: @ jonathanhealey.bsky.social and on the Gram: jonathanhealey1647
StanleyBurtonCentre
@uolsbc
The Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust & Genocide Studies is an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Leicester.
FWW Studies Society (Account Inactive)
@fwwsoc
International Society for First World War Studies - news and research on the First World War. Also follow our collaborative bibliography on @fwwbib.
Dr Helen Metcalfe
@helenr_metcalfe
@wellcometrust Humanities and Social Science Postdoc Research Fellow. Investigating the multifaceted history of grief and loss in late-Georgian Britain.
Jess
@jess_shahan
Obviously I don't use twitter/x much these days. I may jump over to another site, but for now, it's best to contact me via email.
Carrie Crockett
@carriecrockett2
PhD Researcher, University of Leicester, @CArchipelago @historyleic @Convict voyages; history of the Russian Far East/Sakhalin
Dr YewandeOkuleye PhD
@cannabinoid2
Medical Cannabis Expert. #IACM2015 #cannabismasters2016 #psychoactivesupper #ohsconf17
LVCHT
@leicsvcht
Working with volunteers across the county, our aim is to research from primary sources and publish a history of every town and village in Leicestershire
Kelly Staples
@drkellystaples
Associate Professor of International Politics - interested in human rights, refugees, statelessness and theory.
Brodie Waddell
@brodie_waddell
Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History @BirkbeckHCA. Likes: archives, fatherhood, footnotes, the seaside. Dislikes: marking exams, Henry VIII, cars, inequity.
Ismini Pells
@isminipells
Postdoc Research Fellow in Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford. Researches 17thC military history, English Civil War, medicine & warfare
German Historical Institute London
@ghilondon
A research centre supporting and connecting history students and scholars from Britain and Germany. Part of @webertweets. Account will no longer be updated.
East Midlands Centre for History L & T
@emchistorylt
A group for historians from across the East Midlands to share and enhance best practice in learning and teaching in Higher Education
Leicester Open Journals
@uoljournals
University of Leicester Open Journals. We publish open access journals and working papers across disciplines In 2022, we are emerging with @DWLresearch
Leicester Georgians
@lgeorgians
Group for those interested in the Georgian era in Leicester and Leicestershire
Dr Sarah Inskip
@sarahainskip
Osteoarchaeologist, Bioarchaeologist, and all things bony! UKRI Future Leader Fellow. #UKRIFLF PI of @TobacHistory works @ArchAncHistLeic
John-Henry Phillips
@johnhenry185
Author, filmmaker, presenter, archaeologist. TV/Book enquiries: @unitedagents. Everything else contact address below:
Nishan Canagarajah
@ncanagarajah
President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester. Proud to be a Citizen of Change. Engineer, husband and father of three.
Dr Helen Foster
@dr_hlfoster
Writer, researcher, facilitator | Creative Writing Associate, Centre for Empathic Healthcare @Uniofleicester | Writer in Residence @ CILIP RPG
The Wilberforce Diaries Project
@diariesproject
Project to edit the manuscript diaries of the abolitionist MP, William Wilberforce. Led by Prof John Coffey @uniofleicester. Supported by the Marc Fitch Fund.
Alex Waddan
@alexwaddan
Exiled Manc, I teach and write about US politics at Uni of Leicester, demoralised remainer, love doggies and MCFC. Views completely personal
James Adams
@js_adams
PhDing at Leicester on Sodom, anxiety, and nationhood in C18th Britain. Lover of all things queer history. Imposter syndrome is my middle name (he/him) ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
TobaccoHealthHistory
@tobachistory
We are the @UKRI_news funded Tobacco, Health and History Project taking place at SAAH @ArchAncHistLeic at the University of Leicester.
#SaveDWLibrary
@stopthecutsdwl
Help save the David Wilson Library from the University of Leicester's attack on library staff and services. #NoOneIsRedundant #EveryoneIsImpacted
DoSSE Project
@dosseproject
ERC-funded project on the sexual exploitation of people enslaved within the households of the greater Mediterranean world, AD 300-900. Hosted by @uniofleicester
Intersectional Bodies
@intersectbodies
Research cluster at @ArchAncHistLeic bridging archaeological theory and bioarchaeology to investigate intersectionality, health, inequality and the body.
Sarah-Jane Walton
@sarahduanie
urban historian of empire during the First World War | South Africa | postdoc
Zoe Knox
@zoeknox0011001
Associate Professor @historyleic. Historian. Religion in the modern world. Soviet Russia. Treasurer @BASEES. Reviews Editor @RssJournal. Fellow @RoyalHistSoc.
Victoria russell
@victori70063577
Centre for Regional and Local History
@crlhleicester
Official Tweets from the newly launched Centre for Regional and Local History, University of Leicester. Formerly @ELHLeicester #regional #local #history
Sheyda Shovir
@sheydashovir
doing a PhD in history at the University of Leicester
Demerara Slave Revolt
@demerara1823
Marking the 200th anniversary of the Demerara rebellion in 1823. We explore its origins, its leaders, and its legacies.
Maternal Bodies Symposium
@maternal_bodies
An interdisciplinary one-day symposium exploring historical and contemporary debates about maternal bodies, whether individual, collective, and/or other.
Dr Svenja Bethke
@svenja_bethke
Assoc. Prof. in History @HyPIRUoL, @UoLSBC, Holocaust Studies, Fashion History & Visual Culture, currently visiting scholar @HarvardCJS
Mary Bryceland
@minnab10
Retired Librarian (Lambeth & Leics) Degree from Vaughan College and MA from Centre for English Local History - UoL
MGS ESRC DTP
@mgsesrcdtp
Midlands Graduate School @ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership - promoting & supporting social science research & researchers
GrieveWatch
@grievewatch
Monitoring, assessing and promoting appropriate displays of patriotic grieving.
Leics Urban Obs.(but moving to Blue Sky)
@leicsobs
Leicester Urban Observatory is a collaboration of urban specialists at the Universities of De Montfort, Leicester and Loughborough and Leicester City Council
HyPIR at Leicester
@hypiruol
News and views from the School of History, Politics & International Relations at the University of Leicester. Queries to [email protected] .