Institute of Historical Research
@ihr_history
The IHR is the UK’s national home for history.
Supporting historians with digital resources, library, events, seminars & training. Part of @SASNews
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Index on Censorship
@indexcensorship
A voice for the persecuted.
Simon Demissie
@baloun
Library Experience & Engagement @ExploreWellcome / @WellcomeLibrary | 🇪🇹/#IOW/#AFC
Victoria County History
@vch_london
Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people. Part of @CHPPC_IHR, @IHR_History @UoLondon. Tweets by team.
Northwestern
@northwesternu
The official account of Northwestern University, highlighting breakthrough research, leading faculty and the student experience.
Philippa Gregory
@philippagbooks
Official account for historical novelist Philippa Gregory.
Cambridge University Press - History
@cambup_history
Find out the latest information on history books and journals published by @CambridgeUP, conferences, prizes and more.
The National Archives
@uknatarchives
Official archive of the UK government. Discover our online collections, research guides and educational resources, spanning 1000 years of history.
Kamil Karczewski
@kamilkarczewski
Telling a different story about (eastern) Europe ⋆ Historian of Queer & Nationalism ⋆ @pastpresentsoc fellow at @ihr_history ⋆ PhD @EUI_History ⋆ #FirstGen
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
Prof Elaine Chalus
@ehchalus
Historian of18-19C British gender, politics & society; opinions my own; RTs not necessarily endorsements #twitterstorian (also @profelainechalus.bsky.social)
Patricia 🩵
@delapatrixia
Archivist & Librarian. Historian in training. Headstrong Aries. Underdog Advocate. Views are my own.
Paul Dryburgh
@pablodiablo74
Principal records specialist @UKNatArchives. President @MortimerSociety, Hon. Sec. @LincolnRecSoc. Chair @BALHNews. Reactionary centrist. Views personal.
Dr Amara Thornton
@amalexathorn
Historian of archaeology. Co-Investigator @beyondnotables; Co-editor "Strange Relics" (Handheld Press); Coord. @HistofArchatIoA; Agent: @agent_bal. Views mine.
Deanna
@deannalyncook
PhD: Caribbean children in the British colonial education system, 1940-1985 @QMHistory. Podcaster: @TheHistoryHL. Isaiah 54:17 🇯🇲
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
Giorgia Tolfo
@giorgiatolfo
PhD in Postcolonial and comparative literature | DH + Researcher @UkNatArchives | Co-director @FILL_Festival | Translator, writer and producer | views my own
Laura Gowing
@lauragowing
Early modern women, queer, law, etc. Professing feminist history @kingshistory and historyworkshop.org.uk. Speaking personally.
Renaissance SRS
@srsrensoc
main organisation in UK & Ireland dedicated to the promotion of the study of the Renaissance. No longer posting here, find us: srsrensoc.bsky.social
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.
18th Century Studies
@bsecs
The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies supports the study of the long #c18th. Check website for details. We produce @JECSjournal.
Parliament Archives
@ukparlarchives
Our collections are being moved to @UKNatArchives. We will continue to share our treasures with you here and are offering a limited copying and enquiry service.
Ben Rogers
@ben_rog
Urbanist & writer Professor @LondonU, Bloomberg Distinguished Fellow @LSECities, Founding Director @CentreforLondon, Acting Chair, @YardTheatre @DesignSouthEast
Prof Janina Ramirez
@drjaninaramirez
Oxford Academic HMC; Visiting Professor in Medieval Studies, Uni Of Lincoln; Best-Selling Author; Documentary Maker; President Gloucester History Festival.
Past and Present
@pastpresentsoc
The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
Ruth Slatter
@ruthslatter
Lecturer in Historic Environment @ihr_history. @VCH_London general editor (architecture). Researching everyday histories of religion, faith & spirituality.
Sandip Kana
@sandipkana
Teaching Global History @UniofNottingham 🌳 | PhD @kingshistory 🎓 | Writing a book on development, voluntarism and nonstate actors in India 📝
History Of Parliament
@histparl
Creating a comprehensive account of parliamentary politics in England, then the UK, from the thirteenth century to the present day.
UHI Centre for History
@uhihistory
A history department committed to its students and wider community. Bluesky: @uhihistory.bsky.social
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.
BALH
@balhnews
The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
Jonathan Healey
@socialhistoryox
Social historian at Oxford University. Northerner. Now mostly with the butterfly: @ jonathanhealey.bsky.social and on the Gram: jonathanhealey1647
Stef Dickers
@stefdickers
Special Collections and Archives Manager @BishopsgateInst & @WestHamUtd fanatic. Rather passionate about #London, #activist, #queer & #fetish #archives.
School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck
@birkbeckhca
Official account for history, classics and archaeology in the School of Historical Studies at Birkbeck
Prof. Briony McDonagh
@brionymcdonagh
Creative community engagement for climate action. Prof of Env Hums; Director @EEIatHull & Centre for Water Cultures; PI @risky_cities; COAST-R Network lead
Dr Francis Young
@drfrancisyoung
Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | professional indexer | CofE Reader and lay canon @stedscath | Tutor @oxfordconted
Dr GillianWilliamson
@georgianfun
Historian, interested in 18th-century culture, especially life in lodgings, masculinity, periodicals and reading
Adam Chapman
@dradamchapman
Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of @vch_london, part of @CHPPC_IHR & @ihr_history. Views & typos own.
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
Brodie Waddell
@brodie_waddell
Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History @BirkbeckHCA. Likes: archives, fatherhood, footnotes, the seaside. Dislikes: marking exams, Henry VIII, cars, inequity.
Daniel Bache 🏳️🌈🚩
@teufelsmuehle
Sprecher @dielinke_queer, er/ihn
Dr Andrew Sneddon
@snedandrew
Historian of medicine, religion, and the supernatural, especially ghosts, magic and witchcraft. Holding page: I’m now on @[email protected]
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.
The Historical Journal
@historicaljnl
The Historical Journal publishes papers on all aspects of British, European, and world history since the fifteenth century.
Dr Aleema Gray
@aleemagray
Curator | Public Historian | Researcher - Bun Babylon @houseofdread_
Azure Bao
@bao_azure
MPhil/PhD Candidate @IOE_London, previously @CamEdFac. University and Architecture in Post-WWII Britain. Green Socialist.
Olivia Wyatt
@oliviawyatt1999
Complexions in Black Britain, 1920-85 (PhD) | Teaching Assoc. @QMHistory & Doctoral Fellow @ihr_history | Historian @HarewoodHouse | She/her🇰🇳🇮🇳🇬🇧☬
Juanita Cox now at @juanitacox.bsky.social
@esicox
Black British History Community Engagement. Trustee, Oral History Society. Co-Founder, Guyana SPEAKS. windrushscandal.org
VCH Essex Trust
@essex_vch
The Victoria County History of Essex 📕. Part of @VCH_London. Volunteer groups at Clacton, Newport and Southend. #HistoricEssex
Humap: the storytelling map platform
@humap_me_
🧑🗺️ Bring your collections & data to life with geospatial storytelling! bsky.app/profile/humap.…
Alex Craven
@dralexcraven
FRHistS. Freelance historian working for @vchgloucester and @SomersetVch. Interested in the English republic, religion, and @readingfc. Formerly @alexjcraven.
Dr Philip W Blood
@historianblood
Historian of Germany and Europe - ‘history is politics by other means’, @SMH_Historians #Twitterhistorians Fallout.ghost.io
beyondnotability
@beyondnotables
Re-Evaluating Women's Work in Archaeology, History & Heritage in Britain 1870-1950, @ahrcnews research project @instclasstudies @humanitiesuos @socantiquaries
HobnobPress
@hobnob_press
Hobnob Press publishes books about aspects of, and places within, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset. Website: Hobnobpress.co.uk
DH Research Hub @ School of Advanced Study
@dh_researchhub
This account is no longer active. You can find us on Bsky & Mastodon. @dh-researchhub.bsky.social @[email protected]
VCH_Northants
@vch_northants
Northamptonshire's contribution to Victoria County History, offering nuggets of Northamptonshire's history
HistLiturgy
@histliturgy
History of Liturgy Seminar Convenors: Helen Gittos, Sarah Hamilton, John Harper, Henry Parkes, Teresa Webber
Sarah Wride
@srwride
Historian @UniofYork | What ‘culture’ is & does #c18th+ | Now: hows whys & effects of re-imagining homicide cases | Assoc Ed #YWES | Treasurer @HistoryLabPlus
IHR Women's History Seminar
@ihrwomen
Women's History from around the globe. Seminars at the IHR/University of London and online. history.ac.uk/seminars/women…
IHR_History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
@ihr_histofgdls
Official X account of the IHR History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes Seminar.
Dr Rachel Delman
@rachel_delman
Heritage Partnerships Coordinator @UniofOxford | Historian | Advisory Board @CHPPC_IHR | Formerly @YorkHistoryDept @IASH_Edinburgh | Book due with @OUPAcademic
Mike Townsend
@mikertownsend
Collection and Metadata librarian @IHR_library. Interested in everything historical, bibliographic and occasionally photographic.
Rowan Thompson
@rgethompson91
Historian of modern Britain. Former Pearsall Fellow in Naval and Maritime History @ihr_history. Writing a book on militarism in interwar Britain.
Young Historians Project
@yhp_uk
Encouraging the development of young historians of African and Caribbean heritage in Britain | #HlfSupported
Professor Keith Gildart
@profgildart
Labour and Social Historian; coal miner; writing mostly about histories of youth, class, coal, pop music. Remember in the end nobody wins unless everybody wins.
Anna Parker
@annaparker_
Past and Present Fellow @ihr_history @pastpresentsoc. Writing about central Europe, art & psychology in TLS, Granta, Guardian etc.
The National Archives Sector
@uknatarcsector
Archives Sector Development team at @UkNatArchives. Taking forward our role as leaders of the archives sector in England.
Eve Hayes on bluesky at evehayes123
@evehayes123
Research Training @SASNews Researcher Convenor @CLACS_SAS Single mamma Book: #legalidentity #digitalidentity #statelessness bit.ly/3Ug4qUk Sehablaespañol
Daniel Snowman
@danielsnowman3
✍🏻Social and cultural historian, lecturer & author. 📕Memoir ‘Just Passing Through: Interactions with the World 1938-2021’. Media enquiries @literallypr
Catherine Clarke
@cathamclarke
Doing #history a bit differently. Professor & Director @CHPPC_IHR, Director @vch_london. Visiting Prof @SotonEnglish. Mum. Musician. Beach hut owner. Own views.