Ben Willis
History DPhil @ Oxford
looking at nineteenth century America
an incredibly sensitive instrument
@timgalsworthy.bsky.social
Lecturer in History & Military History at Bishop Grosseteste University. Researches Civil War memory and the Republican Party. Posts about sport and politics. Views my own, sadly 🏉⚽️🌹
@aishadjelid.bsky.social
Historian of slavery in the antebellum South, EDI rep for @Branch19th, Departmental Lecturer at the University of Oxford
@profgsgordon.bsky.social
Peking University STL, international criminal law (ICL) expert, biographer of Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz, leading authority on atrocity speech/incitement law, consultant on ICL speech-related crimes arising from Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine
@travisview.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Tap water goblin. QAnon Anonymous podcast host. QAnon, conspiracy theories, disinfo, and other signs of the dystopia. Email: travis @ Qanonanonymous.com
@beccagold.bsky.social
Finishing a PhD in Modern British History at Cambridge on ‘The making of “Labour’s working class” 1931-1951’. She/her
@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.
@tlbhpodcast.bsky.social
The podcast from Oxford University's Rothermere American Institute that explores how history has shaped America. Host: aipsmith.bsk.social
@erinshearer.bsky.social
Historian of slavery, resistance, and gender. Fellow-in-Residence at the Rothermere American Institute, Oxford, and Associate Lecturer at the University of Reading.
@theguardian.com
The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
@alexinternational.bsky.social
International historian at UCL. Author of Loyalty and Liberty (2013) and The Open Door Era (2017). Current project is on late-nineteenth-century US imperialism in the Caribbean from the bottom up.
@embarnes.bsky.social
Historian of rape in the Civil War Era US South at the University of Reading. She/her. https://genderedstateviolence.com
@bethrwilson.bsky.social
Historian of US slavery, gender and emotions. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.
@alysbeverton.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. Researching C19th United States political and diplomatic culture. Views my own. Author of ‘Exceptionalism in Crisis: Faction, Anarchy, and Mexico in the US Imagination in the Civil War Era,’ UNC Press, 2025
@katiefapp.bsky.social
Historian of transnational women's suffrage, departmental lecturer at University of Oxford; film fanatic on the side
@rauchway.bsky.social
Historian. Florida man. Keep Bluesky weird. http://ericrauchway.com pfp by Daniel Mackie
@flashbackhistory.bsky.social
Conversations with historians about America's most popular historian of all: Hollywood. Hosted and produced by Katie Fapp. https://open.spotify.com/show/6k8bFiN0TWr76gTOX57hrH?si=e3ea95d8255b4b0b
@emilybrady.bsky.social
American Historian, JRF at Rothermere American Institute and Christ Church College, University of Oxford. Researching Black women photographers in the Civil Rights Movement.
@marthaswift.bsky.social
Visiting Scholar at the United States Study Center at the University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute, Oxford Coordinator of Oxford's Environmental Humanities Research Hub Substack: https://drmarthaswift.substack.com/?r=4a
@vhllib.bsky.social
The Vere Harmsworth Library is the University of Oxford's main research library for US Studies. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/vhl
@jlappen1.bsky.social
energy historian | postdoc at Notre Dame, PhD at Oxford | infrastructure, decarbonization, and landscapes | Angeleno | always on the lookout for a good fun fact
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Childless bird lady. Historian of “early” US politics & culture; howl re: democracy on a daily basis. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird. https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
@davidsilkenat.bsky.social
Milbauer Chair of Southern History, University of Florida https://history.ufl.edu/directory/david-silkenat/
@catbateson.bsky.social
American Historian & Lecturer/FRHistS/British Online Archives Academic Liaison Manager/Associate Editor http://irishamericancivilwar.com / “Irish American Civil War Songs” LSU Press out now! https://lsupress.org/books/detail/irish-american-civil-war-songs/
@conniethomas.bsky.social
Historian of early US migration politics & American identity Lecturer in US History @UCL.ac.uk Comms @branchuk.bsky.social
@djmalcolm.bsky.social
PhD student at Teesside University, researching Founding Fathers, the American Constitution, and the ideas of Ancient Greece & Rome. Postgraduate Rep for BAAS. He/him.
@meganrenoir.bsky.social
Historian of land, violence, and state institutions. PhD at Cambridge University, Researcher at PennCHC, and Archivist for the California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project. Recent publication: https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/129/4/1567/7915265?l
@rosulli.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame. Historian of Immigration, Race and Nationalism in 19th Century USA, and Irish-American political views on 19th Century imperialism and anti-slavery
@robertsaunders.bsky.social
Historian of modern Britain, singer and political nerd. Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Deputy-director @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, Reader @QMHistory
@raioxford.bsky.social
The RAI is a Department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the interdisciplinary and comparative study of the USA. Check out our podcast, The Last Best Hope with our Director, Professor Adam Smith! https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/
@lizcovart.bsky.social
Historian | Researcher of Articles of Confederation | Creator of Ben Franklin’s World: An Award-Winning Podcast About Early American History | Celtics & Red Sox Fan https://linktr.ee/lizcovart
@thejerpano.bsky.social
The Journal of the Early Republic and its digital platform, the Panorama. www.thepanorama.shear.org
@branchuk.bsky.social
Association of British American Nineteenth Century Historians 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 We welcome members from the UK, US & beyond Affiliated with American Nineteenth Century History (ANCH) Find out more about us: https://www.branch.org.uk/
@bengohstoschool.bsky.social
Humanities educator in 🇸🇬 and a historian of education. Former student at NTU-NIE (PGDE), @CamWorldHistory.bsky.social (MPhil), and Yale-NUS (B.A. with Hons.)
@threat-notation.bsky.social
Cataloguing threatening music notation. DM submissions welcome—please include source whenever possible.
@moreonthanoff.bsky.social
Ex-Academic, Ex-Book Editor, Ex-Catholic, Ex-Suicidal, Gen-X, Many Ex’s
@lavinia-gambini.bsky.social
Final-Year PhD Student in Early Modern History, Researching Eastern Mediterranean Artisans, Vendors, and Practitioners in early modern Italy, Jesus College Cambridge
@nutedawn.bsky.social
Centre-left politics. Fan of AS Roma and the New York Mets (Francisco Lindor’s baseball team). Nerd stuff
@markpackuk.bsky.social
Lib Dem President and Life Peer. Author, "Polling UnPacked" / http://www.theweekinpolls.co.uk / https://libdemnewswire.substack.com / imprint + privacy http://markpack.org.uk/legal-privacy / he/him
@willcooling.bsky.social
Writes & Hosts the It Could Be Said substack & podcast; https://itcouldbesaid.substack.com/. Writes a fortnightly column for CityAM and has contributed to a variety of outlets on politics, sport or pop culture. All opinions his own & not of any employer.
@drkemalbozkaya.bsky.social
Istanbul University/History of Philosophy / Political Science- PhD | Philosopher | Historian | 🇹🇷🇹🇷 Intellectual history | political thought, French Philosophy: Michel Foucault & Deleuze & Guattari https://kemalbozkaya.academia.edu
@atesuslu.bsky.social
Istanbul University Faculty of Political Science, professor | Humboldt Uni. zu Berlin, Centre for Social Critique, guest researcher global intellectual history | Marxism | Lukács https://atesuslu.com/en
@timeandsociety.bsky.social
Time & Society (Sage) is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal focused on the relationships between time, temporality, and social life. Follow for our latest publications. Posts by @mhbastian.bsky.social Web: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/tas
@racheljcollett.bsky.social
PhD on the Merseyside Women’s Movement 1969-1990s + teaching history at University of Liverpool Keen gardener, rubbish morris dancer, folk enthusiast, and occasional witch 🌙
@fgusmao.bsky.social
"A minor marginalised philosopher writing in the early twenty-first century" Professor of Conservation at UNIFESP I was once suspended from Twitter for defending animal rights... 🇦🇺 🇧🇷 and I love cats...
@thomascheney.bsky.social
Academic, (outer) Space Governance at Northumbria University. Legal geography and environmental humanities of space governance (space resources, planetary protection, astrobiology, settlement etc). Working on project 'Life the Ultimate Frontier'. He/him.
@jim.londoncentric.media
Journalist. Editor of @londoncentric.media, a modern news outlet covering London in the old-fashioned way: www.londoncentric.media
@samuelwillis.bsky.social
Barrister. History, politics, constitutions, international/EU law