Clio and the Contemporary
Connecting history to the present—articles, teaching materials, & advice for the contemporary historian. Accepting submissions. Eds
@sarahking.bsky.social & @malszy.bsky.social
clioandthecontemporary.com | #bskystorians
@renatakeller.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Latin American History, University of Nevada, Reno. Author of *Mexico’s Cold War*. Co-editor of InterConnections: The Global 20th Century book series at UNC. Forthcoming book on Cuban Missile Crisis https://tinyurl.com/FateAmericas
@brentcebul.bsky.social
I teach history and write about US politics, cities, and inequality, most recently in ILLUSIONS OF PROGRESS: Business, Poverty, and Liberalism in the American Century (Penn Press, 2023).
@vanjackson.bsky.social
Working-class kid doing professor shit. Newsletter, http://Un-Diplomatic.com. Co-host, https://www.BangBangPod.com; https://www.undiplomaticpodcast.com. 🇺🇸🇵🇭. https://www.vanjackson.org
@pastpunditry.bsky.social
Historian of conservatism, media, and the presidency at Vanderbilt. Author of PARTISANS & MESSENGERS OF THE RIGHT. Cohost of @thisdaypod.com from Radiotopia. Frequently posting on IG stories @pastpundit
@zeblarson.bsky.social
Freelance writer with a PhD in history. Ex-academic; studied the anti-apartheid movement. Emeritus adjunct. Became a software engineer in 2020. Words in Teen Vogue, Smithsonian, Jacobin, BBC. He/Him zeb-larson.com
@jwdwerner.bsky.social
Historian, director for East Asia @quincyinst.bsky.social, cofounder Justice Is Global. Previously @gdp-center.bsky.social, University of Chicago. Writing on US–China relations and global capitalism.
@mwpalen.bsky.social
Historian. Editor, The Imperial & Global Forum. Author, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica. New Yorker “Best Books” list 2024. Financial Times “Best Books of 2024.”
@mbrenes.bsky.social
Historian at Yale.Non-Resident Fellow @cipolicy.bsky.social. New book: “The Rivalry Peril: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy.” Next: a history of the War on Terror for Grove Atlantic. Avi by @seanandrewmurray.bsky.social.
@dianetucker.bsky.social
Writer/producer prev seen on NATGEO, HIST, DISC, MBN, HuffPo. Also writing about great works of art and the deeply human stories they tell at TheShyMuseumgoer.com
@digitdan.bsky.social
Uncovering history across Maine. I detect properties for owners to showcase their history by finding items lost by past inhabitants. Credited with discovering a Militia/Civil War muster field in ME. Some items on display at the BostonMuseum of Science
@jwerther.bsky.social
Performing Arts Maker/Thinker/Educator queer, nonbinary, AuDHD, parent-type person pragmatic progressive Buffalo, NY
@aluckmann.bsky.social
PhD candidate, German & US modern architecture @ UCSB | religion, preservation, environment | he/him With jazz and conversation From the foot of Mount Belzoni
@idatolgensbakk.bsky.social
Folklorist at Norsk Folkemuseum. Migration history, folklore, childlore, netlore. ida.tolgensbakk@norskfolkemuseum.no
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
@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.
@tlecaque.bsky.social
Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. He/him.
@varsha.bsky.social
will index your book in exchange for money, send me a book rec, dissertating at berkeley: history+dams+us foreign policy+india. linktr.ee/varshaoforange
@historianmemory.bsky.social
Historian- Memory scholar- Research Prof. SOAS University of London. Sankofa. Yoga practitioner, accidental gardener & sea lover. Ubuntu. Agent: https://georginacapel.com/
@smithsonianmag.bsky.social
Official feed for Smithsonian magazine. @ replies may be reprinted in the magazine. Legal: http://si.edu/Termsofuse
@h-net-job-guide.bsky.social
The H-Net Job Guide is proud to be one of the leading sources of position announcements in the fields of the Humanities and Social Sciences • https://www.h-net.org/jobs/home.php
@hnetbookchannel.bsky.social
Recently published academic titles by field | Original essays on new books | #FeedingTheElephant, a forum for scholarly communications
@h-net-humanities.bsky.social
Humanities and Social Sciences Online · The scholar's source for job postings, book reviews, academic announcements, discussion, and resources H-Net Reviews: @hnetreviews.bsky.social H-Net Job Guide: @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social
@msatris.bsky.social
Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday www.heydaybooks.com
@ytop.bsky.social
My research explores the social construction, contestation, transgenerational memory and memorycide of White identities.
@law6pubhist.bsky.social
Public Historian | planner of Teen Museum program, interpretative guide, enjoyer of X-Men and Bob Burgers | Very interested in museum labor and public history advocacy | Alum of UMBC & UNCG | We protect each other
@westernupubhist.bsky.social
MA & Undergrad Minor #PublicHistory @huronatwestern @westernu @kingsatwestern. Affiliated with @westernumedarti #LdnOnt https://www.history.uwo.ca/public_history/index.html
@ncph.bsky.social
NCPH advances the field of public history, promoting professionalism among history practitioners and encouraging historians' engagement with the public.
@dieworkwear.bsky.social
Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter. If you have a style question, search: https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
@k10death.bsky.social
i’m in the us south, an assoc prof, into public history, preservation, digital history, archaeology, & pedagogy; also into pop culture, star trek, happy endings fic, cats— still figuring it all out
@carlygoodman.bsky.social
Author, editor, professor of history, Philadelphian. Nobody should be deported. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469673042/dreamland/
@bhgross144.bsky.social
VP for Research & Scholarship, Linda Hall Library (ret.); Author of The TVs of Tomorrow-How RCA's Flat-Screen Dreams Led to the First LCDs (Chicago 2018). Posting in a personal capacity.
@byjennrodriguez.bsky.social
writer & managing editor in academia @ Pitt, studying the Mexica-Aztec 👩🏻💻 she/her 🏳️🌈 coffee and comic lover ☕️
@dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social
Author, historian, and host of the Dirty Sexy History podcast. Researching contraception in history. Words in BBC History, Haunted, and more. As seen on Netflix’s Lost Pirate Kingdom, talking about syphilis. 🏴☠️ Rep: Helm Literary. dirtysexyhistory.com
@foppishfiligree.bsky.social
Public historian/raconteur/dilettante/university research administrator. Lover of TTRPGs and other geeky stuff. And memes. Opinions are my own. Age 29, he/they🏳️⚧️
@cynthiaheider.com
She/her. Public historian, data & digital humanist, would-be skee ball champion. Views do not reflect those of my employer. cynthiaheider.com
@gbrockell.bsky.social
I write about history. Former staff writer at WaPo now enjoying having opinions in public. Former flight attendant. She/her. https://hardghistory.ghost.io/
@erinbartram.bsky.social
Historian of religion & gender in the 19th c US, drinker of tea in the 21st c US. Museum educator at MTH&M. Wrote some quit lit you may have read. Founder & editor at contingentmagazine.org. Former academic. Sings with Voices of Concinnity. She/her.
@bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social
Historian of self-determination, US foreign policy, human rights, decolonization, Indonesia, development, Univ. Connecticut, DIPG dad. #DefeatDIPG
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
I'm an Independent Scholar (https://independentscholar.academia.edu/MonicaHGreen). Daughter #2 of Marlon & Eleanor Green. Focusing on #histmed, Global Health, the Black Death. Latest: https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2024.29
@kerileighmerritt.bsky.social
Historian (PhD). Writer: Class, Labor, Inequality. Artist. Traveler. Rocker. Seeker. Books: Masterless Men, After Life; NEW: Lillian Smith bio & Film @thecivilwardoc1. IG @kerileighmerritt
@kylebarnett.bsky.social
Media studies professor. Participant observer. Itinerant Hoosier. Author, Record Cultures (Univ. of Michigan Press, 2020). Faculty adviser/occasional DJ, Bellarmine Radio. https://www.kylesbarnett.org/
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
Historian,Director of UCD Gender Studies. Research-gendered & sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities /feminist & queer histories / she/her / Ireland 🇮🇪 Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine
@naomirendina.bsky.social
PhD from @cwru. Historian of Medicine, Modern US, and birth. Writing on natural birth and the use of induction drugs. Posts are my own.
@douglassday.bsky.social
DouglassDay.org | #DouglassDay Join us to celebrate the birthday of Frederick Douglass every February 14th. A day of love and collective action for Black history & archives!
@npapadogian.bsky.social
Dad; Lecturer in European History, University of Stirling; UKRI Future Leaders Fellow studying the history of global HIV activism; writes in personal capacity
@nschneider03.bsky.social
Disaster and hazard historian, but I like it all. Climate, hazards, society, and infrastructure. Natural & human made. Always up for talking about cats, books, office supplies, reality tv, true crime, and pop culture. New England Girl always! 💕
@historywithtravis.bsky.social
I am a student of history. From ancient history to modern American history. Currently studying Ancient Greek history. I also love baseball, its history, and the Bible. I also have CMT, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
@dwlachance.bsky.social
Law & Humanities Professor in Emory University’s History Department. Ph.D. in American Studies (UMN). I write about crime and punishment in American Culture. Author: Executing Freedom (2016), Crimesploitation (2022). Website: https://tinyurl.com/rmhsv6fx
@chuckfinley22.bsky.social
John Brown fan, historian of Reconstruction & Lost Cause education, HS teacher of history & political science. Enemy of nostalgia. Long-suffering Chicago Bears fan. Army vet. Heavy metal enthusiast.