The Material Culture of Wills Project
The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 25,000 wills.
Volunteer for us: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjsmith/the-material-culture-of-wills-england-1540-1790
@yorkadventurers.bsky.social
Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting. Website: merchantshallyork.org
@wdytyamagazine.bsky.social
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine is Britain's best selling family history magazine. Follow for the latest family history news and advice. www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com
@thelondonarchives.bsky.social
The London Archives is a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history. About us - https://www.thelondonarchives.org/ Events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-london-archives-2913691059
@histparl.bsky.social
Creating a comprehensive account of parliamentary politics in England, then the UK, from the thirteenth century to the present day. You can find us at other places, here: https://linktr.ee/historyofparliament
@georgianlords.bsky.social
The History of Parliament's House of Lords 1660-1832 section, researching the history of the Lords, Parliament and society across the 'long 18th century'. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/ https://historyofparliament.com/the-georgian-lords/
@dhlabexeter.bsky.social
We support digital approaches in research, teaching and outreach at the University of Exeter and beyond. https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/digitalhumanities/
@eccleshistsoc.bsky.social
Official BlueSky account of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Fostering interest in all things #churchhistory.
@exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
Join us in exploring the University of Exeter Library's Special Collections, which include archives, manuscripts, rare books and maps. There's something for everyone, and everyone is welcome. Find out more! ➡️ libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives
@miverraswriter.bsky.social
New, real profile. Other profile: https://bsky.app/profile/miverr.bsky.social Author, composer, keyboardist, singer, illustrator, university graduate. THE REAL author of the THE HIDDEN FACE: https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Face-M-I-Verras/dp/B0CBW5MNC2
@merylf.bsky.social
Early modern commercial London theatre; the King’s Women: discovering the wives, sisters & daughters at the heart of Shakespeare’s acting company.
@theunhurriedreader.bsky.social
Careful reader, thoughtful writer, nature-lover, garden-potterer, history-dabbler. 'Whatever is rational is tolerable.' theunhurriedreader.substack.com @the_unhurried_reader on Instagram (yes, I know that's confusing). 🇺🇦
@htenuk.bsky.social
HTEN UK represents those who work with and have responsibility for the professional education, development and training of beginning and serving history teachers. Email: HTENUK@outlook.com https://www.hten.org.uk
@katherinefirth.bsky.social
Writes about writing, especially for PhDs and researchers: poetry, music, food. Blogs at Research Degree Insider
@gianamar97.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Colonial Environmental History & Decolonial Futures @uvahumanities.bsky.social | erstwhile Lumley Research Fellow @ Magdalene College & Leverhulme ECF @camhistory.bsky.social | PhD Cambridge HPS | https://shorturl.at/i7kip | he | 🍉🌻🟥
@geolug.bsky.social
Historian @Trinity College Dublin and Dublin Cemeteries Trust / Glasnevin Cemetery since 2015. Researching 19th and 20th century Irish history especially death, burial and poverty. Also Public History
@sbaddeley.bsky.social
Words, words, words..... From Newcastle, linguist and translator, researcher into 16th-century French-English cultural exchanges.
@hisjournalha.bsky.social
BlueSky account for History: The Journal of the Historical Association. Academic history journal published by Wiley; editorial team based at Northumbria University. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468229X
@drpistol.bsky.social
Director of the UK Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI-UK) @ehri-uk.bsky.social at @historyatsoton.bsky.social. Digital historian of Second World War internment in the UK & USA and refugee history. Honorary Historian at World Jewish Relief
@histloneliness.bsky.social
Historian of Medicine. Loneliness, epistemic injustice, medical humanities, shame. SRA on the Wellcome-funded Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare project (EPIC), University of Bristol Law School.
@clairelanghamer.bsky.social
Director of the Institute of Historical Research. Sometimes writes about history and feeling.
@helenbarnard.bsky.social
Director of Policy, Research, Impact, TrussellTrust Trustee NatCen. Former JRF & Pro Bono Economics. Author: Want (Giants: A New Beveridge Report) http://amzn.eu/d/hk1ojO6
@janinebradbury.bsky.social
Writer | Academic | Poet | BBC New Generation Thinker | Senior Lecturer at University of York | Teaches Contemporary Black Lit | Author ‘Sometimes Real Love Comes Quick & Easy’ (Poetry Book Soc Pamphlet Autumn Choice 2024) https://www.janinebradbury.co.uk/
@ederummadum.bsky.social
Prof @ History UC Berkeley | Director CSTMS | Author of _How the Clinic Made Gender_ http://tinyurl.com/y49m84ja | Mostly tired | tweets my own | she/her/hers | My kid drew my profile picture
@jamesamark.bsky.social
Historian. Uni of Exeter. Off White. Central and Eastern Europe and the Global History of Race (2024); Socialism Goes Global (2022) https://arch-history.exeter.ac.uk/history/profile/index.php?username=jamark
@kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
Cartographic Collections Manager at the RGS-IBG. Teach history of London architecture at NYU London. Cultural historian interested in books, maps, museums, exploration, and the early modern maritime world, esp. the Pacific.
@beerbergman.bsky.social
Book Digital Hospitality | digital ethnography | organizational sciences | Dutch living in France @lagrossetalle | PhD student @ IAE Poitiers | studies knitters & woodworkers on Youtube 👩💻📖👩🌾
@omar-nathoo.bsky.social
19th century historian (cultural and intellectual history of European public law). Latin-loving, theatre-going book goblin from London, UK. Currently finishing my PhD in Auckland, NZ (previously at University College Utrecht and McGill University).
@herakleitosmd.bsky.social
Legal historian @vubcore.bsky.social Law, politics, diplomatic history. RT ≠ endorse. https://vubcore.blogspot.com/p/frederik-dhondt.html
@aacruz1009.bsky.social
Historian and Information Specialist. Current Data Coordinator and independent scholar. Interested in U.S. Human Rights History and archives. Views my own.
@gabcox.bsky.social
@kmbarton.bsky.social
Craftsperson at large | They/Them PhD Studentship in 'Gender and the Material Culture of Wills: England 1540-1790' Ask me about early modern sailmakers
@experimentarchaeol.bsky.social
UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture: “Making, Understanding, Storytelling” https://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/ceamc/ Posts by Aidan O’Sullivan & Anita Radini, at UCD School of Archaeology
@kerrywoodlondon.bsky.social
Professional genealogist, AGRA Council Member, London Research, Poor Law, Palaeography (that's hard-to-read Handwriting) & Latin http://www.kerrywood.co.uk/
@louisemireille.bsky.social
@tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social
Tudor food historian & author. Living the life of an accomplished Tudor housewife from a small Tudor Manor. Book: Eating with the Tudors. Early Modern History MA @UEA.
@katharineedgar.bsky.social
Historical fiction writer, recreational Tudor and mistress of many obsolete crafts. History, textiles, costume, more history
@transkribus.bsky.social
The AI-powered platform for unlocking history. www.transkribus.org
@medievalfrench.bsky.social
We're a five-year (to 2028) research project based at @uniofexeter.bsky.social, investigating the learning of French in Britain, c. 1200 - c. 1500. Funded by UKRI; posts by @edwardmills.bsky.social (PDRF). Website: sites.exeter.ac.uk/learninganglofrench
@zooniverse.bsky.social
The world's largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. A collaboration between the Adler Planetarium, University of Oxford, University of Minnesota, and friends. Learn more and join: https://linktr.ee/the.zooniverse
@maybeitwasutah.bsky.social
Actor (Lovecraft Investigations), musician (Sweet Billy Pilgrim), wife to @juliansimpson.bsky.social, mother to Edith, and general dork about town. Studying for a PhD at Birkbeck.
@carolinepennock.bsky.social
Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social
Historian of science, art, & ideas. Curious about how science & society shape each other? Preorder HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY now: https://www.surekhadavies.org/humans-a-monstrous-history https://buttondown.com/surekhadavies?tag=bluesky
@dbellingradt.bsky.social
Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I do enjoy my work | 🐘 https://historians.social/@dbellingradt | linktree: https://linktr.ee/danielbellingradt
@celinecamps.bsky.social
Ph.D. Candidate | History of Early Modern Science and Technology, Art, & Material Culture | Columbia University, New York |📍Nuremberg https://tinyurl.com/4ynbth3x Studying screws 🔩 & the assemblage of goldsmithing art in early modern Nuremberg
@bibliowingate.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Information Science. #BookHistory of early modern Navarre (bookselling/private libraries), #DH, #DHmakes, libraries, rare books. Bibliography Editor for Chymistry of Isaac Newton & SHARP News. W&M '18, ULondon '19, MLS @IU '21
@madmcmahon.bsky.social
Historian, bibliophile, early modernist. Assistant Prof @ UT Austin (I don’t speak for my employer)