Rebekah Higgitt
Historian of science; Principal Curator of Science at National Museums Scotland & Honorary Fellow at STIS, University of Edinburgh. Views own.
Formerly known as @beckyfh
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https://teleskopos.wordpress.com/profile
@jonroberts.bsky.social
Research genetic counsellor. PhD in Science Communication. Researching equitable genomic testing & genetics of neurdevelopmental disorders. https://substack.com/@jonathanrob1985?utm_source=user-menu
@pratik-hstm.bsky.social
NEH-Cullen Chair History & Medicine, University of Houston. Director Health is Politics https://uh.edu/class/history/about/project-on-health-is-politics/
@drjehrlich.bsky.social
Historian of knowledge, books, political thought, British Empire, South Asia, Indian Ocean World | Assoc Prof @ UMacau | Assoc Scholar @ Harvard | Book: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009367967 | Webpage: fah.um.edu.mo/joshua-ehrlich/
@camlibresearch.bsky.social
Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Library and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
@drmlharris.bsky.social
Science journalist at Physics World magazine (@physicsworld.bsky.social). Also available as @[email protected]. All views on science, politics, history, nonsense, etc. my own. DM for Signal contact info.
@hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
Official account of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. Study with us! linktr.ee/hcaatedinburgh
@kieronflanagan.bsky.social
Prof of Science & Tech Policy @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @mioir.bsky.social. Views own, RTs not. 🐝🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺
@chama-dhst.bsky.social
CHAMA - Official social page. Exploring the History of Astronomy from Ancient to Medieval times. https://isaw.nyu.edu/members/alexander.jones-40nyu.edu/chama/chama-commission-for-the-history-of-anc
@patrickwallis.bsky.social
Professor of Economic History, LSE; Apprenticeship. Health. Pharmacy. Work. Wages. and all kinds of history. Plus a bit of running. New book: market for skill coming out with Princeton in March 2025
@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
@miguelohn.bsky.social
History & Philosophy of Science @ University of Cambridge mohnesorgehps.com
@katysduncan.bsky.social
Postdoc at the Royal Institution. Interested in all things old and science-y. Probably drinking coffee.
@drannaclark.bsky.social
Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections
@jackdashby.bsky.social
Award-winning author #PlatypusMatters & #NaturesMemory. Assistant Director of @ZoologyMuseum.bsky.social at Cambridge Uni. President of the Society for the History of Natural History. Australian mammal nerd. He/him. Own views.
@julialaite.bsky.social
Teller of small stories. Professor of history at Birkbeck. Rider of bikes, grower of vegetables, Brook custodian & friend to three ducks. Townie Cantabrigian. Eternally homesick Newfoundlander; researching the island's history & the legacies of empire.
@garethsouthwell.bsky.social
Self-employed writer, illustrator, philosopher. All views are those of my employer. 🏴 Sci-fi, philosophy and illustration: https://garethsouthwell.com Serialised sci-fi and philosophy: https://garethsouthwell.substack.com/
@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.
@bowlerhatscience.org
Science writer, journalist, physicist, hat man, cat man, queer. Pfp by @makinaro.com . See my pinned posts if you're wondering why I disappeared and reappeared.
@hannah-fox.bsky.social
Executive Director #TheBowesMuseum Love design and photography. Messed-up Celtic accent that roams around Scotland and Ireland. Born in Wales. It’s a story.
@trowelblazers.bsky.social
Pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology & geology — past & present. Posts by Tori Herridge, Becky Wragg Sykes, Brenna Hassett, and Suzie Birch. www.trowelblazers.com
@michalyoudoing.bsky.social
History of Science, Astronomy, Cartography, Transport, Software, AI Translating 17th century Astronomy texts Author: -The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can't have it -Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy
@duyguyildirim.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. PhD from Stanford. Exploring the intersections of knowledge, medicine, and natural history in the early modern Mediterranean. Istanbulite.
@ali-boyle.bsky.social
Gallery Director at RCSI, Dublin; Honorary Research Associate at Science Museum and UCL STS, London; Galwegian. Own views.
@rajoyce.bsky.social
Archaeologist, anthropologist, once upon a time blogger. Author “The Future of Nuclear Waste”, “Ancient Bodies, Ancient Lives”, “Sites, Traces and Materiality”. Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, Honorary PhD, Leiden Univ
@michellehenning.bsky.social
Prof at Uni of Liverpool and artist. I write on photography, media, museums, ISOTYPE, modernism, environment & atmosphere. Photography: The Unfettered Image (2018) & A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog & Empire, Chicago UP (Fall 2025)
@alanlester.bsky.social
British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own. Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
@richardfletcher.bsky.social
Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford. Lead researcher + co-author of the Digital News Report. www.richardfletcher.me
@ianebbage.bsky.social
The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds. East Lothian.
@jformosinho.bsky.social
Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh #STS #Interdisciplinary. Mobilising biological and social knowledges towards flourishing of #multispecies #morethanhuman societies. #Holobiont #Microbiomes #Artscience #HPbio #stssky
@mikechristie.bsky.social
Interested in maths, physics, astronomy, astrophotography. Member of Astronomical Society of Edinburgh. Emeritus Professor at Heriot-Watt University.
@jasminekt.bsky.social
Early modern historian - architecture, artisans, embodied knowledge, ship's surgeons. Lecturer in History, Cardiff University. Canine enthusiast.
@danieljamesyon.bsky.social
Psychologist and neuroscientist. Studying how we perceive, act and decide Reader (Associate Professor) - Birkbeck, University of London https://psyc.bbk.ac.uk/uncertainty/
@davidjmccaskey.bsky.social
Ocean historian. PhD Candidate, UCR. Studying the history of oceanography and fisheries development in Vietnam and Cambodia. Interests include Vietnam, fisheries, STS, decolonization, aquariums, borders, fish.
@adapalmer.bsky.social
Novelist (SF, fantasy), historian (Renaissance Europe, intellectual history, Italy, classical reception), composer (filk, Viking stuff), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), food, cool photos of history (#SomethingBeautiful) Blog exurbe.com
@rijksmuseum.bsky.social
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, a must-visit for art lovers, showcasing over 8,000 works of art, including masterpieces by Rembrandt & Vermeer. ❤️ This is the official account of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam www.rijksmuseum.nl
@historians.org
The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions. http://historians.org/join
@nccomfort.bsky.social
Historian of science & medicine and writer @ Johns Hopkins & Berkeley. History of genetics, eugenics, molecular biology, genomics. Also rock climbing, roots music, tattoos, dogs, humor. They’ll cut my sarcasm from my cold dead throat!
@filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social
An independent cinema. Currently undergoing a major refurbishment, aiming to reopen the doors in June ‘25! https://linktr.ee/filmhouseedinburgh
@klausdodds.bsky.social
Executive Dean and Professor of Geopolitics in the School of Life Sciences and Environment at Royal Holloway University of London. Co-Author of Unfrozen (Yale UP 2025) and deeply interested in polar geopolitics. Hon Fellow of British Antarctic Survey.
@long18thsem.bsky.social
Seminar on the history of Britain and associated regions during the long eighteenth century. Join us in London or on Zoom every other Wednesday at 17.30 GMT https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/british-history-long-18th-century
@beebsymca.bsky.social
Cycling. Public Historian. Northern Ireland (the border bit). Daughter of a Weaver. www.digitalfilmarchive.net A piece of archive film for every occasion. Also: https://bsky.app/profile/nornirongirl1981.bsky.social
@adamtooze.bsky.social
Chartbook Substack https://adamtooze.substack.com/ OnesandTooze podcast https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/ones-and-tooze/ C******* University historian, Director European Institute, Chair Cttee on Global Thought. Economics, history, theory, politi
@felicitymcwilliams.bsky.social
Historian of Technology. Curator of Science and Industry at Birmingham Museums. Co-founder of the Animal History Group. Reviews Editor for the journal Folk Life.
@duncanbell.bsky.social
Teaches politics & history at Cambridge. Interests include empire, war, technology, architecture, science fiction, utopia. Currently writing a book on transhumanism
@ewanallinson.bsky.social
Sculptor, drystone waller. PhD on local knowledge and its philosophical character at University of Dundee. Skipper at Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club. www.ewanallinson.com
@lynncarter.bsky.social
Studying planets and moons at University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Lab. Also cats, nature photography, and life around Tucson. #TeamRadar #BacktoVenus
@petraboynton.bsky.social
#Safety and #wellbeing advocate and creator of the #PEEPSS Model. Social Psychologist. #Methodologist. Sometime #AgonyAunt. Advice giving as praxis. Critical #MentalHealth. Lives by the sea. Come for a #ResearchTip, maybe ask a question, stay for cat pics
@jenniferewc.bsky.social
Reader, Writer - currently researching the Victorians' response to the introduction of anaesthesia, Writing Coach, and Kitten Herder. As the card on my desk says, I'll be post-feminist in post-patriarchy. She/Her.
@davidveevers.bsky.social
Lecturer in Early Modern History | colonialism and global history | ‘dazzling’ - BBC History | 'miasma enthusiast' - The Critic | 'belligerent academic' - The Daily Mail | tired dad | academia’s longest commute