Sasha Handley
Professor of Early Modern History, University of Manchester, specialising in histories of sleep, healthcare practices, and supernatural beliefs.
@jamesdaybell.bsky.social
Prof EM History; Letters; Gloves; https://genderingthemuseum.co.uk; Swedish Res Council project, Moved Apart on Separation; Histories of the Unexpected Pod: https://historiesoftheunexpected.com; agent: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/james-daybell
@thorntonsbooks.bsky.social
We were an AHRC-funded project (Sept. 2021-Feb. 2025), based at the University of Edinburgh. Our main output was a digital edition of the books of Yorkshire gentlewoman, Alice Wandesford Thornton (1626-1707). See http://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk
@danieletoro.bsky.social
PhD researcher & teaching asst. · Bielefeld University · entangled history of industrial societies · fascist networking in interwar Europe https://ekvv.uni-bielefeld.de/pers_publ/publ/PersonDetail.jsp?personId=113050097
@drninastuder.bsky.social
Historian, IEH2, University of Geneva History of medicine & psychiatry, gender issues & drinking studies in the colonial Maghreb. Current: https://wetdreams.hypotheses.org/ 🗃️🍸 Passionate about literature and theatre. She/her https://nina-studer.com
@dgb-mem.bsky.social
Academic books, journals and news from the Medieval and Early Modern Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
@pfarrelly2025.bsky.social
History PhD at QUB researching Thatchers Poll Tax | Content Creator - 250k followers (thedarkpete)|. Series's on YouTube 'Uncharted History' & 'Top 10's in History'| Mental health awareness | LFC | Peace 💕 https://theunchartedpast.com/
@kaszyma.bsky.social
Just migrated over here! Asst prof at the Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies UoM | Translation Multiples (Princeton UP, 2025) | Literature, translation, multilingualism, Central & Eastern Europe, Cold War writing
@murphyslaw1987.bsky.social
Philosopher w/ focus on disease causation (esp. clusters). I completed Mark Purdey’s research project by identifying the true environmental causes (oil pollution, pesticides, mercury, & mycotoxins) of “Huntington’s Disease” at Lake Maracaibo.
@drcharlottewildman.bsky.social
Historian of Modern Britain: cities, especially Liverpool and Manchester, gender and class
@bemccollective.bsky.social
This is the account for the Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective at the University of Manchester. Exploring bodies, emotions and objects in the past! https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotions-material-culture/
@duchessofdiplomacy.bsky.social
Historian of EM Diplomacy & Material Culture Formerly @HCAatEdinburgh @UoNHistory
@smawdsley.bsky.social
Historian of modern American medicine and disability Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-e-mawdsley
@taylor-strickland.bsky.social
Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
@reettasippola.bsky.social
Cultural history detective researching material agency & more-than-human encounters on Captain Cook´s third voyage. Also flirting with environmental history, space, history of science, knowledge making, maps and sea charts. Loves cucumber.
@ellaalton.bsky.social
PhD researcher @sheffielduni, thinking about early modern nuns and their representation/s 📖 Elsewhere into heritage, fancy brunches and reality TV ✨
@eleanorshaw.bsky.social
Prpject Officer for @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social / PhD at CHSTM, University of Manchester, Historian of medicine (ish). Parent of small monsters. Enthusiastic Yorkshirewoman in Sheffield.
@theecoalchemyst.bsky.social
Researching the history of Indigenous peoples, European empires, and venture corporations; PhD from Queen’s University in Cataraqui (Kingston); editor, grant-writer, and consultant; Italian-Canadian, Irish (il/he/him)
@willpooley.bsky.social
historian of witchcraft, folklore, tarot, france, 18-20th c creative histories ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic assoc. ed. @FrenchHistory aspiring acronymancer
@annikabaerwald.bsky.social
Historian & teacher | researching slavery and the lives of people of color in 18th- and 19th-century Hamburg | PhD'ing at Universität Bremen | she
@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/
@sandroarca55.bsky.social
Cultural historian researching on early modern dance, leisure, passions, gesture and dreams https://univr.academia.edu/AlessandroArcangeli
@dnmcinnis.bsky.social
Professor of Shakespeare & Early Modern Drama (Melbourne). Lost plays. Editing Behn, Shakespeare, & Marlowe. Co-Editor, Shakespeare Quarterly (with Vanessa I. Corredera & Arthur L. Little, Jr).
@kategibson.bsky.social
Historian of family and inequality at the University of Manchester, researching fostering, adoption, illegitimacy in 18th C Britain
@rosalindbeiler.bsky.social
@dandavidprize.org
The Dan David Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship that illuminates the past and seeks to anchor public discourse in a deeper understanding of history.
@uobrishistory.bsky.social
Department of History at the University of Bristol. Our research+teaching includes diverse approaches, from medieval to contemporary, across the globe.
@bodiesandbeing.bsky.social
The Premodern Body Project is a scholarly collective dedicated to exploring the rich and diverse narratives of the pre-modern body.
@mcrhistory.bsky.social
Manchester and Salford anniversaries, memories and photos. Also RTs relating to history and events.
@g-g-clay.bsky.social
I’m a historian of the seventeenth-century Caribbean, currently finishing a PhD at Georgetown University. My research interests include religion, slavery, and emotion.
@brandonfloradun.bsky.social
Ph.D. Student in Spanish & Portuguese. Early Modern Iberia & Race. Princeton University 🐯🌈 #FGLI Student. Appalachian. Opinions are my own. he/him
@marcynorton.bsky.social
Historian & Writer. THE TAME & THE WILD: PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AFTER 1492 (Harvard, 2024).
@lizleemann.bsky.social
Writer/PhD student @uofglasgow.bsky.social Thesis: Spiritual motherhood in early modern literature Interests: occult, dreams, witchcraft, gender, history of science, medical humanities
@siobhanmup.bsky.social
Senior Commissioning Editor for Medieval Studies, Premodern History and Law at Manchester University Press. She/her
@ctounsel1.bsky.social
Believer | Happy husband and dad | Associate Professor of History & Director of African Studies, University of Washington | Chosen Peoples (Duke UP), Bounds of Blackness (Cornell UP) UW bio: https://history.washington.edu/people/christopher-tounsel
@almosthistory.bsky.social
Almost History. Always amazing! Ian Curry’s podcast that takes a deep dive on history’s key turning points to ask what if and why not? Plus other nonsense! #History 🗃️ www.almosthistorypodcast.com
@dmsterling.bsky.social
Semi-Pro Historian (early modern Atlantic area); retired fundraising operations person; father and husband; grandson of Maine, Vermont and Virginia.
@wokestudies.bsky.social
English Language & Literature. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. Archaic English. NEW BOOK: Woke Shakespeare: Rethinking Shakespeare for a New Era. Prof. d'Emeritus. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
@evienash.bsky.social
PhD in history at the University of Warwick, studying vagrancy and religious dissent in the 17th Century British Atlantic
@groomb.bsky.social
Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' (2024) and bestselling 'Northerners: A History' (2022).
@lscholz.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer (Assoc. Prof.) at Uni Manchester (UK) | History, Mapping & Data | lucascholz.com
@illinoispress.bsky.social
University of Illinois Press / Publisher of scholarly and regional trade books and journals since 1918
@dcvanderlinden.bsky.social
Historian of early modern France, peacebuilding and religious conflict at Groningen University. Managing editor of Early Modern Low Countries journal.🇳🇱🇫🇷🏳️🌈
@bamcshane.bsky.social
women, gender, religion, digital humanities, AI | Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin @voicestcd.bsky.social | Fellow of the Royal Historical Society | President of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland | author ✍️
@ekd.bsky.social
Academic lawyer at the University of Bristol, interested in lots, including inquests & death, social welfare, housing/homelessness, planning, administrative and constitutional law. Firm believer in nuance and context.
@orrtknpp.bsky.social
Former environmental professional (retired) living in Cumbria interested in community energy nature history philosophy
@sahavoice.bsky.social
The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance brings together 14 HEIs, The RSE and SGSAH to provide a collective voice for Arts & Humanities in Scotland. 🌐 Visit our website saha.scot 🎙️ Listen to our podcast #SAHAConversations on Spotify