The Society for the History of War
SHoW is an academic society aimed at understanding the history of war across time, spaces & cultures.
https://www.show.org.uk
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@avavalis.bsky.social
PhD student in early modern Irish history. Dublin-based. Researching 17th century Irish petitions.
@hdiamond.bsky.social
Historian of France & 2WW, professor in French History at Cardiff University, my new book ‘Josephine Baker’s Secret War’ will be out with Yale University Press in spring 2025
@alexmayhew.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at LSE International History | Great War + Morale + Crisis + Mesopotamia + Technological Innovation Written a book for Cambridge University Press | Past me: University of Birmingham, LSE100 and LSE LIFE.
@cthomasjamh.bsky.social
Professor, African Military Historian, Co-Editor of the Journal of African Military History. Opinions expressed are solely mine. My book, Ujamaa’s Army, is available now!! https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425596/ujamaas-army
@vandawilcox.bsky.social
professional procrastinator, precarious historian, cat serf, romanista. Writes about the First World War, Italy, imperialism & Georgette Heyer, not usually all at once.🪡🥧🐈⬛️
@britjnlmilhist.bsky.social
The British Journal for Military History is the scholarly journal of the British Commission for Military History. Website: https://journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/
@spitfirefilly.bsky.social
Author, 'Eagle Days: Life & Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain'(out May 2025) | Ed., Journal of Aeronautical History | RAF Charitable Trust & National Spitfire Project Ambassador | Rep: Georgina Capel | www.spitfirefillyaviation.com
@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
@societyarmy.bsky.social
Serving Scholars, Enthusiasts and Soldiers. Established 1921. Registered UK Charity 247844. Retweets do not represent an endorsement. sahr.org.uk
@sdanisimova.bsky.social
Early career historian. Post-Doctoral Fellow at University College Dublin. Working on First World War and Russian Civil War.
@covertcultures.bsky.social
The SOE, Covert Action, and the British Cultural Imaginary: @LeverhulmeTrust funded project based at @READEnglish, Durham University: https://soeandbritishculture.webspace.durham.ac.uk/
@pastpresentsoc.bsky.social
The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/past
@iainmacinnesuhi.bsky.social
Academic | Historian | Associate Dean | Scottish History | Medieval History | Military History | Medievalism | Comics Studies | Stoke City
@tlgrady68.bsky.social
Historian of Central Europe & the First World War, based in the north west of England
@smh-historians.bsky.social
The Society for Military History and the Journal of Military History's Official Bluesky Page. Posts by @awilks.bksy.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) has pioneered interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health, welfare, medical science and practice https://sshm.org/ #histmed
@cecilearchives.bsky.social
Senior Archivist at Military Archives of Ireland Director Military Service Pensions Archive (1916-1923) @MSP-Archive.bsky.social 🇨🇵🇮🇪 🇪🇺 Blue Shield Ireland @blueshield-ireland.bsky.social Linguist | ISL 👋🏽 and Arabic learner 🇸🇾 | Archives for Democracy |🌱🌿
@historyandmoore.bsky.social
Military and 20th Century Historian and Battlefield Tour Guide. Co-founder of the Great War Group. http://historyandmoore.com - history blogs, media work, talk requests and more Disney/Sweet Treats/WBA
@matteatonmedia.bsky.social
Personal Account: researching troop morale & entertainment for p/t Military History PhD, London IC, voracious reader, keen baker, secret SWW modeller. Journaling about history here: https://matteatonmedia.substack.com
@milwelfhist.bsky.social
MWHN is an interdisciplinary, all-career-stages networking & dissemination platform for military welfare, care & medical history researchers, projects, journals & charities. Coordinated by @paulhuddie.bsky.social Visit: https://militarywelfarehistory.com
@draefox.bsky.social
Award-winning author | WW1 | Military History | Series Editor, War & the British Empire (McGill-Queen's UP) | Next book: A ‘World’ at War: An Intimate History of Britain & the Greater War, 1909-23
@simonlam98.bsky.social
Christ, history, football. In that order. DPhil History student at Oxford, KCL History of War grad, working on the history of war and society in Modern China. @askhistorians.bsky.social moderator.
@askhistorians.bsky.social
Answers about history, from historians | Biweekly podcast | "Good history eggs on the internet"| Ask questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/
@forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
The Swedish Defence University contributes to national and international security through research and education. We are a specialised university that focuses on defence, crisis management and security. https://www.fhs.se/en/swedish-defence-university
@ukdefencejournal.org.uk
One of the UK's largest independent defence and technology news websites. ukdefencejournal.org.uk
@meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social
Food Historian and Cook. Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Europe. Archaeological Researcher. Writer. Organic Vegetarian. Experimental Archaeology | Historical Archaeology insta: @meganfoodhistorian
@peterfv.bsky.social
Working on battle planning by the BEF on the Western Front. Formerly a management consultant, test manager, technical writer and a Revolting Student (1968). https://tinyurl.com/2532nczd
@drjpersian.bsky.social
Historian. mainly post-WW2 displaced persons. dabbles in the far right. Books: Fascists in Exile; Beautiful Balts. Co-editor: Histories of Fascism & Anti-Fascism in Australia. Associate Professor, Australia
@stewartsoc.bsky.social
The Stewart Society based in Edinburgh is open to Stewarts/ Stuarts/ Steuarts from all over the world. Join us at www.stewartsociety.org #stewart #clan #scotland #stuart
@royalhistsoc.org
The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of historians: https://royalhistsoc.org/
@lloislanel.bsky.social
School of History and Geography, Dublin City University. Corgis 🦊
@marksthompson.bsky.social
PhD. Military history; Peninsular War; Royal Engineers; Author of several books on Peninsular War, military engineering and soldiers. Web: https://marksthompson.weebly.com/
@jenniferwellington.bsky.social
Modern History, University College Dublin. My book: Exhibiting War. Researching war trophies and trophy-taking.
@dmorganowen.bsky.social
Historian of War | King’s College London | teaching at UK staff college | next book strategy & seapower in the FWW | own views
@alanwayman.bsky.social
Londoner 🇪🇺🇺🇦 Fully deserving to be as completely ignored here as I was at the other place ✈️🚙🤓🍺
@elkeschwarz.bsky.social
Professor of Political Theory. Technology, politics, ethics and war are my main preoccupations. Lately also the Apocalypse.
@stergarr.bsky.social
Historian of the Habsburg Empire in the long 19th century; also WWI and history of nationalism. Professor in Modern History, University of Ljubljana.
@doctrinatrix.bsky.social
museum work • KU PhD student • WWI history and Interwar diplomacy • mil doctrine advocate • retired pilot • adventuress • rescue dog mom • cocktail drinker
@rbarretttaylor.bsky.social
Turing Institute Research Fellow. PhD critical of targeting processes, intelligence production and the software they rely on from Sussex University. Bowel cancer survivor. All views my own.
@maryumalam.bsky.social
Political Science PhD Candidate, The Ohio State University // maryumnalam.com // The MESO Lab (https://bsky.app/profile/themesolab.bsky.social) // IR, FP, decision-making, conflict escalation, causal inference, public opinion, statistical computation
@michaelsohagan.bsky.social
PhD from @WesternU. Environmental historian interested in German POWs in Canada during WWII, forest history, and digital history. www.powsincanada.ca
@hisbpf.bsky.social
Military historian at NUS, Habs fan, Gunner tragic, and, most important, father of Conor. Standing with Ukraine. 🇺🇦Denouncing terrorists. 🇨🇦 living and working in 🇸🇬. Trump will be defeated. Stand tall Canada.🇨🇦
@ianmac.bsky.social
Recovering TV addict, nerdy fan of Dystopian drama. Love a bit of ScandiNoir, Science-Fiction, Aviation, Military History and Cold War Radars & Bunkers. Currently researching the US Cavalry in the Indian Territory and First World War command & control.
@brynleyh.bsky.social
FRHistS. Historian of the First World War, WW1, ‘the Great War’. Principal Curator with principles at l'ancien asile. Maps landed in my lap. Evertonian. Cricket lover. Father…more when I think of it. All views here are mine, but I’m prepared to share them.
@robertfoley.bsky.social
Reader in Defence Studies, King's College London, at the Joint Services Command & Staff College. Sometime writer on warfare and strategic thought, particularly Germany in the First World War. Occasional runner of long distances. Views my own.
@davidmandrews.bsky.social
Senior Policy Advisor at the ANU National Security College. Writing about defence, foreign, and security policy, alliances & multilateral security organisations. Former public servant. Christian. Sports fan.
@mtmcgurk.bsky.social
IWI Fellow 2025. Views are my own and do not represent DoD or the Irregular Warfare Initiative. Army, aspiring historian, poet, metalhead, reader #irregularwarfare, #writing #poet. #cats #LetsGoPens 🐧 #library #milsky Radical candor is our currency