Society for the Study of Labour History
Society for the Study of Labour History: the UK’s principal organisation dedicated to the study of labour history & publisher of Labour History Review sslh.org.uk
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Labour History
Historians, archivists, librarians and writers working in the field of labour history (broadly defined). Mostly, but far from exclusively, UK based.
@lawrenceblack.bsky.social
(aka Lorenzo LeNoir) Teach history - https://www.york.ac.uk/history/people/black/ - or where, when and how politics and culture meet. Or don’t. Generally likes flawed red things.
@fieryparticle.bsky.social
Historian. Occasional podcaster. Author of Your Britain; Red Ellen; and Orwell’s Ghosts. Runner. 🤓📚🏃♀️ Agent: David Higham, https://rb.gy/t8twa https://linktr.ee/lbeers
@mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social
A place to experience how we are different, together.🤝 Sharing the stories of Jewish Manchester with the world. 🌍
@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
@gftu.org.uk
Founded 1899. A federation of trade unions. Delivering trade union education through @gftuet.org.uk. Building solidarity. The home of @strikemap.org #GFTU. All our links: beacons.ai/gftu
@redhen90.bsky.social
Chelsea FC ST Holder. Co-founder @strikemap.org. @organisenow.bsky.social. Red Tourists. @iassc.bsky.social Board. National Piers Society. Views my own.
@heritagequay.bsky.social
Archive Service for the University of Huddersfield. Home to the archives of @therfl.bsky.social, England Netball, Sound and Music, Labour history, @brassbandsengland.bsky.social and many more www.heritagequay.org/discover
@communityunion.bsky.social
We are Community. The modern union for a changing world. Representing workers across the UK in every sector of the economy. #JoinAUnion
@journalslavery.bsky.social
Promotes the understanding of slavery and post-slavery from comparative, transregional, and/or global perspectives https://brill.com/view/journals/jgs/jgs-overview.xml
@ukcge.bsky.social
The representative body for postgraduate education and research. Registered Charity No. 1061495. Website: https://ukcge.ac.uk/ Also on https://x.com/ukcge.
@ialhi.bsky.social
IALHI brings together archives, libraries, documentation centres, museums and research institutions specializing in the history and theory of the labour and social movements from all over the world. More information: ialhi.org
@pharostutors.bsky.social
💻 Online Courses 📜 Certificate programmes 🕵️♂️ #FamilyHistory 🗺️ #LocalHistory 🌳 #Genealogy ✍️ #DistanceLearning 👩🏼🏫 #OnlineCourses Professionally recognised by AGRA @agragenealogy.bsky.social https://www.pharostutors.com/
@howtohistory.bsky.social
Instruction and information for historians. Into your inbox fortnightly | https://howtohistory.substack.com | Edited by Joe Saunders & Anna Cusack
@labourhistorygirl.bsky.social
Posting the good, the bad, and the ugly of Canadian labour history, union activism, and current events. She/her. 👩🏼✈️👩🏿⚕️👩🏽🏭👷🏻♀️👩🏼🔧
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
@lgupbook.bsky.social
Gavin McCann, UNISON E Mids & formerly ISTC (now Community). Hopefully a book will emerge to provide a history of TU education for its members and I will post my findings on here as I go.
@hisjlm.bsky.social
Interested in history and heritage especially 'history from below', feminism, books, archives and public history. Big fan of Yorkshire, libraries and academic free speech 📚
@deborahsuggryan.bsky.social
Prof Emerita of Design History & public historian FRHistSoc📙Ideal Homes ✍️ history of the kitchen 📺📻rep by Knight Ayton https://bio.site/deborahsuggryan
@disability-history.bsky.social
@ljmu-sca.bsky.social
Home to: LJMU's history; punk & pop culture; visual arts; music; women & girls' comics (Femorabilia); Stafford Beer; Liverpool theatre; 19th Century periodicals; & more! ✏📰 https://linktr.ee/ljmu_sca
@shoc-vub.bsky.social
Social History of Capitalism Research group @VUB Brussels https://shoc.research.vub.be/
@knightonmuseum.bsky.social
🏴Small social history museum just on the Welsh side of the Powys/Radnorshire-Shropshire border. Dementia-friendly and run by volunteers.🏴 These are the views of our curator - as is the slant towards industrial archaeology and cats. www.knightonmuseum.org
@drjohntemple.bsky.social
Historian. Housing professional. Lifelong Socialist. Sunderland AFC fanatic. CIVIL discourse only.
@redpgh.com
Dad | DSA | CWA 13000 Pittsburgh left and labor history at redpgh.com Also: British history, wargaming, hobbies galore
@historytrainsman.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Modern British History, Sheffield Hallam University. Historian of modern Britain, politics, radicalism, protest, memory, history of emotions
@listerlanecem.bsky.social
In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals.
@hannahforsyth.bsky.social
Historian in Oz (history of work, education, capitalism) on unceded Dharug & Gundungurra land. Books = Virtue Capitalists: rise & fall of the professional class (2023) and History of the Modern Australian University (2014). She/her. Views mine. 🍉🍉🍉
@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).
@bernarddonoghue.bsky.social
Hello. I’m CEO of Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the UK; Chair Bristol Old Vic Theatre; Chair People’s History Museum; Chair London and South East Regional Board of the National Trust; 🏳️🌈 EU OBE culture ambassador and wanderer.
@phm.org.uk
Explore the UK’s national museum of democracy. Open every day (except Tues). Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER. phm.org.uk
@beckierutherford.bsky.social
Historian of disability, gender and sexuality in modern Britain | Editor at History Workshop | @historyworkshop.org.uk |
@amylicence.bsky.social
Historian of women’s lives. Prolific author of non-fiction, biographies and novels. Medieval, Tudor and Modern. Word aficionado. Teacher. FRHistS.
@drreznicek.bsky.social
Health Humanities at University of Minnesota, Health, Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in 18th/19thC British and Irish literature. Must love dogs. https://experts.umn.edu/en/persons/matthew-reznicek
@camhistory.bsky.social
News from the staff and students of the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge: one of the world’s largest and most diverse history departments.
@uobrishistory.bsky.social
Department of History at the University of Bristol. Our research+teaching includes diverse approaches, from medieval to contemporary, across the globe.
@standrewshist.bsky.social
School of History @uniofstandrews.bsky.social World-leading researchers and top-quality teaching https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/
@leedsprhs.bsky.social
School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science at The University of Leeds. Info for current and prospective students and researchers.
@historyatsoton.bsky.social
History at the University of Southampton, where staff and students, past, present and future discuss history. southampton.ac.uk/study/subjects/history
@archanchistleic.bsky.social
Profiling students, staff and general amazingness of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester.
@durhamhistory.bsky.social
Durham University's Department of History is nestled right at the heart of this historic city, sitting alongside the World Heritage Cathedral and Castle.
@the-murphy.bsky.social
Retired academic (film/media). Masters athlete. Parent. Dubliner.
@cclh.bsky.social
The Canadian Committee on Labour History studies and promotes the history of working people in Canada. cclh.ca
@linneansociety.bsky.social
Working towards a world where nature is understood, valued and protected. https://www.linnean.org/
@rjdashwood.bsky.social
Literary Scholar and Historian of the 18th and 19th Centuries | FWO Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at Ghent University, The Heiress: Women, Property and Economics | Author of Women and Property Ownership in Jane Austen, and Reading the Romantic Ridiculous
@digivictorian.bsky.social
Historian • Broadcaster • Victorian Pop Culture • Presenter of 'Killing Victoria' on BBC Sounds 🎙️ • www.bobnicholson.co.uk
@irishhistorians.bsky.social
The Irish Committee of Historical Sciences is the national committee for history in Ireland. Further details: http://www.historians.ie/
@bairishstudies.bsky.social
BAIS is the national network for those with an interest in the study of Ireland. Posts by our comms team and council members. https://bairishstudies.wordpress.com/