Voluntary Action History Society
VAHS aims to promote the study of voluntary action history and to develop an understanding of this history for the public, for academics, and for people working in the voluntary sector.
@alastairhackney.bsky.social
Professor at Queen Mary University of London; Chair of Trustees at the Geographical Association. Research, write and teach about Britain (especially London) since 1800. Collaborator, especially with heritage sector + food, music, books, Hackney.
@jamesleyland.bsky.social
Hard copy: https://amazon.com/Who-Will-Believe-Verse-Shakespeares/dp/192558867X eBook (free): https://www.academia.edu/125775909/The_Most_Intricate_Mechanism_in_Literature
@dantrobus.bsky.social
Charity fundraiser in Sheffield, also turn my hand to charity finance, strategy, digital and all-sorts. Occasional comedy writer. Ardent follower of new music releases. He/him.
@drmichaelreeve.bsky.social
Historian of modern Britain: conflict & crisis, health & wellbeing, resilience | Current research: tobacco & modern war | Lecturer @ The Open University | Co-Chair @historylabplus.bsky.social | https://profiles.open.ac.uk/m-j-reeve | Yorkshireman
@stephenbarlow.bsky.social
Culture | Heritage | Governance | Funding | Fundraising | Trustee | Social Justice Love a musical, good food, wine and friendships. Views all my own. Favourites sometimes simply a bookmark.
@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/
@steerzy.bsky.social
Community, hope and opportunity. Voluntary Action and community assets. Participatory democracy. Getting stuff done, changing systems. Real world policy maker. People living their best life. SHEFFIELD. π€
@clarepaterson.bsky.social
Author and former documentary producer. The Nine Lives of Annie Besant, Victorian rebel, out 2025. Volunteer with Care4Calais. Cold water swimmer, avid reader and painter.
@sarahcook75.bsky.social
CEO of Home-Start HOST and Greater Manchester VCSE Lead for Perinatal & Parent Infant Mental Health. Trustee of The Ripple Pond.
@giannisilei.bsky.social
Full Professor of Contemporary History @ University of Siena. Social History, Sport, Music, Books, Movies, Comics, not necessarily in this order.
@davidprescott.bsky.social
Interests : Democracy, Agnosticism, Art History and Manchester United
@rachelhover.bsky.social
Post Graduate Researcher deep in PhD land , all about collaborative research, listening to babies, children and families, appreciative methods and hopeful practices, through a strengths based lens. A nomadic Salfordian now a stones throw from Eryri
@derbyshiredro.bsky.social
Free access to 900 years of history - Derbyshire, Britain and beyond: books, archives, maps, prints and photographs. Explore online or visit us in Matlock. Website: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/recordoffice
@nlandarchives.bsky.social
Accredited archives for the county of Northumberland and Diocese of Newcastle. Housed at Woodhorn, near Ashington, and at Berwick Library. northumberlandarchives.com
@divorcehistory.bsky.social
A New Methodological Approach to the History of Divorce 1857-1923 @drjenniferaston.bsky.social @dianeranyard.bsky.social @Northumbria Law School #ESRC #UKNatArchives #WelshWomen'sAid #CAFCASS Website: https://hosting.northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_history
@gcgosling.bsky.social
Historian of charity, community and campaigning. First book on pre-NHS hospitals, next one on charity shops. (Gosling-Page non-professionally) Retail & Community https://tinyurl.com/ykh32nff Payment & Philanthropy https://tinyurl.com/4h5h5w5k
@louisebell.bsky.social
Researches artificial limbs in #ww1 and #ww2 | PGR rep @socialhistsoc.bsky.social | co-founder @ukdishisthub.bsky.social | goes to a lot of gigs | she/her
@holsmith.bsky.social
Research Fellow @ University of Cambridge // My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN (Verso) is available for preorder π΅πΈπ³οΈββ§οΈ
@henryjmiller.bsky.social
Historian at Dept of Humanities, Northumbria Uni. Interests: modern British history; political / social history; petitions / ing generally https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/m/henry-miller/
@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
@tidesofhistory.bsky.social
Commentary on Labour History, British Politics and Working Class Culture - Author of Hope & Glory
@historytoday.com
π©ππππππ'π ππππ πππ πππππππ ππππππππ. Try 3 issues for Β£5 at http://historytoday.com/subscribe
@archhistdarling.bsky.social
Architectural historian, curator, author specialising in histories of modernist cultures in Britain, esp 20s/30s; expert on women & architecture 1890s to the present. Currently freelance. Also Chair of the Society of Architectural Historians of GB
@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.
@marccollinson.bsky.social
Political historian, Lecturer at Bangor University, Yorkshireman-in-Wales
@samihistorian.bsky.social
Manchester/New Orleans/Turkey Historian, Manchester & the British West Indies,1700-1833 http://doi.org/10.1080/0144039X.2019.1614324 #DigHums historical #GIS #dataviz VIEWS MY OWN
@colmpm.bsky.social
Historian of UK and ROI politics and political economy. Lecturer at QMUL and Deputy Director of Mile End Institute (https://www.qmul.ac.uk/politics/staff/profiles/murphycolm.html). Book on Labour and 'modernisation' (https://tinyurl.com/37tzatvk).
@qmcbs.bsky.social
Queen Mary Centre for British Studies Website being developed at: https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/
@ymcfadden.bsky.social
Social & cultural history; womenβs & gender history; oral history; housing history; cats; all views my own
@volunteerenfield.org.uk
Would you like to be a volunteer in Enfield and make a difference in your community? We can help you find the right volunteering opportunity for you https://volunteerenfield.org.uk Run by @enfieldva.org.uk **Please ASK before adding us to starter packs
@emile-chabal.bsky.social
Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh. Historian of 20thC France/Europe (especially politics & ideas), intellectual history, Marxism, Hobsbawm. Editor of Contemporary European History. More about me: https://emilechabal.com/
@jonhistorian61.bsky.social
Historian of class and politics in Modern Britain - author of Me, Me, Me? The search for community in post-war England @ https://tinyurl.com/463e6tff
@stefanovil.bsky.social
Historian @umdhistory.bsky.social | #EarlyModern Britain and Italy #EMReligion #QuakerHistory #BCP #Anglicanism https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4902-1382
@vickyblake.bsky.social
β₯οΈeducation β₯οΈunions β₯οΈdemocracy Widening Participation @ Leeds Uni UCU NEC, negotiator, Educ'n Comm Chair, Climate+Ecological Emergency Comm Co-chair @leedsucu Branch Sec vickyblakeucu.uk Neurodivergent, LC #EduSky #AbortionIsHealthcare #CleanTheAir
@vrandall.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Modern British History. Interested mainly in Victorians and their interaction with the Arab-Islamic World.
@jamesrowland.bsky.social
Historian and Postdoctoral Researcher exploring the influence of America on 19th century British reform debates | PhD Kingβs College London | Currently coordinating peer review and research funding at the British Academy
@beardivist.bsky.social
Archivist and PhD researcher. Currently researching record-keeping in voluntary, non-profit and civil society organisations (he/him)
@joshneicho.bsky.social
ποΈ Comms and journalism, scribble-bibble mostly in the West Mids ππΎ, often in London πββοΈ. Grassroots politics, society, culture, media, history, walking, SMEs & social enterprise, global UK, cheap eats from Kingswinford-Kings Cross πͺ’π
@petergray47.bsky.social
Historian of 19thC Ireland; Director of Irish Studies, QUB. Last book: William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism (2023); working on politics of Irish land reform and the Tenant League(s). Chair of @Irishhistorians.bsky.social There may also be cats.
@wendt.bsky.social
π Master's student in Museum Studies and Heritage Science (UFRGS) π Master's in Information Science (UFRGS) π Journalism (Univates) π Library Science (UCS) π Archival Science (Uniasselvi)
@carolinelewis1997.bsky.social
English teacher and historian of nineteenth-century India and Britain. PhD from Edinburgh University on Scottish and English women missionaries in North India and Bengal. London Welsh via Hong Kong. Now Edinburgh.
@sam-jones.bsky.social
History teacher & HoD at Bolder Academy. TeachFirst ambassador 2015. As a rule, usually dreaming about when Iβm next teaching about the Vikingsβ¦
@akilnawan.bsky.social
Academic at Royal Holloway, University of London. Director of the Conflict, Violence and Terrorism Research Centre (CVTRC) @cvtrc.bsky.social. Words in New Statesman, BBC History, National Interest, History Today, Jacobin, BylineTimes, Independent
@cranesfootlance.bsky.social
Family historian & genealogist. Wrestles with history. IHGS Student. Background in HR, Wellbeing, Disability, Mentoring & FE. Europhile. Father, son & cousin. Researching New, Cammish, Atkinson, Martin, Gale, Higginbotham and Unknown. Racey by name....
@norfolkca.bsky.social
We are a local charity for the whole community. Free advice: π° Debt and money π Benefits π Relationships π Consumer π’ Housing π Immigration + more
@andrewcrines.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in British Politics & Communication | PhD Pol. Sci. | MA Acad. Prac. | Chair of the Board of Examiners & Incoming Assessment Lead | Views Own https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/staff/andrew-crines/ Liverpool | Yorkshire | United Kingdom
@brianjgriffith.bsky.social
Modern European historian. Writing book on π· in Fascist Italy. . . Projects: @NewFascismSyllabus.bsky.social @WMAB-2018-2019.bsky.social . . Websites: https://www.brianjgriffith.com https://www.newfascismsyllabus.com https://www.wheremonstersareborn.com