Cool Historians
Historians, mostly of Scotland, Ireland and England, who are fleeing the squalid decay of the Other Place and setting up here instead.
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@charlielynch.bsky.social
@jeffmeek.bsky.social
As a historian, something of a curate’s egg. LGBTQ history. www.queerscotland.com
@shannondevlin.bsky.social
Historian of siblings, the Irish family, networking and sociability in 19th-C Ireland. Belfast-Galway commute enthusiast. Lecturer in Irish History @ U of Galway
@hannhkarina.bsky.social
Academy of Finland postdoc & Aaltonen Foundation PI at University of Jyväskylä | PhD from University of Glasgow | Chair of Finnish Oral History Network | Young Academy Finland member | Trade union activist | Historian of gender, media, emotions & protest
@ymcfadden.bsky.social
Social & cultural history; women’s & gender history; oral history; housing history; cats; all views my own
@keiragomez.bsky.social
Birkbeck College PhD student - The Narrative Inheritance of the "Ceasefire Babies": An Oral History of Conflict-Era Family Storytelling in Northern Ireland
@benmechen.bsky.social
Historian of 20thC Britain, London: liberalism, capitalism, media and sexuality, 1960s-90s / new thing is on late 20thC political ecologies. New co-edited book: Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain: https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526174703
@kristinwh0.bsky.social
Historian of sex, gender and medicine 🪴 she/her Horror fan ⚰️ tattoo connoisseur 👻 mother of cats (Salem and Binx) 🐈⬛♥️ #histmed #genderhistory #histsex 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
@georgesevers.bsky.social
Historian of sexual health, sexual violence and HIV/AIDS. Postdoc at the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland. Honorary Research Fellow of the School of Historical Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Usually found reading or swimming.
@carorusterholz.bsky.social
Ass. Prof. Graduate Institute, Geneva Prof Social History, Fribourg University History of sexual and reproductive health, reproductive politics She/her. Breast cancer survivor
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
Cultural history, Britain, cities, sexuality & gender, 20s30s. Out Oct 2025 - Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London (MUP) Now - The Self-Improvers: The people who remade themselves and made the modern world
@vawright10.bsky.social
Historian of modern and contemporary Scotland: deindustrialisation, regional policy, housing, new towns, women and work | Feminist, mum and Paisley Buddy | she/her https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-valerie-wright
@sniphist.bsky.social
Irish in Edinburgh PhD in the history of vasectomy ✂️🍒 Working in performing arts policy/advocacy. Disabled (EDS & POTS) sí/í, she/her
@momoulton.bsky.social
Professor of Modern British & Irish History at the University of Birmingham (UK). he/him. I write about communities from a queer & trans perspective. Currently working on cooperative creameries and queer languages of kinship. Je parle français. 한국어를 공부하고 있
@yorkhillyankee.bsky.social
Historian. Lecturer sport mgmt/policy @ Edinburgh Uni. Books on football & surfing; writing one on Island Games. Events. Curling. Methods. Not an athlete. Very unfashionable. Views my own. he/him aspectaculartableau.wordpress.com
@flitcraft.bsky.social
Scottish history generalist with early modern tendencies. She/her. AuDHD Newspapers will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism
@elwinhofman.bsky.social
Historian | Crime, emotions, sexuality & self 18-20C | Assistant Professor & MSCA fellow Cultural History Utrecht University | Latest books: The Business of Pleasure | Trials of the Self
@linda83ross.bsky.social
Nuclear history | decommissioning | Postdoctoral researcher | rural modernism network | Highlands & Islands | Polaroids | Dams
@tomhulme.bsky.social
Reader in History (Queen's, Belfast). "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation" (coming Apr 2026, Cornell). PI of AHRC-funded “Queer Northern Ireland: Sexuality before Liberation”. Sec. of local UCU branch. 🏳️🌈
@mauricejcasey.com
Historian of intimacy and revolution in interwar Europe (think Marks & Engels meets Mills & Boon). Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats: archiverats.substack.com
@socialhistsoc.bsky.social
Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
@michaelpearce.bsky.social
History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, and recipe books Blog, remember them? https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
@elainefarrell.bsky.social
Professor of Irish History at Queen's University Belfast. 19th-century Irish social history, gender, crime, gossip and secrets. #BadBridget co-lead with Leanne McCormick @badbridgetbook
@hannahcharnock.bsky.social
Historian researching sexuality, youth, gender & education in C20 Britain. Book ‘Teenage Intimacies’ out now! Editor of 'Modern British History'. Often still thinking about the pop culture of the 00s/10s. She/her.
@weegiegraeme.bsky.social
Glaswegian 🏴 Historian of late 17th century specialising in Scotland, warfare, martial culture, identity and migration. Tutor @ University of Dundee. Publishing on Jacobites, the Highland War (1689-1691) & Scots-Dutch Brigade 🇳🇱 All views my own.
@sophiemhistory.bsky.social
Death and crime historian, family researcher, teller of tales. Open Uni PhD candidate writing about inquests in the 19thC
@annalisamartin.bsky.social
Historian of gender, labour, sexuality and welfare in modern Germany Postdoc @ Univ of Glasgow
@oldscotbooks.bsky.social
Legal history, historical data geekery, genealogy. Owner of oldscottish.com. Historical Records Specialist at FindMyPast.co.uk. All views my own, obviously. Lives in St Andrews, Fife
@historygriffin.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Modern British History at the University of Cambridge. Author of The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain (2012).
@ewangibbs.bsky.social
Historian of work, energy, industry and protest. Author of Coal Country. Now writing the Unmaking of the British Working Class. Not getting that much more right wing as I get older.
@aoifeb.bsky.social
Swears, writes, Gaeilge is fáilte. She/í Makes Censored, a podcast about dirty books and films https://shows.acast.com/censored Research interests: sex and death
@djrgrey.bsky.social
Sociology & History at University of Hertfordshire | FRHistS | SFHEA | Works on gender & crime in Britain & India. He/Him.
@erinacean.bsky.social
Archivist, historian, reader, Londoner, feminist @erinacean @erinacean@h-net.social www.lesleyahall.net https://lesleyahall.blogspot.com/
@claregs.bsky.social
Impact at the RCA ∣ Policy consultant ∣ Researches Victorian literature, social history, freethought periodicals ∣ Book: Constance Naden: Scientist, Philosopher, Poet ∣ she/her https://clarestainthorp.wordpress.com/
@aearls.bsky.social
Historian of sexuality and Ireland at St Olaf College. Executive Producer digpodcast.org. Layout Editor nursingclio.org. (3rd place) Winner of the 2024 MN State Fair Gingersnap competition. SPIRITUALISM'S PLACE out now. LOVE IN THE LAV coming soon
@echomikeromeo.bsky.social
Lecturer in LGBTQ+ History/History of Sexuality, University of Glasgow
@clodaghtait.bsky.social
Historian at MIC, Limerick, of women, men, children, emotion, death, violence, ghosts, cursing, folklore. Joint editor IHS. https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/283-clodagh-tait
@cathfeely.bsky.social
Cultural historian of modern Britain. Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. All views my own.
@manionjen.bsky.social
Historian of Sexuality & Gender @ Amherst College. #LGBTQ #FirstGen Author of Female Husbands (2020) and Liberty’s Prisoners (2015). WELLFLEET
@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).
@drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer in History at Goldsmiths British, US, comparative, global politics and culture Dad; Londoner; Cypriot; Gooner 🔴⚪️ Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com Academic publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dion-Georgiou
@rachelcleves.bsky.social
Hungry historian. Novelist. Vancouver Island dweller. I post a lot about old books I'm reading, and sometimes new ones. Also art and nature shots. I avoid posting about politics because what the fuck's the point. You know what I think.
@lottelydia.bsky.social
Historian. Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin, 2023). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024). Work stuff here: https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley repped by Carrie Plitt @ FBA pronouns are she/her and views are my own 💫
@profelainechalus.bsky.social
Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.
@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
@charlielynch.bsky.social
Social Historian | Glasgow, Irish Adjacent | Humanist | Writes about sex, religion, queer lives, moral panics.