Drinking Studies Network
Members of the academic Drinking Studies Network - "an interdisciplinary and international research group that connects scholars working on drink and drinking culture across different societies and time periods" - who also happen to be on Bluesky https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/
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@jameskneale.bsky.social
@womenandalcohol.bsky.social
Account for @NCN_PL funded project on 19th C representations of female drinking in Polish and British public discourses led by @diasdorota & @pamplemoussepam
@elliemoore.bsky.social
PhD Researcher Loughborough Uni (UK) - exploring the experiences of non-drinking students at university. Interested in belonging, space, sobriety, alcohol and identity.
@professorpub.bsky.social
Professor at the University of York researching pubs and pub consumers! Some travelling (pubs/beer included) and the odd Border Terrier picture!
@dgalasinski.bsky.social
Immigrant. Professor (Uni Wroclaw), linguist. Research on masculinity, suicide, illness, and communication about wine. Here often comments on wine and wine communication. https://dariuszgalasinski.com
@stephanieolsen.bsky.social
Historian of childhood, experience, emotions and education of Britain, Empire, Global. Editor of History of Education. Senior Researcher, Centre for the History of Experiences (Tampere) & Faculty Affiliate, History, McGill. PhD, FRHistS. Montréalaise 🇨🇦
@stevejtaylor.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, long suffering Spurs fan, occasional guitarist
@mcoppsldn.bsky.social
Archaeologist + objects nerd - specialist in Pubs (really!) + Heritage Engagement, now with LGBTQIA+ heritage hat. Work @DigVentures as Director of Partnerships. Enjoy cats, queers, computer games etc Anglo-Icelandic
@dremilynicholls.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sociology @University of York. Alcohol, sobriety, veganism, (non)consumption. Current work - no/low alcohol drinks and meat substitutes
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
The Drinking Studies Network is an interdisciplinary and international research group that connects scholars working on drink and drinking cultures. We are free to join and welcome all. More info at https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/
@philmellows.bsky.social
Freelance journalist @ The Politics of Drinking www.philmellows.com, @BeerBreaks.bsky.social, @drinkingstudies.bsky.social, @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
@temperancehistory.bsky.social
Temperance History PhD project which will, in time, become an educational resource for the Temperance Movement and the people involved https://temperancehistory.com @joannegenealogy.bsky.social #Temperance #TemperanceHistory
@salvarmyarchive.bsky.social
The International Heritage Centre tells the story of The Salvation Army from its origins in the 1860s to the present, both in the UK and internationally. https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre
@drdouglassmall.bsky.social
Drug Historian. Author of ‘Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930’. Histories of Victorian medicine & science. #c19th #medhums he/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Website: https://douglassmall.com
@milkwknives.bsky.social
Drugs & Alcohol Historian | Research Fellow @lshtm.bsky.social | "Kicking the Habit" - Addictive Sponsorship in British Sport | Managing Editor @History of Pharmacy & Pharmaceuticals
@madraspondy.bsky.social
History ABD at Duke Writing a diss on consumer spaces and material culture in early modern Madras & Pondicherry 🍷🖼️🌴 This year I don't have summer funding. :( Consider supporting my studies here: https://ko-fi.com/confettura
@culturalclare.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Rurality, pubs, communities, sustainability. Also💜 history. Views my own. @britbeerwriters.bsky.social @drinkingstudies.bsky.social
@dottyb.bsky.social
I am a mother, grandmother and wife. I am also Professor of social Justice and Public Policy at Teesside University. After 12 years on Twitter I am starting again here.
@brewedculture.org
Historian, writer, dad studying the cultural history of beer. Footnotes and pizza both Chicago style. He/him
@davehitchcock.bsky.social
Historian: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-4968 Course Director and research unit lead, CCCU. Currently: "Dying Homeless, 1600-2013", Soon: 'The Ends of Poverty in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800' (2nd album). He/him.
@whatisrobshaw.bsky.social
Geography Senior Lecturer @ Newcastle Uni. Researcher of 'night' and urban sensory pollution. Book: 'The Nocturnal City'. Posts ≠ employer endorsed. Shaw in professional life, Lawshaw in personal.
@omardfoda.bsky.social
Writer: Egypt, History, Beer http://omar.foda.family https://substack.com/@omardfoda
@boakandbailey.bsky.social
In Bristol. Beer blogging in the UK since 2007. Also wrote some books about beer and pubs. Header image shows a detail from the cover of one. Won't repost if you don't use alt text. Find us at boakandbailey.com
@beerfoodtravel.bsky.social
Despite the handle, I research and write about Ireland's brewing history and recreate Irish historical(ish) beers. Also posting food and nonsense. Seemingly, I'm a 'gloomy beer drinker', who's 'lost in the froth on his pint.' beerfoodtravel.blogspot.com
@beernouveau.co.uk
Brewer and Brewing Historian, holistic commentator on the hospitality industry.
@henryyeomans.bsky.social
Historical criminologist specialising in all things alcohol. Professor of Criminology at University of Leeds. Once described as bearing a 'striking resemblance to Peter Beardsley'.
@drjanaweiss.bsky.social
DAAD Professor @UTAustin, Historian, US & Germany #transatlantic, ethnicity & racism, memory, religion & politics, history of lager beer. Co-Editor @HICyearbook
@harbottlestores.bsky.social
- Lecturer in History of Science & Medicine/Senior Teaching Fellow in Medical Humanities at Imperial College London - Headpress promo gal @headpress.com - Fan of nasty films and nasty music - Author (as Jennifer Wallis) -
@braciatrix.bsky.social
Beer Historian/Archaeologist| Author: FILTHY QUEENS: A HISTORY OF BEER IN IRELAND, and THE DEVIL'S IN THE DRAUGHT LINES | Cohost @beerladiespod| Pres. @beerladiesIRE | BJCP certified Beer Judge Preorder Filthy Queens: https://tinyurl.com/Ninebeanrowsbooks
@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
@craigstafford.bsky.social
British Social History, C19 Crime & Punishment. Co-I: http://www.womenandalcohol.net (@ncn_pl funded project). Teaches @livunihistory
@pavementgeology.bsky.social
What is your city built from? This account is all about building stones and accessible geology in the built environment. londonpavementgeology.co.uk
@pivi1312.bsky.social
Angry sociologist | Academia survivor #mentalhealth #teaching #ethnography #writing #histSTM #histpsych #sociology #STS #histmed 🇨🇭🏴🏳️🌈🦓 ⏚ 🔻 ☭
@tatepaulette.bsky.social
Archaeologist (Mesopotamia, Cyprus, beer), author (In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia), Associate Professor @ncstatehistory
@joanpassey.bsky.social
BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker | English Lecturer | UCU Rep | Haunted Shores Network | Victorian environments, coasts & seascapes 🌊 | Queer ecologies 🍄 | Gothic 👻 | she/they 🏳️🌈 https://joanpassey.co.uk/
@lilachambers.bsky.social
Historian of Race, Slavery, Commodification, Consumption, Intoxication in the Early Modern Atlantic | Research Fellow @CaiusCollege
@jamesnicholls.bsky.social
Alcohol and drug policy researcher: regulation, harm reduction, culture and politics. Might post about music and other things too…
@katrinanavickas.bsky.social
Historian of protest, political movements and public space. Preorder my new book, Contested Commons: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contested-commons Croydon/Rochdale UCU rep Rural modernism on Insta. 🇱🇹🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ ally. She/her
@fermentedlands.bsky.social
first-gen associate prof; mother; runner; writer; crazy cat lady; obligatory Texan; 🏳️🌈
@menysnoweballes.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in medieval history, feminist, parent, widow, sequin aficionado. Current research interests: late medieval family, gender, literary culture; medievalism and the extreme right.
@angelamcshane.bsky.social
Historian of 17th cent polito-pop, intoxicants and material culture Now Hon Reader at Uni of Warwick Formerly Head EM Studs V&A/RCA History of Design Head of Research Wellcome Collection Finishing a book and slightly insane as a consequence.
@unamcilvenna.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at ANU who writes about – and sometimes sings – ballads about executions, disasters, military conflicts & politics from the 16th to the 19th century. Personal website: unamcilvenna.com
@wine18thcirl.bsky.social
Food historian. Independent Researcher. Drinking studies, material culture, gastronomy. Author of "Honest Claret": The Social Meaning of Georgian Ireland's Favourite Wine (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2022).
@mrtrevmccarthy.bsky.social
Independent consultant: mainly alcohol & other drugs issues. Failing to retire gracefully.
@pamplemoussepam.bsky.social
Sen Lecturer, Eng Lit, Bristol Uni. I research alcohol in 19th C. Co-dir. Drinking Studies Network; Co-I on NCN-funded women & alcohol project (http://www.womenandalcohol.net) https://shop.bl.uk/products/dead-drunk-tales-of-intoxication-and-demon-drinks
@dorotadias.bsky.social
anthropologist/historian: alcohol, drinking culture, excess, addiction, gender. PI in the NCN_PL funded projects www.womenandalcohol.net and www.boundariesofdrinking.pl Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology PAS Warsaw
@rachellaudan.bsky.social
Freelance these many years after quitting academia early (history and philosophy of science and technology,From Mineralogy to Geology); then food history (Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History). www.rachellaudan.com
@jlares.bsky.social
PhD in history focusing on Middle Ages, Early Modern, social & cultural history, public history, and history of drinking 🍻. Currently working with Viabundus Finland 1350-1650 HGIS database & map at Tampere University | IG: jenni__lares
@drsarahlkenny.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Modern British Studies and Director of MBS Birmingham. Author of Growing Up and Going Out. Interested in pop culture, youth, leisure, consumption, and urban space.
@booksonspain.bsky.social
Warwickshire-based researcher, writer, linguist & genealogist. Last book: The Edwardians and the Making of a Modern Spanish Obsession. Current book: Hispanic London: Culture, Commerce and Community in the C19 City. Also like 🐈⬛🥾📷🎺🎶 www.khgenealogy.co.uk
@beerhasahistory.bsky.social
Editor of Brewery History - a journal dedicated to all aspects of beer and brewing history
@mareenheying.bsky.social
Historikerin am Institut für soziale Bewegungen (Bochum), forscht zu • Kneipen, „Trunkenbolden“, Trinkerinnen & Kellnerinnen • (Sex-)Arbeit & Geschlecht, weiblichem Widerstand gegen den NS • gesundem Altern in deindustrialisierten Regionen mareenheying.de
@markhailwood.bsky.social
Historian of everyday life in England, c.1500-1700 | Bristol Uni | First Gen | Devon & Somerset
@hencepence.bsky.social
Docent and researcher in economic history at Uppsala University. Tariffs and trade, state capacity and taxation, business history, alcohol policy and breweries. Also likes beer, hockey, video games and electronic music.
@kcrgray.bsky.social
Arts, ageing, social care, dementia, methods, policy, values, evaluation | Researcher @ University of Bristol | ConnectED project | Hoppiness. She/her.
@claudioferlan.bsky.social
Storico del cristianesimo e dell'alimentazione, giornalista scientifico. Lavoro nella Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento), dirigo FBKMagazine. Editorialista Il T quotidiano, autore il Mulino. Sito: http://claudioferlan.substack.com
@soc-researcher.bsky.social
Sociologist and researcher based at the University of Sheffield
@dremekadumbili.bsky.social
A Christian. Sociologist. Assistant Prof @ucddublin.bsky.social researching alcohol/drug; gender; identity; transgression; commercial determinants of health.
@ddcoffman.bsky.social
UCL, The Bartlett: Prof of Economics and Finance; Vice Dean, Innovation & Enterprise; @johnprowle.bsky.social
@drjamesbrown.bsky.social
Lapsed early modern historian, now professional services at the University of Sheffield. Enthusiastic about: intoxicants and the supernatural; the digital humanities; public engagement, KE, and impact; project and programme management; folk horror; 📷; 🏋🏻.
@ka-butler.bsky.social
Cultural historian (early modern); musicologist; early music; catch-singing; handbell-ringing; cats; GirlguidingUK
@v-afanasyeva.bsky.social
Historienne. Mouvement antialcoolique, établissements de tempérance, projet MALCOF, and so on. www.france-temperance.com
@jameskneale.bsky.social
Cultural/historical geographer at ucl working on drink/temperance, insurance, literary geographies, sf/fantastic/horror, &c. He/him. Journal of Victorian Culture co-editor @jofvictculture.bsky.social Drinking Studies Network starter pack gardener