Historians of the Atlantic World Part 2
Part 2 of the Starter Pack ‘Historians of the Atlantic World’.
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@joelherman.bsky.social
@historycherry.bsky.social
Early American historian; native plant enthusiast and birder; luddite who's still figuring out this platform.
@chicagoearlymodern.bsky.social
A bi-weekly, informal lunchtime seminar for all things Early Modern hosted at the University of Chicago.
@benjaminanderson44.bsky.social
PhD Student @ University of Edinburgh: Vermont, Northern Frontier, American Revolution, Localism🌲⛰️. Spare time: wandering with Sully the dug, stressing myself out with the Scotland national team 🏴, learning to deal with AuDHD.
@agr.bsky.social
Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard, Author of, among other books, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings:An American Controversy,The Hemingses of Monticello,, Vernon Can Read: A Memoir with Vernon Jordan, On Juneteenth
@richardbell.bsky.social
Historian of imprisonment, debt, radicalism and popular politics in early modern England. He/him.
@scapincus.bsky.social
Historian of revolutions and empires; early modern Britain etc. Uchicago
@econroykrutz.bsky.social
Historian of 19th century religion and US foreign relations. Author of Christian Imperialism (2015) and Missionary Diplomacy (2024)
@raherrmann.bsky.social
Migrant. Historian. Eater. Co-Editor, Global Food History. Author of No Useless Mouth: Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution; Editor of To Feast on Us as Their Prey: Cannibalism and the Early Modern Atlantic. More: rachelbherrmann.com
@lacroixgabrielle.bsky.social
Historian / PhD fellow at IN THE SAME SEA, University of Copenhagen / Family and Empire / Inter-island connections / Inheritance in the 18th c. Caribbean
@andrekosvarnava.bsky.social
Australian-Cypriot historian @flindersuniversity.bsky.social on Kaurna Yarta; expert on British empire, Cyprus, Armenia, migration; Editor-in-Chief @jich.bsky.social; poet; @YusufCatStevens fan https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/andrekos.varnava
@benbankhurst.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Appalachian Studies, Early America, 18th/ C. Irish and British History.
@johnokeefe.bsky.social
Historian of migration and citizenship at Ohio University Chillicothe - author of Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence and National Power in the Early American Republic
@ellydezateux.bsky.social
Historian of environmental politics and Atlantic colonialism | early modernist | Research Fellow in Legacies of Colonialism at Christ Church, Oxford | editor at History Workshop & History Workshop Journal (she/her)
@juliagaffield.bsky.social
Historian (she/her) https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300255478/i-have-avenged-america/
@amyprendergast.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Eighteenth-Century Studies, School of English, Trinity College Dublin
@marinelives.bsky.social
Lives touched by the marine, 1574-1688. A volunteer led collaboration publishing to the Commons. Please join our ai-and-history collaboratory for all students of history and public historians: https://github.com/Addaci/marinelives-collaboratory/wiki
@emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social
🗃️ Early Modern History at the University of York, FRHistS (and on Council) | 🎶 Music and post-Reformation Catholicism | 📚 Multilingualism, mobility, and exiled English convents | ✍️ Currently: Listening to Early Modern Travel Writing
@philmcraig.bsky.social
Writer/producer ex BBC, C4, Brook Lapping, Nutopia & ABC 🇦🇺 Books on WW2, Trafalgar & Diana POW. My new book 1945 The Reckoning will be published in April 25 in 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿& 🇮🇳 Host of scandalous @MongersPodcast.bsky.social on YouTube & all audio apps.
@dexnell.bsky.social
Atlantic and Caribbean Historian, University of the West Indies, Mona
@quiteclare.bsky.social
History and Philosophy of Maths and Science, and philosophy of parenthood. Mariah-Carey/Denis-Irwin-admirer. Postdoc Trinity College Dublin 🇮🇪 -she- 🏊♀️ Ramblings &c. : claremoriarty.com
@tomduncombe.bsky.social
History professor specializing in Britain and U.S., currently working on mental health in Progressive-era New Mexico.
@cathrynpearce.bsky.social
British historian. Author: Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 | Researching c18th-19th shipwrecks, the Royal Navy & coastal communities. #CoastalHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #SussexCoast
@jlepler.bsky.social
Historian at UNH. Teaches early America, capitalism, & animals. 1st Book (2013): "The Many Panics of 1837." 2nd Book (coming in August 2025): "Canal Dreamers" https://uncpress.org/book/9781469690551/canal-dreamers/
@sslh.bsky.social
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
@alexjwhite.bsky.social
Freelance historian with a focus on African anti-colonialism and the global media. PhD from Cambridge, hot takes from the depths of a radio archive somewhere.
@irishacw.bsky.social
Historian & Archaeologist. Digital Humanities, Public Engagement. Latest Book: lsupress.org/9780807183700/green-and-blue/ Transatlantic Podcast: shows.acast.com/transatlantic StoryMaps: storymaps.com/profile/irishacw www.shielsheritage.com
@dstreifeneder.bsky.social
American Revolution | Atlantic World | Colonial New York | State Formation | On the lookout for WPA/New Deal Projects Splitting time between the Hudson Valley and the Chesapeake
@maryburke.bsky.social
Race Politics & Irish America (OxfordUP bit.ly/3XKj0nn) Excerpt: bit.ly/3FuH1sa Podcast: bit.ly/3ZT7pnW JuanitaCasey "HorseOfSelene"Afterword: bit.ly/3QTOlSo Irish/Irish-U.S. identities & cultures/ #irishresearch https://english.uconn.edu/person/mary-burke
@thenacbs.bsky.social
Official Bluesky account for the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS). We're in Montreal for #nacbs2025!
@baileyhistory.bsky.social
VAP, History @BostonCollege Writing about the Irish diaspora and the Spanish Empire; Capitalism & Slavery; Cuba, New Spain & Gulf Coast
@kevinkenny.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration | 19th-century | race | labor | slavery | global migration | diaspora
@plymprivateer.bsky.social
17th C maritime historian at University of Plymouth. Still figuring this site out - interested in all things early modern and boaty.
@dbellingradt.bsky.social
Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I do enjoy my work | 🐘 https://historians.social/@dbellingradt | linktree: https://linktr.ee/danielbellingradt
@evanbourke.bsky.social
Early modernist. GOI Postdoc at Maynooth University. Women's writing, epistolary culture, DH, network visualisation, reception studies. Formerly RECIRC and MACMORRIS.
@emilysneff.bsky.social
Historian of the Declaration of Independence Curator of Digital Content @declarationstories.bsky.social
@kkaelin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History and Gender Studies at Southern Indiana. 18thC Atlantic gender, religion, and slavery
@sarageorgini.bsky.social
Historian & Series Editor, The Adams Papers, MHS. PhD.📚Household Gods, Our Library in Paris, Oxford Handbook of Family History & Genealogy, Americans in Revolution. President, @susih.bsky.social. Views mine, history for all.
@yevanterrien.bsky.social
Social historian of early America, Louisiana, and the Atlantic world. Teacher. French. Friend of cats and Labor. YNWA.
@stuartbro.bsky.social
PhD Researcher • QUB Belfast • Economic History • Banking History • Business History • Irish History • Irish in America • Scots-Irish in Baltimore • Alex Brown & Sons • Brown Brothers & Co 📍 Belfast / London
@johnerik-h.bsky.social
Lecturer in British History (https://larca.u-paris.fr/en/membre/hansson-john-erik-en/). Intellectual History/William Godwin/Radicalism/Anarchism/18th-20th c. Reviews editor - Anarchist Studies (https://journals.lwbooks.co.uk/anarchiststudies)
@parlhistjournal.bsky.social
We publish peer-reviewed research covering the history of parliamentary institutions in Britain and Ireland from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, and the legislatures of British colonies before independence.
@sophcocooper.bsky.social
Social historian of gender, migration & public space | Nuns | Ireland & its diaspora | Senior Lecturer @QUBLiberalArts | Forging Identities in the Irish World @EdinburghUP 2022 | She/her.
@boston1775.bsky.social
History, analysis & unabashed gossip about Revolutionary New England.
@unlawfulentries.bsky.social
Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist specializing in US constitutional law and development, US migration(s) and citizenship law and policy history. Often mistaken for a historian. Home cook, wine drinker, foodie.
@markshearwood.bsky.social
Early Modern Historian, looking at loyalty, Identity, and Religion in the late 17th century. Glorious Revolution, Monmouth Rebellion tour guide, Golden Retriever owner,
@saytheirnamesir.bsky.social
Public historian (Irish slaveholders), genealogist, lover of justice, neurodiversity, an teanga, planting trees & music. https://irishhistorians.ie/members/martine-brennan/ https://iaamcfh.omeka.net/s/IAAM_CFH/page/south-carolina-slavery-related-records
@leonhughes.bsky.social
PhD researching prisons and the experience of imprisonment during the French Revolution • TCD • PG Rep for the SSFH
@brendankanect.bsky.social
Historian of early modern Ireland and England; part of léamh.org team (Learn Early Modern Irish); co-director of Democracy and Dialogues at UConn Dodd Human Rights Impact
@cecilefromont.bsky.social
Historian of Art @ Harvard • Kongo • Angola • Brazil • Visual, Material, Spiritual Culture • Vast Early Modern Atlantic • from #Martinique • www.cecilefromont.com
@bethrwilson.bsky.social
Historian of US slavery, gender and emotions. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.
@pbhellawell.bsky.social
Historian | Head of Collections Research at The National Archives (UK) | Maritime & colonial history | History of science & medicine | Currently researching Royal African Company/Company of Merchants.
@alanlester.bsky.social
British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own. Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
@vadane.bsky.social
Maîtresse de conférences / PhD & associate professor @ Nantes Université #Skystorian Schenectady enthusiast. Aux origines de New York / Des femmes en Amérique / 1619 she/her https://cv.hal.science/virginie-adane
@commonplacejrnl.bsky.social
Commonplace: the journal of early American life since 2000. Published by a partnership of the OIEAHC and AAS. Commonplace.online
@carriegibson.bsky.social
Writer. Historian. Wanderer. Author of: Empire's Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day and El Norte: The Epic and Forgotten Story of Spanish North America. A third is in the making. More at: carriegibson.co.uk
@jamie-gemmell.bsky.social
Historian of the Atlantic World - working on race and slavery in 17th c. London | PhD Researcher, KCL History | General Admin. KCL CEMS | 🏳️🌈 | https://jamiegemmell.com/
@bc-irish-studies.bsky.social
The Irish Studies program at Boston College offers a richly interdisciplinary study of Irish and Irish-American culture, history, and society. https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/morrissey/sites/irish.html
@mhs1791.bsky.social
Massachusetts Historical Society, f. 1791: First Historical Society in the US. Research library, programs, exhibitions, & online resources.
@matthewshaw.bsky.social
In a library. Most likely just off Queen's Lane. #PrintHistory #Time #Newspapers https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/an-inky-business-a-history-of-newspapers-from-the-english-civil-wars-to-the-american-civil-war-matthew-j-shaw/5911999?ean=9781789143867
@drjn.bsky.social
Historical Geographer YPCCS University of Warwick (Caribbean histories & geographies) Also Nottingham and OU Geog Depts. (Martial) Arts, photography, films, comedy, books, libraries, archives, trees, pottery. Always curious. https://jonorcup.com
@joelherman.bsky.social
Research Fellow @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social, Houses of Parliament | Historian of the press, publicity, and popular political action in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World