Caribbean Historians
Historians of the Caribbean (a very incomplete list)
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@randybrowne.bsky.social
@giovannetti.bsky.social
Son, brother, "madrastro", friend. Human of Kizzy, a black lab. University Professor. Author of books, academic articles & opinion columns. Caribbean-based & Caribbean interested. Wannabe mixologist.
@juanitacox.bsky.social
Fellow, Institute of Historical Research. Co-Founder, Guyana SPEAKS. Trustee, Oral History Society. Researches Black British History/Caribbean Studies. Writing critical biography of Edgar Mittelholzer. Lover of abstract photography, short stories & poetry
@heatherfreund.bsky.social
Caribbean, Atlantic World, and British Empire historian. Formerly part of the In the Same Sea project at the University of Copenhagen. Back in the U.S. now (reluctantly).
@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
@teresagoeltl.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @UniHeidelberg/EHESS Paris on Slavery, Medical & Legal History in the French Atlantic 🌎 Part of the ERC-project "Fever - Global Histories of (a) Disease"
@mjbusta.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of History and Cuban Studies Chair, Univ. Miami | Dir. Academic Programs, Cuban Heritage Collection | Cuban Memory Wars '21 | The Rev. from W/in '19 | Opinions my own.
@audreycel.bsky.social
Associate prof @NYU #History #SocialScience ex MCF Lille #Martinique #Caribbean #Race #Blackness #BLM #Antiracism Author #LaFabriquedesIdentites (Karthala 2018), #UneFamilleFrancaise (Textuel 2018), #DesViesDeCombat (L’Iconoclaste, 2020- poche 2022)
@ramonanegron.bsky.social
Postdoc at the KITLV | Editor of Holland Historisch Tijdschrift | Historian of empire, maritime history, slavery https://ramonanegron.nl
@soccerpolitics.bsky.social
Historian (Avengers of the New World/ The Banjo/ The Language of the Game/ Freedom Roots) & Musician (Traversées)
@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
@parisnoire.bsky.social
Historian @ubuffalohistory.bsky.social. Author #VénusNoire; writing bio on Suzanne Louverture. Blocks anon accts. Big shoe problem (#FrenchHistorianShoes). Rep’d by Chris Rogers/DCLAgency. Contact @monidrke.bsky.social for talks! Robinmitchellhistorian.com
@annaelin.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Media & Communication at Naz U (Rochester, NY). Critical/cultural approaches┃Race + representation┃Mid-19th-cent. Cuba┃Student identity, language, + belonging┃Social justice activism https://sites.google.com/view/annaelindnerphd/home
@danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social
I study early modern & long eighteenth-century Protestantism. Working on evangelical hymns in slavery, mission, and abolition currently. Infrequent guitarist. Views my own
@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
@ducorkid.bsky.social
Professor of African Diaspora History, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland | ⚽️ enthusiast
@marselykehoe.bsky.social
Early modern Dutch global art history | digital humanities | textiles | knitting | weaving | urban farming
@henrysnow.bsky.social
Labor historian | they/them | political economy, maritime work, ships and shipbuilders | CONTROL SCIENCE out with Verso 5/26/26 subscribe to my newsletter, Another Way buttondown.com/anotherway
@pdjeliclark.bsky.social
Historian. Writer. Jumbie & Duppy Conqueror. Rambler of Things. Doer of Stuff. Brotha From Another Planet | pdjeliclark.com
@nataliebelisle.bsky.social
I write, teach, move about Latin America & the Caribbean. Spanish & Comparative Literature @ USC. February 2025, CARIBBEAN INHOSPITALITY, https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/caribbean-inhospitality/9781978838291/
@sharikadcrawford.bsky.social
Social and late comer environmental historian of Latin America & the Caribbean, specifically, the Colombian islands of San Andrés and Providencia. www.sharikadcrawford.com Posts are mine & mine only.
@profmarylewis.bsky.social
Historian of France and its overseas empire. Living on unceded Pequossette land. Researching the French Empire after the Haitian Revolution. Parent, partner, citizen, defender of democracy, avid gardener. RTs not necessarily endorsements.
@spiritcitizen.bsky.social
Black feminist ethnographer, African diaspora religions scholar, 💜 Ifá, Egbe & Orisa, Trini, author of award-winning Spiritual Citizenship (Duke 2017), YNWA https://www.fadekecastor.com/
@dianapaton.bsky.social
Caribbean and global history. University of Edinburgh. New here. Need a photo.
@pernilleblues.bsky.social
Historian of the French and Danish colonial empires, political economy, slavery, and abolition. Mom of two little vikings. Author of "Economistes and the Reinvention of Empire".
@ethanhealey.com
Historian of Early America and the Early Republic. History Teacher. Constant Reader. Horror Enthusiast. Tolkien aficionado. New England native. Future ghost. TIME’s 2006 Person of the Year. The Historians Bookshelf: ethanhealey.com
@lizegan.bsky.social
Historian of Britain and the Caribbean (She/Her). Duolingo obsessive and probably running late. Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick & RA, Trinity Hall. ECR Rep History UK & Conference Coordinator Society for Caribbean Studies
@nmkennedy.bsky.social
Historian and archaeologist of the early modern Atlantic World, specializing in Bermuda, slavery and the slave trade, maritime history, maritime emancipation, Caribbean history, sensory history. Dept of History, Memorial University, Newfoundland.
@brookenewman.bsky.social
Historian of Britain & empire; cocktail enthusiast; lover of books, pets, podcasts, & snark. Upcoming—THE CROWN’S SILENCE: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy & Slavery (Mariner, Jan. 2026). All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
@laurafg.bsky.social
Associate Professor in the History of Art and Architecture, University of Lincoln,UK. Author: Philip II of Spain & the Architecture of Empire @PSUPress #architecture #art #materialculture #iberianworld #globalhistory #latinamerica #Goa Own views 🌈 she/her
@nicolaivoneggers.bsky.social
Intellectual historian, Political theorist | Leader of research project ’The Republic of Newsletters’ | Republicanism, fascism, democracy - from the 18th century to our contemporary condition
@lhistorienne.bsky.social
History PhD. Pirate expert. ☠🏴☠️⚓️ Author/Editor. Educator. Elder Millennial. Forever emo kid. ♉ Tattoo lover. AuDHD. LEGO enthusiast & vinyl hoarder. Self-proclaimed connoisseur of 📚🏝️🍸🍺🍷. As seen on TV (History Channel). 📺 📸: L_Historienne
@amandajsummers.bsky.social
Not aspiring to be humble. PhD @TempleUHistory - LatAm/Caribbean, Iberian Empires, Inquisition, Incarceration, Body, Gender, Sex, Death.
@christinekray.bsky.social
Anthro Prof @ RIT. Books: Maya-British Conflict at the Edge of the Yucatecan Caste War; Race, Gender, and Political Culture in the Trump Era: The Fascist Allure; Nasty Women and Bad Hombres: Gender and Race in the 2016 US Presidential Election. She/her.
@elotroalex.bsky.social
faculty of collective wonders for Yale Spanish & Portuguese. materialist spelunker and otrAmerican. he/him/colibri.
@barlafuess.bsky.social
Ex historian ( #SaintDomingue/ #HaitianRevolution / early #Haiti) at @unitrier.bsky.social / Uni Halle / Uni Milan. Now PR, Press & science comm @mpici.bsky.social From 🇮🇹, living in 🇩🇪 https://independentresearcher.academia.edu/MiriamFranchina
@roperlou.bsky.social
Historian of the Anglophone world in the very long seventeenth century: https://go.bsky.app/BtkNcRq Co-General Editor, Journal of Early American History Professor @ SUNY-New Paltz. ORCID 0000-0001-8375-0939 #earlymodern
@fatahblack.bsky.social
Historian of colonial empires, specifically the Dutch. Now researching proto-citizenship in the Atlantic world.
@anita5446.bsky.social
"Aprendí caminando..." - Sur Caribe We Dream Together (open access): http://tinyurl.com/y2euh85t Soñemos: http://tinyurl.com/ybmspeuw
@amaliasl.bsky.social
Eternal archivist in love with archives of any kind. Historian. Research focus: Caribbean Jewish history; slavery; record-keeping & archival dependencies; digital history. https://hcommons.org/members/amaliasl/
@csschmitt.bsky.social
Historian of early America and the Caribbean at Cornell U, avid Philadelphia Phillies fan, sometimes gardener.
@feyero.bsky.social
postdoc @binghamtonu. @DukeU phd. health/disease in Latin America & the Caribbean. writing: ATLANTIC ANTIDOTE: RACE, GENDER, AND THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST VACCINE
@bydreamphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Swarthmore’s History Department studying how Africans survived enslavement, epidemics, and empires in the early modern Atlantic World. Insta: @bydreamphd
@mbarcia24.bsky.social
Professor of Global History and Dean of Global Engagement at University of Leeds. #LFC, #RedSox, #Reds, #AthleticClub, #BostonCeltics. Starting a book on the First Anglo-Asante War (1823-31).
@drsepinwall.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Lover of Music and Film. Jersey girl in California. 2023 Wang Award Winner. Books: Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Rev in Film & Video Games; Haitian History; Abbé Grégoire & the Fr Rev.
@arielmaelambe.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at UConn, among other things. I post about mothering, mental illness, disability, antifascism, labor organizing, education, and occasionally Latin America and the Caribbean. she/her Author: https://tinyurl.com/NBCCI
@robtaber.bsky.social
Historian of Haiti 🇭🇹 and democracy in the Americas at Fayetteville State. Working for a welcoming + transformative UNC System. Formerly US ED Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships. Occasional live-poster of obscure panels and events.
@profjennyshaw.bsky.social
Historian in Roll Tide country. All things early modern Caribbean. The Women of Rendezvous: A Transatlantic Story of Family and Slavery out now with UNC Press. She/her. Always 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Currently🇺🇸
@milesogborn.bsky.social
Historical geographer at Queen Mary University of London | writes books | reads books | working on working on the 1831-2 Uprising in Jamaica | picture from Keith Piper (2007) Lost Vitrines.
@jjponcevazquez.bsky.social
Historian, sevillano, and USian. Spain, LatAm, Caribe & Atlantic. Opinions are my own. Author of Islanders and Empire. He/Him/Él. Nick Fury of the Spanish Bureaucratic Legal Universe.
@juliagaffield.bsky.social
Historian (she/her) https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300255478/i-have-avenged-america/
@gogogomalley.bsky.social
Historian of colonial America, the Caribbean, and slavery. Professor at UCSC. Lover of cooking, sporting, mountains, and indie bands. Mischievous uncle.
@brettrushforth.bsky.social
Early modern historian of the Atlantic world, Indigenous Americas, Western Africa, France. Editor, Huntington Library Quarterly. brettrushforth.com
@randybrowne.bsky.social
Historian of Atlantic slavery & the British Caribbean | Professor | Author of THE DRIVER'S STORY: LABOR AND POWER IN THE WORLD OF ATLANTIC SLAVERY (2024) and SURVIVING SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN (2017) | randymbrowne.com