Labour History
Historians, archivists, librarians and writers working in the field of labour history (broadly defined). Mostly, but far from exclusively, UK based.
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@sslh.bsky.social
@ialhi.bsky.social
IALHI brings together archives, libraries, documentation centres, museums and research institutions specializing in the history and theory of the labour and social movements from all over the world. More information: ialhi.org
@shoc-vub.bsky.social
Social History of Capitalism Research group @VUB Brussels https://shoc.research.vub.be/
@ralphdarlington.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations, Uni Salford; ‘Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14’ @PlutoPress; researching for a new political biography of the legendary labour leader Tom Mann https://www.salford.ac.uk/our-staff/ralph-darlington
@historytrainsman.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Modern British History, Sheffield Hallam University. Historian of modern Britain, politics, radicalism, protest, memory, history of emotions
@phm.org.uk
Explore the UK’s national museum of democracy. Open every day (except Tues). Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER. phm.org.uk
@scotco-ophistory.bsky.social
Project based in the old bake house in West Calder to create a new home for the history of the Scottish Co-operative Movement.
@archivofpi.bsky.social
Archivo y biblioteca. Conservamos, estudiamos y difundimos el legado del PSOE y del movimiento obrero.
@ithvienna.bsky.social
Founded in 1964 the International Conference of Labour and Social History (ITH) is an international network of historians concerned with the history of labour.
@neilwarner.bsky.social
Researcher in political sociology at LSE. Interested in history & political economy of socialist parties and labour movements, economic policy ideas including socialisation of investment & economic democracy.
@yiannicart.bsky.social
Lecturer in Greek Studies (Culture) History Teacher PhD (History) graduate @flindersuniversity.bsky.social Assistant Editor @jich.bsky.social https://yiannicartledge.wordpress.com/
@ophelie-simeon.bsky.social
Lecturer in British history at Sorbonne Nouvelle University | FRHIstS | Editor at the Revue d’histoire du XIXe siècle
@rlshistory.bsky.social
Zeitgeschichte, Erinnerungspolitik, Kommunismusforschung, Jahrestage. Informationen aus der vielfältigen Arbeit der @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social zu historischen Themen. #GeradeJetzt
@abg-zeitschrift.bsky.social
Zeitschrift zur Geschichte der deutschen und internationalen Arbeiter*bewegung, der Geschichte sozialer Bewegungen, der Arbeitswelt und für Sozialgeschichte. Erscheint 3 x jährlich. Jetzt abonnieren: https://www.arbeit-bewegung-geschichte.de/
@fraternalwriter.bsky.social
Researcher, author, mostly UK & 18th-20thC social history especially friendly societies, banners, the Open University, the Labour Party and the history of local history. Escapes through running.
@justcode.bsky.social
Writer I Professor I Historian I Ctr. Dir. Director, CBI for Computing Info. & Culture Prof. HSTM/STS, U. of MN. Co-edit JHUP Computing & Culture bk. srs. Research: Social Study of HCI, AI, Privacy, Security, Labor, Race, Gender & Inequality. JUST CODE
@fabianaku.bsky.social
// Historian, University of Cologne // PhD: The Concept of "Native Labour" at the ILO, 1919-1950s // Global Labour & Colonial History // Also: Intersectional & Queer Feminisms, Gender History, History of Psychiatry, Digital History// 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (they/them)
@sophie-turbutt.bsky.social
Historian of 1920s-30s Spanish anarchism: interested in gender, comradeship, intimacy & emotions. PhD@Uni of Leeds 📚 she/her
@rwldproject.bsky.social
Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project, collaboratively researching British & Irish railway staff accidents pre-1939. Posts by Mike Esbester. #RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory #Railway200 www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
@roberthenderson.bsky.social
Historian of the Russian revolutionary emigration. Formerly Russian curator at the British Library. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Latest book (pbk. ed.): https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/spark-that-lit-the-revolution-9781350344730/
@shirinhirsch.bsky.social
Anti racist historian at Manchester Met and People’s History Museum. Views my own
@jennymabbott.bsky.social
Head of Collections & Engagement at People's History Museum. All views my own.
@tidesofhistory.bsky.social
Commentary on Labour History, British Politics and Working Class Culture - Author of Hope & Glory
@balwen76.bsky.social
Archifydd, hanesydd, Cymro a Cristion gyda Morris 1000. Caws, cathod a threnau yn dda/Archivist, historian, Welshman and Christian with a Morris 1000. Cheese, cats and trains are good.
@drmichaelreeve.bsky.social
Moustached historian of modern Britain: conflict & crisis, health & wellbeing, resilience | Current research project: tobacco & modern war | Lecturer @ The Open University | Co-Chair @historylabplus.bsky.social | https://profiles.open.ac.uk/m-j-reeve
@austinmccoy.bsky.social
Historian, Old School Rap Specialist. Writing book on history of the Left in Midwest and another one about De La Soul. https://austincmccoy.com/ https://austincmccoy.substack.com/
@ostrovdoktora.bsky.social
Professor of History, University of Oslo| global social policy| working conditions| ILO |humanitarianism| Quaker relief| New book: The Politics of Service. American Quakers and international humanitarian relief 1917-1945 (2024)
@karstenuhl.bsky.social
Historian. Head of archives and research @neuengamme-mem.bsky.social. Privatdozent at University of Göttingen. Author of: Technology in Modern German History: 1800 to the Present (Bloomsbury, 2022). https://uni-goettingen.academia.edu/KarstenUhl
@adamquinn.bsky.social
History PhD candidate @ University of Oregon and union member (AFT 3544). Writing a labor & environmental history of the computer industry. Comms & organizing with EWOC.
@jimclifford.bsky.social
Associate Professor @usask.bsky.social Co-Editor of Historical Methods. Environmental historian of the British World in the 19th century. Distracted by the #climate crisis and determined to make #history part of the solution. Marathons and cyclocross.
@andreaperez.bsky.social
🎓 PhD Philosophy (UB) 💼 Lecturer of Visual Communication at EINA University (UAB) and of History of contemporary culture (UOC) 📖 «Dos mujeres con gato: Escritos sobre las artes de Hannah Höch y Lu Märten
@drhistorybrad.bsky.social
Historian. Writer. Midwest spokesperson. Classical Millennial. Book lover. Writing a book on Toledo and another one on Millennial life. Star Wars & LOTR fan. He/Him/His. Views are mine alone 🏳️🌈📚
@janisthiessen.bsky.social
UWinnipeg Professor (she/they) #CdnHist #OralHistory #FoodHistory Manitoba Food History Project Preserves podcast co-host https://www.manitobafoodhistory.ca
@kenyonz.bsky.social
Historian of 19th-20th century migration, labor, and radicalism. Author of Immigrants against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America. kenyonzimmer.com
@fraserraeburn.bsky.social
Historian interested in foreign fighters, transnational solidarities, emotion, anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War. Currently based at @uvahumanities.bsky.social. Author 'Scots and the Spanish Civil War' (EUP, 2020). He/him.
@suewilkesauthor.bsky.social
FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
@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
@historyofcommunism.bsky.social
History of Communism publishes documents, visuals and studies of and about communist movements and events with the aim of stimulating and supporting academic research on communism.
@dohertyta.bsky.social
Head of #Archives & #Records (inc #DigitalArchives) & Professional Lead for #HistNursing at Royal College of #Nursing. From chick to butterfly, finding my peeps
@johannawolf.bsky.social
historian in labour history, transnational and global history, @mpilhlt
@mrcwarwick.bsky.social
Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards - Britain and beyond. Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more! https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
@drpam.bsky.social
#FBPE, Author, Journalist, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow British Psychological Society, Historian, Educator.
@peterlamb1.bsky.social
I write about socialism, Marxism, International relations theory etc. Recent books: Historical Dictionary of Socialism, 4th ed (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024); Harold Laski, the Reluctant Marxist (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).
@alexclifford.bsky.social
Research & write on 30s Britain, Spain, Germany. Britain's Iron Chancellor out now! Author of Hindenburg, Ludendorff & Hitler, Fighting for Spain & The People's Army and of the introduction to new release Britain's Iron Chancellor
@polprofsteve2024.bsky.social
Writing (slowly) about Labour’s existential struggles since 1976 for Polity. Knows stuff about politics & culture. Labour List: https://labourlist.org/author/s-fielding/ Zeitgeist Tapes: https://shorturl.at/nwdO4
@helenglew.bsky.social
Gender historian, book lover, runner, gymnerd. Current projects: social & cultural history of the marriage bar; history of women typists She/her https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784996208/ Research/writing services: https://helenglew.com
@delayedscholar.bsky.social
Historian of class, labor, and gender in Britain, Ireland, and Empire. First-gen, non-traditional, advocate in Equity initiatives. Old-school D&D nerd. 🏳️🌈
@mininghistory.bsky.social
Historian and consultant. I work on mining, labour, migration and Southern Africa. More on https://duncan.money Contact: duncanmoneyhistory@proton.me
@historyhannahb.bsky.social
Professor of British History, University of Manchester. Social historian of northern England. Currently partial to a bit of material culture, religion, digital community history, popular culture and boxing. 🗃️
@nansloane.bsky.social
Labour, historian, feminist, author, LWN trainer & Leeds Utd fan, so accustomed to winning, losing and living in hope. (Pic: Emily Goldie)
@punkacademic.bsky.social
Historian and politics academic. Anarchist. MS/CKD/PTSD. He/him. Evertonian. Saints RLFC, Boston Celtics, Sale Sharks RUFC.
@drewdgray.bsky.social
Historian of crime/anarchist/Arsenal fan and co-chair of the Arsenal Advisory Board/occasional photographer/, trying to be green Chair of aisa-arsenal.bsky.social
@drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social
Associate Lecturer in History at Goldsmiths. British, American, comparative and global politics and culture. Dad; Londoner; Cypriot. Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com Academic publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dion-Georgiou
@euanhealey.bsky.social
PhD historian and archaeologist of labour, subsistence and environment (and fish) at Uni of Glasgow. Antifascist & trade unionist. Baggies, Jags, Warriors, Canucks. Pilgrim through this barren land. he/him.
@keithbeard.bsky.social
Socialist Beard Wearer Historian, Trade Unionist, Anti-Racist Tottenham & Cardiff, CAMRA member since 1975
@michgreig.bsky.social
Falling off bikes, history and rampant imposer syndrome. Undertaking a PhD at University of Glasgow. Interested in space, conflict and 20C Britain. wappingtransformation.wordpress.com
@constancebantman.bsky.social
Associate Prof. in French, U.of Surrey, UK. History of anarchism & print culture (1870-1930s); Anglo-French exile & migration; transnational radicalism; women & feminism. Views own. Posts in 🇫🇷&🇬🇧. Forthcoming book “Femmes de révolution” (Le Seuil, 2025)
@evansmithhist.bsky.social
Academic/Writer - History/Politics/Criminology - British, Australian and southern African (plus transnational) history - he/him - top 2% researchers 2024 (Stanford/Elsevier rankings) - views own
@peelersandsheep.bsky.social
New documentary short ‘Land and Revolution’ out now - https://youtu.be/9KUqvXjlHts?si=Dhn-BXZTHQHbF51v New edited volume ‘Spirit of Revolution’ - https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2022/spirit-of-revolution
@drshyde.bsky.social
Historian https://drsamhyde.wordpress.com. Membership Secretary @sslh.bsky.social. Allotmenteer. Runner. Record collector.
@bronterre1.bsky.social
# Chartism #C19th Radicalism #Cooperation #TradesUnions, #WorkingClassLiterature with forays into #Cricket #Punk & #Reggae & a reviving interest in Torquay United FC #COYY "In things essential, unity; in things doubtful, liberty; in all things, charity."
@janeydonald.bsky.social
Archivist at Co-op Archive based in Manchester. Volunteer for Manchester Digital Music Archive. Bike Pootler. Likes moles.
@eddanicolson.bsky.social
@jenniferballads.bsky.social
19thC Lancashire dialect, broadside ballads, weaving & community arts. Disrupting the folk scene since 2015. Barb in #TheGallowsPole. 📸 insta: jenniferballadss
@alfiesteer.bsky.social
Historian of the Labour Left. Articles and book reviews in Tribune, Jacobin, Political Insight, Contemporary British History, English Historical Review, Modern British History. Organised 'Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On.'
@lucaspoy.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Research fellow International Institute of Social History | Labour and social historian | History of labor, socialism, and internationalism | Latin America | https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/lucas-poy
@dnhamilton.bsky.social
University of Manchester PGR researching the literature of the Chartist Thomas Cooper | Elizabeth Gaskell's House volunteer | IHR History Lab+ ambassador (North West England)
@anoldhand.bsky.social
Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Interested in digital preservation, archives and public engagement. Also random public transport content. Views my own unless a repost. She/her.
@drdavesteele.bsky.social
HISTORIAN of 19th CENTURY REFORM CROWDS Focus on mismatch between crowd size, reputation & power Warwick Thesis: bit.ly/-PhD Working on chapter in 2026 Parl. Hist. Sp. Ed. & Editing Routledge Collection on 19th C. Sedition Academic profile: bit.ly/ds-1-
@richardtoye.bsky.social
Historian. Exeter/Zürich. Author of Age of Hope: Labour, 1945, and the Birth of Modern Britain
@vjctorianist.bsky.social
By day: historian and editor for hire. By night, historian and enthusiast of Chartism, the 19thC, sausage rolls, and women's, workers', queer and trans rights ✊ she/her, views own drvicclarke.co.uk
@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.
@markcrail.bsky.social
Chartism and other #C19th stuff. Chartist Ancestors website, author of Tracing Your Labour Movement Ancestors (Pen & Sword books), web editor Society for the Study of Labour History. Science fiction reader. https://linktr.ee/markcrail
@kerrymlove.bsky.social
Dr of political material culture in Britain 1780-1832 Interested in citizenship and radicalism Humanities Teacher Blocking accounts with no name or info, nothing personal
@jacksaundrs.bsky.social
Anarcho-syndicalist, labour historian (post-war motor industry, NHS). Author: Assembling Cultures (http://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526155979/) (he/him) Blue and White Notes #itfc https://bluewhitenotes.beehiiv.com/
@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
@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