Maritime historians
Here's a starter pack with scholars/organisations working in maritime history (capaciously defined). Be sure to follow the Maritime History feed too! You can find part 2 at https://go.bsky.app/Rctivb3
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@wadehistory.bsky.social
@poulholm.bsky.social
professor of environmental history, Trinity College Dublin: oceans past, marine environmental history, uses of the past
@thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social
I am a dad, historian, historical tailor, veteran, author, and a History Youtuber. In normal times I cover 17th century history, material culture, history, law, politics, and economics, with a focus on pirates. www.youtube.com/@thecreweofthefancy
@janhoffmannttf.bsky.social
Working on the Chicken and the Egg: Trade Logistics and Development #transport #shipping #maritime #trade #tradefacilitation #connectivity. Personal blog: http://www.janhoffmann.live LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drjanhoffmann
@sarahvha.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher @unigoettingen.bsky.social: http://bit.ly/3sKWJIp. Working on long C18th naval violence and battles. Stipendiatin Gerda Henkel Stiftung. A ship in a sea of memes.
@lydiajane13.bsky.social
Author/historian. Bomber Command Minelaying, RAF/Admiralty Co-operation, Norwegian Campaign. Learning 🇳🇴 slowly. Co-host nmtdambusters.bsky.social The Invisible Campaign: Bomber Command Gardening Operations1940-1945 out now
@c21st-sailor.bsky.social
Naval officer, writer, reader. Author of 21st Century Gorshkov & Naval Diplomacy in the 21st Century. PhD War Studies.
@iainballantyne.bsky.social
Editor Warships IFR magazine and its associated guides to the US Navy and Royal Navy. Author of books, including 'Hunter Killers', 'The Deadly Trade', 'Arnhem: Ten Days in The Cauldron', 'Killing the Bismarck', 'Warspite', a forthcoming novel.
@levine.bsky.social
Archaeology @ Copenhagen U. Greek Islands, Ancient Prisons, & Digital Humanities. Bouncing between 🇬🇷 🇩🇰 🇬🇧
@nushpowell.bsky.social
Professor of eighteenth-century lit and culture; person who studies pirates; dragon aficionado; proud parliamentarian dork.
@lukasschemper.bsky.social
History & Politics | Disaster & Environment | Humanitarianism & Development | Sciences Po & IHEID graduate | research associate for ERC project "Archipelagic Imperatives. Shipwreck and Lifesaving in European Societies since 1800" @zfl-berlin.bsky.social
@askebrock.bsky.social
Working on urban development, gender and history from below more broadly in the early modern period
@lucowitz.bsky.social
📜 Historian of the Early Modern Mediterranean & Islamic 🌍 | Exploring Thoughts, Things, & Landscapes 🏞️ | Post-Doc @Freie Universität Berlin 🔍 | Antifascist
@thehistoriann.bsky.social
Historian of the global Spanish empire living and working on Wurundjeri country. Author of Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World (2024).
@maryhicks.bsky.social
Author: Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery https://uncpress.org/book/9781469671468/captive-cosmopolitans/
@mmartignon.bsky.social
Histoire moderne, publier le lointain à l'époque de Louis XIV
@davidrarmitage.bsky.social
@Harvard_History professor. Honorary fellow @Catz_Cambridge scholar.harvard.edu/armitage/home
@nfrykman.bsky.social
Historian of capitalism, revolution, and the sea. Author of THE BLOODY FLAG: MUTINY IN THE AGE OF ATLANTIC REVOLUTION (tinyurl.com/2p8e79yz)
@drmelbassett.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow, Historian, Royal Dockyards, War Widows, British Empire, Port Cities, Social and Cultural History, 19th-20th C History.
@camcord.bsky.social
PhD Student in Early Modern History. Saint-Domingue, Le Cap-Français, Urban History of the Caribbean, Food and Consumption, Spatial Analysis. Creator of the project : https://streetsoflecap.com/
@renaudmorieux.bsky.social
History Professor at University of Cambridge. Oceanic history, migrations, social history of war, history of international law, incarceration, history of the family, statelessness.
@oceanicing.bsky.social
Assistant Curator Australian National Maritime Museum, loves lighthouses and ocean liners, vintage and antique clothing collector, historian, 1920s aesthetic, literature and art lover, silent film watcher and chihuahua attendant
@issygapp.bsky.social
Environmental Art Historian (she/her), University of Aberdeen | A CIRCUMPOLAR LANDSCAPE (2024) | Editor for NiCHE Canada | PI: From the Floe Edge & Teaching Arctic Environments ❄️ | isabellegapp.com
@benjamin-asmussen.bsky.social
Maritime historian & Senior Researcher @National Museum of Denmark interested in global connections - especially early modern Danish-Norwegian trading companies and their encounters.
@cpogies.bsky.social
Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) & Maritime Security | Managing Editor @JE_SIRIUS | Now @swud_org · formerly @mpilhlt.bsky.social | Member @voelkerrechtsblog.org | https://www.swud.org/en/swud/wer-bewegt-die-swud/mitarbeitende/profil-von-christian-pogies/
@humbledore.bsky.social
Archivist, researcher, genealogist Interests: History (mainly Great Lakes, Home Front, maritime transport, Naval, Canadian & Indigenous, Ethiopian, Austrian, and general military history) and also archaeology. Newly dry.
@finger-post.blog
I write about the Franklin Expedition and other parts of history heavy on the “doomed” and “ill-fated” side of things. I also enjoy petting cats in Victorian cemeteries. Humanitarian. She/They. #MDANT. #NUJ. #NoTerfs. https://finger-post.blog
@awdorset.bsky.social
Former Archaeologist, now a Project Manager, from Poole, Dorset. Loves crumbling buildings, hidden earthworks and broken ceramics. Often taking photos whilst out on walks. Particular interest in medieval towns and ports.
@shipwreckspod.bsky.social
A maritime history podcast!⚓ shipwrecksandseadogs.com youtube.com/@shipwreckspod patreon.com/shipwreckspod intohistory.com/shipwreckspod
@saracaputo.bsky.social
History Senior Research Fellow & Director of Studies at Magdalene College, Cambridge; British Academy PDRF. Histories of maritime labour, mapping, and medicine (Britain, France, Spain, & Italy). https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-sara-caputo
@mooregraham.bsky.social
Maritime & social historian; 18th-C Collections Researcher for The National Archives UK. Sometime pirate. Views own &c
@kawulf.bsky.social
Historian of #VastEarlyAmerica, gender, family & politics | Director & Librarian @ JCBLibrary | History Prof @ Brown U #LineageTheBook OUP July 2, 2025 | On some other platforms and also @ karinwulf.com | Opinions here just mine.
@bandrooks.bsky.social
Working on Early Modern travel @TrinCollCam, sometimes reviews @Telegraph - a Dan for all seasons
@ideesdupasse.bsky.social
British-Dutch PhD student @ Lund University 🇬🇧🇳🇱🇸🇪 | Researching Hope & Co. + the business of empire 🐙 | Colonial & global history | Husband of @hindenrijk 👬 | Committed 🐱 dad | He/him 🏳️🌈🇪🇺 | Views my own
@mmr-holihead.bsky.social
Late-start historian, proud Corpuscle, author ‘Naval Seamen’s Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain’ (https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781837650118/naval-seamens-women-in-nineteenth-century-britain/). Winner 2012 Sir Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History. 💜🤍💚
@marcusrediker.bsky.social
Historian (from below), award-winning author, filmmaker, playwright, Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh marcusrediker.com
@jesussanjurjo.bsky.social
Chancellor’s Fellow & Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde | Councillor of the Royal Historical Society | Author of inthebloodofourbrothers.com | LG(B)TQ+ | he/him | Spanish & Brit(ish)
@brdemuth.bsky.social
Writer & environmental historian of cold places, now writing about the Yukon River. Author of FLOATING COAST. Prof at Brown University. Post mostly about animals, Arctic things & books. Heart is on a dogsled. #envhist #naturewriting
@elkelitzky.bsky.social
Historian of early modern China at the University of Oslo working on maps and maritime history
@redlunapixie.bsky.social
Necromancer of time. C18th Naval historian & BCMH MA dissertation winner: Hulks of the Hamoaze. Member of Royal Hist Soc. Friendly neighbourhood Goth 🖤⚓🖤 🗃️
@mateobratanic.bsky.social
Associate professor of Modern History and Maritime History at the University of Zadar. Leading IsTraJ19 project.
@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
@gkeating.bsky.social
Lecturer (professor for the US) in Pathways Education. Colonial/imperial historian focusing on the Pacific and the British Empire; mad keen sports fan and just a little political. PhD candidate!
@titanic1912.bsky.social
My name's Paul and I've been studying and researching the Titanic for nearly 40 years. My website is http://www.paullee.com/titanic
@chrissmithmuso.bsky.social
Professor & director @ www.vernacularmusiccenter.org. Off X/Meta entirely. I post daily & intend positivity about what I know & wish to learn: music, history, politics, community, Buddhism. linktr.ee/drchrissmith @Chris01247.56 on Signal
@hesterblum.bsky.social
A patched professor in Queen Nature’s granite-founded College. Polar humanities, C19, oceanic studies. Ask me about Moby-Dick. I teach environmental and nineteenth-century American literature at Penn State. Protect trans kids. She/her. hesterblum.com
@csschmitt.bsky.social
Historian of early America and the Caribbean at Cornell U, avid Philadelphia Phillies fan, sometimes gardener.
@davidkneale.bsky.social
Isle of Man based press photographer and maritime historian. MA dissertation published in the International Journal of Maritime History. Writing about press gangs, steam packets and whatever the tide brings.
@leekluckhistorian.bsky.social
Public Historian who focuses on sports topics and interesting local stories with international implications. Author of Leave While the Party's Good: The Life and Legacy of Baseball Executive Harry Dalton. https://history4publicconsumption.substack.com/
@jmhclark.bsky.social
I teach and write about history at University of Kentucky. My research is on the 17th c. Caribbean. I’m here to follow climate research, safe streets/urbanist/yimby stuff, and baseball nerd stuff. My book: https://go.shr.lc/3AKP9Fw
@drjohnaeharris.bsky.social
Historian of slavery and abolition. Author of The Last Slave Ships: NYC & The End of The Middle Passage (Yale, 2020). Working on a new book Spying on The Slave Trade 🕵️. Rep’d by Deirdre Mullane N. Ireland - U.S. https://www.johnaeharris.com/
@annegoldgar.bsky.social
Early modern historian at USC. Cultural history, Netherlands, tulipmania, arctic, history of art, history of science, history of the book, etc. Opinions expressed are mine, not USC’s.
@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/
@monitorkitty.bsky.social
Maritime historian, author, curator - specializing in Naval and Merchant Marine history, and 19th century marine salvage firms. Erstwhile straight edger, bass player, understudy fire eater, and hurdy gurdy player. My opinions are my own. Mine mine mine.
@jakedyble.bsky.social
Post-doctoral researcher in Padua 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇪🇺 Early modern and medieval commercial law, capitalism, slavery
@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
@latelordchatham.bsky.social
Congregational Librarian. Historian researching Napoleonic military/political history. Biographer of the 2nd Lord Chatham. "Quicksilver Captain: The Improbable Life of Sir Home Popham" is out now with Helion. I also have two guinea pigs, Merry and Pippin.
@bramvdhout.bsky.social
Historian interested in the Darkest Side of the VOC (slavery, piracy, violence), Linked Open Data/datasets, video games as tool for presentation of/and research
@navalairhistory.com
Writer naval/aviation hist. Council member Navy Records Soc. Words. Art. Photography. Silken Windhounds. He/him. Free Palestine
@michalyoudoing.bsky.social
History of Science, Astronomy, Cartography, Transport, Software, AI Translating 17th century Astronomy texts Author: -The Perfect Transport: and the science of why you can't have it -Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy
@sarahloumiller.bsky.social
Lecturer at Kings College London, UK Defence Academy. Visiting Scholar at University of Oxford, FRHistS, MRAeS. Historian of War. Author, Broadcaster, TV, Radio. Rep. @knightayton.bsky.social Web. https://www.sarah-louisemiller.com/
@samuelhelfont.bsky.social
Middle East/International history. Newest book: Iraq against the World (OUP, 2023). Naval War College@Naval Postgraduate School. PhD@Princeton. Views my own. https://www.samuelhelfont.com
@paodonnell.bsky.social
History, Ships, Manufacturing and Trade Policy. Attempting a PhD (the left and the navy in early C20/interwar Britain) twenty years later than is traditional.
@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.
@marcusfaulkner.bsky.social
Naval and intelligence historian. Familiar with the Second World War. PhD, MA etc. Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies @ King's College London
@ancientsea.bsky.social
- Covering mostly Prehistoric and Ancient Maritime History, though I will post examples of both river and sea vessels - Cross-section enthusiast
@maritimetexas.bsky.social
Maritime, naval, and military history guy, occasional author. Texas Marine Archaeological Steward. Iconoclastic tendencies. Opinions mine, not my employer's.
@lee-jane.bsky.social
Historian studying 18th century Marine Corps. Also interested in duelling, mutiny & piracy - there may be a theme!
@nickhewitt4.bsky.social
#naval #historian #Orkney Culture Team Lead @OrkneyCouncil. Author: Firing on Fortress Europe, Coastal Convoys, Kaiser’s Pirates. New book #Normandy: The Sailors’ Story with Yale Books. On TV a bit. Views all mine. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇹🇼
@kejamieson.bsky.social
Short For Bob. Naval & Maritime Historian. AFRHistS Royal Historical Society. Council Member: Society for Nautical Research. PhD Student @ Exeter Uni. Day Job in Offshore Security. Rower. Owned by a Dog 🐾 katejamieson.co.uk / IG: katejamieson_
@mromero.bsky.social
Science-Fiction fan, World History teacher, Naval Historian, always something more I need to be writing or reading...
@drangelasutton.bsky.social
Author: Pirates of the Slave Trade Professor: Communication of Science & Tech Director: Fort Negley Descendants Project & Builders and Defenders Database www.buildersanddefenders.org www.AngelaSutton.info
@wanderingyeti.bsky.social
Historian, Archivist, Photographer. Will happily chat about most things but especially about maritime history, swordfighting, folklore, D&D, and dusty boxes full of old stuff. I’m also a tired human who is going to grad school...again. She/Her 🏳️🌈
@anjuliwebster.bsky.social
Writer and historian. Empire, environment, and racial capitalism in southern Africa. Lecturer, Department of Liberation Studies, University of Fort Hare.
@jcaverley.bsky.social
Political scientist and Press director, US Naval War College. Sure it works in practice, but how does it work in theory? Opinions are mine.
@caeliambulator.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at UMD working on Indian Ocean trade and the wider ancient world. More than occasionally talks about the doggo. https://history.umd.edu/directory/jeremy-simmons
@sdecasien.bsky.social
Nautical Archaeologist & Ancient Historian • Greek & Roman Maritime History & Archaeology • Naval Warfare, Warships, & Naval Rams • Postdoc Research Fellow at Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China • PhD from TAMU. http://stephendecasien.com
@annabellelaf.bsky.social
PhD History about transatlantic letters in the 18th century, between Basque country, Aquitaine and French colonies. Maritime & colonial history. CORBAN project & Prize Papers Project. Rugbywoman, fan of photography, videogame, Tifosi and ocean lover 🌊🏉📸🏎️🎮
@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🇺🇸
@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
@coastalhistory.bsky.social
_The Craft of Historical Research: A Practical Guide from Start to Finish_ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024). Co-editor of Coastal Studies & Society journal. Professor Emeritus, Indiana State University.
@chelmcohenarch.bsky.social
Archaeologist of ports, seas, and the ships that plied between them. Occasional archaeobotanist. Museum educator. Penn PhD candidate. Queer bog monster. Big damn nerd.
@oceanhistories.bsky.social
History of science, technology, and especially the oceans. Co-editor of Oceans In Depth U Chicago Press book series.
@captainles.bsky.social
Generally liberal but my Stupidity Intolerance is non-partisan. USAF Vet, Big Tech guy, avid sailor, yacht design & maritime history enthusiast. Also play a little blues guitar. If you sail please let me know - we've got a Starter Pack!
@honer.bsky.social
Historian & Management Consultant. Author of Learning War, Battle Line, & Mastering the Art of Command.
@sarahabendall.bsky.social
Material Culture & Gender Historian | Trade, Production & Consumption of Fashion, 1500-1800 | Recreation & Making |📖 Shaping Femininity (Bloomsbury) | Co-I AHRC Making Historical Dress Network | 👩🏻🏫Senior Lecturer | sarahabendall.com
@heatherhaleyphd.bsky.social
historian | training for my first marathon (in 2026) | plant & cat mom | views expressed are mine alone
@graceeasterly.bsky.social
PhDing @uconnhistory | writing a diss on freedom of navigation, US foreign relations, and sovereignty at sea | also GEU-UAW Local 6950 pres | she/her
@womenof1000.bsky.social
Art & research project illustrating the lives of women from around the world 1000 years ago: https://womenof1000ad.weebly.com/ PhD student at Edinburgh Uni in Celtic & Scottish Studies, researching herring gutters & their music. she/her, disabled 🏳️🌈
@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
@jwsc03.bsky.social
RT/Like =/= endorsement; ship =/= boat. MA Naval History student at Uni Portsmouth. He/Him. Formerly CIMSEC Sea Control: https://sea-control.simplecast.com/
@pkhardy.bsky.social
Historian of science, technology, & medicine, especially tech of ocean science. Associate history professor at UW-La Crosse. Book review editor for H-Sci-Med-Tech & H-Oceans. She/her/hers.
@guysechrist.bsky.social
Early-modern history of science | Commerce and Science -Practical Maths -Natural History Uni. of Tennessee | PhD Cambridge HPS
@adamhdomby.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Auburn University. Huntington Fellow. All opinions are my own.
@cjwexler.bsky.social
Civil War Naval historian examining Confederate ironclad construction and the Federal Blockade off Charleston Harbor. Philly sports fan, PhD, Associate Professor at a community college. Also: metal, foodways. Views are my own, not my employers, etc.
@rtvan.bsky.social
Prof & DH Coordinator @CPP. Early Americans abroad, merchants, smugglers, capitalists, family history = labor history. In it for the gossip. Views my own.
@adamrothman.bsky.social
No kings! Historian. Books: Slave Country, Beyond Freedom's Reach. More: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXHCAA4/adam-rothman