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Happy Easter Twitterstorians

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Many more twitterstorians have appeared, here are some:

#Twitterstorians beat the odds

Since the AHA (and my Cliopatria win), I've gained a bunch more #twitterstorian followers. I also got to meet a bunch more in person!

Here are some of those:

@polioandme - Elizabeth Kenny

@ChasingClaudiaK - Sarah LaVigne

@genghiskuhn - John Kuhn

@jhdavey - Jennifer Davey

@lcworking

@genealogydr - Amanda Forson

@tgplawson

@wrightallison

@medievalfacts - Tom Depue

@brandontlocke

@historybeagle - Lisa Smith

@awmarrs

@thomasdixon2011

@hballard1

@amwhisnant

@styce

@newburghr - Johanna Porr

@pierrepurseigle

@daelnorwood

@melinda_baldwin

@crystalfraser

@tmoens

As ever, you can add yourself in the comments. And please feel free to use the tag #twitterstorians when you're posting history-related stuff on twitter.

Twitterstorians Hit the Road

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More #twitterstorians have joined my twitterfeed, check them out!

This month there are also the nominations for the Cliopatria awards, given by the History News Network. I am one of the judges for the categories Best New Blog, and Best Group Blog.

Nominations are open through November, judging takes place in December, and winners are announced at the AHA in January. Anyone can make a nomination, and this year there are also categories for twitter and podcasts! So if you read history blogs, or twitter, or listen to podcasts, consider nominating your favourites here.

@MichaelHattem
@ladyhertford
@calhistorian
@opheliacat
@sallyosborn
@samuraiarchives

@ciaranon - Ciaran O'Neill
@ETFranz
@ProfessorSheyda Sheyda Jahanbani
@ljunkin
@mpitelka
@MoreOnVictoria - Philippa Dissel
@dpmckenzie
@humanifyingg - Alan Hwe
@hujane
@seefootnote - Katy Layton-Jones
@SpartanLady1 - Jenni Irving
@ProfessMoravec
@Ms_Historian - Amy Lively
@RichardEvans36
@ruth_mather
@tammyingram
@kathikern

Institutional accounts:

@ReviewsHistory
@scholarslab
@brooklynmuseum
@librarycompany

The Twitterstorians Turn Two!!

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Once upon a time (well, two years ago), I asked on twitter "where are all the historians?". The answer became the Twitterstorians.

The 7th September marks the second birthday of the #twitterstorians list. We had a small party last year, and since then the list has continued to grow! We've been mentioned on the American Historical Association blog, and it's interesting to see how use of Twitter is spreading, particularly among more senior academics.

If twitter had existed earlier in my academic career, my dissertation would have been the stronger for it. On the other hand, it might not have been finished...

Twitter (and the #twitterstorians) have been a godsend to me the last couple of years, when I've been working at home. Having the daily water-cooler type chat with colleagues (who happen to be thousands of miles away) has helped me immensely. And being able to turn to such a resource of historical knowledge is at times, mindblowing. I've been introduced to new fields, and some of the best articles I've read. I'm using it more and more, as I get much quicker responses to my tweets than I ever do to email....

I am interested to see how a critical mass of historians on twitter changes other things about the field, from conference organisation to the job market (the wiki, for all its shortcomings, has already had a dramatic effect in how people approach searches; in the past I have been wikijected, and this year I found out that I didn't get a fellowship because I saw the recipient post it on twitter! While that was disappointing, I'd rather find out sooner than be kept hanging for months).

Some twitterstorians (and other people I had originally known online, through the Chronicle of Higher Education fora) became members of the editorial board of Transnational Subjects. We've discussed editorial goals, recruited submissions, and sought advice and expressions of interest from other historians. We even found our publisher, @gylphi! There is no way that without twitter we could have done it at such speed or so successfully.

Some other #twitterstorians who are posting to mark the date are:

Jonathan Dresner - @jondresner

Rachel Herrmann - @raherrmann

Kathryn Tomasek - @kathryntomasek

Wilko Hardenberg - @wilkohardenberg

Suzanne Fischer - @publichistorian

Charlotte Riley - @lottelydia

Mark Cheathem - @markcheathem

Sharon Howard - @sharon_howard

Kelly Hignett - @kellyhignett

Janice Liedl - @jliedl

Brett Holman - @airminded

Kelly Baker - @kelly_j_baker

Heather Prescott - @hmprescott

and from @ministorian in the #historynoir theme:

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You can see more #historynoir at his tumblr.

Damn it feels good to be a #twitterstorian

Since the uses of twitter were featured on the AHA blog, including the #twitterstorians, a whole bunch more have emerged!

@keeganjg
@kenneth_owen
@adam_costanzo
@hmprescott - AKA Knitting Clio
@RegalRenegade
@joshuapaddison
@history_doctor - Taylor Stoermer
@kelly_j_baker
@jefferslennox
@commitz - Mike Commito
@fredgibbs
@DanGuadagnolo
@pbkotowski
@tammyingram
@wrigbe - Beth Wright
@wunderplatz - Kate D.
@gordonchls - s.e. gordon-salway
@sarabushnc
@AmandaEpperson
@Brujuli - Juliana GómezMerchán
@lostinhistory - Jason Warren
@notplainjane29 - Jane Rothstein
@drhonor - honor sachs
@JessicaPClark
@macklin_gd
@kenneth_owen
@GeoffPolHist - Geoff Robinson
@jhrees - Jonathan Rees
@itshistorygirl - Emily MacLeod
@jypersian
@YAppelbaum

And some institutional accounts:

@virginiacw150 - The Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission
@HISTORYmag
@BMAGimages Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Picture Library
@HistoryWJ - History Workshop Journal

Twitterstorians is not limited to academic historians, but anyone with an interest in history. If you want to see the rest of the list, click here.

Twitterstorians keep the faith

Many more historians have appeared on the Twitter, I find them because they follow me or reply to me—I also browse around for new members but I can’t be comprehensive. So if you want to be added, please list yourself in the comments.

@lincolnmullen
@amylou981
– Amy Louise Western
@lbary – Leslie Bary
@philmedman – Brendan Clarke
@mrweatherburn
@blanchemaynard
– Louise Côté
@dawudart – David Chavarria
@thompsonwerk – Robert Thompson
@tori_smith_
@cap_and_gown
– Tamson Pietsch
@adamarenson

@conversiontales – research group on religious change in Early Modern Europe.
@oldbaileyonline – Old Bailey and London Lives digital projects.
@totalgettysburg – Battle of Gettysburg information.

If you're going to hand me a bottle of f****** SoCo, something just comes over me....

....and I keep finding more #twitterstorians. So if you like following historians on the twitter, you should check out these:

@helenatoth9

@dafeller

@drmichaelscott

@outofmischief - Richard Hemming

- Håkan Forsell

- Jennifer Nelson

Ian Blunt

Sally Large

Caroline Shenton

Felicia Lind

Caroline Sharples

Jeff Wasserstrom

And if you want to find out what people are talking about that's history-related, just search for the tag #twitterstorians

It's raining Twitterstorians

Here are some more historians and history enthusiasts I’ve discovered on twitter. Follow them and look for the hashtag #twitterstorians for discussions history-related.

@QSlobodian
Quinn Slobodian
@amstott1789  Andrew McConnell Stott
@Kwwojcicki Kathy Whitacre Wojci
@jliedl Janice Liedl
@HPS_Vanessa Vanessa H
@lmsahistory  Molly Myers
@shewolfmanc Hannah
@milhistorian Ken Reynolds
@lauraemacdonald  Laura MacDonald
@seelix Emily
@jnthnwwlsn Jonathan Wilson
@Beady77  Julie Day