MikeHawkes @michaelhawkes.bsky.social Writer, publisher, and dad, amateur historian and Bible scholar. An infinitely-inquisitive progressive Christian. Moderator of www.reddit.com/r/OpenChristian, and www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical
Oxford University Byzantine Society @oxunibyzantinesoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the Oxford University Byzantine Society.
Follow for updates about our activities & for all things Late Antique and Byzantine at Oxford!
Niels Gaul @nielsgaul.bsky.social Byzantinist at the University of Edinburgh
Caroline Tully @carolinetully.bsky.social Aegean archaeologist, Reception Studies scholar, antiquities curator, weaver, tarot reader, likes ancient Mediterranean religions, magic, the Victorians, contemporary Paganisms, modern Witchcraft, and big jewellery.
Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) @cbrl.bsky.social A learned society working with the countries, peoples and societies of the Levant to advance public education through promoting and disseminating research in the humanities, social sciences and related subjects.
https://www.cbrl.ac.uk
Dr Julia Lindenlaub @julialindenlaub.bsky.social Senior Content Manager, Academic Journals, Cambridge University Press | PhD, University of Edinburgh | Historian of Religion in Mediterranean Antiquity & Production Editor for Humanities Research | She/Her
Lea Beness @leabeness.bsky.social Honorary Assoc. Prof. in Roman History, Lefty, Feminist, Dog Lover, Regularly Romesick. She/her. All views her own.
Jacques Beauseroy @jbeauseroy.bsky.social Professeur d'Histoire-Géographie - Chargé de cours en histoire byzantine
North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network @northwestmedieval.bsky.social Home of the North West Medieval Studies Postgraduate Network and Reading Group
Enquiries: nwmsreading@gmail.com
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Instagram: @northwestmedieval
Gracie Dunster @graciedlion.bsky.social Reader, writer, history nerd, mom to 9. Pretty new here on bsky RE: finally had to step away from Facebook for my own sanity. Hi old friends, hello new friends 🫶
Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann @mancent.bsky.social Archaeologist and historian. Author. Course Director and lecturer of Independent Adult Education Provider MANCENT. Director Roman Gask Project. Loves all things Roman and Silkroad, and lots and lots of ancient glass. 
Contemporary Levant @contemplevant.bsky.social A journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant @cbrl.bsky.social; https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ycol20. Looking for archaeology? That’ll be our sister journal, @levant-journal.bsky.social
The Marco Institute @marcoinstitute.bsky.social We are the University of Tennessee's internationally-acclaimed center for the study of the history and culture of the late antique, medieval, and early modern world, c.300-1700 CE.
Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social; Professor in EU Law/Deputy HoD at @sdu.dk. EU & #brexit nerd. #Ukraine supporter. Member @ec.europa.eu's expert group on EU Crim Policy. Author of "Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Justice" @hartpublishing.bsky.social
Eymir Ege Aldemir @eymirr.bsky.social A graduate student in Conservation of Cultural Heritage Program at METU and someone trying to be a Byzantinist
Michael Press @michaeldpress.bsky.social Researcher and editor | writings on cultural heritage, antiquities trade
Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture @mjcbac.bsky.social The Mary Jaharis Center was established in 2010 to promote Byzantine studies, with a particular emphasis on Byzantine art and culture. Visit us at maryjahariscenter.org.
Beth Digeser @bddigeser.bsky.social Roman historian, cook, lover of dogs.
Philip Baldwin @philipcbaldwin.bsky.social LGBTQIA+/HIV author, presenter, speaker, writer and activist (he/him/his). Gay Times column. Trans inclusive.
https://linktr.ee/philipbaldwin.london
Anglican Women @anglicanwomen.bsky.social For #AnglicanWomen worldwide.
Let’s unite & take an active stand for equality & justice. Mainly #AustralianAnglicans & #EnglishAnglicans, but for #AllAnglicanWomen
David Sheen ☩ @cappellanus.bsky.social Chaplain & Fellow | Oxford | DPhil Candidate: History of Christianity, 19C America, PECUSA, W.A.Muhlenberg | Erstwhile Physio | Runner | 🏴
Adam Renberg @adamrenberg.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Theology. Teaching Pastor. Historical theology, Christology, and the early church. Book on Eusebius of Caesarea with Brepols.
Kannon Shanmugam @kannonshanmugam.bsky.social Lawyer focusing on Supreme Court and appellate litigation. Husband of Vicki Shanmugam. Father of three boys. Proud Kansan. Mainly on X and LinkedIn.
Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social Dedicated to the love of books, manuscripts, written words in multiple media across the ages. Did we mention books?
Our website = https://manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/
Dr Claire Nesbitt @drclairenesbitt.bsky.social Archaeologist, editor, PDRA at @ArcDurham All things Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine. Formerly @clairenesbittm1 on X. All views my own etc. She/her.
Mara Nicosia @mara-nicosia.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow at dissgea.unipd.it, Padua
Syriac rhetoric, Arabic rhetoric, Semitic linguistics
https://maranicosia.com/
Dr Foteini Spingou @fspingou.bsky.social Administrator and Scholar – Higher Education and Medieval History
Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal the champions, wosoc. Wow! (center) Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it. 
Sean Peppard @lbcse.bsky.social I am a lawyer by trade, I love visiting Ireland, and my passion is ancient near eastern studies, right now focusing on the intersection of early Christianity and emergent rabbinic Judaism. I hope to learn and grow on this site.
Philip Lewis @pslewis.bsky.social Head of Global Strategy, Policy & Engagement at The British Academy. Previously at the European Parliament and the UK House of Lords. Working on EU & global research and innovation policy | global (dis)order | humanity, climate & nature
Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
Publishing books that champion arts & humanities 🏰 home of history!
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The International Hellenic Prize @ihellenicprize.bsky.social The International Hellenic Prize awards original works in English relating to, or inspired by, ancient or modern Hellenic civilization, culture, history, or literature.
Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social Professor of Early Christian History at the University of Exeter; Canon Theologian at Exeter Cathedral. Crafter of prose, cushions and woolly socks.
I lift my eyes to the hills.
Malcolm Choat @malfy-c.bsky.social Historian, papyrologist, Coptologist: forgery, authenticity, ethics, and provenance; scribal practice in Greek and Coptic papyri; Coptic monasticism & first millennium Egypt.
The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social Founded in 1910 for the study of Roman history, archaeology, literature and art down to about A.D. 700.
Based at Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.
www.romansociety.org
Nigel McFarlane @nigelmcfarlane.bsky.social Partner. Father. Civil servant. OU Classics student. Interested in modern Greece, ancient history, churches, faith, nature. My own views.
Dr Elaine C. Sanderson @elainam42.bsky.social 🏛️ Classicist (Roman literature, civil war, emotion and trauma)
🎻 Violinist
🐴 Mum to Bish
APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama) @apgrd.bsky.social University of Oxford research centre into performances inspired by ancient Greece and Rome: stage plays, ballets, films, tv, audio dramas, drag shows, dance, animation, musicals... from 1315 to present day!
http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk
Nigel Hillpaul ن ‘A Colourful Welshman’ @thehillpaul.bsky.social Rural Antiquary, Byzantinist, Z' Troop veteran & Varangjar for the σκρίνιον τῶν βαρβάρων and a Curator.
A Byron Rogers Enthusiast.
‘Did I mention I rowed a Trireme?’
https://nigelhillpaul6.wixsite.com/sketches-of-a-life
David Scourfield @jhdscourfield.bsky.social Classicist and Modernist, Em. Prof. Working on a monograph on E. M. Forster and Classics, and a new edition of his novel The Longest Journey for Cambridge UP. Welsh/Irish.
Maynooth Classics @muclassics.bsky.social Ancient Classics has been taught in Maynooth University since its foundation in 1795. And now Ancient Classics is on Blue Sky too!
Find us at: maynoothuniversity.ie/ancient-classics
Contact us at: classics@mu.ie
Roberta Mazza @robertamazza.bsky.social Papyrologist and Ancient Historian
https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/r.mazza/en
https://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/
Samuel Oer de Almeida @samueloer.bsky.social Archaeologist. Father of 2. Doctoral student researching cities of Roman Asia Minor @unituebingen.bsky.social. Culture | History | Architecture | Urbanism | Numismatics | Epigraphy.
Wolfson College Oxford @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social The natural home for graduates at Oxford University
Linton Rd, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6UD
Dimitrios Bogdantsalis @dimitrisatticus.bsky.social PhD in Byzantine History, DUTh - MA in Local History - Researching late antique Thrace.
Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social Website and contact details: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/
ArchaeoBonn @archaeobonn.bsky.social Abteilung Christliche Archäologie
Institut für Archäologie und Kulturanthropologie
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Unsere Homepage:
https://www.iak.uni-bonn.de/christliche-archaeologie/de/abteilung_christliche_archaeologie
Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social Prof. Physical #Geography | #Quaternary #Drylands | #Geoarchaeology | #Luminescence | #USeries | #Hydrogeology | #cyclist | #swimmer |🏳️🌈 | parent | (she/her)
🌐 https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/abi.stone
PANS & RivER https://shorturl.at/p2iNi
Keble College @kebleoxford.bsky.social Welcome to the official account of Keble College, Oxford 🧱
PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social The worlds most read and watched LGBTQ+ media publisher.
Our mission - to inform, inspire change and empower people to be themselves 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Find us at www.thepinknews.com
Christos G. Makrypoulias @christos-mak.bsky.social 
Helen King @helenking.bsky.social Sort of retired (not), Professor Emerita, The Open University. Classics, history of medicine/the body/gynaecology. Writer, blogger, C of E lay preacher, chair of Together on General Synod (formerly Gender & Sexuality Group). She/her. Likes flowers.
Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity @aartela.bsky.social The Bluesky account of the American Academy of Religion Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity program unit.
Cristian Gașpar @cristigaspar.bsky.social linguist, classicist & medievalist. lecturer at Central European University in Vienna. into languages, history of ancient & medieval sexualities, literature, beer, wine, sexy beards. bănățan. he/him 🏳️🌈
https://tinyurl.com/49w6yvdv
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social The Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) in the School of Advanced Study. Promoting and supporting research into all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond.
Clare 🌸🐕📚 @clarelitt.bsky.social Commissioning Editor for Classics & Medieval Studies Liverpool University Press. Greece & Rome, Late Antiquity, Vikings, Translated Texts for Historians, reception studies, Egyptology, all things medieval….walks, landscapes, cathedrals, publisher geek.
Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social DEI hire. Prof of Primary Care, Uni of Oxford. Researching digital health/ inequities, covid prevention (masks/ air quality). Wild swimmer. Mum to Rob (marine bio) & Al (doc). She/her. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=QDCqsJwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Matthieu Cassin @mcassin.bsky.social Researcher, Greek texts and manuscripts, History of books and libraries, Patristics
#manuscripts #Byzantium #Patristics
Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social ERC CoG 2025 (claim.univie.ac.at) | FWF START Award 2024 (GenAut.univie.ac.at) | Co-host of @tetraseminar.bsky.social (TeTra.univie.ac.at) | Co-editor RBECS.org | Bits and bobs, manuscript studies, and the reception of EC literature. In Vienna.
John Kittmer @johnkittmer.bsky.social Greek literature and culture | Christianity | Churches, abbeys, cathedrals | Poetry | Chair of school governors | Visiting professor | Ex-ambassador | Enthusiast for Yorkshire
Cambridge UL Special Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social Cambridge University Library Special Collections, featuring our manuscripts, archives, maps, music, rare books, photographs, objects and more. https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/special-collections
Leuven University Press @leuvenup.bsky.social Turning Inspiring Scholarship into Outstanding Publications
Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
Diane Shane Fruchtman @dianeshanef.bsky.social Rutgers Religion Prof; Medievalist historian of Christianity. Martyrdom Scholar. Advocate for inclusive pedagogy, public education, and peace. New Yorker turned Hoosier. Mom of 3. (She/her or they)
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Amy Pistone @apistone.bsky.social Classicist who works on agonistic things (tragedy, sports, drinking games), professor, enthusiast of sports and trash pop culture, feminist, dog owner
She/her
https://www.amypistone.com/
David Patrick McKenzie @dpmckenzie.bsky.social Versatile public historian & professor. Public history, museums, US-LatAm hist, hist memory. Formerly of Folger, Ford’s Theatre, Capital Jewish Museum, Design Minds, Alamo. SATX->Pgh->ElSal->DC/NoVa->GSO.
Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos.
We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
RomanSites1 @romansites1.bsky.social Online account that conveys our love of Roman history and archaeology, Roman sites and the pleasures of visiting them.
Maroula Perisanidi @maroulix.bsky.social Medieval and Byzantine History
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow She/her
Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
Signal: Juan Cole
Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social Historian: mobility & recordkeeping of #earlymodern Catholic minorities. Book: confessional mobility and English Catholics in Early Modern Europe. Also grumpy about the state of UK Higher Education so likely to talk about how it is being failed...(She/Her)
The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social In the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery & community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate & research for over 300 years. Also own Kelmscott Manor, past home of William Morris.
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Nik Matheou 🇵🇸 @historyastheory.bsky.social • Global Medieval History & Marxism @ University of Edinburgh • @ucu.org.uk Rank & File • Support #FreeOcalan, #DelistPKK & @bdsmovement.bsky.social • Omnia Sunt Communia •
Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social The ISAW Library is a research library that supports the core academic areas represented by the ISAW faculty and students, as well as the interdisciplinary, cross-boundary approach to the ancient world that lies at the center of ISAW's intellectual mission
Becky Way @beckyw12345.bsky.social Mum, history need, type 1 diabetes 💉, feminist, Labour Party 🌹 #insulin4all #bancars she/her
Lucas McMahon @chrysoboullon.bsky.social PhD Princeton. The logic and logistics of empire. Foreign affairs, information security, and digital spatial history. Long Roman Empire, sometimes even the Komnenoi. British Academy International Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Exeter. 🇨🇦
David Potter @davidpotterromhist.bsky.social ancient historian at Michigan
James Morton @jamesmorton.bsky.social Associate Professor of History at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Researches law, religion, and manuscripts in the medieval Byzantine Empire. Author, Byzantine Religious Law in Medieval Italy (http://bit.ly/3h3Huph) #ByzantineLaw
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Conor Whately @conorwhately.bsky.social Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg.
Dan Schwartz @bergdenker.bsky.social Late Antiquity, Syriac Studies, Digital Humanities. I promise I'll write something clever after one more cup of coffee. (he, him)
Gavin Kelly @gavinkellylatin.bsky.social Latinist, late Roman historian
Dr Tiggy McLaughlin @amalasuentha.bsky.social late antique historian, theology teacher, writer; still writing about Jesus's flesh in Merovingian Gaul
Zeynep Olgun @fallofzeynep.bsky.social Byzantinist working on ships and all things maritime.
Cambridge History PhD student, Newnham College.
I read and lift.
The Byzantine Legacy @thebyzantinelegacy.bsky.social Art, architecture, and history from Byzantium and beyond.
All photos are original (copyrighted/no AI) or historical/referenced images.
Benjamin Anderson @bunyaminanderson.bsky.social Art historian, gay husband & doodle dad 🐩 Writing ✍️ etc. at bunyaminanderson.com 🛜
Brad Hostetler @bradhostetler.bsky.social Associate Professor of Art History at Kenyon College. Late Antique and Byzantine art, Greek epigraphy.
Nikos Tsivikis @ntsivikis.bsky.social Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology from outer space - Amorium and Messene excavation - Researcher at the National Hellenic Research Foundation
Emilio Zucchetti @emizuc.bsky.social Lecturer, Roman History, Royal Holloway; social conflict, riots, methodology buff; chair of the Gramsci Research Network; editor Menelique; he/him, bi🏳️🌈, ADHD; Marxist glasses with intersectional shades 🍉; MINOTAUR; my opinions, not my employer's
Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social Historian. Coffee drinker
Fr Simon Cuff @frsimoncuff.bsky.social Priest. Vicar, St Peter de Beauvoir Town. Trustee, Migrants Organise. Vice-chair, Just Money Movement.
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social Political Editor, Liverpool Echo. UK regional journalist of the year 2025. 4 x Specialist Regional Journalist of the Year winner. Orwell Prize and Paul Foot nominee. Proud dad who loves overpriced craft ale.
Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.