Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social
alex zawacki @achillghost.bsky.social itsonlydark.substack.com
Dr Elena Rossi @elenarossi.bsky.social I just really like History | DPhil in History from Magdalen College, Oxford | Medieval women and universities | Colloquium Secretary at London Medieval Society | she/her
James Paz @jamespaz.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval English Literature at the University of Manchester (https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james.paz).
Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social Darby Fellow (Simon and June Li) in English Literature at Lincoln College, Ox. Interested in the medieval Ovid, forgeries, exile, Chaucer, Gower, medievalism.
Dr. Barry Torch @barrytorch.bsky.social He/Him. Medieval and Renaissance Historian, Skeptical Optimist, Purveyor of Puns, and lover of Books, Fountain Pens, and Dogs. Settler on Treaty 13 Territory. Jewish. Queer.
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her
Christie Vogler @voguearchaeology.bsky.social Ancient Mediterranean archaeologist & scholar (Ph.D in Anthro). I study women's roles in ancient medicine. Co-host of the podcast Movies We Dig (@movieswedig.bsky.social). She/Her
https://linktr.ee/voglercm
(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social Archaeologist. This gun's for hire on small finds. Educator. Iron Age/ early med material culture . Likes horses and old stabby pointy things. "Ain't nothin' like me - except me" (Raccoon, 2014). Usually optimistic. She/her/thon wan. Personal views only
Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @uoncsva.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands
Fiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Glasgow, researching the early medieval Moray Firthlands in Scotland. Live in Penryn, Cornwall. FSAScot. Posts about early medieval Scottish history and archaeology. Blog: https://fortrenn.ghost.io
Ny BjΓΆrn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social Swedish archaeologist (PhD, Arch Sci).
Finds specialist (Iron Age through Medieval per.)
Surveyor of islands in the Baltic Sea.
πLiDAR-spotting!
Works for @raa-se.bsky.social
Papers etc: https://raa.academia.edu/NyBj%C3%B6rnGustafsson
Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social The Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) was founded in 1968 to explore the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish cultures.
https://ssns.org.uk
Daniel MacLean @danielmaclean.bsky.social Early Medievalist, Pictus obsessus and bronze vessel nerd. 46/282 Munros. With some added Crofting and Common Grazings.
Marianne Hem Eriksen @thehem.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Archaeology | BBC New Generation Thinker | PI of the Body-Politics project | v slow runner π³π΄π¬π§πͺπΊ
Tom Fairfax @tcfairfax.bsky.social Professional Orkneyinga saga enthusiast | UoN PhD | Reviews Editor, Northern Studies
Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social Early medievalist, West Highland fiddler, writer & editor based in London (UK). Occasionally posts sculpture on @ASCorpus.bsky.social. Trustee @gefrintrust.bsky.social. British Museum tour guide.
@yoerimeessen.bsky.social @yoerimeessen.bsky.social Director
National museum @huisvanhetboek /
House of the book π The Hague
Lynne M. Thomas π³οΈβπππ¦ π @lynnemthomas.com Rare Book #Librarian, #editor, bereaved parent of Caitlin. 12x Hugo Award winner. bi/pan/queer. Head @illinoisrbml.bsky.social; Verity podcast; ex-Uncanny Mag. #aerialist. My opinions. she/her. #DoctorWho New book: https://alastore.ala.org/infiniteloop
Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social We offer a focus for those with an interest in church monuments of all types and periods. Posts by @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social
Eva Molπ @evamol.bsky.social Lecturer Roman ArchaeologyUoY; slow archaeology; from Drenthe; lover of everything conceptual
Laura Nasrallah @lsnasrallah.bsky.social Buckingham Professor at Yale University (Religious Studies and Divinity)
Helen Spencer @helspencer.bsky.social Head of Research at Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. PhD in archaeological glass science. Consultant in museum and heritage collections care. Trustee at Tarbat Discovery Centre.
Interested in all things #archaeology #museums #glass #Scotland #heritage
Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social Historian of #VastEarlyAmerica, gender, family & politics | Director & Librarian @ JCBLibrary | History Prof @ Brown U
#LineageTheBook OUP July, 2025 | On some other platforms and also @ karinwulf.com | Opinions here just mine.
Norse Hagiography Network @networknorse.bsky.social The Norse Hagiography Network is an international, interdisciplinary network with the aim of bringing together scholars with similar interests for collaboration
Bastiaan Waagmeester @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social Medieval historian | postdoc @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social⬠| Early medieval manuscripts and religious education
Personal website: libripendis.eu
Pighill @pighill.bsky.social Archaeological illustrator & heritage graphic designer, Peter Lorimer.
Based in Lincolnshire. works everywhere.
Aoife Daly @dendro-aoife.bsky.social Dendroarchaeology, shipwreck archaeology. I'm Irish & Danish. TIMBER
Simon Thomson @scfthomson.bsky.social Easily excited medievalist working @hhu.bsky.social. I love manuscripts, stories and storytelling, teaching, @lfcr.bsky.social, antiracism, LGBTQ+ support, Nigeria, living in Germany, the Real Housewives, my wife, and gin (not always in that order)
Mirella Marini @mirellamarini.bsky.social Historicus/a (adellijke vrouwen, identiteit, diplomatie) - sinds kort podcaster van π Vrouwen des Huizes π @vrouwendeshuizes @treesandhistories op Instagram
Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social Curator of (very old) curious books, prints on fabric, functional ephemera (newberry.org), Director of a pop-up book society (movablebooksociety.org). History of art, science, decorative food, pirates. Where's the WHIMSY? π«AI
Mostly Chicago. She/her
Rhiannon Warren @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social AHRC PhD student in ASNC at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, researching Icelandic Liturgical Manuscript Fragments β’ Soprano choral scholar β’ 24, proudly dyslexic β π³βπ β’ she/her
Making a Warrior @makingawarrior.bsky.social Research project @Oslo/Uppsala/ReykjavΓk/Copenhagen
Examining viking warriorhood and its representations past and present
Project info: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/research/projects/making-a-warrior
Ragna's Islands @ragnasislands.bsky.social A project researching the place-names of Orkney & Fair Isle built around a new translation of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney by @judithjesch.bsky.social
Find us at https://nott.ac/placenames
Dr Francesca Santoro @phyllida.bsky.social Greek & Roman history, politics, art history, literature. Music: Mahler, DSCH, opera, chamber music. Have lived in Rome & Amsterdam. Love languages, theatre, museums in general, Shakespeare, London, the House of Commons, Rowson cartoons, in particular.π
Dr Anna Reeve @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social Material culture historian, exploring the history of Cypriot archaeology and ancient Cypriot collections in UK museums. Ceramics fan. Research Fellow, Institute of Classical Studies and Associate Lecturer in Classics, Open University. Views my own.
Horus the Elder π
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¨π βΏ @horusofnekhen.bsky.social He/Him | Disabled archaeologist and curator specialising in the study of disability in antiquity. #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine π
Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social The forum for the historic environment sector in England, supported by Historic England. http://www.historicenvironmentforum.org.uk
Bente Marschall @bentemarschall.bsky.social PhD Candidate Medieval Urban History (UAntwerp) || Editor@Madoc
Urban history, social history, Late Medieval Cities, internal divisions, health care and children
Medieval Amsterdam, Maastricht & Bruges
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/bente-marschall/
Mike Pitts @pittsmike.bsky.social Award-winning writer/broadcaster
Editor British Archaeology magazine 2003β23
Editor Society of Antiquaries of London e-newsletter 2015β20
President Sussex Archaeological Society https://mikepitts.wordpress.com/
Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social Archaeologist with a penchant for 16th and 17th century playhouses of all shapes and sizes, FSA and Faversham Society Trustee ππΊ
Dr Christian Mazet @cmazet.bsky.social Curator for the Cultures of Italy and Western Mediterranean at the British Museum
Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social Historian of scientific, economic and colonial projects in early modern Britain, Ireland, and the Atlantic; books http://bit.ly/3HYwNiA & http://bit.ly/3rKdAvt; http://memoriousblog.com; views mine; he/him. Montrealer in Philly, except when Iβm in Montreal
Sarah Lidwell-Durnin @sarahlidwelldurnin.bsky.social Archaeology PhD candidate @ Bristol working on craniometry, Arthur Evans & the MinoansπΊπ
Archives volunteer @ Griffith Institute & Ashmolean Museum
In Oxford/from Dublin
Reading: Queen's Play, Dorothy Dunnett
Department of Global Humanities @suffolkglobal.bsky.social Welcome to the official profile of the Department of Global Humanities at Suffolk University, in the heart of Boston. We are an interdisciplinary and international department offering a wide variety of majors, minors, and programs.
Bristol IGRCT @igrct.bsky.social The Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition @BristolUni.bsky.social. Promoting research into Greco-Roman culture, from antiquity to the present day.
igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Brigstow Institute @hellobrigstow.bsky.social An University of Bristol Institute for creativity, compassion, and co-created research.
Nurturing transformative partnerships from ideas to impact.
https://linktr.ee/hellobrigstow
University of Exeter Department of English and Creative Writing @uniofexeterecw.bsky.social Exeter ECW is a large and dynamic department that is international in outlook. Colleagues come from around the world, making us an academic community in which different cultures and languages intermingle and thrive.
@michellecomber.bsky.social @michellecomber.bsky.social Archaeologist. Excavator. Lecturer in Archaeology at University of Galway.
Helen Fewlass @helenfewlass.bsky.social Archaeological Scientist π©βπ¬ Lecturer in Archaeology at Uni of Bristol π Palaeolithic archaeology and Human Evolution π Old Bones π¦· Proteins 𦴠Radiocarbon dating β³
CBA London @cbalondon.bsky.social Council for British Archaeology London acts as a hub for archaeological activities and organisations in the city and environs of London.
archaeologyinlondon.com
Elizabeth Tarulis @elizabethtarulis.bsky.social Archaeologist and PhD candidate at UTK.
Talking about history, books, and baked goods!
She/her/hers.
All views mine.
Mikki Brock @mikkibrock.bsky.social historian of religion, the supernatural, & gender in early modern Scotland | professor | views mine | she/her.
James Kennaway @jgkennaway.bsky.social Historian of medicine etc. at the University of Groningen.
Michelle Laughran @misciel.bsky.social Avid historian of Venice, medicine/epidemics/plague, fashion/cosmetics & social/cultural history (she/her)
Andrea W. @handle.invalid Medievalist @Mercer University; Dominican Order & exempla, medieval race, medievalism. Part time copper/silversmith, intown hiker. Owned by two cats & a foster Pyrenees. Likes critical thinking, actual facts, ideas, puns, generalist studies.
Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social Archaeologist in Wales, UK. Into: Sound & Music, Photography, Botany, Lichens, Birds, Dragonflies, Palaeontology, Astronomy, Art, Ancient History, Numismatics, Gaming, Border Collies & walks in the hills
Cat Rees @catrees.bsky.social Archaeologist in North Wales. Currently studying PhD looking at death in Pre-Roman Wales. Other interests include making random stuff and scruffing my hounds.
Dr Laura Humphreys @bogarty.bsky.social Curatorial Lead ποΈ
Science Museum Group collections π°οΈ
Returned Cardiffian π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Allotment Nerd π±
Views my own. She/her/hi
Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social Sen Lecturer, Eng Lit, Bristol Uni & Dir. of MA in Eng Lit. I research alcohol in 19th Century. Co-Dir. Drinking Studies Network (https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/).
https://shop.bl.uk/products/dead-drunk-tales-of-intoxication-and-demon-drinks
Daniel Patterson @drdpatterson.bsky.social Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin
Cultural and social history of early modern England and Ireland
https://voicesproject.ie/
Sarah Mint @sarahmint.bsky.social Weather obsessed π π§οΈ Globe trotter πΊοΈ
Post-grad Archaeology
Locum library & archives assistant π
Eric J. White @ericjwhite.bsky.social 20 years an archaeologist, 10 years an educator, now an aspiring and hopefully inspiring writer with an interest in social issues and environmental causes.
ChesterArchSoc @chesterarchsoc.bsky.social Our interests cover archaeology, history & conservation in Cheshire & surrounding areas. Founded 1849. Website www.chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk
Mary Fissell @maryfissell.bsky.social Historian of medicine, gender, sex. Part time metalsmith. Book on the long history of abortion out now! US: https://bit.ly/4iwTsoL
UK: bit.ly/4aCNEqu Substack: https://maryfissell.substack.com/
James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social Award-winning buildings archaeologist. FSA. Mediaeval mythbuster. Castles. Old pubs. Theatre. Alan Garner. Cats. Live music. Ex-roadie.
Triskele Heritage
https://triskeleheritage.com
Based in Nottingham, UK
Grace Murray @mazinggrace.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @ Birkbeck, working on plant-writing in c16th London π·
Also: print culture | marginalia | recipe books | practical knowledge in early modern England βοΈ
Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social Heritage, archaeology, cooking, art, fashion, Gaelic, Berneray. Ex-librarian, ex Oracle admin. I have my books, and my poetry to protect me. π NHS
Taylor Peacock @philosophysalsa.bsky.social [she/they] PhD student at Cam. Interested in bodies, bones, and gender/sex. Cozy gamer. Disabled archaeologist. π³οΈβπ
Religious Archives Group @religiousarcgrp.bsky.social The Religious Archives Group (RAG) is a voluntary organization supporting the archives of all faith communities in the UK, including those of secularist organizations.
https://religiousarchivesgroup.org.uk
The Scottish Record Society @scotrecsoc.bsky.social The Scottish Record Society is one of Scotlandβs oldest historical societies, and is dedicated to publishing calendars, indexes and texts of historical records.
Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Art historian. New book The Invention of British Art, out now.
University of Exeter Library @exeterunilib.bsky.social Welcome to the University of Exeter library! Weβre here to engage with the academic community at Exeter and beyond. Follow for updates on how we support research and teaching.
#ExeterUniLib
Dr James Brown @drjamesbrown.bsky.social Erstwhile early modern historian, now professional services at the Uni of Sheffield. Likes: intoxicants; the supernatural, folklore, folk horror; KE/impact; project management; πΈ; π₯Ύ; ποΈ. My photography portfolio and blog: https://darkframes.uk/
Katherine Butler @ka-butler.bsky.social Cultural historian (early modern); musicologist; early music; catch-singing; handbell-ringing; cats; GirlguidingUK
Jenni Lares @jlares.bsky.social PhD in history focusing on Middle Ages, Early Modern, social & cultural history, public history, and history of drinking π». Currently working with Viabundus Finland 1350-1650 HGIS database & map at Tampere University | IG: jenni__lares
Γine Poland @ainepoland.bsky.social PhD researcher at Queenβs University Belfast - gender history, networks, digital humanities, transnational history.
Jenny Richards @jennyrichards.bsky.social Researches rhetoric, history of reading, voice & reading. Edits too. Chair of English Association. Leads The Thomas Nashe Project and The Bee-ing Human Project. Lives in Newcastle, works in Cambridge: https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/Jennifer.Richards
Katie Urquhart @katie-urquhart.bsky.social Commissioning Editor at Yale University Press London. Commissioning medieval and early modern history. (views my own)
Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter @dhlabexeter.bsky.social We support digital approaches in research, teaching and outreach at the University of Exeter and beyond.
https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/digitalhumanities/
The Folklore of Warwickshire @warksfolklore.bsky.social Exploring the folklore and folk life of Warwickshire. I can also be found at @hilaryrsparkes.bsky.social
Kleio Pethainou @kpethainou.bsky.social Medievalist, Art Historian & Doctor of Humour (yes, itβs a real thing!) @edincollegeofart.bsky.socialπ
I edit https://bit.ly/MedievalStorytelling, tell stories at #TheCourtJesterPodcast & find something to laugh with every day.
https://linktr.ee/kpethainou
Danie Burton @princessburton.bsky.social Historian, history blogger, heritage worker. Anthony Woodville: Sophisticate or Schemer, biography of Anthony Woodville out now. Article Yorkists under Henry VII in September 2017 Ricardian Bulletin.
Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social We're renowned for Romans, cuckoo about clocks and wild for animals! Custodians of Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and Colchester's Natural History Museum.
BΓ©la Vilmos Mihalik @mbeco84.bsky.social Early modern church and social history of Hungary and Transylvania, especially parish politics, popular sociability and late Catholic confessionalization. And everything with genealogy and family history π
π‘ Budapest, Hungary
β€οΈ Vienna, Austria
Athelstan Museum @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social The Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
Capturing the History of Malmesbury, burial place of St Aldhelm and King Athelstan, birthplace of Thomas Hobbes, and much more...
Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social Early Modernist, Prof UEA; Historical Lead, Gloucester Project & Co-Director, Hakluyt Project; Chair of Society for Nautical Research; Director Shipwrecks & Maritime Heritage Research Centre
Annemarieke Willemsen @amwillemsen.bsky.social A medieval art historian & archaeologist @ Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden, Dr, FSA, loves Rome & Roma, birds & books, proprietor of the Rose & Parrot πΊππ¦€
"History is an illusion caused by the passing of time" (Douglas AdAms)
Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social Head of School/Prof at UCD Archaeology; Early Medieval archaeologist; Director @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social Member Royal Irish Academy; Fellow Society of Antiquaries; Dad of boys; Dog Dad; Hurling/Camogie; IC Member; Own Opinions here
Archaeology Scotland @archscot.bsky.social Inspiring people to discover, explore, care for and enjoy Scotland's archaeological heritage! We are an independent charity: https://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk
Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the University of York. Director of the Wolfson Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab & Centre for Digital Heritage.
I post about beautiful archaeology, digital phantasmagoria and anarchist imaginaries & realities.
She/her π΄
Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social CVARF Engagement Officer at Archaeology Scotland, affiliated researcher @UofG interested in early modern uplands, shieling practice, hunting and estates, and 17th c. Glencoe. I also dabble in contemporary archaeology - edgelands and archaeologies of waste.
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
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/north-west-medieval-studies-postgrad-network
Instagram: @northwestmedieval
Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social Archaeologist, historian, writer, mother etc. Interested in early medieval Ireland and beyond, the Atlantic coast, south Kildare, Shackletonβs sisters and more. She/her
David Stone @dav-stone.bsky.social Archaeologist @DiscProg/Archaeobotanist (S. Caucasus/Ireland). Ancient agriculture. Ossorian. Fulbright Ambassador. UCD & Oxford alumnus. Contrary at times!
N16Breda Corish @n16breda.bsky.social Post-Public History MA at UCL 2023-24 & "Finding Ireland in the History of London" is my thing βοΈ https://www.irishlondonhistory.com/
Irish in Hackney & Stoke Newington - used to be @N16Breda on Twitter
David McInnis @dnmcinnis.bsky.social Professor of Shakespeare & Early Modern Drama (Melbourne) | Editor, Shakespeare Quarterly (with Vanessa I. Corredera & Arthur L. Little, Jr) | Lost plays | Editing Behn, Shakespeare, & Marlowe.
Sam Tipper @sntipper.bsky.social 𦴠Senior lecturer @ARU, Bioarchaeologist, Roman and Medieval periods, Community archaeology, Ancient Nubia, π π¦· all things bone related π Chair Cifa Osteo group
Past-Times Living History @past-times-lh.bsky.social Visitor experience professionals
A unique fusion of Theatre & History
Educational & Entertaining
πActors
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#Thegotolivinghistorygroup