Cihan Şimşek @cihantarih.bsky.social Historian; Late Antiquity (Rome & Global) | Medieval mounted pastoral nomads | Theories of political ecumene | Political etiquette | Digital & computational humanities | Renaissance medicine. Mostly academic posts.
Nicholas L. Robinson @nlr-55.bsky.social Medieval Byzantinist | UTK Grad Student 🍊| UA Alumnus 🐘| Dark Souls Enthusiast | Roll Tide
Sean Spencer @cicerocantabridgi.bsky.social Byzantine worlds, aristocratic hegemony, and the rituals of power.
Half my life’s in libraries, the other in coffee queues.
Eternally optimistic Everton fan.
Resilient Product Leadership @bethanyparnell.bsky.social Helping product managers build smarter systems & resilient teams. Writing on AI in product, human-centered leadership, mental resilience, and sustainable product management.
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
Aleksander Paradziński @akjp89.bsky.social Historian of Late Antiquity, interested mainly in Prosopography, Late Latin Historiography, Ethnic Identity and Systems of Dependencies.
De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social Academic books, journals and news from the Medieval and Early Modern Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social News from the Classical, Ancient Near Eastern & Egyptian Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
Drs. Mark Beumer @markbeumer.bsky.social Historian of Medicine | PhD-Candidate Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute for History of Medicine and Foreign Languages | Voorzitter @medhistoddemoulin.bsky.social | Directeur @kleiohistoria.bsky.social
Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social Mediterranean & computational archaeologist. ISAW/NYU. Child of immigrants. Opinions/typos mine. Original work CC-By. https://gaerhf.org https://p-lod.org https://palp.art https://roman-amphitheaters.org https://isaw.nyu.edu/publications/isaw-papers
Scott Coleman, MA. @roguehistory.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate in Public History at Carleton University. Exploring Personal Knowledge Management, Archaeology and East Roman Coins, and Digital Public History. www.roguehistory.ca
Sam Barber @barber-samj.bsky.social Art, architecture, material culture | Late Antiquity & the Early Middle Ages
Leon 🏺 @souljaleonn.bsky.social Archaeologist🏺/ SASA🏛️/Sub-Roman Britain and the archaeology of Yorkshire/ Editor of Forum/ Human and Animal 💀🦴
Currently researching Elmet and Early Medieval West Yorkshire
BondSarahBond @bondsarahbond.bsky.social Momma 👧🏾👦🏾 | President of Xbox 💚🎮 | Needs green tea 🍵 | Likes sparkly shoes 👠 | Loves games and the people who make them.
Jacques Beauseroy @jbeauseroy.bsky.social Professeur d'Histoire-Géographie - Chargé de cours en histoire byzantine
The Middle Ages in Modern Games @midagesmodgames.bsky.social Annual Asynchronous Conference, other events and publications. Sponsored by CMRR Winchester, Intellect Books, and Slitherine Games. middleagesinmoderngames.net
Michael Edward Stewart @mikeaztec.bsky.social Loves: Hiking/gym/baseball cards/Stout/ Research Fellow https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/16690
Author-The Soldier's Life; AUP book on Procopius. Routledge books on Generalship in the Age of Justinian/ Identity in Byzantium/Marriage & Alliance
B. Tufan Dişli @tufandisli.bsky.social Last King of Lazs, Late Antiquity & Early Medieval Historian and a Wizard in the character sheets.
Laura Wilson @marylaurawilson.bsky.social PhD candidate at AHOS (historical theology, women in Byzantium), finish line June, 2026.
MythicBrush @efhoward.bsky.social Painter and storyteller inspired by history, archaeology, and blending art with the past. efhoward.com. Here to follow likeminded people 😉🎨📜🏛️🖼️
Robert Blaszkiewicz @robertblaszk.bsky.social Marketing and communications at Franciscan Health, formerly of Chicago Tribune and Times of Northwest Indiana, indie music fan, Disney vacation planner, husband, dad, neurodivergent ally, opinions are my own. 
Chris Weithers @chris-weithers.bsky.social A Chicago transplant and Region rat. Happily married to the most wonderful wife and proud father to a beautiful, sweet, silly grub. I used to love movies, music, comics, toys when I had time and money. We can get better, because we’re not dead yet.
Ryan Saputo @ryansaputo.bsky.social History Ph.D. student at UCLA studying usurpation, civil wars, political violence, and political legitimacy in the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity
https://history.ucla.edu/person/ryan-saputo/
Ancient History Magazine @ancienthistmag.bsky.social Ancient History is a magazine dedicated to providing readers accessible, well-researched articles written by experts, with full-colour illustrations and images of artefacts, to bring the ancient world to life.
Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social Roman Historian and Human Digitalist. Works for NYU's https://isaw.nyu.edu, but lives near Huntsville, Alabama. Editor/PI of the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places (https://pleiades.stoa.org).
Primary social account: https://hcommons.social/@paregorios/
Dr Foteini Spingou @fspingou.bsky.social Administrator and Scholar – Higher Education and Medieval History
Ryan Bowley @godsaround.bsky.social Historian of early Christianity. Lover of Star Trek, history, and political theory. Episcopalian. 🏳️🌈
Nathan DC Websdale @nathwebsdale.bsky.social History PhD (DPhil) Researcher @WolfsonCollege Oxford (formerly RHUL & King's). Social historian of 12th and 13th Century Byzantium. #byzantinebackpacking
Kaelin Jewell @kaelinjewell.bsky.social Art historian and senior instructor at The Barnes Foundation
Fred Drogula @freddrogula.bsky.social Roman historian. Professor of Classics and Humanities at Ohio University.
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.
Dimitrios Bogdantsalis @dimitrisatticus.bsky.social PhD in Byzantine History, DUTh - MA in Local History - Researching late antique Thrace.
Dr Jane Draycott @handle.invalid Roman historian and archaeologist. Lecturer
@UofGlasgow. She/her. Represented by
@pew_literary, published by @HoZ_Books.
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
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.
Digital Byzantine Studies @digibyzantine.bsky.social "Creating a Sustainable Digital Infrastructure for Research-Based Teaching in Byzantine Studies" (2022-2028) at the University of Cologne funded by @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social.
(Re)posting all things Digital Byzantine Studies in Cologne and worldwide!
SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social The Society for Military History and the Journal of Military History's Official Bluesky Page.
Dave Goff @muckrakersrule.bsky.social History nut. Educator. Always seeking knowledge. We need muckrakers more than ever. No felonious racist rapist should be president. The press needs to do its job. Michigan sports fan. No DMs please.
Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social Historian, artist, tour guide and FSAScot. A lover of legend and folklore.
Buy my art and my books here: https://linktr.ee/classicalalan
Alan Sumler, Ph.D. @alansumler.bsky.social Stock market analyst at Seeking Alpha. College Professor in the field of Classics. https://ucdenver.academia.edu/AlanSumler
Current Research: the Roman party scene
Grant Bruner @brunergg.bsky.social PhD student, Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, University of Pennsylvania
Jackaroo🦘🏳️⚧️ @kangajack55.bsky.social 20🏳️⚧️ || Upcoming Filmmaker with a bunch of unrelated interests
PFP/Banner by ducklordjosh
Christos G. Makrypoulias @christos-mak.bsky.social 
Pleiades gazetteer @pleiades.botsinbox.net.ap.brid.gy This account has moved to https://hcommons.social/@pleiades_gazetteer. Please follow us there.
🌉 bridged from https://botsinbox.net/@pleiades on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
David Duell @duellindisarray.bsky.social Recovering dreamer. History nut, film fanatic, gamer + HE professional. Writing a bit. He/Him.
For chaotic poetry: https://www.instagram.com/loopingstatictransmissions
For poetic chaos: https://www.instagram.com/duellindisarray
Luna McNamara @mcnamaraluna.bsky.social Author. I write about historical women and forgotten gods. PSYCHE & EROS ‘23 |THE WITCH AND THE HUNTRESS ‘26. Harvard MTS. Rep: Clara Foster
Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social Hadrianophile
"omnium curiositatum explorator"
#Hadrian1900
https://followinghadrian.com/
Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Madeleine @empressofbyzantium.bsky.social Dealer in digital artefacts of Byzantium. Writer of invective and diatribe. Unapologetic Theodora stan. DPhil Candidate in History at Oxford. OUBS President 2025/6.
Making Byzantium Great Again!
empressofbyzantium.substack.com
Siobhan Poole @siobhanmup.bsky.social Senior Commissioning Editor for Medieval Studies, Premodern History and Law at Manchester University Press. She/her
Alessio Sopracasa @surmaison.bsky.social Historian medievalist, Byzantine Studies, Digital Humanities, Byzantine sigillography, Venetian commerce.
Mark G. Bilby @mgbilby.bsky.social Digital Humanist | orcid.org/0000-0003-0100-6634 | original stuff ©2026 by author, no AI uses permitted
Gavriil-Ioannis Boutziopoulos @giboutziopoulos.bsky.social Historian, PhD student in Byzantine History | Podcaster @byzantioexplained.bsky.social
Member of the SPBS & AIEB
https://linktr.ee/Boutziopoulos
Ike Sharpless @surlyotter.bsky.social 🖖
Scott McDonough @sjmcdonough.bsky.social Historian of the late ancient world: Sasanian Iran, the Caucasus, and the Eastern Roman Empire. Professor at William Paterson University. I like cats, photography, and sweet cabbage pierogi.
Βυζάντιο explained @byzantioexplained.bsky.social An academic #podcast & #newsletter promoting Byzantium & the Byzantine studies. Content in both 🇬🇷 and 🇬🇧
https://linktr.ee/byzantioexplainedpodcast
International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social Welcoming the world's researchers to share ideas in Medieval Studies at @UniversityofLeeds.bsky.social and online. Communities, 5-8 July 2027.
https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social Best-selling author | artist | write and teach #LateAntiquity, #EarlyMedieval, #Hungarians + #Vikings
Views my own. Appears on BBC radio.
NORSE MYTHOLOGY COLOURING BOOK: https://www.amberley-books.com/coming-soon/the-viking-world-a-colouring-book.html
Charlotte Bowyer @charlottebowyer.bsky.social AHRC PhD student studying Old English literature • she/her
Dr Euan Croman @croeuan.bsky.social PhD in History - Research focuses on Ceremony and the Imperial Family in Late Antiquity - Views are my own and such.
kiera @w1ntk.bsky.social ancient / early-medieval historian | ttrpgs
Benjamin Anderson @bunyaminanderson.bsky.social Art historian, gay husband & doodle dad 🐩 Writing ✍️ etc. at bunyaminanderson.com 🛜
Michael König @08mikowitsch15.bsky.social Historian/Archaeologist; #museum & #SocialMedia - head of visitor service and events @unesco Roman Monuments Augusta Treverorum
Erica Steiner @ericasteiner.bsky.social Celtic Studies PhD in progress @ Sydney Uni: ancient/medieval tattooing.
Finds rabbit holes & side quests irresistible!
Environmental humanities • Geomythology • Historical body modifications • Medieval mistranslations, misnomers & mysteries.
Lewis Read @lewread.bsky.social Post-Doctoral Researcher I IMAFO, Austrian Academy of Sciences I Armenologist and Historian of Medieval Eastern Christian Book Cultures
Maroula Perisanidi @maroulix.bsky.social Medieval and Byzantine History
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow She/her
Roman Shliakhtin @hungarez.bsky.social Sad Byzantinist. Public scholar and what not
Ferhat Sezer Kurtoğlu @fskurtoglu.bsky.social PhD(c) in Byzantine Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Copying and dissemination of Byzantine war manuals in the 16th century.
Paul Found @paulfound.bsky.social Head of Classics Department in a UK grammar school; Cardiac arrest survivor, hard rock fan, Spurs season ticket holder. Musician and home studio owner 🤟
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.
Canan Arıkan-Caba @cananarikan.bsky.social Digital Humanist | PhD(c) in Byzantine Studies @univie.ac.at | field epigraphist 
Conor Whately @conorwhately.bsky.social Professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg.
Divna Manolova @dulila.bsky.social The optimistic Byzantinist
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
🏴🇭🇰🇬🇷🇮🇹
Ali Yaycıoğlu @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social Professor of History - Stanford University. Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Mideast & Turkey. Columnist Gazete Oksijen. Draws imaginary cities and landscapes 👉🏽 instagram.com/aliyaycioglu
https://history.stanford.edu/people/ali-yaycioglu
Jen Skinner @submom59.bsky.social Historian. Genealogist. Army wife. Navy mom. Descendant of 10 generations of Jersey Girls. Rebel with a cause.
Tacfarinas @tacfarinas.bsky.social Historian (mostly medieval and ancient history) of no particular importance.
Eve MacDonald @gevemac.bsky.social Archaeology, history, Sasanians, Carthaginians and some of the bits in between
https://www.evemacdonald.net
@lindadoran.bsky.social @lindadoran.bsky.social Medieval historian - settlement and Vikings. Occasional lecturer UCD. Editor of Irish Historical Towns Atlas of New Ross. Dog owner
Lexie Henning @lexie-henning.bsky.social 🤓 Co-Founder @theozymandiasp1.bsky.social; 🎤 Ancient Office Hours podcast; 🇬🇷 Classics PhD student @ Bristol Uni; 🎮 studying transmedia adaptation & classical reception in The Last of Us; ☀️ Luceo Non Uro 🔥; ☕️ tea connoisseur
Elke B Speliopoulos @speli.bsky.social I am originally from Germany where I was raised but have lived in the US over half my life. I am Syriac Orthodox, married to a Greek Orthodox American. PhD, MDiv, MAR, BS.
Ian Spoor @iaspo.bsky.social Ancient world,classics, coffee, trying to understand the aorist subjunctive
Marius Hollenga @mariushollenga.bsky.social Professional cook from Groningen, the Netherlands. Metalhead. Gamer. Fan of all things history. Very old adolescent.
Married to @havelokthedutch.bsky.social / Dad of 2.
William Purkis @williampurkis.bsky.social Professor of Medieval History and Deputy Head of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham | #CrusadingInContext | #DistantCamera
Brad Hostetler @bradhostetler.bsky.social Associate Professor of Art History at Kenyon College. Late Antique and Byzantine art, Greek epigraphy.
Megan Bowler @meganlbowler.bsky.social Oxford Classics DPhil and Lecturer, mostly overthinking Ancient Greek comedy and early ideas about etymology | Languages education policy and outreach | she/αὐτή/ea
Alison Vacca @medievalqabq.bsky.social editor of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social
historian of Umayyad & early Abbasid rule in Armenia & Caucasian Albania
currently working on marriage and matriliny in the Khazar Khaganate
associate prof at Columbia University
Thomas A. Carlson @medievalmiddleeast.bsky.social Historian of the Middle East c. 950-1500 CE, but I teach much more broadly. I'm writing a book about religious diversity in an illiberal society.
https://www.thomasacarlson.com/
https://medievalmideast.org/
https://www.cambridge.org/9781107186279
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social Early medieval archaeologist | Viking trade PhD (Gla) | History MA Oxon. Balliol, Oxford | Author: A Viking Market Kingdom; Treasures of the Vikings | Co-Editor / Co-Author: The Viking Age in Scotland | The Govan Stones
Tansy Branscombe @tansybranscombe.bsky.social 📚Editor of archaeology books at BAR Publishing, and Honorary Editor for the Royal Archaeological Institute. Send me a DM to chat about book/article ideas or proposals!
🏺Dr of Archaeological Science - archaeological marine carbonates and palaeothermometry.
Dr. Angela Costello @zostepatrikia.bsky.social Dress and Textile Historian/Archaeologist @ Institute for Digital Exploration - USF. Old clothes pre-1200 is my jam. Florida woman. she/her
Jen @cassiciacum.bsky.social Making Texas higher education great again. Classics/late antiquity/early Christianity. Sports ball fan.
Kutlu Akalın kutkut16 @kutkut16.bsky.social Assist. Prof., Dept. of Ancient Languages and Cultures, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (2025)
David Álvarez Jiménez @alvarezjimenez.bsky.social Dr/PhD en historia antigua. Profesor de Didáctica de las CCSS en la UCM. Equipo arqueológico de Caraca (Driebes). Pirata, vandalólogo y circólogo. En TW en @alvarezjimenezd
https://ucm.academia.edu/DavidAlvarezJimenez
Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.
Mark Masterson @markjmasterson.bsky.social Byzantinist. Flutist. Author of Between Byzantine Men (Routledge 2022) and Man to Man (Ohio 2014) Former Associate Professor of Classics, Victoria University, New Zealand (now retired).
Orcid: 0000-0001-9964-8672