COSMOPOET @cosmopoet.bsky.social COSMOPOET is MSCA project by Divna Manolova @dulila.bsky.social. It is funded by the European Union (grant agreement No 101108590) and hosted by UGent. COSMOPOET rethinks the relationship between poetry and astronomy in the space of late Byzantine schools.
Giovanni Gasbarri @giogasbarri.bsky.social Art Historian - National Research Council (CNR)
Especially interested in early Christian and Byzantine religious iconography, history of art history, fakes and forgeries, Orientalism in modern art.
Currently writing a book on idols in Byzantine art
Ugo Mondini @ugomondini.bsky.social Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Universität zu Köln
I work on Greek language and literature
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Marcy Bidney @maplibrarian.bsky.social AUL - Distinctive Collections, University of Chicago
Always on my mind: distinctive collections, cultural heritage, repatriation, digital humanities, memory, rare maps & books, coffee, nature, travel and curiosity.
Maia Kotrosits @maiakotro.bsky.social https://maiakotrosits.wordpress.com
PhD. Ancient things. Early Christianity & Cultural Studies.
Out now: After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Christian Late Antiquity (Duke UP). Recently: The Lives of Objects (Chicago UP, 2020).
Kee-Lou Ooyman @boukellarios.bsky.social Now Graduate History student, hopefully academic in the making. (Eastern) Roman/Byzantine history.
Nijmegen-Amsterdam
https://radboud.academia.edu/KeeLouOoyman
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
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/
Athens Archaeology Festival @athensarchfest.bsky.social A day of discovery featuring hands-on workshops, activities, and screenings!
🗓️ 17th October 2025
🕰️ 11.00-16.00
📍 British School at Athens
https://www.athensarchaeologyfestival.org/
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.
Brepols @brepols.net Brepols publishes world-class academic research, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of source works.
www.brepols.net
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
Mirela Ivanova @mirela.bsky.social Lecturer in History. Pre-modern Balkans, Russia, Turkey. BBC New Generation Thinker. Social climber🎓. Rock climber 🧗. Loves context. 
Laura Wilson @marylaurawilson.bsky.social PhD candidate at AHOS (historical theology, women in Byzantium), finish line June, 2026.
Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social Edinburgh, dragged along by a spaniel 🐕
Latest book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/europe-in-the-eleventh-century-9780198860235?cc=gb&lang=en&
Univ. website: https://edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/charles-west
Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk Antiquity is a bimonthly review of world archaeology edited by Professor Robin Skeates. Please be aware that we sometimes share relevant images of human remains. https://antiquity.ac.uk/
Keble College @kebleoxford.bsky.social Welcome to the official account of Keble College, Oxford 🧱
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
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/
Wolfson College Oxford @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social The natural home for graduates at Oxford University
Linton Rd, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6UD
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.
Dr Foteini Spingou @fspingou.bsky.social Administrator and Scholar – Higher Education and Medieval History
SBL Press @sblpress.bsky.social SBL Press simultaneously publishes hardcover, paperback, and ebook editions of essential research in the fields of biblical studies and related disciplines.- A Averil Cameron @averilcam.bsky.social Keble College Oxford, KIngs College London, posting on late antiquity and Byzantium and opinions, mum and granny, from Leek. Memoir: Transitions. A Historian’s Memoir (Brepols, 2024)
The Hellenic Society @hellenicsociety.bsky.social Founded in 1879 to advance the study of Greek language, literature, history, art & archaeology in Ancient, Byzantine & Modern periods. Publishes JHS, AR & ARGO.
www.hellenicsociety.org.uk
Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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!
Dumbarton Oaks @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social Humanities research center, gardens, and museum affiliated with @harvard.edu in Georgetown, DC.
Zeynep Olgun @fallofzeynep.bsky.social Byzantinist working on ships and all things maritime.
Cambridge History PhD student, Newnham College.
I read and lift.
Joost Snaterse @joostsnaterse.bsky.social historian (Byzantium, urban history, charity), PhD-researcher, programme manager in Urban Studies 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Nikos Tsivikis @ntsivikis.bsky.social Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology from outer space - Amorium and Messene excavation - Researcher at the National Hellenic Research Foundation
Morris Beks @morrisbeks.bsky.social Byzantinist at the University of Amsterdam and IJburger
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.
Maria S. Thomas @dekayra.bsky.social Researcher @University of Vienna, PhD @VU Amsterdam
Syriac manuscripts, materiality, digital humanities
Editor, Middle East @TheDigitalOrientalist
Alessio Sopracasa @surmaison.bsky.social Historian medievalist, Byzantine Studies, Digital Humanities, Byzantine sigillography, Venetian commerce.
BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social Independent Publisher of the world's largest academic archaeological series with over 4000 titles.
@ipghq Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year '22
Antioch Museum of Art @antiochsanat.bsky.social www.antiochmuseumofart.org
Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social JAEMA is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal specialising in the history of the early medieval period - from late antiquity to the early eleventh century.
https://aema.org.au/journal/
The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social https://digitalorientalist.com
Dedicated to discovering and sharing insights on digital humanities in an inclusive environment! Join us・انضم إلينا・参加しませんか・bize katıl・kasance tare damu. 🗃️ 🌐
Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social Recent Masters degree in Archaeological Practice at Birkbeck, University of London. Volunteer at Ham House, Richmond. Here to share my love of archaeology.
Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social International web-based community for medievalists working with digital media. 
Bahattin Bayram @bahattinbayram.bsky.social enseignant chercheu
Dr Simon Trafford @simontrafford.bsky.social Curriculum Leader of Classics at a state grammar school; IB examiner; author of a few Classics related bits. Swansea University, University of Oxford alumnus. Living in Kent; working in SE London.
https://swansea.academia.edu/SimonTrafford
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
Brad Hostetler @bradhostetler.bsky.social Associate Professor of Art History at Kenyon College. Late Antique and Byzantine art, Greek epigraphy.
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.
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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Divna Manolova @dulila.bsky.social The optimistic Byzantinist
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.
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
Jonathan Hsy 許維成 @jonathanhsy.bsky.social (he/他/伊) Literature & language & theory & disability & donuts & ampersands. Cripqueer. Antiracist Medievalisms: From "Yellow Peril" to Black Lives Matter (2021)
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/83922
Maroula Perisanidi @maroulix.bsky.social Medieval and Byzantine History
Wellcome Trust Research Fellow She/her
Kinzer Coins @kinzercoins.bsky.social Ancient coin collector, dealer, and most importantly podcaster. I specialize in Ancient Roman, Provincial, and Greek coins. I buy and sell rare coins or anything numismatic. Check out The Ancient Coin Hour on YouTube!
https://startancients.com
Trismegistos @trismegistostm.bsky.social https://trismegistos.org
Dimitar Bechev @dimitarbechev.bsky.social Director of the Dahrendorf Programme
St Antony's College, Oxford and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe
Author: Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe and Turkey under Erdoğan (Yale)
Martina Filosa @sealygirl.bsky.social Byzantine Studies, Sigillography, Digital Humanities at the University of Cologne
VolkswagenStiftung DiBS - Digital Byzantine Studies (2022-2028)
#ByzantineStudies #Prosopography #Sigillography #EpiDoc #DigitalClassics
Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social Associate Professor in Middle Eastern and Global history (Medieval)
Speaker • Writer • Reviewer • Editor ✝️
University webpage: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/arts-humanities/nicholas-morton
Michael Kiefer @mvipsaniusa.bsky.social PhD candidate at the University of Heidelberg, Late Antique and Byzantine Art History
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. 🇨🇦
Bizantolog @bizantolog.bsky.social Bizantolog, Geç Antik Çağ ve Bizans alanında çalışan akademik çevreyi bir araya getirmeyi amaçlayan bilimsel bir sosyal platformdur. bizantolog@gmail.com
Carlo Alberto Rebottini @ilrebbo.bsky.social Ph.D. student in Late Antique / Early Byzantine / Early Medieval history (“they're the same picture”) 📖 Bologna, San Marino
David Evans @daevans.bsky.social Religion and History Teacher and Lecturer.
New Testament and Early Christianity Scholar.
Book Review Editor.
Department of Historical Studies at CEU @historicalstudies.bsky.social History, literature, art history, philosophy, cultural heritage, museum studies, languages, and much more at CEU! A global department with students and faculty from more than 30 countries: https://www.ceu.edu/departments/historical-studies
Byzantine Mosaics @byzantinemosaics.bsky.social Byzantine mosaics are mosaics produced from the 4th to 15th centuries in and under the influence of the Byzantine Empire.
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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true).
unfortunately, I care about power lines now
she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.
David Parnell @byzantineprof.bsky.social Historian of the Romans (including the Byzantine Empire). Author of Belisarius & Antonina. Professor at Indiana University Northwest.
The Byzantine Legacy @thebyzantinelegacy.bsky.social Art, architecture, and history from Byzantium and beyond.
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