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Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 2026 @rannsachadh2026.bsky.social Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 11 (2026) aig Oilthigh Ghlaschu: 14–16 Iuchar 2026 Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 11 (2026) at the University of Glasgow: 14–16 July 2026
Lily Freeman-Jones @freemanjones.bsky.social Postdoc on ERC 'Europe in the World: A Literary History 1529-1683' at QMUL (2024-27) - skin and the senses in early modern drama - women's writing - material culture - history of the book
REBPAF (Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures) @rebpaf.bsky.social 📖 #REBPAF | MSCA Doctoral Network funded by the European Union | 13 PhD Researchers in Book History | Universities of Alicante • Antwerp • Bristol • Galway • Vienna • Zurich • linktr.ee/rebpaf.network (Opinions expressed are solely those of the authors.)
Stephen Griffin @stephengriffin33.bsky.social Historian of Jacobitism, Irish Diaspora in Austria, France and Spain, Early Modern Diplomacy, Court Studies, Nobilities. Works at Limerick Civic Trust.
Elizabeth Fraser @elizabethfr.bsky.social Assistant Commissioning Editor for Literary Studies, Edinburgh University Press
Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social Storyteller, audio describer, Romanticism scholar.
Kirkwall Tailors Project @kirkwalltailors.bsky.social A Community-Based Transcription of the Records of the Kirkwall Incorporation of Tailors, 1669-1772; Project Lead: Dr Aaron Allen
Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
University of Aberdeen Centre for the Novel @aucfn.bsky.social The Centre for the Novel is a research centre dedicated to the study of the novel in all its forms, based at the University of Aberdeen. Visit our homepage here: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/llmvc/research/novel/
@janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
Bonnie Soper @bsopes.bsky.social Historian of early modern Scotland. PhD from Stony Brook University.
@robertdunbar.bsky.social @robertdunbar.bsky.social
Dylan Fowler @dylantfowler.bsky.social Intellectual historian of 18th-century identity PhD candidate with the Open University
Maureen McCue @maureenmccue.bsky.social A Romanticist by nature & nurture Former Senior Lecturer Currently writing about women & the arts in Georgian Britain
The Bookseller @thebookseller.com At the heart of the book trade since 1858📚 News, charts, previews and more, online & in print. Buyer's Guides, conferences & The British Book Awards (Nibbies)✨
CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social Canadian Association of University Teachers // Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d'université
Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social SUP is a fully open access and not-for-profit university press coordinated through SCURL and managed by 20 university libraries across Scotland and Northern Ireland. https://sup.ac.uk Sign up to our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/i0AoJA
Allison Muri @allisonmuri.bsky.social
Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies @abdnriiss.bsky.social Promoting research into the languages, histories and literatures of Ireland and Scotland, and of their global diasporic communities. Est. 1999 at the University of Aberdeen.
Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England aims to create the first holistic cultural history of the medieval March of Wales, the borderlands between Wales and England, occupied by a diverse population of Welsh and English speakers between 1282-1550.
Julie Park @juliepark.bsky.social Paterno Family Librarian for Literature & Professor of English at Penn State | Editor, Penn State Series in the History of the Book, PSU Press | My Dark Room 2023 @uchicagopress https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo192110828.html
Alison Young @youngalison.bsky.social Ran way from the law to join the music hall. Now often to be found running around with a clipboard organising events & the archive for the British Music Hall Society. Would rather be researching & writing… My blog: https://musichallalice.wordpress.com
Charlie Holland @charlieholland.bsky.social 19th century Circus & Music Hall history & Contemporary Circus. Co-organiser of European Circus History Conference (circusconference.org), British Music Hall Society Conference, London Juggling & Flow Arts Festival (throwntogether.org).
@scottishsfu.bsky.social @scottishsfu.bsky.social
Gung Haggis Fat Choy @gunghaggis.bsky.social
@marciefrank.bsky.social @marciefrank.bsky.social Professor at Concordia U in Montreal. Works on British eighteenth-century literature, the novel and other media, and narrative theory.
Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca Professor, English and Gender & Women’s Studies at Dalhousie U. He/him Check out the Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction: https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-broadview-anthology-of-science-fiction/ http://jasonhaslam.ca
Long Eighteenth Century Cambridge @18thcenturycam.bsky.social University of Cambridge’s workshop for the Long Eighteenth Century | Providing opportunities for postgraduate students to present papers at the University of Cambridge's History Faculty https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/workshop-long-eighteenth-century
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)
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social Ionad Nàiseanta airson Cànan is Cultar na Gàidhlig National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture
UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Fantasy + the Fantastic + Masters in Fantasy (https://gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/fantasy/). Co-directors: @tattersdill.bsky.social and @mjrsangster.bsky.social. Website: https://fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/
Comann Gàidhlig Ghlaschu @cgaidhligghlaschu.bsky.social A’ coinneachadh gus meòrachadh mu dhualchas, litreachas, òrain is eachdraidh nan Gàidheal is na Gàidhealtachd – tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig. Aig Leabharlann Mhitchell, Glaschu & air-loidhne. Clàr-ama: https://comannghlaschu.wordpress.com/
Société Française d'Études Écossaises @sfetudesecossaises.bsky.social Société savante rassemblant des chercheuses et chercheurs qui travaillent sur l'Écosse / French Society for Scottish Studies : academics in France researching Scottish literature, history, politics, language etc. www.sfee.fr
Pernille Strande-Sørensen @spstrande.bsky.social 18C & 19C Scots ballads. Macpherson, Burns, Scott, & Child. R. Browning. Text theory, Folklore, Book History. Semiotics. Lib.Soc. Feminist. There’s a photo of me somewhere in my posts. Also on Mastodon:@spstrande.mastodon.online
Nathalie Duclos @nathalieduclos.bsky.social Prof of British politics, Univ Toulouse. Scottish politics, nationalism, independence movements. Head of the French Society for Scottish Studies (Société française d'études écossaises @sfetudesecossaises)
Gavin Miller @drgavinmiller.bsky.social Academic in medical humanities, science fiction, history of psy disciplines, and UFOs. English Literature, University of Glasgow. Blog www.ufos.ac.uk. Academic profile: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/gavinmiller/
Kate Louise Mathis @drmaudbailey.bsky.social Scottish European | #GreenYes | Academic | Lace knitter | Concrete enthusiast | Gaelic women's poetry | Celtic/Gaelic Revivals | Still acknowledging ongoing pandemic (She/her)
Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social Professor, University of Glasgow; Research Fellow, University College Cork @disappearingtext.bsky.social. Celtic Studies, medieval Irish/Gaelic literature, C18th MclaganMSS &c. Pleasantly shocked by hills. Emigrant 🇮🇪🇪🇺, sometimes returned.
Celtic Studies at St FX University @celticstfx.bsky.social Department of Celtic Studies / Roinn na Ceiltis, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada
De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social A leading academic publisher in the humanities and beyond. Browse our pinned starter pack and visit our website: www.degruyterbrill.com
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
National Trust for Scotland @n-t-s.bsky.social We think places that make people smile are worth caring for – support our charity so we can keep sharing them with everyone, #ForTheLoveOfScotland https://www.nts.org.uk/
@eleanorbell.bsky.social @eleanorbell.bsky.social
Cathy Holtslander 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @holtscat.bsky.social Tom Kitten's mom, policy analyst and researcher at National Farmers Union, organic farmer, birdwatcher, fiddle player...
Felix Hoehn @felix-hoehn.bsky.social Law, University of Saskatchewan.
Joey Takeda @joeytakeda.bsky.social
Kandice @kandicedarcia.bsky.social
The Women's Print History Project @thewphp.bsky.social Your go-to bibliographical database for finding books that women were involved in producing between 1750 and 1836. Posts by Serena Spacek, Kandice Sharren, and Amanda Law.
Megan Peiser @meganpeiser.bsky.social Mixed Chahta on Anishinaabe Land. Food sovereignty. Bibliographer. 18C lit. Women Writers. DH. Periodicals. Mother of dachshunds, first of her name. She/her
Alan Liu @alanyliu.bsky.social I'm a professor in digital humanities & English at UC Santa Barbara. For public humanities, I founded http://4Humanities.org & co-founded https://center-humanities-communication.org/. My website: https://liu.english.ucsb.edu/
Elisa Beshero-Bondar @epyllia.bsky.social Adventurer in Digital Humanities. Builds, analyzes, visualizes, activates w/ #TEI and #XSLT. TEI Technical Council Chair, 2023–. Prof of DH | Program Chair of DIGIT at Penn State Behrend (she/they) Mastodon: epyllia@indieweb.social
Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social Professor-turned-librarian and digital humanist obsessed with analog tech; TX ➡️ CA ➡️ OH; she/they 🏳️‍🌈 views my own
Dr Dan O’Brien @drdan.bsky.social Historian of undertakers and funerals in Eighteenth Century England. Researching the trade and their goods. Visiting Research Fellow at CDAS, University of Bath. Associate Fellow of Royal Historical Society
John McTague @johnjoemctague.bsky.social Assistant Prof in C18th Studies, Univ. Bristol. Book: ‘Things that Didn’t Happen’ (2019). Co-director @ Bristol Common Press (www.instagram.com/bristolcommonpress). Co-President of Bristol UCU branch. 🎸&🎤 in Autocorrect (https://spoti.fi/4fIaTAJ). He/him.
@tjofthegreen.bsky.social @tjofthegreen.bsky.social Nature lover, software developer, folk-dancer and lots more
Dr. Bethany Qualls @bethanyqualls.bsky.social PhD in #18thC gossip. Recent postdoc at l'Université de Caen. Writer. Editor. Re(un)Covered Podcast Creator. Lover of archives, book history, #c18 smut, snark, intersectional scholarship, and the Oxford comma. Feminist. Bethanyqualls.com she/her/elle
Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social • Putting the interdisciplinary in eighteenth century studies for almost 30 years • Researching and teaching the longest eighteenth century, 1650-1850 • Home to the interdisciplinary MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York, since 1994
SELCIE @selcie.bsky.social Scotland's Early Literature for Children Initiative 🦉 Edinburgh University working with Edinburgh Museum of Childhood 🤎 blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/about 🌿 NEW EXHIBITION 'Nurture through Nature with Children's Books' @ Museum of Edinburgh 1 May to 7 Sept 2025
Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social Institute of #irishstudies @liverpooluni.bsky.social: world-leading research & teaching in peace & conflict, women's studies, literature & history. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies
British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social BAIS is the national network for those with an interest in the study of Ireland. Posts by our comms team and council members. https://irishstudies.co.uk/
Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland promotes an inter-disciplinary approach to Irish studies. ssnci.org
Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. An interdisciplinary research institute for all aspects of Irish culture, history, politics and society. See 'Lists' for more info. Find us at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
Dr Ciarán McDonnell @drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social Historian: 18thC war & society (Jacobites, French Revolution & Napoleonic Wars), Irish in foreign armies (Wild Geese), Medieval history (Crusades). Also interested in archaeology & heritage management. https://ciaranmcdonnell.weebly.com/
Old Edinburgh Club @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social The Old Edinburgh Club (OEC) is the city’s local history society, concerned with all aspects of the capital’s history and development.
Prof Deborah Simonton @deborahsimonton.bsky.social Historian of eighteenth century, women, gender, towns and childhood, usually Scotland and Europe (which does include Britain).
Dr Matthew Lee @matthewlee88.bsky.social Did a PhD on Scotland and Atlantic slavery. Working in the third sector. Attempting to escape from the Twitter hellscape
Emily Hay @emilyhay.bsky.social PhD researcher looking at the textual legacy of Mary Queen of Scots at University of Glasgow 👩🏼‍🦰 📝 She/her https://www.gla.ac.uk/pgrs/emilyhay/#
Scottish History @scottishhistory.org Online publication covering Scottish history, heritage and archaeology. Featuring articles, reviews, latest book releases, places to visit, events and more. Published in Ayrshire. Editor: @neilritchie.bsky.social
K Elizabeth Ewan @kiritekatawa.bsky.social Scottish medieval and early modern gender historian, cat-lover and book-obsessed
Steve Murdoch @profmurdoch.bsky.social Professor of History, Swedish Defence University Research & Teaching: - The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) - Maritime Warfare & Law (1513-1713) - History of Military Thought, 500BC-2000AD - Atrocity & the Conduct of War Late onset academic #Dyslexic
Allan Kennedy @allankennedy.bsky.social Lecturer in Scottish History. Social and political history of early modern Scotland. Find me via the University of Dundee: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/people/allan-kennedy
Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social Art Historian ¶ Medieval & Early Modern PhD, FSA Scot, FRHistS ¶ Edinburgh Uni writing about Scottish MSS ¶ Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance (EUP, 2024) ¶ Anselm Adornes (Brepols, 2026) https://edinburgh.academia.edu/BryonyCoombs https://bryonycoombs.com
Sarsfield Homecoming Project @sarsfieldhome.bsky.social Project launched in 2020 aiming to locate and repatriate to Ireland the remains of national hero Patrick Sarsfield. Project Director: Dr Loïc Guyon @francemidwest.bsky.social Visit the project’s Go Fund Me page for more info: https://gofund.me/6e91cda6
Dr Julie Holder @julieh80.bsky.social Assistant Curator of Modern & Contemporary History, National Museums Scotland. Posts about history, museums, heritage, disability & my pets Lightning & Puggo. Discworld fan & disabled mum to 2 fabulous neurospicy kids (own opinions she/her)
Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social Working class, Glaswegian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Historian of late 17th century specialising in Scotland, warfare, martial culture, identity and migration. Former HE lecturer. Publishing on Jacobites, the Highland War (1689-1691) & Scots-Dutch Brigade 🇳🇱 All views my own.
Emma Macleod @emmamacleod95.bsky.social
@hollyfaithnelson.bsky.social @hollyfaithnelson.bsky.social
Jennifer Brady @jennyb6565.bsky.social PhD student at NUI Maynooth, Jacobite history in 18th century Ireland. Adoption and baby homes in modern Ireland.
Kristel van Soeren @kristelvansoeren.bsky.social Musicologist | Jacobite songs, British Isles, politics, and (national) identities in 17th and 18th c. popular music.
Ben Bankhurst @benbankhurst.bsky.social Associate Professor of History, Appalachian Studies, Early America, 18th/ C. Irish and British History.
Ross Crawford @rosscrawford.bsky.social Scriever/writer in Scots/English. Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee 2024. PhD in Scottish History from University of Glasgow. Works in heritage. He/him. Views ma ain. https://linktr.ee/rrmcrawford
Wilson McLeod @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Gaelic, University of Edinburgh Dùn Èideann
Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social Celtic Revivals and Imperial Cultures. Research Fellow at University of Wales (CAWCS) on C18th/19th travel in Wales, Scotland, and India. Cymrawd Oddi Cartref Book: 'Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain' (2025), Francis Jones Prize Winner He/They/Fo/Nhw
Lesley Graham @lesleygraham.bsky.social Senior lecturer in English at the University of Bordeaux, France. 19th C. Scottish literature, RL Stevenson, travel literature, afterlives, literary tourism. Occasional French-English conference interpreter. CV http:////cv.hal.science/lesley-graham
Sheila Kidd @sheilamkidd.bsky.social Ollamh Litreachas agus Eachdraidh nan Gàidheal | Professor of Gaelic Literature and History @uofglasgow.bsky.social https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/sheilakidd/
Sìm Innes @siminnes.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈
Steve Newman @stevenewman.bsky.social Keely's husband, Tal and Sasha's dad, assoc prof of English at Temple (opinions my own), labor unionist at TAUP (AFT #4531).
Liam McIlvanney @liammcilvanney.bsky.social Crime writer in the Deep South of Aotearoa New Zealand
Graeme Macdonald @gmacdonald.bsky.social Literature Energy Environment Climate stuff @University of Warwick. Glasgow Dweller. Yes, they are quite far apart.
DrBree Robertson-Kirkland @breerob-kirk.bsky.social Musician and musicologist obsessed with 18th-century singers.
Alec Finlay @alecfinlay.bsky.social artist and poet; ecological remediation and human recuperation; landscape, tea, limit and creativity; lives by the sea in Edinburgh; mostly sharing a daily poem here.
Roslyn Potter @roslynpotter.bsky.social researcher, writer, literary historian 📖 early modern women’s writing, song culture & medicine 📜 book reviews editor at The Bottle Imp 📚 she/her 🎶 aspiring broadcaster 📻 https://bio.site/roslynpotter
Michelle Macleod @michellenic.bsky.social Leòdhasach. Gaelic Professor and Dean for Impact and Engagement at University of Aberdeen. Interested in languages and cats.
Dr Valentina Bold @valbold.bsky.social Scotland: Literature Song Culture Valentinabold.org FSA Scot, Hon Fellow Edinburgh Uni, Heritage at Scottish Women's Institutes, Editor journals.ed.ac.uk/index.php/rosc and www.peterlang.com/series/shcs Birlawman of Stirling Marches
Sarah Dunnigan 🍃 @sarahdunnigan.bsky.social hopeful gardener. trainee therapist. mamma of dogs and cats. teaches & writes about Scottish lit - children's, medieval, women's, fairy tales, folklore 🌿 she/her
Project ERSKINE | Radical Gaelic Magazines 1900s – 1930s @erskineproject.bsky.social Exploring Gaelic magazines founded by Ruaraidh Erskine (1869–1960) | erskine.glasgow.ac.uk | Marie Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowship, guaranteed by UKRI, carried out at the University of Glasgow | investigated by Dr Petra Johana Poncarová
Aine Allardyce @ahallardyce.bsky.social Ex Journalist. Now part of the University of Glasgow Communications Team covering the wonderful world of arts & humanities. #BeKind
Faclair na Gàidhlig @faclair.bsky.social Faclair na Gàidhlig: Faclair eachdraidheil na #Gàidhlig / A historical dictionary of Scottish #Gaelic. https://www.faclair.ac.uk/ Le taic bho Bhòrd na Gàidhlig agus Comhairle Maoineachaidh na h-Alba.
Michael Russell @feorlean.bsky.social Argyll, Scotland. Writes, takes pictures . Used to do more. Chair, Scottish Land Commission from 02/24. Hon Professor , Glasgow University. President SNP 2020 - 2023. Former MSP for Argyll & Bute and Minister/ Cabinet Secretary in Scottish Government
Aonghas MacCoinnich @aonghas-macc.bsky.social Gàidhealtachd, Eachdraidh, cànan. Highlands, Gaelic, History. https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/aonghasmaccoinnich/