rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social I've been curating classics social media since the 1990s and still feel a need to do it!
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Andrew Mangham @andrewmangham.bsky.social Professor, teacher, and author of the odd book about literature and the biological sciences. Latest: ‘We Are All Monsters: How Deviant Organisms Came to Define Us’.
Midwest Victorian Studies Association @mvsa.bsky.social Dedicated to studying the Victorian period, including history, literature, art history, music, philosophy, and religion. We welcome members and participants from across the world: https://midwestvictorian.org/.
Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social Educational Developer at the University of Liverpool (@livunicie.bsky.social): assessment and feedback, academic integrity, curriculum design, and (sceptical thoughts on) Generative AI. PhD: English, LJMU (2018) C19 crime fiction. SFHEA. He/him.
VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social Lee Jackson, Victorianist, historian, author of 'Dirty Old London' (Yale, 2014), 'Palaces of Pleasure' (Yale, 2019), 'Dickensland' (Yale, 2023) ... new book out soon 'Covent Garden: A People's History' (Yale, 2027)
Cathy Waters @catherinefaver.bsky.social Professor Emerita of Victorian Literature and Print Culture, Dickensian and long-distance walker.
Journal of Victorian Culture @jofvictculture.bsky.social The Journal of Victorian Culture publishes #VictorianStudies articles. We also run JVC Online. We welcome articles & posts on any nineteenth-century topic.
Our linked articles: https://linktr.ee/elly.mccausland
Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met @l19cmanmet.bsky.social Showcases research in long nineteenth-century studies. Housed in the School of English @ Manchester Metropolitan University.
UK Archive Sector Leadership @uknatarcsector.bsky.social Archive Sector Leadership department at The National Archives UK. We support archives of all types and sizes across England.
Find out more about the support we offer: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/
LJMU History @ljmuhistory.bsky.social The account of the History Department at Liverpool John Moores University. A small but lively modern history department situated in the heart of Liverpool. We teach and research modern history with a global outlook. https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/academic-uni
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
Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social ❤️ editing texts 🎤 💃 Montréalaise in Nijmegen, Nederland
Dissertation doula • accompagnante au dépôt de thèse • hulp bij het afronden van je proefschrift
Book history • histoire du livre • boekgeschiedenis 
Dr Clare Horrocks @drhorrocks.bsky.social SL in Cultural History, published researcher on Victorian magazine culture, Punch & Dickens. Submissions Editor for Victorian Periodicals Review (@RSVP)
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.
Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social Victorianist. President of the British Association for Victorian Studies, and Editor of the Curran Index for the RSVP. Author: Darwinism's Generations. The Reception of Darwinian Evolution in Britain, 1859-1909 (2024). Check me out at profmartinhewitt.com
Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk 👋 Welcome to the home of lifelong learning at @ox.ac.uk – a global community of curious minds. Tag us in your #OxfordLifelongLearning content!
INCSA @incsa.bsky.social The International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (INCSA) is a professional society of scholars from around the globe. #INCSA |
CNCSI Partner | https://linktr.ee/IN_CSA
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
GOTHICA 🦇 @gothicauob.bsky.social A spooky network interested in exploring all aspects of the Gothic at @unibirmingham.
Co-run by @katrinajan.bsky.social, @dremilyvincent.bsky.social.
Blog: https://uobgothica.wordpress.com/past-sessions/
CNCSI @cncsi.bsky.social Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International supports research, collaborative exchange, & professional training opportunities around the globe | INCSA Partner | linktr.ee/CNCSInternational
Media and Epidemics @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social Media and Epidemics (MEDEP): Technologies of Science Communication and Public Health in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Project funded by EU CHANSE. https://mediaepidemics.com
Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social 👩🏻🏫Tutoring English @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
✍️Co-writing book for @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
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ASLE-UKI @asleuki.bsky.social Official Bluesky feed of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, UK and Ireland. Visit us and join at https://www.asle.org.uk
Bargerean Paid @tolumcgowan.bsky.social Please respect and uphold the peace.
Monica A. Ross @drmonicaross.bsky.social Visiting Scholar @ UC Berkeley CSTMS/OHST. Psychotherapist–writer. Philosophy of science • Philosophy of psychiatry • STS. Interpretation • Classification • Institutional Authority. 🏳️🌈 Website: drmonicaross.com
Robin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social UK News Editor, @resprofnews.bsky.social.
Mostly #researchpolicy, #researchfunding, #highered.
British Journalism Awards finalist.
Once likened to Tintin.
Also into rivers.
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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social The Drinking Studies Network is an interdisciplinary and international research group that connects scholars working on drink and drinking cultures. We are free to join and welcome all. More info at https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/
Devika Narayan @devikanarayan.bsky.social Assistant Prof/Lecturer l University of Bristol Tech, markets, orgs + work. Some other stuff.
Sociologist.
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Paula Read @paularead.bsky.social Perpetual newbie.
PhD Creative Writing / Honorary Research Associate, University of Bristol
@bristol_writing
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Addie - inky, pinky, thinky @addiebabe.bsky.social University of Salford PhD student. Psychology/mental health/emotion regulation/music/hearing.
Neurodivergent. She/her.
Likes: rugby, gardening, food, pets, knitting, tattoos, StarWars, fountain pens & planners.
May post in Welsh #dysguCymraeg
Lu @lululeigh.bsky.social “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.”
-John Muir
• All photos are my own
Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social Welcome to the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York #UoY.
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SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 @sel1500to1900.bsky.social SEL Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 is a quarterly journal published for Rice University by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Submissions: https://sel.rice.edu/submission-guidelines-faq
Marginalia: https://marginalia.blogs.rice.edu/
Association for Medical and Healthcare Humanities @asmedhum.bsky.social Association for Medical and Healthcare Humanities - Promoting critical dialogues between humanities and healthcare.
http://amh.ac.uk/
Oxford Medical Humanities @oxmedhum.bsky.social Research hub @TorchOxford, Uni of Oxford
We examine medicine and health from the perspectives of politics, philosophy, law, and history, among others. Follow for updates on our work and events.
https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/medical-humanities-research-hub
Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social Improving health by understanding hidden experience.
Supported by Wellcome.
durham.ac.uk/imh
medhumsplatform.org
Ruth Brandt @ruthabrandt.bsky.social Writer & creative writing tutor.
Words: Fly on the Wall Press, Bridport Prize 2018, Bristol Short Story, Litro, The Phare, Ellipsis Zine, Fictive Dream, Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology and other lovely folk ...
website: www.Ruth@ruthbrandt.co.uk
Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social Professor of Earth Observation and glaciology at University of Bristol and Technical University Munich. Open Access advocate, sports fanatic, European.
Mariadele Boccardi @mariadele.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature at UWE Bristol. Neo-Victorianism, ecocriticism, colonial writing. Lover of country houses. Agatha Christie fan.
Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social We are a leading centre for primary care research and teaching based at the University of Bristol, UK. We are one of nine centres that form the @nihrspcr.bsky.social. Visit: www.bristol.ac.uk/capc
Harry Smith @fieldpansy.bsky.social Librarian @ Millennium Seed Bank / SWWDTP PhD @ Bristol/Exeter / interested in biocultural collections + more-than-human histories / #envhum #envhist #planthumanities 🌿👁🗨
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.
Victoria Bates @victoriabates.bsky.social Historian at University of Bristol, but not representing my employer etc etc etc
Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social Historian of everyday life in England, c.1500-1700 | Bristol Uni | First Gen | Devon & Somerset
Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social News and research from Bristol University Press Journals
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Jen Williams | The Dreamless out this year! @sennydreadful.bsky.social Award-winning author. Earth bender. Full-time goblin mode. Agent: Juliet Mushens. Partner of Peter Newman. From London, enjoying Bristol.
The Copper Cat Trilogy|The Winnowing Flame Trilogy|The Talon Duology|The Sleepless Duology
Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com Writer, editor, comms manager • Founder/ editor @helleborezine.bsky.social (World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist) • History, art, myth, mystery.
Bristol, UK.
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Debbie🗝️🪄🦋 @hecatesgirl.bsky.social Solitary Crone.🌒🌕🌘 Sister of animals and the earth. Animist. It's all magic if you know how to look at it. Trans inclusive. Fauna empath. Anti-fascist. Blue in Arkansas. I only answer DMs from people I know.
Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social The marriage of art and poetry is my passion.
Bristol University Library @bristolunilib.bsky.social Official account for @universityofbristol library services 👋 We're here to support your research, teaching and studies and connect with the academic community. Also expect beautiful library photos and the occasional cat.
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University of Bristol @bristoluni.bsky.social Top 10 UK Uni 📚 Leading research 🔬 World-class teaching 👩🎓 Vibrant city 🙌 Ranked 51st in the 🌍 (World University Rankings 2026) #WeAreBristolUni
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Elizabeth Gaskell's House @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social Celebrating the life and literature of Elizabeth Gaskell, writer, social reformer and radical. Open Wed, Thurs & Sun, 11-4.30pm. Booking Advised.
The Dickens Society @dickenssociety.bsky.social Bluesky page for the international Dickens Society www.dickenssociety.org
The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social The national charity fighting to save our Victorian & Edwardian heritage. Join us!
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Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales
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/).
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Darcy Moore @darcy1968.bsky.social Independent scholar. Traveller. Bibliomaniac. Flâneur. List-maker. Interested in AI. Orwellian. Researching Orwell’s Anglo-Indian family. Recently received the Peter Davison Award for scholarship. https://www.darcymoore.net/
BAVS @bavs-uk.bsky.social Bluesky account of the British Association for Victorian Studies
Liverpool John Moores University @ljmuofficial.bsky.social 28k students and 2,500 staff from 100+ countries. Passionate about our city, creating opportunities for people from all backgrounds and making a difference.
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social Professor of Medieval History, University of Bristol 📚 w/ Oxford Univ Press, Cambridge Univ Press, Boydell & Brewer, Schnell & Steiner, ARC Humanities Press; now writing ‘The Medieval Library: Using and Abusing Books in the Middle Ages’ for Reaktion Books
Dann Mitchell @climatedann.bsky.social Professor of Climate Science | University of Bristol | Joint Met Office Chair | Alan Turing Fellow | Leading the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment on Health and Wellbeing | IPCC AR6 | extreme weather & impacts
Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social A not-for-profit scholarly press based at the University of Bristol. Home of Policy Press. Publishing on the global social challenges.
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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social Rich Pancost, Earth Scientist at the University of Bristol. Interested in past climates and earth system processes, from peatlands to the deep sea. First gen/ working class. Privileged white cis male. Anti-racist, pro LGBTQ+, decolonial. He/Him
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