Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social Chaos Muppet. Raconteuse. The internet’s gay Catholic aunt. Playwright, novelist, arts journalist, grantwriter. Archbishop of Bluesky. Schism enthusiast. Never not thinking about Star Trek. Long threads, all caps, can’t lose.
People's History Museum @phm.org.uk Explore the UK’s national museum of democracy. Open every day (except Tues). Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER.
phm.org.uk
Joyce Dixon @joycedixon.bsky.social 
Jo Laycock @jolaycock.bsky.social Historian: migration, refugees, humanitarianism, South Caucasus, Armenia. Sidelines in histories of Rochdale and of the Manchester Guardian. UCU Manchester equalities (disabilities) officer. Tired.
Jesmond Allen @jesmonda.bsky.social Human-Centred Designer. Mum. Sporadic knitter. Co-author 'Smashing UX Design' book. Not a suburb of Newcastle.
J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social C19 literary critic & cultural historian. Author of Louise Michel in America (Rutgers UP 2027) + Sensational Internationalism. Editor of NY: A Literary Anthology + the CC to Literature and Food. UCU NEC member. She/her.
https://www.j-michelle-coghlan.com
Dr. Liz Hebbard @lizhebbard.bsky.social Medieval Occitan & French; vernacular lyric; music & text; history of the book; medieval book arts; binding fragmentology. PI of the Peripheral Manuscripts Project @peripheralmss.bsky.social 📜
Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com Student success w/ a HigherEd perspective. Associate Director T&L & Student Success at UoM Library & Academic Lead for Student Success. Constantly tilting at windmills. Often seen reading, riding & running about. NTF/CATE/PFHEA, data and pedagogy obsessed- B Felix Oke @bfiliks.bsky.social Digital Humanities; Textual Studies; Data Visualization
Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social trailcams
Brett Bobley @brettbobley.bsky.social Working as an advisor to Schmidt Sciences for their HAVI DH program (AI + Humanities/cultural heritage). Former CIO for the NEH & founder of the Office of Digital Humanities.
Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I have friends everywhere | And I do enjoy my work |
linktree: https://linktr.ee/danielbellingradt
Giulia Taurino @giuliataurino.bsky.social AI & Cultural Heritage, Digital Humanities, Archival Science, Art History.
Northeastern University
Rich Hughes @hughesrich.bsky.social Cambridge based Welshman. Listener, reader, not a robot. Minor role in Crushing Death & Grief promoters in Cambridge.
Gillian @hawhen.bsky.social Ex-science PhD Scot with random interests mainly beer, noise, techno, clubbing, science, not acting like a 50+ year old & other random oddities 🏴
Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social Professor of Early Modern History, University of Manchester
#materialculture #globalhistory #earlymodern
Dragoman’s Self @routledgehistory.bsky.social
In-Between Textiles @amsterdamupress.bsky.social
@uomhistdept.bsky.social @bemccollective.bsky.social
Emanuela Patti @emanuelapatti.bsky.social Italian Studies at the University of Edinburgh | Intermediality & DH | Research Portfolio Holder SIS | Latest Book: David Rizzio at the Scottish Court. History and myth across arts and media (EUP)
Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social Posting random bits & bobs here to help keep alive the memory of Leeds Other Paper (1974-1994), possibly the greatest little newspaper in the world. This account is maintained, after a fashion, by @writerlytone.bsky.social 
Maggie Fritz-Morkin @emeffem.bsky.social Medievalist/ italianist/ tennist, associate prof UNC-Chapel Hill, Boccaccio, prose and other cons. Up with the stars
Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social Bridging Fellow in Medical Humanities
@durhamimh.bsky.social | ECR Visiting Fellow @thejohnrylands.bsky.social | Currently working on cancer and the senses in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Hallucinophonics @hallucinophonics.com Hallucinophonics exist at the nexus of consciousness and sound—crafting immersive soundscapes that challenge the boundaries between reality and reverie. http://hallucinophonics.com
Dr Grace Touzel @boundtobeused.bsky.social Digital Special Collections / Metadata Librarian @nhm_library_archives. Easily distracted by bookbinding(s), blank books, rare books, and book history in general.
aman (he/him) @amangoel.bsky.social 26 • all things community, training, open science, research software • tech won't save us
@softwaresaved.bsky.social, @manchester.ac.uk, OLS • previously IRIS-HEP, HEP Software Foundation • views my own
Andrea Rizzi @ Unimelb @andrearizzi.bsky.social Italian Renaissance Studies scholar, Translation historian, literary scholar, skier, very amateur tennis player..
Mary Laven @marylaven.bsky.social Historian of Italy, religion and material culture. Thinking about a more diverse Renaissance.
Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social Academic and climate activist, born 325 ppm, flight free since 2018. Fighting for a free press: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/760061 -- https://mediasovereignty.org/
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 Galway • Antwerp • Alicante • Zurich • Vienna • Bristol
linktr.ee/rebpaf.network
(Opinions expressed are solely those of the authors.)
@scsharples.bsky.social @scsharples.bsky.social 
Carly Richardson @carlyannrichardson.bsky.social Software and Digital in #GLAM ✨
#histsci and material culture studies (big love for volvelles 🤩)
MCR 🐝 she/her
dr julian skyrme @julianskyrme.bsky.social 🇾🇪 Stretford End W16
👨🏼🎓 Exec Director of Social Responsibility @socialresponuom.bsky.social at The University of Manchester
🧑🧒🧒 Dad 🌳 M16 🏴 Cymru 🐶 Dylan
🖱️ www.julianskyrme.com
#UoM #MUFC #HigherEd #AcademicSky #University #Manchester
John Robb official @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social Official account of John Robb musician and writer. Upcoming memoirs and tour https://louderthanwar.com/john-robb-memoirs-and-spoken-word-tour-may-2026/
Osama Bhutta @osamabhutta.bsky.social Strategist and communicator
www.osamabhutta.com
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).
Digital Futures @digitaluom.bsky.social Highly interdisciplinary University of Manchester network of over 2200+ researchers across 30 disciplines and the whole range of digital research.
linktr.ee/UoMDigitalFutures
Mara Josi @marajosi.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Italian Studies at UCD.
Drew Thomas @drewbthomas.bsky.social Assistant Professor @unisalzburg.bsky.social | Digital History | Applying AI to early modern print & visual communication • The Industry of Evangelism (Brill) • FRHistS
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social Politics, geopolitics, psychology, etc.
Been called “brilliant but out there.”
Smith College BA, MSW | LSE
#AuDHD #LGBTQ #MECFS
Patreon: patreon.com/leahmcelrath
The Guild of Medievalist Makers @guildmedmak.bsky.social A society for medievalist academic and academic-adjacent practitioners of creative-critical work.
Want to join the Guild? Take a look at our website: https://www.guildmedmak.com/
Seren Morgan-Roberts @serenmroberts.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Manchester. James VI and I's #1 fan. 
The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Promoting world-leading research using the unique special collections of The University of Manchester Library.
Open to visitors Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
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
Cat Evans @crevans.bsky.social Early modernist working on women's writing & philosophy @cultphil.bsky.social
Interested in books, beads, birds and baking. 
Luca Paci @lucapaci.bsky.social Poet, lecturer and translator.
https://www.parthianbooks.com/products/tempo-excursions-in-21st-century-italian-poetry
Jamie Robinson @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social Manager of the Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab
Multispectral | Photometric Stereo | 3D | Heritage Imaging
@thejohnrylands.bsky.social University of Manchester
The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk A proud Manchester institution with teaching, research and social responsibility at the heart of everything we do. 
William Owen @wdowen.bsky.social Advisor on digital transformation & conservation in the cultural sector @ wdowen.substack.com & @ Factum Foundation. Writing about material culture, design history & East India Co networks in art & industry @ eaho.substack.com
In Place of War @inplaceofwar.bsky.social In Place Of War uses creativity in places of conflict as a tool for positive change.
https://www.inplaceofwar.net/
Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social Archives, Special Collections and Digital Collections at the University of Galway Library
The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY. 
Massimiliano Canzanella @mcanzanella.bsky.social Neapolitan language activist, Writer, Lecturer and English Teacher at Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow, Scotland.
www.canzanella.net
Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social Research & Postgraduate Development Manager @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Historian of early modern science, communication & collections. She/her with 'Big North Energy'. Very personal.
The Center for Italian Studies at Notre Dame @nditalianstudies.bsky.social Promoting research and education in Italian Studies, together with the Devers Family Program in Dante Studies.
Doris Gruber @dorisirod.bsky.social Head of the Research Unit Art History @ihb-oeaw.bsky.social
#earlymodern, #prints, #bookhistory, #travelliterature, #dh, #computationalhumanities.
she/her.
Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland @cdsi.bsky.social 
Aistė Kiltinavičiūtė @murkuo.bsky.social Dante, dreams, visions, senses, Victorians obsessed with Dante's wife
Visual Geometry Group (VGG) @oxford-vgg.bsky.social Computer Vision research group @ox.ac.uk
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of Leeds @lcsleeds.bsky.social One of the largest, most diverse Schools of Languages, Cultures & Societies in the UK. A leading centre for Languages, Classics, Film, Intercultural Studies, Translation & Linguistics.
University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social Celebrating what makes Leeds special ❤️🏳️🌈🌍
N8 CIR @n8cir.bsky.social We are a programme supporting researchers and academic professionals at N8 Universities
Follow for free training and community events in machine learning, digital humanities, and digital health
https://n8cir.org.uk/
nicolas longinotti @mcl-lng.bsky.social PostDoc FU Berlin - Italian and Spanish studies
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social Explore Cambridge Digital Library:
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/
Sarah Hill @hillgower.bsky.social Oakland native, siaradwr Cymraeg, relapsed oboist. Co-ordinating Editor of Popular Music. Prof of Popular Music and Fellow of St Peter’s College, Oxford.
UoM Research IT @uomresearchit.bsky.social Research IT provide specialised research services and expertise for the research community at the University of Manchester. This includes research compute platforms, research software engineering and much more.
https://research-it.manchester.ac.uk/
Tony Richards @tonyrichards.bsky.social Senior Photographer at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Practitioner of historic photographic processes.
Photographer - Collector - Experimenter
https://linktr.ee/tony.richards
Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000).
Get music recommendations and ponderings in your inbox 📨 drownedinsound.org 🦋 follow @drownedinsound.org
The Trades Club @thetradesclub.bsky.social Music venue & socialist members club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
By the people, for the people
thetradesclub.com
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction
You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com 
Natalie Hanna @nataliehanna.bsky.social Medievalist at University of Liverpool
the Jesus Lizard @thejesuslizard.bsky.social This is the band's official Bluesky page. Welcome
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thejesuslizard
Amelie Roper @amelieroper.bsky.social Head of Research at Cambridge University Library. Interests include research collaboration, AI for cultural heritage collections, collection development and early (music) printing.
@adultmale.bsky.social @adultmale.bsky.social 
Esther @patchyclouds.bsky.social Libraries, music, running and all things good.
DrVikkiG (she/her) @drvikkig.bsky.social Engagement Librarian. Knows a bit about music halls. Reader. Working on being a writer. Northern accent. #manchester
Clare Hooper @clarehooper.bsky.social Director of of Journals Publishing at Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social. Cat servant to 3, I like books, running, horror films and big cups of tea (all views are my own).
Serena Vandi @serevandi.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Italian @tcddublin.bsky.social | Honorary Faculty Research Fellow, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages @ox.ac.uk | Dante, Gadda, Satire
https://www.tcd.ie/Italian/people/svandi.php
Independent Venue Week UK @ivwuk.bsky.social #IVW25
Celebrating the spirit of independence & the culture of live music 💛. Founder & CEO @sybilivw.bsky.social
www.linktr.ee/ivw_Uk
Kliph Scurlock @kliphscurlock.bsky.social The Kansas homewrecker and heartbreaker.
Pro music. Anti billionaire. Anti fascist. Pro cat. Anti capitalism. Pro hug. Pro sushi. Anti Spotify. Anti Amazon.
Red Cavalry @redcavalry.bsky.social Ignite Your Imagination
Makers of Pre-RapElite Agitpop
Drop us a listen/follow:
https://redcavalrymusic.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ft9JAaKh8ik0fwMTWeXpM?si=GxwqTceeRdKkSXI34MGIjw
Emma Bond @efbond.bsky.social Professor of Italian & Comparative Studies, University of Oxford. Interested in migration, museums and empire. New book CURATING WORLDS out Dec 2024.
42’s Records @42srecords.bsky.social Rock n Roll blood, vinyl heart ❤️
DIY Independent Record Label
Manchester, UK
Teemu Homanen @teemuguitartricks.bsky.social Guitar tricks @indigodreamband.bsky.social
Pedal nerd. Severe gear acquisition syndrome, always happy to talk about music and gear. From the land of thousands of lakes and reindeers.
https://linktr.ee/indigodreamband
Scott Marsden @scottmusicdruid.bsky.social Welsh singer songwriter from Anglesey 🏴 Holy Coves / Snowdonia Records
https://linktr.ee/scottmarsdenmusic
Daragh O’Connell @daraghoconnell.bsky.social Director of Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland (CDSI); Italian, University College Cork, Senior Editor ‘Italian Studies’ (pre-1700)
Lorenzo Dell'Oso @lorenzodelloso.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Italian Studies at Durham University. IMEMS Representative at Durham’s MLAC. Dante | Medieval Studies | Italian medieval literature | Manuscript Studies | Orality | Digital
Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social One of the world's biggest sound projects, covering more than 130 countries with 2,000+ contributing artists. Remixing the world, one sound at a time. www.citiesandmemory.com
Holy Coves @holycovesband.bsky.social Welsh Awen Rock band from Anglesey, North Wales, led by singer songwriter @ScottMusicDruid
NEW ALBUM 'HIRAETH' OUT NOW!
👇
https://linktr.ee/HolyCoves
HebWeb @hebweb.bsky.social Website for Hebden Bridge since 1995
Rhianna Levi-Burton @rhiannalevi98.bsky.social Former Worcestershire Poet Laureate. Cover teacher. Youth worker. Social media manager. Published writer. Mental health advocate.
Coffee, cats, tattoos, movie fanatic. Tolkien enthusiast. 🖤
Worcester, UK
Bernhard Huss @bernhardhuss.bsky.social Prof FU Berlin, Director of Center for Italian Studies. Italian literature, early modern, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Quattro and Cinquecento. Socio straniero dell‘Accademia dell‘Arcadia, Accademico corrispondente estero dell‘Accademia della Crusca
Indigo Dream @indigodreamband.bsky.social Dreamy & Distorted sounds from Helsinki, Finland. Our new single ‘Inverness’ is out now, click below✨
Listen & support us on Bandcamp! -> https://indigodream.bandcamp.com
Spotify/All other links -> https://linktr.ee/indigodreamband
@lowtheband.bsky.social @lowtheband.bsky.social 
Charles L. Leavitt IV @clliv.bsky.social William Payden Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Associate Director of the Center for Italian Studies, U. of Notre Dame.
Author of Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History (https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487507107)
Florian Mussgnug @fmussgnug.bsky.social Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian Studies @UCL | Environmental Humanities | Utopia | Apocalypse | Anthropocene Studies | World Literature
RRRapid-Kool @rrrapidkool.bsky.social Local band seeks gigs...
https://rrrapidkool.bandcamp.com/
Jeffers @m19jeff.bsky.social Urban exploring
media archaeology lab @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social past solutions for present problems since 2009 // resting on traditional territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations
website: www.mediaarchaeologylab.com/
calendar: mediaarchaeologylab.neocities.org/
news: mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/
Richard King @richardhywelking.bsky.social 
Luke Haines @lukehaines.bsky.social Currently - Luke Haines and Peter Buck. Black Box Recorder. Minus 5 (when called into service) Swell Maps (occasionally)
Formerley - The Auteurs,
Writes a bit, paints a bit. Strums guitar.