Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Ana de Oliveira Dias @ana0dias.bsky.social Researcher at Oxford, lecturer at Exeter…never a dull moment!
Visual&Intellectual culture|Manuscripts& Monasticism| Early Medieval Iberian & Continental History |
PDRA Crafting Documents project & William Golding Junior Research Fellow, Brasenose College.
Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social Professor of History, with particular focus on women in England c.1300-1700. Was PI on AHRC-funded Alice Thornton’s Books project, 2021-25. https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/people/cbeattie/
David Santiuste @dbsantiuste.bsky.social Historian of late medieval Britain (especially 15th-century England and Scotland). Lecturer in Humanities at COL, University of Edinburgh. I work with adults of all ages, focusing on lifelong learning and educational transitions.
Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social Does what it says on the tin: medieval and Jews (often at the same time). Medieval Anglo-Jewry generally. Dyslexic. Visiting Fellow at University of Lincoln; Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Morwenna Ludlow @morwennaexe.bsky.social Professor of Early Christian History at the University of Exeter; Canon Theologian at Exeter Cathedral. Crafter of prose, cushions and woolly socks.
I lift my eyes to the hills.
National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social Sharing information about archaeology at National Trust places across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social Zooarchaeologist, medievalist, re-enactor. PhD on the use of parchment in medieval Scandinavia (2026).
Grace Owen @graceowen.bsky.social PhD in History, postdoctoral researcher @durhamhistory.bsky.social on 'Modelling the Black Death' project. Former Postan @EcHistSoc fellow and researcher for @womensworkexe.
Oliver Betts @drolibetts.bsky.social National Railway Museum Research Lead. Historian of industrial working-class worlds 1850-1950. Passionate about connecting museums and universities.
Christiane Kroebel @whitbyhistory.bsky.social Historian, mostly medieval Whitby, St Hilda churches; fellowship @ihr.bsky.social ; archaeology recorder @whitbynats.bsky.social ; abbey collection curator at Whitby Museum @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
Calum Cockburn @ccockburn.bsky.social Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts @BritishLibrary
He/him 🌈
Dr Will Wyeth @willwyeth.bsky.social Archaeologist & historian (mainly castles). Curator of History @ English Heritage. Views mine, he/him.
Work stuff: https://linktr.ee/willwyeth; header: Sanam Khatibi.
Tim O'Neill - History for Atheists @timoneill.bsky.social History writer, medievalist, blogger, atheist, sceptic and expatriate Tasmanian. http://linktr.ee/timoneill
Curator Rob @curatorrob.bsky.social Museums, Archaeology, Romans, Corduroy
All views are my wife's
#SundayHuxley
Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! Please be kind. https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Katherine Harvey @katherineharvey.bsky.social Historian and writer.
https://katherineharveyhistorian.co.uk/
Dr Alexandra Woodall @alexandrawoodall.bsky.social Beautiful things, culture, creativity, curiosity, care. Chesterfield Art Foundation course student. Museum and gallery consultant and mentor. Trustee of Create Sheffield. Co-founder of GLAM Cares. She/her. 🇪🇺 💚
INSULAR @insularmss.bsky.social Insular Manuscripts in the Age of Charlemagne: ERC Advanced Grant research project (2024–2029). Run by Prof. Jo Story, with Dr Anna Dorofeeva and partners in libraries & universities across Europe. Funded by UKRI.
Dr James Alexander Cameron @drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com Freelance art and architectural historian with focus on English medieval churches but love poking around all buildings. ALL BUILDINGS!
www.stainedglassattitudes.com
https://ko-fi.com/stainedglassattitudes
Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social Director of the Institute of Historical Research. Sometimes writes about history and feeling.
Fereidoun Biglari @fbiglari.bsky.social Paleolithic archaeologist, Head of Paleolithic Department, National Museum of Iran.
Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social Political scientist. IR. International security. RT=not endorsement. Author of award-winning book "Bullets Not Ballots: Success in Counterinsurgency Warfare" from Cornell. She/her.
Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social Archaeology at Bournemouth University
Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org The latest research in Archaeology from @universitypress.cambridge.org
cambridge.org/archaeology
Marina Silva @marinasdsilva.bsky.social Postdoc @crick.ac.uk | ancient genomics | from 🦴🦷👩🔬 to 🧬👩💻
Marie Tidball @marietidball.bsky.social Labour MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge. Mum. Disability Activist. Jo Cox Women in Leadership. Yorkshirewoman.
Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Computers versus the past. Digital Humanities and somesuch, including Transkribus. MBE FREng.
Chilterns Heritage & Archaeology Partnership CIC @chapcic.bsky.social Archaeological consultancy services, educational outreach, and training. Not-for-profit. Every pound made goes back into heritage work in the community.
Protecting and celebrating the heritage that tells the stories of all of us.
www.heritageCHAP.co.uk
Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social Ecologist, author, tree watcher. Shill for Big Forest. Writing another textbook on biodiversity and biogeography. It's always karaoke time. More at treesinspace.com
Neil Stewart @neilstewart.bsky.social Head of Library & Digital @ihrlibrary.bsky.social at the Institute of Historical Research, London, UK @ihr.bsky.social. Libraries, history, books, music, film, current affairs, the odd bit of politics- you know, the good stuff.
Dr Kathryn Bullen @kfbullen.bsky.social Researcher/Project Manager focusing on place-names, heritage, and community engagement. PhD July 2024 @UoNEnglish explored place-names on the Isle of Axholme. https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/77421/
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/
Dr James Cole @jamescolearch.bsky.social Dean for the School of Applied Sciences; Principal Lecturer in Archaeology @uniofbrighton. Human evolution & prehistoric cannibals. @IgNobel prize winner 2018
Charlotte Bowyer @charlottebowyer.bsky.social AHRC PhD student studying Old English literature • she/her
@barry-archaeo.bsky.social @barry-archaeo.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCD School of Archaeology in Dublin. Director of MSc programme in Mediterranean Archaeology, Director of Research, delusional gardener of Mediterranean plants in Ireland, avid motorbike fan on the two days a year without rain.
Cats of Kyiv 🐈 😻 🐈⬛️ 🐱 🇺🇦 @catsofkyiv.bsky.social What happens when 20 stray cats find a sanctuary in the suburbs of Kyiv? They go to Bluesky, of course! From street life to dacha living, follow our cats for your daily dose of whiskers and whimsy right here!
Feel free to show ❤️ and repost any cat videos!
Kat Fennelly @katfennelly.bsky.social Historical archaeologist, writer, fan of things.
Lecturer in Cultural Heritage at University of Sheffield.
Luc Amkreutz @prehistoryrmo.bsky.social Archaeologist; Curator Prehistory at RMO; Professor of Public Archaeology Leiden University; 2025-2026 Dubois chair professor at Maastricht University; FSA; Limburg
Alex Burnett @archaeoalex.bsky.social Dr in Palaeoproteomics at Ghent University, Belgium. Interested in everything prehistoric and proteinaceous. 🧪🦴🦷💀🏺
Pighill @pighill.bsky.social Archaeological illustrator & heritage graphic designer, Peter Lorimer.
Based in Lincolnshire. works everywhere.
Chris Down 🏳️🌈 @plingetheelder.bsky.social Archaeologist, archivist, and destroyer of worlds.
Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut @oeai.bsky.social Official account of the Austrian Archaeological Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
#archaeology #classics
Jane Kershaw @jk-viking.bsky.social Gad Rausing Assoc Prof. of Viking-Age Archaeology, Oxford
Leonora Merry @leonoramerry.bsky.social Director of Comms & External Affairs at Nuffield Trust (@nuffieldtrust.org.uk). Advisory Group, Science Media Centre. Co-founder WonkComms (https://bsky.app/profile/wonkcomms.bsky.social). Mum of 👧🧒 👦. SE Londoner. Views: mine!
John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social Professor of history @uclhistory.bsky.social + co-convenor @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social. Editor at @enghistrev.bsky.social.
Institutions, rationalities, environments, mostly medieval.
https://tinyurl.com/2p8r9yeh + https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene/.
Charlotte Walker @staysleeping.bsky.social Historic Environment Record Officer for Northamptonshire.
Local government archaeologist and runner. ❤️ art, music, science and kind fools🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social 
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social Vice Chancellor at Buckinghamshire New University and Professor of Education #academicsky
Bastiaan Waagmeester @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social Medieval historian | postdoc @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social | Early medieval manuscripts and religious education
Personal website: libripendis.eu
Jake Stattel @jakestattel.bsky.social Medieval Historian, Postdoc Fellow at Cambridge | Vikings, the Danelaw, Legal History | https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-jake-stattel
James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social Sort of a historian.
Su Westerman 📷 @suwesterman.bsky.social Amateur photographer of historic architecture - portfolio at www.flickr.com/photos/suwesterman. Historic Graffiti Researcher & General Guide @cburycathedral.bsky.social.
Sarah Semple @sarahsemple.bsky.social Archaeologist, early medievalist, gardener, aspiring artist.
The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social Dedicated to the preservation and investigation of a nationally-significant early medieval royal palace site at Yeavering, Northumberland. *Order our new monograph here: https://adgefrin.co.uk/shop/Ad-Gefrin-Brian-Hope-Taylor-and-his-Quest-p811658455
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
Bridget Alex @bridgetalex.bsky.social Anthropologist, Science Communicator. Lecturer at Harvard & Tufts.
www.youtube.com/@OriginsBridgetAlex
www.bridgetalex.com
John Angus Spencer-Barnes 🏳️🌈 @johnbarnes.org Freelance who reads the news on BBC Radio 5 Live & all 40 BBC local radio stations from MediaCityUK in sunny Salford.
Bewhiskered ex-academic historian, folkie, morris dancer & geek.
Bellman of the City of Preston.
Husband of @davespenceruk.bsky.social.
Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social Northumbrian in the Netherlands | Writes about connections between Britain & its North Sea neighbours | Historical linguist turned writer & editor
Writing: https://northseanexus.substack.com
Website: https://hannahmarybooth.com
Jim Connolly @jimconnolly.com traditional marketing is dead!
you need creative marketing.
why?
read this↓
https://jimsmarketingblog.com/about-2/
Monastic Archaeology Field School- Scotland @mafs-scot.bsky.social 4-week field school in archaeology, landscape, history, heritage 📍Lindores Abbey • 9 June to 4 July 2025 🏴
With Brandeis University, University of St Andrews, & Lindores Distillery, Newburgh Fife
https://linktr.ee/mafs.scotland
Amy Ryall @amyryall.bsky.social Academic-related staff in HE, UCU member, Trustee, Eyam Museum.
Would rather be in Wales, Berlin and/or out of Higher Education.
Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social Professor, Archaeology, University of Glasgow, the Urban Prehistorian, and Keeper of Hookland’s Stones. Glasgow’s Archaeologist in Residence (self-appointed)
Martin Roberts @martrtin.bsky.social Old metalware and 16thC material culture. Boreray sheep, Border Terriers, hay, logs & Land Rovers. Cricket, mainly Derbyshire these days.
Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social Bringing the medieval Islamicate East to the forefront of research. @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk
Project site: invisibleeast.site.ox.ac.uk
Digital corpus: https://invisible-east.org
Funded by EU's ERC Horizon 2020 R&I programme (851607).
Laura Gisseleire @lgisseleire.bsky.social PhD candidate @ University of Kent with Knowledge Orders before Modernity
(formerly) Medieval Studies @ Birkbeck 🦉
mortuary rolls, commemoration, gender & monastic culture, manuscripts galore.
Isabelle Lachat @isastylite.bsky.social Ph.D. Art historian, medievalist, iconoclast.
Kate Arnold @dulcimerkate.bsky.social Musician/Composer/Electro-Medievalist.
PhD (Arabic poetry, Old French song).
Hammered dulcimer, vielles/viols/violins.
Inventor of the phantasmaphone.
"Absolutely extraordinary" - BBC R3
https://katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/
https://katearnoldmusic.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.
Richard Purkiss @richardpurkiss.bsky.social Early medievalist. English society, law, landscape c. 600–1100. Book in progress on c10–11 East Anglia.
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
Ricky Broome @karanthir.bsky.social Recovering academic who just can't seem to quit
Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social Director of CHAP CIC; prehistorian, flyfisher, ferroequinologist. Jack of some trades, master of none. FSA
Opinions are all my own...
www.heritageCHAP.co.uk
Sarah Fry @drsfry.bsky.social Medieval historian: a focus on charters, the 11th century, and Normandy. Working to reveal unseen histories. May also be found writing about giants. IHR Fellow @ihr.bsky.social. Book on Norman charters: routledge.com; Cerne giant writing: oxbow.com.
Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social Michael Smith. Author, printmaker, translator & illustrator of medieval romances. Whimsy, art. Published by Wilton Square Books. PhD research University of York. Follows the Blackburn Rovers. All photos mine unless on shared posts www.mythicalbritain.co.uk
Megan Fry @fraufry.bsky.social NAGPRA Tribal Liaison & Visiting Assistant Professor @UniversityofCincinnati; PhD from @anthropologyUF. #MedievalArchaeology #StableIsotope #PublicArchaeology #HistoricPreservation #Bioarchaeologist
Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social Talks, writes, teaches. "The Ha-ha" & "The Ends" might make you laugh. Patreon https://patreon.com/Tomtalksdisabillity?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_fan&utm_content=join_link
Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social Best-selling author | artist | archaeologist | write and teach about #LateAntiquity, #EarlyMedieval, #Hungarians + #Vikings
Views my own. Appears on BBC radio occasionally.
LITTLE KINGDOMS: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingdoms-Hardback/p/56542
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
Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social CVARF Engagement Officer at Archaeology Scotland, affiliated researcher @UofG interested in early modern uplands, shieling practice, hunting and estates, and 17th c. Glencoe. I also dabble in contemporary archaeology - edgelands and archaeologies of waste.
@barbarayorke.bsky.social @barbarayorke.bsky.social 
Megan Bunce @meganbunce.bsky.social Here for early medieval history and archaeology
School for Advanced Research @sarsf.bsky.social The School for Advanced Research.
Create. Connect. Understand.
SAR: The only residential research institution supporting scholars & artists at the intersection of humanities, social sciences, & Native arts.
Anthropology I Archaeology I Humanities I Art
Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social I am a professor of tropical ecology at the University of York. I have a passion for Mountain ecosystems and cultures across the Global South, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania where I work with many Universities, NGOs and Government organisations.
UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social Our Bluesky account - University College Dublin,
Ireland - posts by Aidan O'Sullivan and Conor McDermott
Jemma Kerns @drjemmakerns.bsky.social Scientist, spectroscopist, passionate about research culture and improving women's health.
Emma Legrand @emmalegrand.bsky.social FWO PhD candidate quenching her thirst for isotopic knowledge and archaeology at @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social, for the Erc Lumiere project 👩🔬
Dr Mike Nevell @archaeotea.bsky.social Industrial & landscape archaeologist at Ironbridge; author, lecturer, occasional podcaster; cat, cricket & tea lover. See www.archaeologytea.wordpress.com; www.industrialheritagenetworks.com
Early Medieval People & Things (EMPAT) @empatireland.bsky.social Project directors: Aidan O'Sullivan & Brendan O'Neill, Taighde Éireann/Research Ireland COALESCE project; UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture; TII Archaeology; NMI Dept Antiquities & NMI Education; AMS Ltd
UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture: “Making, Understanding, Storytelling”
https://www.ucd.ie/archaeology/ceamc/
Posts by Aidan O’Sullivan & Anita Radini, at UCD School of Archaeology
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social Historian of Ancient Mediterranean science and medicine. Mother of two. Feminist. Plant lover. Trade unionist. Super Belgie. Welsh by adoption. Many typos.
Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social Live straight out of Bucha 🇺🇦
Dr Micah Mackay @micahmackay.bsky.social Writer and Historian ✍️
Dr of Carols (yes, really) 🎓
Arts Development & Cultural Advocate🎭
Currently writing about how we can transform arts funding ✨
Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social Professor of Medieval History and Diplomatic. Deputy Head of Arch & Hist @exeter.ac.uk. Editor of charters @monumenta.bsky.social. Monographs with CUP, Yale UP and @princetonupress.bsky.social. Medievalist + Germanophile.
Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social Aussie archaeologist, PhD, obsessed with tool-using animals. Steward at Skara Brae, Orkney || http://twig.technology || writing a book on intelligence with @abigaildesmond.bsky.social for Harvard Uni Press (2027)
🐒🦦🐙🐦⬛🐝🕷️🦧🐴🐠🪲🦜🐿️🐋🦀
Dr Claire Nesbitt @drclairenesbitt.bsky.social Archaeologist, editor, PDRA at @ArcDurham All things Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine. Formerly @clairenesbittm1 on X. All views my own etc. She/her.