Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada @cndhistassoc.bsky.social Bilingual Canadian association founded in 1922 to promote historical research | Association canadienne bilingue fondée en 1922 pour promouvoir la recherche historique https://cha-shc.ca/ | https://cha-shc.ca/fr/
Ontario's Universities @ontuniv.bsky.social Partnering to build a more prosperous future for our students, communities and the province of Ontario. Official account of the Council of Ontario Universities.
Toronto Society of Architects @tosoarch.bsky.social Established in 1887 we are a non-profit organization bringing people together to discuss, learn and explore Toronto's built environment.
@whitestudiolo.bsky.social @whitestudiolo.bsky.social 
North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative @nacdi.bsky.social Established in 2017, NACDI is a global network of academics, policymakers and practitioners mobilizing research on cultural diplomacy.
https://culturaldiplomacyinitiative.com/
https://tinyurl.com/NACDInewsletter
https://linktr.ee/nacdi
School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social A hub for city research, education and engagement/outreach at U of T. Stay tuned for new #SofC initiatives at http://linktr.ee/uoftcities
Jeffrey Thorsteinson @jthorsteinson.bsky.social 
Winnipeg Architecture Foundation @wpgarch.bsky.social The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation (WAF) is a registered charitable organisation advancing the awareness and appreciation of Winnipeg's built environment. www.winnipegarchitecture.ca
@davidl0216.bsky.social @davidl0216.bsky.social 
Smarthistory: the Center for Public Art History @smarthistory.bsky.social Smarthistory, a nonprofit, collaborates with museums, academics, conservators, and knowledge-bearers to make art history accessible and engaging while retaining nuance and the highest academic standards—plus everything is free! https://smarthistory.org
Dictionary of Canadian Biography @dcb-dbc.bsky.social 📕 A bilingual scholarly research & publishing project, with free online access to more than 9,000 biographies, with many more to come. Since 1966.
🔗 www.biographi.ca
En francais: @dbc-dcb.bsky.social
Canadian Architect @canadianarchitect.bsky.social Canadian Architect is a magazine for architects and related professionals practicing in Canada, published since 1955. #architecture #architects www.canadianarchitect.com
Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
U of T Student Life @uoftstudentlife.bsky.social Official BlueSky account of University of Toronto Student Life on the Downtown Campus 💙
UofT Libraries @uoftlibraries.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of the University of Toronto Libraries, sharing extraordinary collections & services since 1892.
U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social The University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies hosts one of the largest interdisciplinary medieval studies programs in the world. https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/
U of T Faculty of Arts & Science @artsci.utoronto.ca #UofTArtSci is the most academically diverse division at #UofT.
Centre de recherche Cultures – Arts – Sociétés @celat.bsky.social Soutenu par le FRQ, le Centre de recherche Cultures – Arts – Sociétés (CELAT) intègre des chercheur-ses de sept universités québécoises.
Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social Architecture, landscape, urbanism. Independent nonprofit public scholarship on the built environment. Free & accessible to all.
Read: http://placesjournal.org
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Suzanne Blier @suzanneblier.bsky.social Professor, Author & Civic Activist in Cambridge Ma. Art/Architectural History, African Studies, City Histories, Urban Planning, Museums). Native of Vt. Building communities. Find blogs and more at: suzanneprestonblier.com
Construction History Society @constructionhist.bsky.social Construction history worldwide. Materials, technologies, systems and people relating to construction in the past. Journal, members' magazine, conferences etc
To get a follow-back tell us your construction interests.
https://www.constructionhistory.co.uk
Kirsten Angermann @docopomo.bsky.social In short: architectural history + conservation, heritage studies, postmodernism. And cycling.
Forscht und schreibt zu Architekturgeschichte, Denkmalpflege, Ost- und Postmoderne. Mag Fahrradträger.
Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social Heritage & conservation professional & enthusiast, usually found exploring old places 😃
Curator of Properties for English Heritage, & freelance heritage consultant.
Studying p/t for PhD in lime finishes.
Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society @torontosri.bsky.social Integrative research. Human-centred solutions. We're a U of T institute working to ensure that powerful technologies make the world better—for everyone.
PLATFORM @platformspace.bsky.social 
Jackman Humanities Institute @jhievents.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto | For info about Fellowships, funding opportunities, events and more, sign up for our newsletter http://eepurl.com/dhuDJv
Blair Scorgie 🍁 @blairscorgie.bsky.social Husband, father, planner, urban designer, consultant, sessional lecturer, volunteer, author, advocate, and Torontonian. Views are my own. www.scorgieplanning.com.
How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com Toronto urban environmentalist. 20+ years in climate activism. Fancy degrees from McGill and Yale. Posts my own.
Driver against car dominance. Renewables x batteries maxxer.
https://how-sen.com/link
Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social 🍁 Toronto transit & urbanism nerd | 👨💻 Software Developer | 🌈 Your gay best friend
Sarah Mead Leonard @smeadleonard.bsky.social Associate Director of Fellowships and Academic Programs, Newberry Library (all views my own). PhD. Victorian Art History, #MaterialCulture, #HistoricLandscapes, those kinds of things. Also @morris-on-screen.bsky.social
Laura Portwood-Stacer @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social Helping scholars write & publish outstanding books since 2015 📚
Tips at newsletter.manuscriptworks.com & in THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK and MAKE YOUR MANUSCRIPT WORK (Princeton UP)
Courses + free resources at manuscriptworks.com
Knitter, 2X Jeopardy! champ 🤓
Fernando Lara @fernandolara.bsky.social Brazilian-American Author of Spatial Theories for the Americas, Activist, Architect, Husband, Father, Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Kramer @lisakramer.com Financial economist musing on behavioural finance, behavioral economics, emotion, markets, risk, pensions, humans, & animals.
Professor of Finance, University of Toronto
Joint Sponsors, UPP
Board of Directors, UTAM & We Animals
http://www.lisakramer.com
Ashley Scarlett @ashleyscarlett.bsky.social Associate Professor at the Alberta University of the Arts researching/writing about intersections between art and algorithmic culture.
James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social Award-winning buildings archaeologist. FSA. Mediaeval mythbuster. Castles. Old pubs. Theatre. Alan Garner. Cats. Live music. Ex-roadie.
Triskele Heritage
https://triskeleheritage.com
Based in Nottingham, UK
Jen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social associate prof of geography & Native studies. author of Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race & Indigeneity in the Arctic https://www.dukeupress.edu/ice-geographies
Linda Steer @lindasteer.bsky.social Art historian researching photography & drug use. Author of Appropriated Photographs in French Surrealist Periodicals, 1924-1939 (Routledge, 2017). Art history teaching podcast https://unboxingthecanon.podbean.com
Partner, stepmom, and cat mom. 🐈⬛🐈⬛ 🇨🇦🌷🌸🌻- S Sarah Parsons @sparsons.bsky.social Professor, Art History and Visual Culture, York University, Lead editor, Photography and Culture. Thinking about privacy and photography
Andrew R. Casper @andrewrcasper.bsky.social Art historian of early-modern Italy, Michigan alum and football fan, Penn Ph.D., soccer fan, classical music evangelist, books on El Greco and the Shroud of Turin.
Beyond Extraction @beyondextraction.bsky.social Scholar-activist collective researching and resisting extraction within and beyond academia. #DisruptPDAC
https://www.beyondextraction.ca/mine-o-polis
WalkMontreal @walkmontreal.bsky.social Join C & D as they discover the neighbourhoods on the island of Montreal walking among the streets, buildings and people. Our posts include satire and history. Documenting Today and Researching the Past! Research, Information Technology,
Matt Farish @mattfarish.bsky.social Historical geographer, University of Toronto; Affiliate, U of T's Centre for the Study of the US. Writing a book about climate labs, survival schools, and the 20th-c. US militarization of the planet. Distracted by AC Milan and ⚽️. Posts are personal.
Keith Bresnahan @designhist.bsky.social Historian of design, emotions, 19C France, destruction, ruins and the like. writing a book about the aftermath of the Paris Commune.
Kim Yates @kimberleyyates.bsky.social Knitter, cat-friend, lover of stuff. White cis-het settler; interested in everything.
PhD English (medieval drama)
MISt (rare books/special collections)
Associate Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto - @JHIevents.bluesky.social
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
Catherine Townsend @archhistorian.bsky.social PhD candidate, research assistant @AH_unimelb @msdsocial #ACAHUCH Architecture, affordable housing, history, urbanism, music, art, reading and cycling.
Kulin land / Melbourne
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-1233
Lea-Catherine Szacka @lcszacka.bsky.social Founder @pasza_architecture 📐
Senior Lecturer Arch. Studies @officialuom 🇬🇧
Director of @marg_manchester
Vice president EAHN 🇪🇺
📍Paris 🇫🇷🐈
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
Karen Averby 🌊 @karenaverby.bsky.social karenaverby.co.uk
Buildings Historian/Consultant
Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights
Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk
FRHistS ACIfA
Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist
Rep PastPreservers
Brum/London
Hannah Kaemmer @hannahmgk.bsky.social postdoc @mcneilcenter; 17th c English architecture, empire, and environment; forts and engineering; semi-colons
Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social Ph.D. Lecturer at the University of Bath, Architectural History and Conservation. Author, HENI presenter, Arts Society speaker. Immersed in the arts of the late Middle Ages, gardens. Etc
SculpturalMobilities @saraayres.bsky.social Art historian. OUT NOW: a critical edition of Prince George of Denmark's travel diary detailing his time in Restoration England, 1669. Danish-British Consort Portraiture, c.1600-1900, Lund Humphries, 2023. Essays in OAJ and JHNA.
Muddy York @muddyyork.bsky.social Toronto's #1 History Podcast
Buy Me A Coffee - http://buymeacoffee.com/muddyyork
Julie Deschepper @juliedeschepper.bsky.social Cultural & art historian of (Post-)Soviet Russia
Assistant Professor in Heritage and Museum Studies - Utrecht University
(Post-)Socialist Heritage I Socialist Material Culture I Global Iconoclasm I Weaponization of Heritage in Ukraine
Ariella Minden @ariellaminden.bsky.social art historian | printmaking | technology | media | lecturer at the university of st andrews
Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com Welcoming media and government (and everyone else!) to Bluesky.
Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
jericho jennifer nelson @henkaipantomime.bsky.social they + she
art historian poet
Fil Am messing with Renaissance practices
U Delaware + Philly
co-founder of the journal Selva
https://linktr.ee/henkaipantomime for books and pubs
Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social Professor of Art History, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center. I look at things and then write about them.
Author of Van Gogh and the End of Nature, from Yale University Press: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300274363/van-g
Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social Professor of art history at Portland State University. Author of Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting (Yale University Press) and some other stuff. 2 parts Weltschmerz, 1 part vermouth
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social Art historian @ Tulane. Working on visual, material and built cultures of early modern Northern Europe, the Spanish empire and the Dutch Atlantic. Never too busy for a happy hour. My employer really wants me to note: all these views are mine not theirs.
K R @kringelberg.bsky.social they/them, Art Historian
I care a lot (too much?)
Not repping any institution
gregorg @greg.org Artist, writer, publisher of greg dot org: the making of since 2001, "a [Cady] Noland obsessive" —T Mag [avatar: Édouard Manet Facsimile Object (M1), Minnay; banner: Derek Jarman's Blue]
Peter Huestis @peterhuestis.bsky.social "Well-groomed" –Washingtonian Magazine
Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com Art critic, filmmaker, communicator.
https://kevinbuist.com/
Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social Artist; have written, and curated, also. Head of Programme, Writing MA, at the RCA, London.
jeremymillar.org
Profile: https://jeremymillar.org/Notes-on-Gesture-for-H-C-2015
Header: https://jeremymillar.org/Neutral-Diluted-2007
Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social Art historian. New book The Invention of British Art, out now.
Erik Inglis @allthebeset.bsky.social warning signs, bikes and buzzards. and train songs. no such thing as negative space.
Diane Tucker @theshymuseumgoer.com Writer/producer prev seen on NATGEO, HIST, DISC, MBN, HuffPo.
Follow TheShyMuseumgoer.com to explore great works of art and the deeply human stories they tell.
Hrag Vartanian @hrag.bsky.social Art Critic Futurist 🧬 Editor-at-large, cofounder of @Hyperallergic.com 🗽 Aleppo born, Toronto raised, Brooklyn based w/ @veken.bsky.social
I tweet about art and politics because art doesn't exist in a vacuum.
Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com The best art publication on Bluesky 🌞 with daily art news and reviews. hyperallergic.com
AHAA @ahaaamericanart.bsky.social The Association of Historians of American Art, along with its e-journal Panorama, provides a scholarly forum for the study of American art and culture.
Amy Werbel @awerbel.bsky.social Professor researching censorship and freedom of expression in art, law, and culture. Author of books: Lust on Trial, Lessons from China, and Thomas Eakins. Love my growing family, colleagues, and students here in NYC and around the world.
Shirley Wajda @stwajda.bsky.social Historian, curator, knitter of the American experience, daughter & granddaughter of immigrants, waiting for Lefty & CLE World Series win. US material & visual culture, museum studies, women's history, everyday life. Too many projects. shirleywajda.com
Aruna D’Souza @arunadsouza.bsky.social Writer and critic, mostly contemporary art, sometimes food, always politics. New York Times and Hyperallergic, among other places. I’m surprisingly sweet. Live in NYC, originally from 🇨🇦
Jim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social Historian, ex-Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation
Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for Book https://www.massbook.org/
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
http://tiny.cc/pb7xzz
Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social America’s only art crime professor, studying theft, repatriation, and general museum shenanigans. Forthcoming book: The Styrofoam Mummy (Norton), on fraud and forgery on the market for ancient treasures. She/her; queer.
www.artcrimeprof.com
Joanna Gardner-Huggett @jogardnerhugg.bsky.social Feminist art historian in Chicago
Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Elizabeth @afroartnerd.bsky.social Art historian and HBCU Professor | Author: Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art: The Black Female Fantastic | elizabethchamilton.com
Header image: Alison Saar. Tobacco, Indigo, Sugar, Cotton, and Rice (2018)
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social "Elegante y muy cabrona."
I labor at the word factory for Bloomberg Citylab, NYRB, The Atlantic, Alta, Fresh Air, KCRW, NYT and others.
https://c-monster.org
https://linktr.ee/Cmonstah
Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social Executive Director, Sam Gilliam Foundation; UCLA professor emeritus; and left-handed art historian who sees lots of shiny objects. Opinions expressed here are my own.
Dr. Antje Gamble @drantjegamble.bsky.social Art Historian: Italian, Sculptural, & Exhibition Modernisms (Fascism & Cold War in 🇮🇹&🇺🇸) // full Prof in KY // Working Class Academic // President of the Italian Art Society // she/her
drantjegamble.com
Lucy Whelan @lucywhelan.bsky.social Art historian of modern France | gender, subjectivity, environments | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc at Sciences Po, Paris
📘 Pierre Bonnard Beyond Vision, https://shorturl.at/mvQB0
📍Durham, UK
Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social Paper conservator in Wales. Manuscripts, drawings, artists’ materials, studios, sideline interests in holy wells, roodscreens, and all manner of heritage at the end of long country lanes. Colour-related Instagram posts @chromatic_dispatches
Paris Spies-Gans @pspiesgans.bsky.social Writer, historian, & art historian, #womenartists, A Revolution on Canvas (YUP), writing A New Story of Art (Doubleday)
parisaspiesgans.com
Peter, Standing Desk General @waristheraputic.bsky.social | History Teacher |
| Military Historian |
| Former Library Assistant |
| Fully entailed Nerd |
tonigo @tonigo.bsky.social We’re only as free as we deserve to be.
Long-suffering Mets fan. Social Democrat. Film enjoyer. History & science fiction aficionado. If you've made it this far without grimacing, you may as well follow me.
Tom Myers @cincytbone.bsky.social 
Brian @sholis.com Chicagoan in Toronto, art worker, autodidact, dad. This is mostly a read-and-reply account. More about me at sholis.com; I’m also building valise.works for artists.
Lmso🍁 @lmso.bsky.social Animal lover, vaccinated and masking, she/her 🇨🇦- H highwaters @highwaters.bsky.social she/her
Lisa @cerebralclown.bsky.social EHR dev and patient care coordinator. I love fighters who punch up, Gaming, Science, History, Nature, True crime, Justice, Laughter as a defense mechanism
Patrick Sisson @patrickcsisson.bsky.social Writer. Trends, tech, economics & policy shaping cities. Bylines: New York Times, Bloomberg CityLab, MIT Tech Review, Bisnow, Fast Company. patsisson at gmail dot com. 
Meredith Heron @meredithheron.bsky.social Luxury Designer(Interiors & Rugs), Italian Red Wine STAN, Cyclist & Bike Lane Lover, CAT (& human) MOM www.meredithheron.com www.meredithheroncollection.com
Not a Smart Man @notasmartman.bsky.social I know what love is. Love smart things. Would like to interact with smart people.
Rebecca @jeybecques.bsky.social Current librarian, former classicist, perpetual nerd. Expect special collections, book history, yarn.
“Is there anything you aren’t interested in??”
Daphne Cothren @anotherdaphne.bsky.social obsessed architect, happy to be here