Christopher Pittard @christopherpittard.bsky.social Academic, Course Leader in English Literature at University of Portsmouth (but posts are my own, mind). Victorian literature, detective fiction, Arthur Conan Doyle, Dickens, Wilkie Collins. Next book: *Arthur Conan Doyle* (Liverpool UP, 2028).
Sherlock Holmes Magazine @sherlockholmesmag.co.uk 🔍 The international print magazine for all devotees of the great detective, #SherlockHolmes. Buy a copy or subscribe at www.sherlockholmesmag.co.uk
Anthony Horowitz @anthonyhorowitz.com Author (Alex Rider, Foyle, Sherlock Holmes, Bond and Hawthorne), TV and film writer. So many words...! POSTS by Anthony Horowitz Media Team
https://anthonyhorowitz.com/
Collecting Christie @collectchristie.bsky.social A resource for fans of Agatha Christie with a focus on the world of collecting first editions, art & memorabilia. Content written by David Morris.
Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social Gender, sexuality & criminal law/history.
Early women barristers. Agatha Christie.
Professor of Feminism, Law & History, The Open University.
📚 Legal Temporalities of Sexual Consent (2025)
📚 Lesbianism and the Criminal Law (2020)
#ActuallyAutistic
The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social The CWA promotes, supports and celebrates crime writing and writers of crime fiction and non-fiction 🔪🩸👮🏽♀️📚
linktr.ee/crimewritersassociation
Golden Age Mysteries Ltd. @goldenagemysteries.bsky.social Golden Age Mysteries Limited hosts the Agatha Christie and Golden Age of Crime international conferences. These unique events bring together scholars, researchers and enthusiasts for fresh conversations and collaborations around detective fiction 🕵🏻♀️📚
Victorian Popular Fiction Association @vpfa.bsky.social A forum for everyone interested in #Victorian and #Neovictorian popular fiction and culture. Hosts VPFJ Journal and Third Sex and Short Story Reading Groups 📚https://victorianpopularfiction.org/
Christie Time @christietime.com The #SwingingChristies and #Westmapod. Agatha Christie podcasts produced & presented by @markaldridge.info and Gray Robert Brown. YOU CAN PRE-ORDER OUR BOOK NOW! 📚🦋
History: The Journal of the Historical Association @hisjournalha.bsky.social BlueSky account for History: The Journal of the Historical Association. Academic history journal published by Wiley; editorial team based at Northumbria University. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1468229X
International Crime Fiction Association @intcrimeficassoc.bsky.social International #interdisciplinary network of #crime #academics, #researchers and practitioners.
Upcoming events: #CapCrim13: Crime Fiction, Conflict, and Representation.
Bamberg, Germany. 25-27 June '26
https://sites.google.com/view/icfa/home
R F Kennedy (not Jr.) @kataplexis.bsky.social Ancient Historian and Professor. First gen, public school, state college kid teaching at a SLAC. PhD OSU, BA UCSD. “Come on down here, third string. Let me show you how outclassed you are.” ~Full Metal Alchemist
Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social JAEMA is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal specialising in the history of the early medieval period - from late antiquity to the early eleventh century.
https://aema.org.au/journal/
Jennifer Barry @jennisifire.bsky.social Scholar, late antiquity nerd, professor, and author of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity https://www.ucpress.edu/books/gender-violence-in-late-antiquity/hardcover and Bishops in Flight https://www.ucpress.edu/books/bishops-in-flight/paper 
Sarah Parkhouse @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social Researcher in early Christianity, (late) antiquity, gods & rituals, landscape & place, gospel literature, martyrs, gnostics, Coptic Egypt, and Roman amphitheatres. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah.parkhouse
Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social Assistant Professor in New Testament and Early Christianity at Dublin City University. Writing about early Christian exegesis, exegetical culture, and notions of "home" in Christian Late Antiquity. she/her- A Averil Cameron @averilcam.bsky.social Keble College Oxford, KIngs College London, posting on late antiquity and Byzantium and opinions, mum and granny, from Leek. Memoir: Transitions. A Historian’s Memoir (Brepols, 2024)
Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social www.workingclassicists.com
🏺A hub of resources, support & solidarity
⚡️Representing the working class in classics
🏛️ Run by @miri.bsky.social & @misterconnor1.bsky.social
✍️ Platforming working class academics
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social I've been curating classics social media since the 1990s and still feel a need to do it!
Classics /Ancient World feed:
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Theshira Pather @theshirapather.bsky.social 🇿🇦 born | current Classics PhD at Edinburgh Uni | podcaster, gamer, avid reader, proud dog mum [she/her]
Drs. Mark Beumer @markbeumer.bsky.social Historian of Medicine | PhD-Candidate Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute for History of Medicine and Foreign Languages | Voorzitter @medhistoddemoulin.bsky.social | Directeur @kleiohistoria.bsky.social
Classics at Leeds @leedsclassics.bsky.social Classics & Ancient History, University of Leeds
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/classics-ancient-history
https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/k149/classics-and-ancient-history-ma
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/447/centre-for-ancient-world-and-classical-reception-studies
Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social Website and contact details: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/classics-ancient-history/
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.
Regine May @reginemay.bsky.social I work on Cupid and Psyche, sometimes on Plautus, and I crochet.
Prof. Louise J. Wilkinson @medievalfemina.bsky.social Professor of Medieval Studies, Lincoln, formerly at Canterbury. Passionate about medieval women, queenship, the thirteenth century, English medieval government, medieval aristocratic life styles, medieval records, and Magna Carta. Views my own.
Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social Advisor and Lecturer @ UVA
Working on early Christianity, slavery, & Roman Palestine
Cat dad | Minnesotan | 🏳️🌈 | http://chancebonar.com
Books: bit.ly/3R8LXbo + bit.ly/4iMBSwy + bit.ly/4dBmCSk
Susan Holman @ptochotrophos.bsky.social Senior Research Professor; I write on religion, medicine, and public health in late antiquity; coastal walker.
posts online at:
https://ptochotrophia.wordpress.com/jottings/
Valerie Hope @valmhope.bsky.social Roman social historian
Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social Academic working on Gender & Language in Greek tragedy, and gender in historical video games. Also a lot of women's cricket chat. Views all mine.
Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University | Co-artistic director of Theatre of the @GentleFuries | researching Athenian forensic oratory & theatrical receptions of myth | she/her | catposting
Nicholas Witkowski @nwitkowski.bsky.social Monasticisms | Empire, Caste, Gender, Law & Labor in South Asia | Buddhism, Virtuality & Death-tech | Familiality & Fascism | PhD @Stanford | Asst. Prof.
University of San Diego: https://sandiego.academia.edu/NicholasWitkowski
Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social Medhist=medieval+medical history (https://hcommons.org/members/mhgreen2/). Focus on Global Health. Open-access: The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta, https://works.hcommons.org/records/n3h76-6dg78.
Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social Professor of medieval studies. Leverhulme major research fellow. Norman history and landscapes. Occasional gardening, knitting, cricket and Anglicanism https://normanlandscapes.wordpress.com/ 🗃⚱️📜
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social Soon to be ex-Associate Prof of Early Modern History | English History | Objects in Wills | Reformation | angels & ghosts | she/her | brownish | 1st gen
Wills Project: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/
Blog: manyheadedmonster.com
@kuleuventheology.bsky.social @kuleuventheology.bsky.social Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies (KU Leuven, Belgium) - www.theology.be (English) /
Faculteit Theologie en Religiewetenschappen (KU Leuven) - www.theologie.be (Dutch)
Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social We publish books on Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern topics.
https://www.arc-humanities.org 
Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social Writing about imperial women to understand late antiquity:
history - ideology - dynasty - violence - agency - memory
And about: crime, punishment, imprisonment, prosopography, namelessness, digital humanities, and 👆 THE CITY OF ROME
@dependencybonn.de
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/
Religion Call For Papers (relcfp) @relcfp.com RELCFP is a religious studies call for papers repository (relcfp.com)- C Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social Palaeoanthropologist at the Natural History Museum London.
Posts are my own, and when I repost or like, it does not signify I necessarily agree with all content https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/chris-stringer.html
Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social The Premodern Body Project is a scholarly collective dedicated to exploring the rich and diverse narratives of the pre-modern body.
Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social Durham University's Department of History is nestled right at the heart of this historic city, sitting alongside the World Heritage Cathedral and Castle.
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
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social The interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol concerned with all aspects of the history, culture, art and representation of medieval Europe.
IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies: a home for innovative interdisciplinary research from the medieval to the early modern in a World Heritage Site.
Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social We are a seminar group on medievalism based at the Institute for Historical Research, Univ of London. Our sessions address the imaginings, re-imaginings and evocation of the Middle Ages in all reaches of post-medieval culture.
Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social Writer, medievalist, co-editor of @creativecritical.bsky.social. Writing a book about medieval imperfection.
irinadumitrescu.com
Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social Hello from Medievalists.net, the leading online resource for the Middle Ages - check out our website at www.medievalists.net
Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social Celebrating Scotland's rich culture and built heritage since 1978. We preserve, promote and protect Scotland's unique assemblage of ecclesiastical buildings.
https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/
Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social Sharing information about archaeology at National Trust places across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
https://academic.oup.com/past
Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social OMS is the interdisciplinary platform for medieval studies across Oxford supported by TORCH. Posts by Henrike Lähnemann and Jana Christin Lammerding
The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social Our 'A Victorian Revival match-funding campaign' aims to save two historic churches in Lincolnshire and Carmarthenshire. These churches are at risk of being lost forever
Support our match-funding now, and every £ given will be matched by our generous donor
H. Clifton Ward @hcliftonward.bsky.social Associate Professor of History and Theology @ Covenant College | Ph.D. Durham University | Early Christian Theology | History of Christian Spirituality | Biography | Quaerite faciem eius semper
Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social Late antiquity, early Middle Ages, manuscripts, cities and monasticism. A bit of digital humanities and maps as well.
Assistant Professor at the University of Erfurt
Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social News and notes relevant to the study of Greco-Roman world and its reception very broadly considered, especially notices of new journal publications, with a particular interest in pre-modern philosophy in a global context. https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
DoSSE Project @dosse-project.bsky.social ERC-funded project on the sexual exploitation of people enslaved within the households of the greater Mediterranean world, AD 300-900. Hosted by
@uniofleicester
https://www.dosseproject.com
Dr. Jeremy Swist @metalclassicist.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Professor of Classics at Michigan State University. Late antiquity & classical reception in metal music. he/him
“Julian Augustus” out with Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/julian-augustus-9780197787519
The Classics Library @theclassicslibrary.bsky.social Classics news, resources & more. A hub for Classics teachers. http://theclassicslibrary.com | http://ow.ly/A70L304v7U9
The Latin Programme @thelatinprogramme.bsky.social The Latin Programme #viafacilis. A UK charity working in state schools to improve literacy through Latin and storytelling. Latin and Classics is for everyone!
www.thelatinprogramme.co.uk
UCD School of Classics @ucdclassics.bsky.social Welcome to University College Dublin's School of Classics official account.
Alexander Chow @alexanderchow.bsky.social Sr Lecturer in Theology and World Christianity at @UoEDivinity.bsky.social. Co-Director of @CSWCEdinburgh.bsky.social.
👨🏻🏫 #TheoSky #WorldChristianity #DigitalTheology
🏠 https://alexanderchow.wordpress.com
The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social In the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery & community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate & research for over 300 years. Also own Kelmscott Manor, past home of William Morris.
St Andrews Institute of Medieval Studies @saims.bsky.social SAIMS is an interdisciplinary institute of medieval studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Proudly bringing medievalists together from around the world since 2007! Website https://saims.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
MEMS @memsunikent.bsky.social The Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent | MA & PhD scholarships available.
For our latest updates: linktr.ee/MEMS_UniKent
History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social We publish high-quality historical research freely accessible online and create opportunities for historians, policy makers and journalists to connect and learn from each other.
Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery @cslbs.bsky.social Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
Department of History, University College London
ucl.ac.uk/history/cslbs
Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social Women's History Scotland exists to promote study and research in women's and gender history, particularly for those working in Scotland or on Scottish themes.
https://womenshistoryscotland.org/
Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds @leedsims.bsky.social The Institute for Medieval Studies at Leeds is a major centre for interdisciplinary medieval studies. Home of the International Medieval Congress and the International Medieval Bibliography. https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval
RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social News, collection highlights and heritage stories from the Library & Archive at Surgeons' Hall/Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #histmed
https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk
https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/career-hub/learning-resources/library-and-archive
The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social We’re MEMRN 🏰⚔️ We provide accessible training opportunities and host events online & in-person. Creating a supportive and vibrant community of passionate people, we promote lifelong learning for everyone.
Find out more 👇
https://linktr.ee/chasememrn
Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library @ihrlibrary.bsky.social The Wohl Library of the @ihr.bsky.social is a national resource for everyone researching or writing history. Membership is free to everyone and we are an open access, reference library holding over 200,000 books and journals.
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/
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.
Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social We offer a focus for those with an interest in church monuments of all types and periods. Posts by @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social
Amy Brown Hughes @amybrownhughes.bsky.social Historical theologian of early Christianity at Gordon College. Lover of all things ancient and all things geeky. Co-author: Christian Women in the Patristic World. Co-host of OnScript podcast.
Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
REFORC @reforc.bsky.social The Reformation Research Consortium is a unique and international association focusing on Early Modern Christianity (ca. 1400-ca. 1700).
Biblical Archaeology Review @biblicalarchaeology.org The magazine making the archaeology of the Bible accessible: discoveries, analysis, and more. Explore our extensive website (www.biblicalarchaeology.org), sign up for Bible History Daily emails, subscribe to BAR, or become an All-Access member!.
Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social Official BlueSky account of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Fostering interest in all things #churchhistory.
Elinor Cleghorn @elinorcleghorn.bsky.social Writer, cultural historian, author of ‘Unwell Women’ 
Edinburgh Classics @edinclassics.bsky.social Department of Classics at the University of Edinburgh -- around since 1583 in one form or another
Becca Grose @beccagrose.bsky.social Social historian of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Inscriptions, Burgundians. Postdoc: Land & Loyalty: Politics of Land in the Later Roman World, University of St Andrews. Here for the CfPs and new publications.
Helen O'Sullivan @helenosullivan.bsky.social Priest in the CofE, theological educator and supporting ministry in four rural churches. I love theatre, good books, long walks by the sea and am looked after by my bossy cat.
Alexi Chantziantoniou @alexichantz.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (Crandall University) | PhD (Cantab) | Ancient Mediterranean Religion, incl. Early Judaism and Christianity
Rodney Mancuso @amancuso.bsky.social PhD student at SLU studying late 5th/early 6th century Gaul and Italy. Italophile. (Sorry, France.) Purveyor of fluffy pastries. Has a Turkish goat hide in the garage.
Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social andrewjacobs.org | Advising Fellow, virginia.edu | ed., Elements in Religion in Late Antiquity (bit.ly/cup-erla) | 👑🐝 = Queen Bee in NYT Spelling Bee
Caroline (Carrie) T. Schroeder @ctschroeder.bsky.social Solo mom, teacher, writer, friend, Chloe's person. Author/ed Children & Family in Egyptian Monasticism http://tiny.cc/umx8lz, Monastic Bodies, Melania. carrieschroeder.com. Co-founder copticscriptorium.org. Prof @ OU. Opinions mine not my employer's
Don Springer @donspringer.bsky.social Irenaeus ~ Christian Spirituality ~ Second Century
KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections @speccoll-kuleuven.bsky.social We take care of KU Leuven Libraries' heritage collections housed in the University Library: rare books, lecture notes and other manuscripts, graphics... We also have a reference collection of more than 65.000 titles on book history.
Taylor Petrey @taylorpetrey.bsky.social Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College.
Early Christianity, Gender Studies, Mormonism
Kate Cooper @kateantiquity.bsky.social People-watcher, ancient and modern. Historian of Late Antiquity. Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Eric Vanden Eykel @evandeneykel.bsky.social Ph.D. Christian Origins, Associate Professor of Religious Studies. Black Lives Matter. Views expressed here are my own, and do not reflect the views of my employer.
he/him