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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, and policy. At The Empty City blog and elsewhere. Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC www.theemptycity.com
Erin Goatkeeper @handtotheneedle.bsky.social maker of art, yarn, fabric, garments, food, & music. Cherokee 🧶 she/her
Katie Turner @katieturnerphd.com Historian: 1st Century Material Culture | New Testament Reception | Religion & Pop-Culture | Clothing, Costume, Film Co-Host: www.GodsAndMoviemakers.com More about me: www.KatieTurnerPhD.com
Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social Pre-order TRADE WORLD! https://lnk.to/TradeWorldBook
Aylwyn Scally @aylwyn-scally.bsky.social Human evolutionary genetics, University of Cambridge; Darwin College. 🇮🇪
(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social Open University Classical Studies lecturer. Recovering Oxford don. Critical Ancient World Studies person. Podcast host @ Radio ReOrient. Children’s author by night.🌙 🍉She/her. Writing a 📗 on the Islamophobia of Classicism.
M @magistraetmater.bsky.social @magistraetmater.bsky.social
Dr Anna Kelley @annackelley.bsky.social Historian of late antique Egypt, Africa, and the Byzantine Empire. Lecturer in the School of Classics at the University of St Andrews. Recovering archaeologist and epic procrastinator.
Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com "A scholar and a hater" - The Guardian ◦ historian of really bad guys @ Yale ◦ host, This Guy Sucked ◦ author, THE HOMELAND (coming summer 2027) & FALSE IDOLS (2028) all opinions my own. https://www.ceaubin.com https://thisguysucked.com
Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social Contributing Editor @lrb.co.uk Substack https://substack.com/@willd10 Williamdavies.blog
Catherine Keane @ckeane.bsky.social Late antique archaeologist & Byzantine art historian at the University of Glasgow | Previously: Tübingen / Koç University / Philipps-Uni. Marburg / LMU Munich | Out now: https://brill.com/display/title/70278
Julene Abad Del Vecchio @julesadv.bsky.social Lecturer in Classical Literature and Culture at the University of Manchester Ibero-partenopea Wrote a book on Statius' Achilleid (https://tinyurl.com/yc3pcck8)
@lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social He must not be replaced by an otter.
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)
Scottish Labour Against Bigotry @slabcampaign.bsky.social Scottish Labour has in the past been a great champion of LGBT+ rights. It can be again. Transphobia has no place in the Labour Party. We need to root out the bigotry that has taken hold. Signal: slabcampaign.38
Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social Scotland's answer to some question nobody was in much of a hurry to ask. Canal photography enthusiast.
Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com Black Monday|The League|Human Giant| NTSF:SD:SUV:: “Joyful Recollections of Trauma” is a NYT Bestseller & 2024 Vulture Book of the Year Watch Dark Web on Yt Listen to How Did This Get Made & Unspooled https://linktr.ee/PAULSCHEER
Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social Medieval historian. 'If it works for Marc Morris, it works for me.' (Scarlett Johansson)
Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social AI correspondent at the Economist. I write about it, that is. I’m still human. One of literally dozens of people online who is not American.
Tim O'Neill - History for Atheists @timoneill.bsky.social History writer, medievalist, blogger, atheist, sceptic and expatriate Tasmanian. http://linktr.ee/timoneill
Sissel Undheim @unsissel.bsky.social Religious studies professor @University of Bergen, studying religion in Late Antiquity, Lego, pop culture and public schools. https://www4.uib.no/en/find-employees/Sissel.Undheim
Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social Author How to be a Patriot https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/how-to-be-a-patriot-why-love-of-country-can-end-our-very-british-culture-war-sunder-katwala?variant=40518936559694 Evertonian
Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social Ancient Historian: Global history, ancient disability, veteran studies, etc. Also runs Bad Ancient: Fact-checking common claims about the ancient world. Website: www.badancient.com Newsletter: https://owenrees.substack.com/
Carine van Rhijn🟥 @carinevanrhijn.bsky.social Historian of things early medieval at Utrecht University.
Michael Edward Stewart @mikeaztec.bsky.social Loves: Hiking/gym/baseball cards/Stout/ Research Fellow https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/16690 Author-The Soldier's Life; AUP book on Procopius. Routledge books on Generalship in the Age of Justinian/ Identity in Byzantium/Marriage & Alliance
Jenny Cromwell / Papyrus Stories @jennycromwell.bsky.social Historian of ancient Egypt & papyrologist | games researcher (analogue + digital) | Manchester Met Uni | Co-director of the Manchester Game Centre | Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society | Les Mills instructor | Blood Bowl enthusiast
Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social Tutor in English Lit at Univ, Oxford. Medievalist. Poet. She/her. Co-founder @guildmedmak.bsky.social. Church as Sacred Space (2018). Encountering Margery Kempe (2021). Primers 7: Grendel’s Mother Bites Back (2024). Next books on Du Maurier, & Beowulf.
Louisa Buck @drlouis.bsky.social Artist and Academic.
Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social Jason König / Professor of Classics, University of St Andrews / https://mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ / Literary and archaeological heritage of the mountains of Greece / 21st-century challenges for mountain landscapes and communities
Dr. Alexandra F. Morris @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social Egyptologist & Disability Activist w/ CP. ♿ #DisHist of Ptolemaic Egypt & inclusive museums. Co-Founder @ukdishisthub.bsky.social. President @museumedrt.bsky.social. Co-Chair @cripantiquity.bsky.social‬. New Yorker in the UK. She/Her. Opinions mine.
Helen Pidd @helenpidd.bsky.social Host of Today in Focus, the Guardian’s daily news podcast. Former North of England editor. Nominated for best host at the 2025 British Podcast Awards. Contact me in confidence helen.pidd@theguardian.com
Hannah Al-Othman @hannahalothman.bsky.social Journalist @guardian. Northern Powerhouse, running bore 🏃🏽‍♀️, MUFC 👹. Send news: hannah.al-othman@theguardian.com. DM for WhatsApp/Signal
David Batty @david-batty.bsky.social Senior reporter at The Guardian: visiting journalism lecturer at City St George’s University. http://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidbatty
Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social Investigative journalist @tbij.bsky.social. garethdavies@tbij.com. Supporter of local journalism and Tottenham Hotspur. Runner. PC & board gamer
Steven Swinford @stevenswinford.bsky.social Political Editor, The Times
Tom Watson @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Culture, politics, coffee.
David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Tim Jonze @timjonze.bsky.social Guardian culture writer. Just trying to get through the day without cocking up, and drink as many hot drinks as possible in the process.
Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social I'm the Guardian's deputy political editor in Westminster. Story? Email - jessica.elgot@theguardian.com Signal - jessicaelgot.51 Always #lufc https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jessica-elgot
James Heale @jaheale.bsky.social Deputy Political Editor at The Spectator
Matthew Ball @matthewball.bsky.social Curator for Iron Age and Roman Coin Finds (@findsorguk.bsky.social / British Museum). Vice-President of the Royal Numismatic Society. Trying to use this more, but X sucked all the joy out of social media.
Susanne Hakenbeck @shakenbeck.bsky.social Archaeologist I global late antiquity and beyond I writing a book about the Danube I also like to ride my bike a long way
Madalina Toca @madalinatoca.bsky.social Late antiquity, epistolography, manuscripts | Humboldt Fellow in Bamberg. Research Associate at the University of Vienna and KU Leuven. Former Royal Society of Edinburgh Saltire Early Career Fellow in Classics at the University of Edinburgh
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.
Hugo Méndez @hugomendez.bsky.social Associate Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity at UNC-Chapel Hill. Author, The Epistles of John (Cambridge 2026) and The Gospel of John: A New History (Oxford 2025) #LGM Personal site: http://www.hugomendez.com New Book: https://amzn.to/4jT6pJZ
Samuel Oer de Almeida @samueloer.bsky.social Archaeologist. Father of 2. Doctoral student researching cities of Roman Asia Minor @unituebingen.bsky.social. Culture | History | Architecture | Urbanism | Numismatics | Epigraphy.
Mark Masterson @markjmasterson.bsky.social Byzantinist. Flutist. Author of Between Byzantine Men (Routledge 2022) and Man to Man (Ohio 2014) Former Associate Professor of Classics, Victoria University, New Zealand (now retired). Orcid: 0000-0001-9964-8672
Ryan Denson @seamonsterscholar.bsky.social Holder of a PhD on sea monsters from the University of Exeter | Currently researching Byzantine nature at the University of Silesia in Katowice | First gen. For CV and listing of works see: https://silesian.academia.edu/RyanDenson/CurriculumVitae
Dr Irene Selsvold @selsvold.bsky.social (Late) Roman archaeologist. Dabbling in archaeological theory, funerary culture and how we think about change in Late Antiquity. Postdoc @ Uni Oslo / Norwegian Institute in Rome
Eve MacDonald @gevemac.bsky.social Archaeology, history, Sasanians, Carthaginians and some of the bits in between https://www.evemacdonald.net
Malcolm Choat @malfy-c.bsky.social Historian, papyrologist, Coptologist: forgery, authenticity, ethics, and provenance; scribal practice in Greek and Coptic papyri; Coptic monasticism & first millennium Egypt.
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.
Ray Laurence @raylaurence1.bsky.social Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University.
Aleksander Paradziński @akjp89.bsky.social Historian of Late Antiquity, interested mainly in Prosopography, Late Latin Historiography, Ethnic Identity and Systems of Dependencies.
Alexander Heinemann @heinemaennchen.bsky.social Classical archaeologist | lecturer and museum curator @ Uni Tübingen | Greek vase-painting, ancient visual culture, topography of Rome, reception studies Menschenfreund, Gourmand, figlio di mamma, Ikonograph, film buff, zoon politikon.
Dr Stuart McKie @bigfridge224.bsky.social Teaching Roman history, researching Roman magic and trying not to accidentally summon demons. Forever DM, Dad and Catholic.
Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies @dependencybonn.de EXC 2036 Beyond Slavery and Freedom Asymmetrical Dependencies in Pre-Modern Societies www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en
Dr. Verena Krebs @krebsverena.bsky.social Medieval Historian. North-East Africa & Ethiopia. German. Professor. GIF lover, Sci-fi fan. Getting better at remembering this app exists. More info: VerenaKrebs.com.
Sam Barber @barber-samj.bsky.social Art, architecture, material culture | Late Antiquity & the Early Middle Ages
Evelien Bracke @evelien-bracke.bsky.social Teacher and researcher of ancient languages and literature, advocate of Classics as a tool for Social Justice. Baker of healthy cakes.
@omarcoloru.bsky.social @omarcoloru.bsky.social Professore di storia greca #uniba . Invecchio cercando di imparare molte cose. Nerd per passione, storico per vocazione
Elodie Turquois @elodiewrites.bsky.social Recovering academic. ADHD. Apprentice novelist (histfic & fantasy), seasoned philologist with a penchant for Late Antique Greek, birds, and ekphrasis. French living in Midlothian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. SL Ascent Novel Prize. Winner of Revpit Bracket for Best Title 🏆
Hannah Grace Carter @hpod16.wsocial.eu Community Manager at European Commission. 🇪🇺 @ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺 🦋 posting here in personal capacity 🦋 Mostly active over on Mastodon: https://eupolicy.social/@hpod16
Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann @mancent.bsky.social Archaeologist and historian. Author. Course Director and lecturer of Independent Adult Education Provider MANCENT. Director Roman Gask Project. Loves all things Roman and Silkroad, and lots and lots of ancient glass.
Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social Professor of American History, University of Edinburgh. Author (with Peter S. Onuf) of Thomas Jefferson Survives: American Independence in His Time and Ours (Liveright, 2026).
David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social Lecturer in Early Modern History | Seventeenth Century, Colonialism, Asia, Caribbean | ‘dazzling’ - BBC History | tired dad | Stephen King aficionado | academia’s longest commute | Sussex coast | writing my third book: Where the Manchineel Trees Grow
John Madden @jamadden.bsky.social ● History, music, art, photography, internal comms ● Paintings of London: @PaintingsofLondon.bsky.social ● Postcards of London: @PostcardsLondon.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/jamadden Measuring out my life with coffee spoons.
Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick. https://kieranhealy.org / https://theordinalsociety.com
Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
LAMPS Edinburgh @lamps-edinburgh.bsky.social Late Antique & Medieval Postgraduate Society | Community promoting interdisciplinarity & fellowship among students | Run by University of Edinburgh students
Edinburgh Classics @edinclassics.bsky.social Department of Classics at the University of Edinburgh -- around since 1583 in one form or another
Curtis Dozier @curtisdozier.bsky.social Documenting White Nationalist Appropriation of Greco-Roman Antiquity at pharosclassics.vassar.edu
Beth Digeser @bddigeser.bsky.social Roman historian, cook, lover of dogs.
Mark McCormack @markmccormack.bsky.social Sociologist. Professor. Focus on sexualities, transgressive leisure and society. Editor-in-Chief of Sexuality & Culture. Posts are in a personal capacity. I volunteer with The Loop, read and play badminton.
Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford Chair, Family Expert Reference Group, National Maternity & Neonatal Taskforce (I can't read private messages here.)
Ian Bonze @ianbonze.bsky.social PhD Student at the University of St Andrews MPhil in Comparative History at UFRJ/Brasil Historian⚱️ Interested in Late Antiquity, Economic Anthropology, and Roman Law 🎓
Guy Patrick Banim @guybanim.eurosky.social EU preventive diplomacy, mediation & digital peacebuilding | Build Up ˆ | Visiting Professor @collegeofeurope | Feminist | Irish or British or both - always European | live from Tirana 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧🇵🇹 🕊️ https://howtobuildup.org/about-build-up/team/guy-banim/
Petroc Trelawny @petroc.bsky.social Presenter BBC Radio 3, author of Trelawny’s Cornwall.
Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social Author of ‘Borderlines’ (Hodder, 2024) and previously Reggie Maudling, John Major. Psephologist, cat ‘owner’, flâneur. Against cruelty, which used to be a consensus position. https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lewis-baston/borderlines/9781399723763/
Prof Tracey Hill @tracelarkhall.bsky.social Sweary prof, iconoclast, and non-league football nut (Larkhall Athletic FC 💙). Lives in early modern London; citizen & Founder. Bossed by cats. I mean it about the swearing 🤬
@jwelburn.bsky.social @jwelburn.bsky.social
con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳 @racheledini.bsky.social Lurcher mum+newly redundant lecturer in US literature.Writes on waste, gender, housework, appliances, ads, politics of nostalgia. Looking for new collaborators Books: http://tinyurl.com/3rf4fr & http://tinyurl.com/3er6t3h9 Founder http://literarywaste.com
James Mittra @jmittra.bsky.social Professor of Science, Technology and Innovation studies, University of Edinburgh: research interests in the health bioeconomy and innovation; posts reflect personal views not those of my employer. https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/james-mittra
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
The University of Edinburgh @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Influencing the world since 1583. Follow our other social channels: https://edin.ac/3CJvzdv
UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social The union for academic and academic-related staff at the University of Edinburgh
Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social Politics Professor, University of Manchester. Sky News Elections Analyst Author of "The British General Election of 2024" & "Brexitland". All takes are mine only. "The Swingometer", is here: https://swingometer.substack.com/ https://www.robertford.net/
Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot Overlooked tales of Edinburgh, Leith & Scottish local history. Expect the unexpected: people, buildings, transport, maps & occasional attempts to be funny. Stories also published at https://threadinburgh.scot 🐦 ex-Cocteautriplets
Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social Sex Historian. Writer. Presenter. Columnist. Host of (award winning) Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure, Out Now https://linktr.ee/drkatelister
Rachel Bridgewater @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social Senior Commissioning Editor for Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh University Press
Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social "if that's the strangest thing you ever seen in your life, I'd say you haven't done much"
HCAatEdinburgh @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social Official account of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. Study with us! linktr.ee/hcaatedinburgh
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible. ocasiocortez.com
Sylvia de Mars @sylviademars.me She/her, trans rights are human rights. Legal academic, D&D fanatic. Things I coherently honk about: Brexit & NI, Title IX, sovereignty. President of the Judge Ana Reyes Fanclub. See http://sylviademars.me
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
Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk Author, parliamentary sketchwriter and co-host of classic cinema love-in War Movie Theatre. Books about chaotic detectives, sneaky spies, and misleading words.