National Monuments Service @nationalmons.bsky.social Promotion, Preservation and Protection of Ireland's archaeological heritage.
#ProtectOurPast #CheckBeforeYouDig #ClimateActionIRL #UCHIreland #WorldHeritage #CMF #MonumentMonday #HeritageIreland
www.archaeology.ie
https://linktr.ee/nationalmonumentsservice
Stian Reimers @steer-rhinos.bsky.social Behavioural scientist and/or professor of psychology, interested in decision making in its many forms. Currently also director of digital innovation at City St George's School of Health and Medical Sciences.
Paul O'Donovan @paulodonovan.eurosky.social 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇺🇦 Cork born, small country favourer, food scientist. Academic Secretary of University College Cork @ucc.ie Member of Senate, National University of Ireland Ex Welsh Gov; WDA; ADAS; MAFF. Views own. 📸Monumental Reckoning, Dana King, Golden Gate Park, SF
Ciaran McDonough @metamedievalist.bsky.social Postdoc on ‘Classical Influences and Irish Culture’ ERC project @clic-erc.bsky.social, Aarhus University
The New Chaucer Society @newchaucersociety.bsky.social The NCS is a scholarly community committed to fostering research and interest in the age of Chaucer broadly speaking. We welcome any and all members to join our community! https://newchaucersociety.org/
Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social International Nordic Master’s programme, offering an interdisciplinary approach to Viking and Medieval Scandinavia.
oldnorse.is
Sarah Miles @sarahmiles.bsky.social #Archaeologist Director, Community Archaeology North CIC www.cancic.com @cancic.bsky.social Prehistory, Neolithic, Bronze Age, fieldwork, landscape, community. Former publisher.
David Ryan @ryangenealogy.bsky.social Historian/genealogist. APG board member. Recently completed MA Public History and Cultural Heritage in University of Limerick. Passionate about heritage, oral history and anything that connects to our past https://ryangenealogicalresearch.com/
Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com Writer of YA novels Tuesdays are Just as Bad and Dead Teenager Movie.
Also Phder on Ethel Lilian Voynich
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.
UHI Archaeology Institute @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social The UHI Archaeology Institute, a hub for world-class research, teaching, and professional consultancy. Part of the UHI
https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/archaeology-institute/ | https://archaeologyorkney.com
All About History @allabouthistory.bsky.social Britain's best independent history magazine, packed with thrilling stories. linktr.ee/AllAboutHistory
Archaeologs @archaeologs.com Digital Dictionary of Archaeology
https://www.archaeologs.com/
Saganism @sagan.bsky.social Science. Philosophy. The cosmic perspective.
Årstein Justnes @arsteinjustnes.bsky.social Professor, University of Agder
Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social Historian of early Middle Ages, Grandmother, Leftwing, Labour, Leeds, British, European. Emerita Prof University of Liverpool
Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social Archaeologist at Abarta Heritage & Tuatha Ireland. Passionate about public archaeology and enthusiastic about old ruins.
Author of guidebooks to the #WildAtlanticWay & #IrelandsAncientEast
Explore Ireland with me at
@tuatha.ie
Oxbow Books @oxbowbooks.bsky.social #Archaeology Books including #prehistory #ancienthistory #classicalworld #numismatics #medievalworld
Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios.
Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social Head of School/Prof at UCD Archaeology; Early Medieval archaeologist; Director @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social Member Royal Irish Academy; Fellow Society of Antiquaries; Dad of boys; Dog Dad; Hurling/Camogie; IC Member; Own Opinions here
Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social Collections and Archives Manager @ria.ie 📖
Medievalist 📜
I like big books and cannot lie! (she/her) 📕
Charlie Rozier @rozierhistorian.bsky.social Lecturer in early medieval history at University of Kent (Canterbury, UK). Daemon takes the form of a beagle called Daisy
Co-creator @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social
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.)
James Harland @jmharland.bsky.social Late Roman & Early Medieval History & Archaeology @unibonn.bsky.social
Exploring what happens when empires die.
Publications available at http://jmharland.hcommons.org
https://www.igw.uni-bonn.de/de/institut/altegeschichte/personen/james-harland
Early Medievalist @earlymedievalist.bsky.social Tim Clarkson. PhD, FRHistS. Historian and author.
Early medieval history and archaeology.
See my books at http://senchus.wordpress.com/my-books/
Katherine CM Cross @kcross.bsky.social Historian of the Early Middle Ages based in York.
Renée Trilling @rrtrilling.bsky.social A USian in Canada, professing the premodern world. You can take the girl out of the Midwest… Reading, running, cooking, cats, and progressive politics (she/her)
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.
Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social Professor of Modern English @ucc.ie | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Secretary @ria.ie | Irish Romanticism: a Literary History @universitypress.cambridge.org
https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/claire-connolly/
The Bearded Halfling @thebeardedhalfling.bsky.social TTRPG writer, DM, Historian, Medieval Weapons Nerd⚔️ DnD Dad, professional illustrator and writer and now apparently a YouTuber. He/Him
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@thebeardedhalfling
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/20743/the-bearded-halfling
Nik Gunn @nikgunn.bsky.social Medievalist and longbowman.
Views mine.
https://nikolasgunn.co.uk/
Medieval Studies @uvic-medi.bsky.social Salvete! We are the Medieval Studies program at the University of Victoria. Exploring the Middle Ages requires learning science, art, literature, community and religion. The richness and diversity calls for interdisciplinary research and teaching.
Hana Videen @hanavideen.bsky.social Writer, medievalist and hoarder of words, author of THE WORDHORD: DAILY LIFE IN OLD ENGLISH and THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY. (she/her)
linktr.ee/hanavideen
HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social History Lab is the UK's national network for postgraduate students in history and related disciplines. https://linktr.ee/ihrhistorylab
@ihr.bsky.social
Norse in the North @norseinthenorth.bsky.social Annual postgraduate student conference in the North-East of England on Old Norse and Viking Studies. Co-run by Durham University, University of York, University of Leeds and University of Nottingham.
2027 - Theme TBD (University of Nottingham)
Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social Passionate about uncovering history, committed to heritage. We’re a leading archaeology charity in the UK, trusted by partners and communities for over 50 years. Visit oxfordarchaeology.com for insights on our discoveries and projects.
Chronology Of the Norse TransAtlantic Colonies and Territories @contactproject.bsky.social a 5‑year ERC‑funded project @rug.nl
📜 Re‑examining the earliest Europe ↔ North America connections
🔬 Radiocarbon spike dating | Isotope & DNA analysis | Bayesian modelling | Historical & saga research
🌍 Mapping Norse expansion across the North Atlantic
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/
Centre for the Study of the Viking Age @uoncsva.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the University of Nottingham's Centre for the Study of the Viking Age. Follow us for info on events, seminars and conferences.
Guy Halsall @realhistoryguy.bsky.social Recovering academic historian. Late antiquity/early middle ages. History purist/puritan. Brexile living in the Veneto. #ActuallyAutistic
Helen Foxhall Forbes @helenfoxhallforbes.bsky.social Cat lover. Late antique / early medieval history / theology / archaeology, especially environment and climate in the past. PI of ERC Consolidator Grant @SSE1K@bsky.social at Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia. Despair at the state of the world
The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast @mmapod.bsky.social An anthology-style podcast sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America and co-produced by Will Beattie, Loren Cantrell, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Reed O'Mara, and Logan Quigley.
http://multiculturalmiddleages.com
Instagram: @multiculturalmiddleagespod
Jamie Hall @primitivemethod.bsky.social Traditional goldsmith with a research interest in Early Medieval archaeology. In particular, complex gold hinges from the 6th and 7th centuries.
Wirral Vikings @wirralvikings.bsky.social The largest Viking and Anglo-Saxon living history group in the North West
Dept of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Univ of Cambridge @department-asnc.bsky.social The Bluesky account of the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge.
Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social News from the staff and students of the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge: one of the world’s largest and most diverse history departments.
National University of Ireland @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social National University of Ireland is a federal university comprising 4 constituent universities and a number of other educational institutions.
RCN: 20000035
Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social Icelandic writer.
The Night Guest // Dead Weight // Down Where Monsters Dwell coming in March 2027!
Brittany Schorn @brittanyeschorn.bsky.social Lecturer in Old Norse at Oxford, mother of dragon scientist
The Scottish Medievalists @scotmed.bsky.social Official account of the The Scottish Medievalists: The Society of Scottish Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Run by @neilmcguigan.bsky.social :
https://scottishmedievalists.com/
Durham MEMSA @durhammemsa.bsky.social MEMSA is made up of postgraduate students from all disciplines working on the Medieval or Early Modern period at Durham University. ALL welcome at our events.
Peritia—Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland @peritia.bsky.social Journal devoted to the advancement of medieval studies in the broadest sense (especially from an Insular perspective). About: https://www.brepols.net/series/PERIT. Issues: https://www.brepolsonline.net/loi/perit
Norse Mythology @norsemythology.bsky.social Dr. Karl E. H. Seigfried is norsemyth.org writer, wildhunt.org columnist, thorsoak.info clergy, first Ásatrú clergy to earn a divinity.uchicago.edu grad degree
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked.
https://linktr.ee/fakehistoryhunter
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social That one medieval historian you've heard of. Co-host We're Not So Different and Gone Medieval podcasts. Author of The Once and Future Sex. (Out now!) George Michael stan. Cutie.
https://eleanorjanega.com/
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com corpus bones!
Signum University @signumuniversity.bsky.social A non-profit, online higher education institution. Specializing in Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Germanic Philology, and Classic Literature.
signumuniversity.org
Soul Chaser Becky @soulchaserbecky.bsky.social A proud Viking Geek, book blogger of over 100 books, hostess of Valhalla Conversations Podcast, annual pilgrim of the Jorvik Viking Festival and on an endless quest to learn more about Viking Age History, Norse Mythology and explore their 21stC depictions.
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
Matt Lewis @mattlewishistory.bsky.social Medievalist, co-host Gone Medieval podcast(https://podfollow.com/gone-medieval/view), host Echoes of History (https://podfollow.com/1615075257/view), fascinated by Richard III & the Princes in the Tower.
Substack: https://mattlewishistory.substack.com
Monumenta Germaniae Historica @monumenta.bsky.social Official account of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) - a research institution with over 200 years experience in publishing Medieval source material in text-critical editions. Posts by Clemens Radl, Annette Marquard-Mois, Dominik Trump.
Megan @meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social Food, Culinary, and Social Historian. Multidisciplinary Approach. Experimental and Historical Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Cultural Heritage. www.myhistoricaltable.com
🦋 Úlfr The Far travelled ᚢᛁᚴᚱ ᚢᛁᚦᚠᚢᚱᛚᛁ 🦋 @ulfrgrarsson.bsky.social We can settle our dispute with a holmganga or you can just run away like a níðingr!
Slava Ukraini 💙💛
LEFT WING mostly…
ANTIFIFA - The steamroller of conspicuous cruelty that is rússkiy mir, Trump & Frog faced Temu Trump Farage
NO DM PLEASE
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.
Mittelalterblog @mittelalterblog.bsky.social Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaftsblog für das Mittelalter und seine Rezeption.
https://mittelalter.hypotheses.org/beitrage-einreichen
mittelalter.hypotheses.org/credits
Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social An independent publisher of innovative non-fiction.
www.reaktionbooks.co.uk
De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social Academic books, journals and news from the Medieval and Early Modern Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
Stefan Magnussen @smagnussen.de Machte früher Transfer zu Burgen. Heute von einer.
Regionalhistoriker | Burgen | Schleswig-Holstein, Dänemark, Nordatlantik | Fußballgeschichte | Podcasting | Rechtsextremismus und Regionalgeschichte
Lincoln School of Humanities and Heritage @uolhumanities.bsky.social
Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social PhD. Novelist (Hild, Spear, Menewood). All things Early Medieval. Here: Cats, crips, queers. Books, beauty, beers. MS ♿️🧪📚
MUTING THOSE WHO DON’T ALT-TEXT
nicolagriffith.com
Banner ID: B&W image—pint of Guinness flanked by 2 books flanked by 2 tabby cat
Andrei Nae @andrei-nae.bsky.social ✔️ andrei-nae.com
✔️ Lecturer in game studies and English literature
✔️ Author of 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴
Krister Vasshus @kristervasshus.bsky.social Interdisciplinary scholar of (North) Germanic languages, runes, archaeology, religion, biology and cultural history. Currently working as disseminator at Sagnlandet Lejre, and freelancing research. Environmentalist. He, him, jotun.
Athelstan Museum @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social The Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
Capturing the History of Malmesbury, burial place of St Aldhelm and King Athelstan, birthplace of Thomas Hobbes, and much more...
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.
Hanna Hoorenman @hannahoorenman.bsky.social Asst. prof. at Utrecht U. Book review editor at the Journal of Popular Romance Studies. American poetry, popular fiction, love studies, animal studies. Reader of books, drummer of drums. Currently obsessed with Vikingism in popular culture. She/her.
University of Chester Press @uochesterpress.bsky.social The University of Chester Press publishes original research, professional practice and creative work from within the University and then prioritises books with a significant relationship to the history, life and culture of Cheshire and the wider region
Rebecca Merkelbach @beccamerkelbach.bsky.social Doctor of trollology. Saga fangirl. Assistant Prof of Old Norse at Uni Tü. Lefty nerd💚 Powerlifting yoga teaching harpist. She/sie🏳️🌈 #SkandiRetten
Arngrímur Vídalín @arngrimurv.bsky.social University professor (Old Norse, literature, monsters, dehumanization)
Also photographer, sometimes author
Ambra Ventura @ambraav.bsky.social ERC funded PhD at UCC - NorseMap Project ~ Linguist turned Old Norse Philologist ~ Reception, Gender, Ethnicity, Law and Medievalism in Old Norse ~ she/her 🏳️🌈
Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social Norwegian medievalist, bibliophile, music lover and art enthusiast.
[Header: Valenciennes - BM - ms. 0320, f.120v]
Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation @a-rfa.bsky.social An independent project connecting archaeologists, heritage researchers, and members of the public committed to challenging rising misuse and misrepresentation of the past by the far-right. UK-based, ECR-led. https://archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/
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
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
Natalie Hopwood @nrhopwood.bsky.social Medievalist and Comics Historian
PhD Candidate working on an intertextual analysis of monster encounters with dragons, dwarfs, and the undead in Old Norse fantastical sagas at the University of Leeds
Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social Archaeology, University of Cambridge | The Globe, University of Copenhagen
Ancient Proteins | Medieval Manuscripts | Proteomics and AI | 🇺🇦
Jonathan F. Correa Reyes @jonfcr.bsky.social He/him/él. Assistant Professor of English at Clemson University. Premodern Critical Race Studies. Medievalist. Ford Fellow. PhD/Penn State. Co-Producer of The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast.
Stefanie Gropper @tuestef.eurosky.social Medievalist, Scandinavian Studies with focus on medieval Icelandic literature. Editor of Viking and Medieval Scandinavia
Apardjón Journal for Scandinavian Studies @apardjon1.bsky.social Academic periodical focusing on the Viking and medieval North. Publishing interdisciplinary research, reviews, and translations.
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/research/centres/centre-for-scandinavian-studies/apardjon-journal-for-scandinavian-studies/
Dr Sara Brown @aranelparmadil.bsky.social Proud Tolkien nerd. Faculty Chair at Signum University. All views my own, I assure you. She/her 🏴
Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social Heritage Chester is dedicated to promoting, preserving, and inspiring appreciation for Chester's unparalleled heritage. Our flagship initiative, Chester Heritage Festival, transforms the city for two weeks each year. https://www.heritagechester.co.uk/
Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social An archaeologist who loves Eurovision and popular tv. Sharing content on heritage, politics and entertainment.
She/her
My opinions are my own.
Adam M Ibbotson 🏺 @adamibbotson.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, and champion of pop-archaeology. Windermere, UK ⭐️ Senior Lecturer at Shap University.
Lynn Butzlaff @lynnbutzlaff.bsky.social PhD Student | Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame | Old Norse and Eco-Criticism
Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social Asst Prof (Old English & Old Norse). Book TRANSLATING HELL (2026). Phil-lol-ogist, word-lover, pun-makar, collector of dictionaries, glamorer of grammar.
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social Legal academic, PhD - researching EU Rule of law, the CJEU, EAW and judicial independence deficiencies, medieval, legal and Celtic history. Latest book https://brill.com/display/title/61820.
Ulrike Graßnick @ulrikegrassnick.bsky.social #TeamSchwimmen
#medievalsky
Kanzlerin der Universität Trier | hier privat unterwegs.
Chancellor of Trier University | views are my own.
Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social Museums, galleries, medieval and Irish literature, folklore, poetry, botany, Cumbrian walks, Oxfam bookstores. Remainer trying to do the right thing in a world that's going/gone off balance. All 📸 mine, unless stated