Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social He/him. Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at University of York. Books on 'Smell in Eighteenth-Century England' and 'Smell and the Past'. Sniff: A History of Smells out 8th September #smellhistory #smellstudies #sensoryhistory
Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social Historian of play | PhD | @ihr.bsky.social Fellowship | Game developer | Writer & narrative designer - Thousand Hells, Amberspire, Neurocracy & more | Currently working on a secret thing
Repped by Will Francis at Janklow & Nesbit
she/her
World Shakespeare Congress 2026 Verona @wsc2026verona.bsky.social 12th World Shakespeare Congress, 20-26 July 2026, Verona. International Shakespeare Association. Local Committee: Skenè Research Centre @skenejournal.bsky.social. Website: https://www.wsc2026.org
British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social Professional association for teachers, researchers, practitioners and writers interested in Shakespeare. CfP part 1 for BSA Conference 2027, 'Sounding Shakespeare: Voice, Music, Sound, Silence' open until 30 September!
https://linktr.ee/BSAShakespeare
James Taylor @archaeo-james.bsky.social Archaeologist and Lecturer @University of York. Neolithic Greece and Turkey and beyond, digital methods, GIS, fieldwork, and the creative mess of turning trenches, data, and drawings into knowledge of the past.
Stephen Watkins @drawcansir.bsky.social Lapsing academic. Early Modern literature and theatre. Poetaster. Tenor. Ciudadano.
Book: https://tinyurl.com/55dah8yw
Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social Ph.D. Scholar-Practitioner of Medieval & Early Modern Drama @ UCalgary, Treaty 7 🍁 ⚔️ 🎭
@engenderstage.bsky.social @engenderstage.bsky.social 
CJ @cjtm.bsky.social playwright, director, actor | creative director @apricitytheatre.bsky.social staging queer new writing & adaptations | postdoc research fellow, Bath Spa University | Shakespeare, disruptive dramaturgy, trauma-conscious practice & queer identity | they/them
S @deviousmeans.bsky.social York-based theatre maker/bricoleur/academic. Mystery Plays, medieval theatre, community performance. Makes a mess.
HAMLET EU Project @hamleteuproject.bsky.social An EU-funded project bringing AI to the CCIs. Through HAMLET's Hub, artists, creative directors, writers, game developers, and AI experts co-create with tools for adaptive storytelling, dance analysis, 3D assets and more. https://hamlet-project.eu/
TAG 2025 @ York @tag2025york.bsky.social The official page for the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference hosted by the Department of Archaeology at the University of York in York, UK December 15-17 2025
https://tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/
Riding Lights Theatre Company @ridinglights.bsky.social York based, internationally renowned touring theatre company.
Make theatre make a difference.
linktr.ee/RidingLights
Kim @professorkhc.bsky.social Theatre Artist/Professor, Shakespeare scholar (early modern performance practices.) Cat 🐈⬛ Dad. Beer 🍺 snob. History geek. New Englander, but really wishing I lived in Old England again.
So very, VERY neurodivergent.
Katie Chambers @katiechambers87.bsky.social Reporter for @thestage.bsky.social 📑👩💻
Reading Early Plays (REP) @playsrep.bsky.social REP meets regularly online to read & explore drama written before the closure of the London theatres in 1642. Currently reading through the repertoire of The King’s Men company. Each play is introduced by Dr Martin Wiggins.
www.readingearlyplays.com
UCL Early Modern Exchanges @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social The Centre is dedicated to the study of the diverse cultural, economic and social exchanges between early modern states in the Old World and beyond in the period 1450-1800. www.ucl.ac.uk/early-modern/
Société Française Shakespeare @shakespearefrance.bsky.social Association loi 1901 fondée en 1975, la Société Française Shakespeare (SFS) a pour but de promouvoir l'étude des œuvres de Shakespeare et des auteurs de la période Tudor / Stuart, dans le contexte littéraire, politique et social européen à la Renaissance. 
Bradley Ryner @bradleyryner.bsky.social Scholar of Shakespeare, early modern drama, rhetoric of economics, performance and, most broadly, how theater and literature help us to conceptualize social and economic systems.
This is a personal account, reflecting my own opinions.
Georgia Louise Luckhurst @georgialouluck.bsky.social poet and journalist//member of southbank centre's new poets collective//reporter @timeshighered.bsky.social
Anna Frame @annaframe.bsky.social Communications Director, @canongate.co.uk. Currently working with Miranda July, Omar El Akkad, Len Pennie, Damian Barr, Lily King, John Niven & many other talented folk.
Live in Edinburgh, though more often on trains. Don't have access to DMs.
HRC York @hrcyork.bsky.social Humanities Research Centre, University of York. Supporting research in the Arts and Humanities.
Lyn Gardner @lyngardnertheatre.bsky.social Journalist thinking out loud about theatre. Often at The Stage and Stagedoor. Author of novels for children. Contact@lyngardner.com 
Sierra Carter @dramaticletters.bsky.social they/them | PhD from University of York | early modern epistolary literature, playbooks, and performance | writing about trees, walking, and textiles in my spare time 
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
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@edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies @ UCC, Ireland • Shakespeare on screen • Women in early modern drama • Shakespearean biofiction • Cat-owner, cake-lover, books, plants • she/her
Holly Williams @hollywilliams.bsky.social Author, critic, journalist. The Start of Something and What Time is Love? published by Orion. Editor of Exeunt @exeuntmagazine.bsky.social. 
Helen Smith @wordsmith.bsky.social Professor, @UoYEnglish. Printer, @thinicepress.
Opinions mainly culled from the dustier corners of the sixenteenth century.
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
Tyler Moss @tylerjmoss.bsky.social Shakespeare and clown performer/teacher. Father and husband. Artistic Director of @TheShakesForum. Loves soccer and sports.
Holly Pickett @hollypickett.bsky.social ❤️: Shakespeare, early modern drama, religion, letterpress, linocut
Department Head & Prof of English at W&L
Kate Powers @plain-kate.bsky.social Stage director, prison theatremaker, college professor, Shakespeare nerd, trauma-informed / consent-based maker of good trouble, radical left-wing
scum, apparently. Redhead. #SlawaUkrainii #GoBills 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🚫👑
Dr. Carla Della Gatta @carladellagatta.bsky.social Dramaturg | Arts Advocate | Writer | Theatre Historian 💃🏻
Associate Professor | Author: Latinx Shakespeares
Co-Editor: Shakespeare & Latinidad
https://www.latinxshakespeares.org/
https://www.carladellagatta.com/
John Pendergast @jspen.bsky.social Professor of English SIUE
Research interests in Early Modern Drama, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, and history of print. Also, just because, film, especially the films of the Coen Brothers, and the novels of Thomas Pynchon.
Gemma Allred @gemmaallred.bsky.social Shakespeare / Early Modern / Digital Theatre / Musicals / Innovation / Marketing
Sophie Jade Howell @sophieowls.bsky.social Just a Silly Billy. Head of Youth theatre @york theatre royal. She/They. My own opinions
Yuqi “Anna” Jiang @annajiang.bsky.social AHRC-Funded PhD Student at the Shakespeare Institute - Supernatural Children and Youths in Early Modern Drama
Kim Gauthier (she/her/elle) @teamaufidius.bsky.social PhD student @ UQAM. MA Shakespeare Institute. Early modern drama enthusiast. Will bore you to tears about Shakespeare adaptations in Quebec at the slightest provocation. 
Melissa Rohrer @melrohrer.bsky.social Academic advisor at Kansas Stare University; former Assistant Professor of English; early modern literature; Shakespeare and drama; scandal and news culture; gender. Unapologetic cat lady.
barbara taylor @ohwowbee.bsky.social Shakespearean (derogatory)
Lecturing in Auckland, hanging out everywhere else
Ecocrit things, charismatic megafauna, and hellmouths.
דאָיִקייט
Dr Jenny Stevens @drjennyst-hann.bsky.social Co-author of three Arden Shakespeare texts; Methuen Series Editor; Co-editor of Routledge volume on Shakespeare & Education. Literature Tutor @citylit.
Iman Sheeha (she/her) @drsheeha.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature at Brunel University of London
Delilah Bermudez Brataas @delabe.bsky.social Professor of English Literature, specialising in Shakespeare, Cavendish, and early modern literature in adaptation in film, science fiction, fantasy, and graphic novels. 
Hamlet Machine @hamletmachine.bsky.social linktr.ee/hamletmachine
queer ⓥ 18+/adults only nsfw comic artist & illustrator
🔞 Sensitive themes, all CWs apply 💋
nightmarelandpress@gmail.com
Venmo: @HamletMachine
Multicultural Shakespeare @msunilodz.bsky.social Official BSky account of Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance journal published by the University of Lodz Press.
https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/szekspir
#MulticulturalShakespeare
Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social Early modern historian of the Atlantic world, Indigenous Americas, Western Africa, France. Editor, Huntington Library Quarterly. brettrushforth.com
Middle Child @middlechildhull.bsky.social A new writing theatre company rooted in Hull. We bring people together for unforgettable experiences full of big ideas.
middlechildtheatre.co.uk
Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social Shakespeare + Early Modern English Lit. Manuscripts. Book History. Bibliography. DH. Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities & English Professor at StFX University
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.
Randall Martin @rwfm.bsky.social Shakespearian. Ecocritic. Occasional dramaturge.
Dr Hannah Wilson @hlwilson.bsky.social researching early modern boy actors, enskillment, theatre history. 🏳️🌈 she/her.
Don Rodrigues @donrodrigues.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University 
Scott Trudell @scotttrudell.bsky.social my jams are poetry, drama, music, media studies, trans studies, and performance studies
Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social Design, Shakespeare, biscuit art. Senior Lecturer in Research & Innovation at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Book: Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume (Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare). She/her.
Becky Hixon @hixonbecky.bsky.social Assistant Professor of English at Lourdes University (views my own)
Shakespeare, adaptation, and gender and sexuality studies 🥸🤗🐙
Holly Dugan @trickyholly.bsky.social too tired to be clever
she/her
Michael Witmore @michaelwitmore.bsky.social Digital preservationist, Shakespeare scholar, humanities advocate, consultant for cultural institutions, Director Emeritus of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Susan Anderson @susananderson.bsky.social Early modern disability, civic pageantry and music. Also cats.
Dr. Anita Raychawdhuri @anitaraychawdhuri.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UH-Downtown. Early modernist.
✨🪩🏳️🌈
Ruben Espinosa @ruben-espinosa.bsky.social Chicano | Professor of English
at ASU | Director, ACMRS | All views my own.
David L. Orvis @davidorvis.bsky.social Professor and Assistant Chair of English, Appalachian State University | Early Modern Studies & Queer Studies | *Shakespeare against Love* (under contract with Routledge)
Paul salzman @pjsalzman.bsky.social Early modern nerd, women writers, book history, editing , also trivial personal posts on gardens, food etc
Dr. Kavita Mudan Finn @kvmfinn.bsky.social Medievalist. Early Modernist. Fan Scholar. Shakespearean. Interests: queenship, popular history, medievalism, fandoms, then&now
Chris Klippenstein @klippership.bsky.social Fellow at UToronto. Recent Sarah Lawrence College guest faculty; PhD from Columbia. Works on performance, neighbourship, spectatorship in early modern English drama. Paleographer & archer.
Sawyrrrr @hamlethologram.bsky.social Transgender Shakespearean; Baseball Enjoyer; West Virginia's Greatest Disappointment.
It can't all be dirtbikes and Mountain Dew.
Christine Varnado @eyweltschmerz.bsky.social Spread the Weltschmerz! Buffalo / The Shapes of Fancy (https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/the-shapes-of-fancy) 
Steve Mentz @stevementz.bsky.social #bluehumanities, Shakespeare, swimming, eco-poetry. English prof at St. John's (NYC). 
Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social Matmos guy with my husband @lordchiefjustice / English professor at Hopkins / also known as The Soft Pink Truth.
Colby Gordon @badinfinity2.bsky.social your trans professor
Mira ‘Assaf @miramiraculous.bsky.social Book: Royal Marriage, Foreign Queens,& Constructions of Race in Early Modern England, under contract @ACMRSPress | 23-24 Long-term Fellow, @FolgerLibrary | Arab | dilettante
Yasmine Hachimi @yasminehachimi.bsky.social PhD in Early Modern Literature & Culture | Popular Representations of Premodern Queens | Period Dramas | Pop Culture | Romance Reader | Fangirl
Probably talking about the Tudors. 👑
https://linktr.ee/yasminehachimi
Margo Hendricks @elysabethgrace.bsky.social Black Shakespearean/EM scholar; As Elysabeth Grace --writer of Black historical, Black, paranormal & contemporary romance & historical cozy mysteries.
www.patreon.com/cw/TheMargoHendricks
Experiencewww.elysabethgrace.com
Soulton Hall @soultonhall.bsky.social House of Shakespeare's Old Sir Rowland, built in renaissance code. Historic manor - venue, centre for theatre & the arts. Hidden in Shropshire, revealed on our website www.soultonhall.co.uk
iGGi CDT @iggi-phd.bsky.social Based at Uni of York, Queen Mary Uni of London, Goldsmiths, and Essex, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games & Game Intelligence (iGGi) is the world's largest PhD programme for research in games.
More info: https://www.iggi-phd.org/
@paulbirchmakes.bsky.social @paulbirchmakes.bsky.social Writer. Director. Improviser. Fool. Artistic Director of @ridinglightstheatre Latest Projects: https://bio.site/paulbirchmakes
Web: https://www.paulbirchcreates.com/
Theatre Centre @theatrecentre.bsky.social A national new writing theatre company making bold, relevant work with and for young people. Touring to schools & venues.
Upcoming tour: My Brother's a Genius by Debris Stevenson
https://www.theatre-centre.co.uk
Lena @lenato.bsky.social film and theatre maker, cat person, book lover
Sara Read @saralread.bsky.social Historical fiction novelist #hisfic; senior lecturer #earlymodern & #creativewriting; mum; grandma; gardener; open water swimmer.
www.sararead.co.uk
SidewaysPony @sidewayspony.bsky.social Lover of books, theatre, film, northern skies and a small spaniel.
Bill Angus @billangus.bsky.social Writer in early modernity, atheism, historical fiction, poems, songs (with The Mighty Ways). Sinophile. Freelance academic.
Sam Haddow @samhaddow.bsky.social Havering. Skittish. Hackled.
Writer and academic. End-of-the-world storytelling, children’s eco-fiction, performance and political violence.
Helen Nicholson @helennicholson1.bsky.social Professor with a cat. Researching theatre and community: https://localtheatres.wordpress.com/
Views all mine and surprisingly superficial.
Trish Reid @trishreid.bsky.social Professor in Theatre and Performance, Head of School, musician, mum, book-lover. She/Her. Trans-inclusive feminist. All opinions my own.
Mark Taylor-Batty @cupofassam.bsky.social I’m a father, not a dancer. Emeritus Professor. Exploring retirement. Saltaire-Burgher. Translator of Artaud. UCU NEC and USS advisory board member.
Jonathan Pitches @profpitches.bsky.social Theatre Professor and eco critic. Author of Performing Mountains. Head of School of Performance and Cultural Industries at University of Leeds. European. Trying my hand at some poetry. Views my own.
David Coates @davidjcoates.bsky.social Cultural historian and Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick. Researching theatre in the long nineteenth century and queer theatre histories. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Regular theatre, exhibition and museum visitor. Chocoholic 🍫
Steve A @grungeviking.bsky.social Viking archaeologist. Lapsed photographer. Guitars. Bad jokes. Probably too grumpy for Bluesky #pusb
https://youtube.com/@graffitifoxes?si=I__M2PhxmIckzs4J
Will Tosh @willtosh.bsky.social ⭕️Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe
📖Author of STRAIGHT ACTING, and rep’d by Eleanor Birne at RCW
👨🏼❤️👨🏻 Hitched to @pierstorday.bsky.social
🔗 https://linktr.ee/willtosh3
🔗 https://lnk.to/StraightActing-HB
Sibel Izmir @sibelizmir.bsky.social Asst. Prof. of Drama/Atılım University. Alumni: DTCF English Language and Literature /Views my own. #Shakespeare #Britishtheatre #Postdramatictheatre
Academic Firebrand @lyriquetragedy.bsky.social Recovering Lit Prof. Early Modern. Tragedies. Global Higher Ed, curriculum, online, & ISD consultant. Fighting for agnostic & secular education, arts, & humanities. Nerd. Bibliophile. Education matters.
FIGHT Anti-intellectualism. FIGHT Bullies.
The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social Founded in 1906 to support, promote, and celebrate the discipline of English Studies (registered charity 1124890). www.englishassociation.ac.uk/join-us/
Ollie Brown @obsilverfox.bsky.social Theatre type, lives in Yorkshire, has a fab family.
Dr Andrea Smith @audioandrea.bsky.social Shakespeare, drama, radio. Often all at the same time. Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at University of Suffolk. Formerly BBC producer. My views.
https://linktr.ee/audioandrea
Dawn Hadley @danelawdawn.bsky.social Professor of Medieval Archaeology. President of the Medieval Settlement Research Group. Research on Vikings, gender, childhood, digital heritage
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist