Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social International Nordic Master’s programme, offering an interdisciplinary approach to Viking and Medieval Scandinavia.
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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk 20,000 titles across two floors in Bloomsbury, plus the best events in town.
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Alice Raw @aliceraw.bsky.social Historian of medieval gender and sexuality
Currently writing about pleasure and protests
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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social Medievalist, Latinist, paleographer, Episcopalian, with novel in progress. DC-based, with beagle. Web: ruffnotes.org
Cover image is from the Reichenau Gospels, Walters Art Museum MS W7 fol. 7r.
Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃 @carrielarocco.bsky.social Classicist / early medieval research fellow at Oxford. Female patronage in the late antique west; Roman + Visigothic Iberia; religion and ‘magic’; epigraphy; mosaics; Classical reception in film / video games. Sometimes I make Roman recipes :) ♾️
Mary Catherine O'Connor @marycoconnor.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Old Norse at Balliol College, University of Oxford | Arthuriana | romance | translations
Natalia Radziwillowicz @natradzi.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the University of Nottingham | Interested in medieval history, Vikings, Slavs, historic medicine, funerary practices, tattoos, LGBTQ+ history, drinking tea, painting. 🫖🖌
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
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Stephen Watkins @drawcansir.bsky.social Lapsing academic. Early Modern literature and theatre. Poetaster. Tenor. Ciudadano.
Book: https://tinyurl.com/55dah8yw
John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social Knackered writer. Mr @leahmoore.bsky.social
Comics for DC, Dark Horse, 2000 AD etc, articles for Hellebore, Daily Grail, Fortean Times, etc, Weird Fiction... loads of stuff.
Haunted Book Club with @gavcross.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/haunted_bookclub
Gail Gibson @gibster.bsky.social Archaeology, gardening, photography, landscapes, and wildlife. Book and coffee lover.
Eirnin @eirnin.bsky.social PhDing: Vikings and white supremacy, IHR London | trans dykefag | they/them
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Jason Ginsburg @jasonginsburg.bsky.social Entertainment professional 📺🎞️🖥️
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Jackson Crawford @norsebysw.bsky.social Former instructor (UCLA/UCB/CU), Ph.D., on youtube ( www.youtube.com/jacksoncrawford ). Imperfectly trying to teach Old Norse things and linguistics. 2nd Ed. of my translation of the Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes now out. Colorado.
Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social Professor of Modern British Literature and Culture, Trinity College Dublin. M. R. James, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle - and fountain pens.
Rosemary Atwell @rosemaryatwell.bsky.social Procrastinating medievalist.
Researches emotions through literary sources: Old English/Norse; Arthuriana; Medieval and Early Modern drama; Australian Gothic; Affiliations: Perth Medieval & Renaissance Group (PMRG); The University of Western Australia.
@eddarezeption.bsky.social @eddarezeption.bsky.social 
Mathilda Osborne @bookmatty.bsky.social Durham 2023, York 2024
Medievalist with too many hyperfixations🏰
Main research interests include medieval animals, Old French, Middle English, and Scandinavian romance, integrated with manuscript studies🐇
Banner: Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark
Liz Skuthorpe @lizimon.bsky.social PhD candidate at Uni of Sydney || Revenants/undead and the paranormal in Old Norse literature || Somehow always writing about poetry even when I don't mean to.
Dr David Clarke @davidwclarke.bsky.social Folklorist and Journalist. Associate Professor, Sheffield Hallam University. Project lead, AHRC National Folklore Survey. Views expressed entirely my own. http://www.drdavidclarke.co.uk/
Blog: https://drclarke.substack.com/
Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social Geoffrey Chaucer (Le Vostre GC): Servaunt of the Kynge. Blogger. Wryter of verse. Wearer of litel woolen hatte. Deputy Forestere of North Petherton. He/hym/hys.
@kcattwood.bsky.social @kcattwood.bsky.social 
Scott Manning @scottmanning.com Author of Joan of Arc: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works (2023). Co-editor Cinema Medievalia (2024).
Medievalism 🏰, film 🎥, astronomy 🪐, comics, Transformers 🤖, books 📚, antiquing, 🖊️, Star Wars 🚀. he/him
https://linktr.ee/scottmanning
Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social Professor of Medieval French and Head of School of Languages, Cultures & Societies at Uni of Leeds; Chair of UCFL; Co-Chair of AHA; playing card collector; MSS & cat-lover.
National Folklore Survey for England @nfsengland.bsky.social UKRI AHRC funded project based at the Centre for Contemporary Legend, Sheffield Hallam University nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Jane Gilbert @jlgjlg.bsky.social Medievalist and rower.
Kati Kallio @katikallio.bsky.social Folklore, oral poetry, anthropology, history, environment. Runo-songs, regilaul, Kalevalaic poetry. Research Fellow at the Finnish Literature Society & University of Helsinki: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/kati-kallio. Photo: Emma Suominen.
Madeleine Clews 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 ⚓️ @byzantium-bound.bsky.social PhD in Linguistics, recovering ex-public servant, professional worrier. Fremantle ⚓️💜 tragic. Seeking consilience
@u2204.bsky.social @u2204.bsky.social 
Daisy Black @daisyeblack.bsky.social Medievalist, English lecturer, storyteller, dramaturg, writer, folk dancer. BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. Early drama specialist. she/her.
John Ganim @jmgucr.bsky.social Professor Emeritus University of California, Riverside. Studies medieval literature and medievalism. Books: Medievalism and Orientalism; Cosmopolitanism and the Middle Ages; Chaucerian Theatricality, plus others.
Katarzyna Anna Kapitan @kakapitan.bsky.social Books & texts in the digital age (www.kakapitan.com)
#JuniorProfInParis in #digitalhumanities at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social, @psl-univ.bsky.social. Past @ox.ac.uk, @haskoliislands.bsky.social, @ucph.bsky.social
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Dictionary of Old Norse Prose @onp.ku.dk Dictionary of Old Norse Prose - Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog.
A random word of the day with a defined citation, the previous day’s Wordle solution, plus occasional updates from the editors.
https://onp.ku.dk/
@mikeevansinmi.bsky.social @mikeevansinmi.bsky.social 
Carl Anderson @carlsefni.bsky.social Reading, ‘riting, and rock’n’roll.
Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval English and AFY English Subject Lead (Ox) ¶ Author of BOOK CURSES for Bodleian Publishing ¶ Being critically creative @guildmedmak.bsky.social ¶ Liker of material texts, medieval folk horror, university access & print making ¶ She/her
Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social World Fantasy Award finalist. She. No AI
In Brian Froud's Green Women: bit.ly/4cOoxUT
The Gyrford series: tinyurl.com/nvvetupj
Horror reviews: https://tinyurl.com/5cyf7x5v
Patreon posts (free): https://www.patreon.com/cw/kitwhitfield
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Alice Hawkins @alicexvx.bsky.social DPhil student at the University of Oxford, researching feminine subjectivity and virtue in the Prose Tristan and Prose Lancelot 🏰 she/her
Gabriel Schenk @gabrielschenk.bsky.social Teaches fantasy | DPhil in Arthurian Literature | Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature Committee | 🏳️🌈 He/him
James Paz @jamespaz.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval English Literature at the University of Manchester (https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james.paz).
Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com Indie #Tolkien scholar | Founder GermanTolkSoc #TolkienFolk | Travelling Tolkienist | Crowdfund my work via Steady https://steady.page/thetolkienist 🧙♂️🧝✨ he/him
𝙺.𝚁.𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎 @the-bibliosmiac.bsky.social 𝙼𝙰 𝙰𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 & 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 @𝙴𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚑
𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚍 (𝙰𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝/𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚕). 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚔. 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏. 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔.
𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜.
𝙲𝚢𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌. 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎.
Catherine Butler @catherine-butler.bsky.social Literary academic, children's novelist, Japan enthusiast, Bristolian by convincement.
@keithbusby.bsky.social @keithbusby.bsky.social 
Arngrímur Vídalín @arngrimurv.bsky.social University professor (Old Norse, literature, monsters, dehumanization)
Also photographer, sometimes author
Michèle Mendelssohn @mendelight.bsky.social Armchair cosmopolitan & literature professor @ox.ac.uk @engfac.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk • MAKING OSCAR WILDE book https://rb.gy/hjps64 • MAKING HISTORY exhibition http://makinghistory.magd.ox.ac.uk
Árni Heimir Ingólfsson @arniheimir.bsky.social Musicologist, author of "Music at World's End: Three Exiled Musicians from Nazi Germany and Austria and Their Contribution to Music in Iceland" (SUNY Press, 2025). Senior Researcher, Reykjavík Academy. www.arniheimir.com
Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford
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.
Tom Killingbeck @tomkillingbeck.bsky.social Literary Agent at A.M. Heath specialising in nonfiction.
https://amheath.com/agents/tom-killingbeck
Sharan Newman @elioxe.bsky.social Medievalist, author, pretty good cook, confused gardener. Author of Catherine Levendeur mystery series, Real History non-fiction, Guinevere fantasy series. Almost all still in print. I emigrated to Ireland seven years ago and have never regretted it.
Oxford Scandinavian Studies Network @oxscandistudies.bsky.social We're a @torchoxford.bsky.social Student Network, at @ox.ac.uk, run by Sarah Fengler, Leif Hammer, Marie Martine, and Tzen Sam. Our focus is on Scandinavia as a region. Read more on our website: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/scandinavian-studies-network
Henrike Lähnemann @hlaehnemann.bsky.social Eclectic mix of German Studies; medieval miscellany; Oxford news; manuscript studies. Blowing my own French horn & that of German and Medieval Studies at Oxford
https://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/laehnemann
Professor Marion Gibson @witchesetc.bsky.social Author of Witchland (coming 2026) and Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials. History, folklore, books, archives.
Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social Royal Studies scholar, interested in monarchy (particularly queens!) in all periods and places. Always spinning a few too many plates for my own good, and admit to having a soft spot for a good G&T
Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social Historian of early Middle Ages, Grandmother, Leftwing, Labour, Leeds, British, European. Emerita Prof University of Liverpool
Emily Maher @emily-maher.bsky.social Medievalist and PhD student at the University of Southampton. Researching women in manorial law.
Dr Ellie Crookes @elliecrookes.bsky.social Lecturer in English literatures at the University of Wollongong. Victorianism, medievalism, women, empire, and the occult.
Currently writing a book on the post-medieval ‘Joans of Arc’ for Arc Humanities Press, 2025.
On unceded Dharawal land
Melissa Ridley Elmes @mridleyelmes.bsky.social Pushcart, Elgin, Rhysling, and Dwarf Star-nominated writer of "charming insanity." Scholar of medieval violence, gender, women's literacies, Arthurian studies. Sporty geek, Mother of Corgis. "Irrepressible badass." Unrepentant nerd; chaotic good. She/her.
Alicia Spencer-Hall @aspencerhall.bsky.social Writer. Researcher. Editor. Genderqueer femme. Crip. She/they.
// medieval lit / media / gender / disability / pop culture //
https://linktr.ee/aspencerhall
Rob Maslen @profrmaslen.bsky.social Fantasy books, films, anime, comics, Early Modern Literature, life. He/him. I blog at The City of Lost Books. Come and see! https://thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social 
Dr Felix Lummer @viglundur.bsky.social PhD in Old Nordic Religion and Belief, currently teaching a course of the same name at the University of Iceland. Research interests include ONR, supernatural beings, emotion studies, the belliphonic, and translation studies.
@heatherodox.bsky.social @heatherodox.bsky.social 
Sigurd Towrie @orkneyjar.bsky.social Orkney. North of Scotland. Ran Orkneyjar website until 2024, when costs and time became too much. Now divide my time between nessofbrodgar.bsky.social and uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
Dawn Hadley @danelawdawn.bsky.social Professor of Medieval Archaeology. President of the Medieval Settlement Research Group. Research on Vikings, gender, childhood, digital heritage
Julian D Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social Director, Archaeology Data Service & Heritage Science Data Service; interested in Vikings and Computers, but rarely at the same time
Marianne Hem Eriksen @thehem.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Archaeology | BBC New Generation Thinker | PI of the Body-Politics project | v slow runner 🇳🇴🇬🇧🇪🇺
Cassidy Croci @cassidycroci.bsky.social Humboldt Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Hosted by the Scandinavian Studies Department at the University of Tübingen. Working on “Routes of Narration: Domestic Travel in the Íslendingasögur”! 🇺🇸➡️🇬🇧➡️🇮🇸➡️🇩🇪
Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social Howard Williams BSc MA PhD FSA
Aʀᴄʜᴀᴇᴏ𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 Blogger & Vlogger
http://linktr.ee/archaeodeath
Caitlin Ellis @medivalist.bsky.social Medievalist - Vikings, Normans, Britain, Ireland, the North Atlantic and beyond. Reception & Medievalism.
Associate Professor, University of Oslo
Shannon Lewis-Simpson she/elle @smlewisimpson.bsky.social In the Woods, & online. #humansecurity, #archaeology, #culture, #Newfoundland, #WPS, #chickens, #navy, #metal, #GenX, #gardens, #books, #food, & #nature, not necessarily in that order.
Folk Horror Revival 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social "Speak now, come now, rise now from the forest, from the furrows, from the field and live"
https://folkhorrorrevival.com/
#FolkloreAgainstFascism
No AI 🚫🤖
Posts by Richard Hing, views my own
Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social Writer. Maker of things. Herder of cats, custodian of sheep, occasional amanuensis for O. Huldumann. Not good at social media. Inveterate tinkerer with profile details.
Devani Singh @devani.bsky.social Old words and old books: medieval, early modern, digital. she/her
devanisingh.com 
Seamus Heaney HomePlace @shhomeplace.bsky.social Seamus Heaney HomePlace in Bellaghy offers an inspiring journey through the life and literature of one of Ireland's greatest literary voices.
https://seamusheaneyhome.com/upcoming-events/
Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social Oxford's English Faculty is the largest in the UK with a distinguished research and teaching record. Account managed by admin team.
Danièle Cybulskie @5minmedievalist.bsky.social Author of Chivalry and Courtesy, How to Live Like a Monk, and Life in Medieval Europe. Creator and host of The Medieval Podcast. Professional nerd. she/her.
danielecybulskie.com
http://ko-fi.com/5MinMedievalist
Anthony Bale FBA @realmandeville.bsky.social Medievalist & wanderer. 🏳️🌈 Travel, literature, history, cats.
📖’A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages’ - ‘stunning’ (The Times)
University of Cambridge; Girton College Cambridge; London. Views mine
https://linktr.ee/realmandeville
Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social Living on Lunaapahkiing, faculty at IAS, servant of two cats and sometimes one dog. 
Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social Medievalist who loves reading, especially science fiction & fantasy. I don't speak for my employer or anyone else.
she/her
Megan Cassidy-Welch @megancw.bsky.social Medievalist, historian, writer. Working on ideas of home and homelessness in premodern societies.
Dean of Research Strategy, University of Divinity
President of the Religious History Association
FAHA, FRHistS
Rick Godden @rickgodden.bsky.social Medievalist. First Gen. Associate Professor of English, LSU. Disability advocacy, medieval stuff, and food/drinks. And cats. Opinions my own. he/him
Stephanie J. Lahey PhD @sjlahey.bsky.social Mark Andrews Fellow in #BookScience, Old Books New Science Lab, University of Toronto · #MedievalManuscripts cataloguer & researcher · #Parchment #QuantitativeHumanities 📜 🔬 📚 📊 🇨🇦
Brandon W. Hawk @brandonwhawk.bsky.social Professor of English at Rhode Island College (views my own). I’m a nerd for medieval things, biblical apocrypha, Star Wars, LotR, & Magic (TCG). He/him.
“Read some fucking apocrypha.”
https://linktr.ee/brandonwhawk
Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social Historian (early modern & true crime). Teaches at Oxford University. Author - 1666 (out now), GOD’S THRONE (out soon).
Also… co-host BURIED EVIDENCE. Director of HistFest.
Karl Steel @karlsteel.bsky.social Brooklyn College / Grad Center Medievalist. Posthumanism. How to Make a Human (Ohio State UP 2011); How Not to Make a Human (Minnesota UP 2019). Currently working on The Irrational Animal.
website is medievalkarl.com
Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social Writer, medievalist, co-editor of @creativecritical.bsky.social. Writing a book about medieval imperfection.
irinadumitrescu.com
Anne Thériault @annetheriault.bsky.social Putting the hag in hagiographer. Formerly @anne_theriault on Twitter. Anne.m.theriault@gmail.com
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social Surprised historian, not surprised eels.
Doctor of medieval things. Talkin’ eels, history, and maps. Spaniel mourner. Alt-text artist.
I draw custom maps and artwork on commission:
https://surprisedeelmaps.com/
Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
Lilja Sigurðardóttir @liljawriter.bsky.social Award winning Icelandic author of “The Reykjavik Noir Trilogy” and “Arora Investigates” series. New book: BLACK AS DEATH - out now!
https://linktr.ee/liljawriter
Florence Bourgne @florencebourgne.bsky.social Professor of English Medieval Studies & head of @cema-su.bsky.social, the Centre for Medieval English Studies at @sorbonne-universite.fr
VP of the AMAES (French Society for the Study of Medieval England)
Singing/Cotentin/Medieval Inscribed Objects
MedievalWomenSpeak @medievalwomenspeak.bsky.social Medievalist, PhD'ing at Cambridge. Chaucer, gender, trauma. Bringing the voices of medieval women forward.
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social Medievalist. She/Her. All DMs are blocked (Bluesky ID issue)