Dr. Amy Matthewson @amymatthewson.bsky.social Historian of China in the British Imagination, 19th and early 20th centuries, Visual and Material Cultures. Assistant Professor at University of Birmingham
Nicole C. Dittmer @pennystressful.bsky.social Advisory board @ ETAP,penny bloods & dime novels, werewolves, global witches, ecoGothic, early-to-mid-Victorian Gothic, horror, ‘monstrous’ women, PhD from MMU, Salem, mind-body monism, biological and neurological studies.
www.nicoledittmer.com
Aparna Prakashbabu Uma @aparnaup.bsky.social PhD researcher in English @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Studying humour in late-Victorian fiction: detective, realist, and humorous novels, 1875–1900. Close reading plus computational methods.
Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social Studying the Victorian connection between women and birds is great fun, but I’d love a job. Network & Development Officer for VPFA and Co-Reviews Editor for VPFJ. All views my own.
Gillian Walters @gillianwalters.bsky.social Midlands4Cities AHRC funded PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham specialising in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Wollaston Museum @wollastonmuseum.bsky.social Village Museum, operated by Wollaston Heritage Society (est 1970). Site includes the between-the-wars Curiosity Cottage and Beacon Hill, a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Dr Andrew Cusack @andrewcusack.bsky.social Researcher and teacher in Modern Languages
Olivia Mitchell @livsmitch.bsky.social Historian of the British Empire, race, gender and newspapers. Lecturer in Modern History at University of Manchester
@kariyu22.bsky.social @kariyu22.bsky.social
@manuscriptscurator.bsky.social @manuscriptscurator.bsky.social
Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social
Archives, DH, Museums, African American studies, C19 and early C20.
all opinions my own, not my employer's
https://www.dorothy-berry.com
Mark Celeste @markceleste.bsky.social assistant professor of English
blue humanities + oceanic lit | British novels in the long 19C | climate fiction | network theory | inclusive pedagogy
https://sites.google.com/view/markceleste
EU's HowToEnjoy @howtoenjoydoteu.bsky.social Discover joy in EU events, music, press, tech, tourism, travel, wine, etc., on linktr.ee/HowToEnjoyDotEU. Unleash fun, from villages in Europe to European cities & tourist hotspots. Embrace essence of union via lens of 27 countries | NGO | HowToEnjoy.eu
SEAA 17-18 @seaa1718.bsky.social Compte officiel de la Société d'Études Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (SEAA 17-18)
Site web officiel | http://1718.fr
#anglophoneworld #literature #history #c17th #c18th
John Morton @drjmorton.bsky.social Assoc Prof of English Lit and Deputy Head of Humanities and Social Sciences at Uni of Greenwich. All views my own
Sandra Schwab @scribblingsandy.bsky.social Historical romance author with a PhD, a piano, & a very large library. Expert on dragons & PUNCH. Writes stories with happy endings and loves her caravan Miss Hetty. 🌈 She / her.
Newsletter: https://sandraschwab.eo.page/newsletter
Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social James Murray Beattie Lecturer in Victorian Lit | University of Glasgow | Co-founder @EHUNineteen.bsky.social Research Centre | #Classics | #Gothic lit | Author: Ancient Rome & Victorian Masculinity (OUP, 2019). FRHistS. She/her. #c19th
Dr Clare Horrocks @drhorrocks.bsky.social SL in Cultural History, published researcher on Victorian magazine culture, Punch & Dickens. Submissions Editor for Victorian Periodicals Review (@RSVP)
GlosBio @glosbio.bsky.social Researcher
Shona Buchanan (PeggyB) @p3ggyb.bsky.social PhD student, Exeter University, researching the role of Mr Punch in the development of C19 English national identity.
Congrès SAES 2026 @saes2026.bsky.social Du 3 au 5 juin 2026, rendez-vous à POITIERS pour le 65e congrès annuel de la SAES. Les enseignants et chercheurs en études anglophones du supérieur s'y retrouveront autour d'un thème central : l'ÉMANCIPATION.
@hume1711.bsky.social @hume1711.bsky.social
Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap @engagedroadmap.bsky.social Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social Cartref Archifau a Chasgliadau Arbennig Prifysgol Bangor
Home of Bangor University's Archives and Special Collections
https://t.co/Hmxgl2Kns6
Réseau Bastille @reseau-bastille.bsky.social Le https://www.reseau-bastille.org/ relie des militants aux parcours très divers.
Tenter de penser par soi-même, sortir des formulations binaires, arrêter de répéter les ritournelles mais saisir le monde dans sa complexité
Lucy Lawrence @lucyklawrence.bsky.social AHRC PhD student at Newcastle University | Late-Victorian print culture, the environmental humanities, periodical studies, aestheticism/decadence, Celtic studies, & the history of science | she/her
Remember LOP @rememberlop.bsky.social Posting random bits & bobs here to help keep alive the memory of Leeds Other Paper (1974-1994), possibly the greatest little newspaper in the world. This account is maintained, after a fashion, by @writerlytone.bsky.social
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Dr Grace A Nagle @graceanagle.bsky.social Artist | The Courtauld Research Forum | Contemporary Art, Feminism, Spiritualism, Occultism & Magick. All my own views.
Birmingham/London
Patrick McGahon @paadzer.bsky.social Irish gay guy in the East of England 🏳️🌈
In my fifties
EastEnders & Bargain Hunt fan
RIP mum 💔 2022
Worked at Cambridge University & NHS
Awful at responding to DMs
Sober a few years
Not looking for hookups
@RoryCorbett @rorycorbett.bsky.social Clawhammer banjoist and Travelling Doctoral Scholar
@IrishResearch
@NUIMerrionSq
Interested in the darker side of Irish American history.
Aurore ZUERAS @aurorezueras.bsky.social Professeur-documentaliste dans un collège de l'Académie de Bordeaux (33) #profdoc #EMI Coordinatrice #E3D #EDD- A @andreword.bsky.social @andreword.bsky.social
Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social The History of Parliament's House of Commons 1832-1945 project, currently researching MPs, elections and parliamentary history between 1832 and 1868. Find more details on our website: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/
Daniel Jenkin-Smith @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher - author of 'The Rise of Office Literature' (Bloomsbury, 2025) - co-host of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social
Il faut, comme disait Balzac, offrir une surface commerciale.
Alison Young @youngalison.bsky.social Ran way from the law to join the music hall. Now often to be found running around with a clipboard organising events & the archive for the British Music Hall Society. Would rather be researching & writing…
My blog: https://musichallalice.wordpress.com
Jane Harrison @janeh1837.bsky.social Part-time PhD researcher of the Victorian period at the University of Portsmouth by night, History and Politics teacher by day.
Julien Hage @rfhxv.bsky.social Maître de conférences. Pôle Métiers du livre de Saint-Cloud. Université Paris Nanterre. Membre du CNU71.
Explore York Archive @yorkarchive.bsky.social Making over 850 years of the city of York's history accessible to all. Keep up to date with our latest projects and activities here.
Website: https://exploreyork.org.uk/archives/
Blog: http://citymakinghistory.org
REEVALUATE EU Project @reevaluate-project.bsky.social An EU funded project that provides tools for prioritization, contextualization, 3D modeling and reuse of cultural heritage to empower museums and the public to collaborate in making heritage accessible, inclusive and secure. Visit us at "reevaluate.eu".
ARA International @arainternational.bsky.social Hello! This is our Bluesky account for the Archives and Records UK & Ireland Association International Group.
We aim to share and connect goings in archives and with archivists and archive enthousiasts.
Our little banner friend is called Earthbert!
Dr Laura Humphreys @bogarty.bsky.social Curatorial Lead 🏛️
Science Museum Group collections 🛰️
Returned Cardiffian 🏴
Allotment Nerd 🌱
Views my own. She/her/hi
Sarah Pelletier @sarahpelletier.bsky.social PhD Candidate at Carleton University (Ottawa 🇨🇦). English & Print Culture. Studying C19 typographical trade journals, skill, labour, gender, & race. Letterpress printer, bookbinder/boxmaker + book artist.
https://carleton.ca/english/people/sarah-pelletier/
@caalap.bsky.social @caalap.bsky.social https://caalap.fr
caalap@proton.me
La CAALAP (Coordination Antifasciste pour l’Affirmation des Libertés Académiques et Pédagogiques) s’est créée à la fin de l’année 2023, pour s’opposer vigoureusement à une ligne de pensée violemment réactionnaire.
Elizabeth Giardina, PhD @elizagiardina.bsky.social Writing about 18th & 19th c. British poetry, environmental humanities, and the histories of science & design. Doing her best. she/her
elizabethgiardina.com
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
Ron Morreale @rmorre.bsky.social
Dr. Bethany Qualls @bethanyqualls.bsky.social PhD in #18thC gossip. Recent postdoc at l'Université de Caen. Writer. Editor. Re(un)Covered Podcast Creator. Lover of archives, book history, #c18 smut, snark, intersectional scholarship, and the Oxford comma. Feminist. Bethanyqualls.com she/her/elle
Elliot Andrews @fleetstreetels.bsky.social Midlands4Cities-funded PhD student at the University of Leicester. Studying Victorian periodicals (mainly Punch), and digital humanities.
He/Him
Caitlin Davies @caitlindavies.bsky.social Writer, #BadGirls, #QueensoftheUnderworld, #PrivateInquiries, historian, swimmer, jumble lover. Thanet, Kent. Rep by Robert Kirby, United Agents. https://www.caitlindavies.co.uk/
Seaside art https://www.instagram.com/7baysbroadstairs
LJMU Special Collections & Archives @ljmu-sca.bsky.social Home to: LJMU's history; punk & pop culture; visual arts; music; women & girls' comics (Femorabilia); Stafford Beer; Liverpool theatre; 19th Century periodicals; & more! ✏📰
https://linktr.ee/ljmu_sca
Sue John @suejohn.bsky.social A Feminist Leader and Co-Director at Glasgow Women's Library - @womenslibrary.bsky.social | PhD Researcher in History at the University of Glasgow, studying Suffrage material culture | Runner | Views are mine | She/Her
Doriane Nemes @dodoriane.bsky.social PhDing on Oscar Wilde | fin-de-siècle art and literature; visual and material culture studies
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).
University of Exeter Centre for Victorian Studies @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social The Exeter Centre for Victorian Studies promotes interdisciplinary research and teaching in all aspects of nineteenth-century literature, culture and media.
clara @claratomica.bsky.social master's student in children's literature & media (24-26) | picturebook researcher | book history enthusiast | obsessed with animated movies and dragons | in my erasmus era
SHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social An open-access publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (@sharpweb.org).
Read Bookish Feature Articles, Book Reviews, Pedagogical Materials, and Bibliographies here: https://sharpweb.org/sharpnews
Lou Burnard @lb42.bsky.social Old enough to know better. Retired digital humanist and TEI editor currently obsessed by 19th c. Theatre. Anyone here heard of thomas hailes lacy?
Salvation Army International Heritage Centre @salvarmyarchive.bsky.social The International Heritage Centre tells the story of The Salvation Army from its origins in the 1860s to the present, both in the UK and internationally.
https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre
The Devon and Exeter Institution @dexinst.bsky.social Thriving Independent Historic Library and Educational Charity, welcoming new members of all ages. Find out more at: http://linktr.ee/DExInstitution
Victorian Periodicals Review @vpreditors.bsky.social The only refereed journal that concentrates on the editorial and publishing history of Victorian periodicals.
Submissions: https://rs4vp.org/vpr.
Subscriptions: https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/victorian-periodicals-review
Liz Wood @worsted.bsky.social Tired, archive-themed, occasionally falling over a cat.
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.
Kathryn Waters @waters-writes.bsky.social Writer, frustrated lawyer, unapologetic #feminist & wannabe academic - #interdisciplinary researcher of #victorianwomen & #shakespeare Kellogg College, Oxford she/her 🏳️🌈
Simon Rennie @simonrennie.bsky.social Victorianist Prof @exeter.ac.uk. Cotton Famine Poetry. C19th working-class and provincial newspaper poetry. Director of @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social.
Also delusional multi-instrumentalist, veg grower, U12 football coach.
Long Nineteenth-Century Network @ Manchester Met @l19cmanmet.bsky.social Showcases research in long nineteenth-century studies. Housed in the School of English @ Manchester Metropolitan University.
Junior Einsteins Science Club® @junioreinsteins.bsky.social Award-winning Science events for kids. Founded Ireland☘️ Scientist, Mum, speaker United Nations 🇺🇳 Fun, messy, screen-free hands-on, STEM fun Ireland 🇮🇪 UK 🇬🇧 Canada 🇨🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Ukraine 🇺🇦 International Schools partnerships. Franchise.
Bénédicte Miyamoto @miyamotoben.bsky.social Historian of 18c Britain (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris - @CREW EA 4399)
Book history, Art World, Digital Humanities. Pigment, Auction, Migration, Circulation of knowledge & artists.
She/her/Dr
Ali Hatapçı @alihatapci.bsky.social History and geographies of science, periodicals, and images in C19 Britain @Université Bourgogne Europe
til.ube.fr/membres/ali-hatap
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social The membership body for recordkeeping professionals in the UK & Ireland.
Posts are by Deborah Mason, Head of Communications for ARA. You can reach her on deborah.mason@archives.org.uk (quicker than a DM).
Find our more about ARA here www.archives.org.uk
@tonyodounga.bsky.social @tonyodounga.bsky.social PhD student. Victorian culture. #women's networks. #The EWJ. #Empowerment.
ERIBIA @eribia.bsky.social Équipe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur la Grande-Bretagne, l'Irlande et l'Amérique du Nord (ERIBIA UR 2610)
@universite-caen.bsky.social @mrshcaen.bsky.social
Étude des patrimoines et des cultures britanniques, irlandais et nord-américains.
Anne Rodrick @chattyfootnote.bsky.social Historian of 19thc Europe; “Lecturing the Victorians” now out via Bloomsbury. Slightly goofy teacher, mom, bell-ringer, Dem. My grandpa was one of Harry Truman’s fishing buddies.
@gduhamel.bsky.social @gduhamel.bsky.social
Katherine Malone @kmalonephd.bsky.social Scholar of 19th-century periodicals, literature, and culture. Editor of Victorian Periodicals Review.
Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur @saesfrance.org Compte officiel de la SAES, qui regroupe les enseignant·es et les chercheur·euses anglicistes de l’enseignement supérieur français.
SAES 2025 @saes-2025.bsky.social La SAES affiliée à l'ESSE regroupe enseignants et chercheurs en études anglophones de l'enseignement supérieur. Son 64e congrès se tiendra à Toulouse pour la 4e fois du 5 au 7 juin 2025, avec pour thème "Transitions".
Illustration Archive @profjt.bsky.social The Illustration Archive is the world’s largest searchable archive dedicated to historical book illustration: https://illustrationarchive.cf.ac.uk/. Account run by Prof Julia Thomas. Interested in the Victorians, word and (mental) image, digital humanities
Andrew Hobbs @drewhobbs.bsky.social Historian of the provincial press,looking at how 19C local papers and 20C county magazines express our sense of place. Despairing socialist. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=20iBowIAAAAJ
Prof Bob Nicholson @digivictorian.bsky.social History Professor • Broadcaster • Victorian Pop Culture • Presenter of 'Killing Victoria' on BBC Sounds 🎙️ • www.bobnicholson.co.uk
Françoise Baillet @fbaillet.bsky.social Prof. of British History and Culture at @universite-caen.bsky.social
Victorianist. Newspapers & magazines. Labour and the illustrated press.
Principal Investigator (PI) of @punchspocketbook.bsky.social.
She/her
Patrick Leary @patrickleary.bsky.social Historian, esp. 19c press, talk, book history. Author “Googling the Victorians,” “Punch Brotherhood,” etc. Co-founder SHARP, mgr VICTORIA. Fond of Old Time Radio, 60s Top 40, tennis, London. Liberal Texan in self-imposed Midwest exile. FRHistS
Jim Mussell @jimmussell.bsky.social Print work; digital work. C19th newspapers, periodicals, and all the rest. Prof University Of Leeds: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/english/staff/1012/professor-james-mussell
Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines - Normandie-Caen @mrshcaen.bsky.social La MRSH #Normandie - #Caen (CNRS - Université de Caen Normandie) contribue au développement des #SHS - #Numérique #Mémoire #Humanités #Environnement #MSH
https://mrsh.unicaen.fr/