Witold Konopka @pipesnscotland.bsky.social Bagpiper, scholar, fascinated with Scottish history, literature and culture. Currently exploring Scottish contemporary crime fiction aka Tartan Noir
Elizabeth Gaskell's House @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social Celebrating the life and literature of Elizabeth Gaskell, writer, social reformer and radical. Open Wed, Thurs & Sun, 11-4.30pm. Booking Advised.
Sophia Jochem @sophiajochem.bsky.social
IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social Seminar on the history of Britain and associated regions during the long eighteenth century. Join us in London or on Zoom every other Wednesday at 17.30 GMT https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/british-history-long-18th-century
Dr Helena Esser @helenaesser.bsky.social she/her. Victorianist & dandypunk. My books on #Steampunk London & #Ouida out now! Co-hosting @VPFAThirdSex #3rdSex.
Dr Marina Cano @drmarinacano.bsky.social Asst Prof English │ Long 19th C │ Writer │ Researcher
Theatrical Afterlives (OUP 2026), https://global.oup.com/academic/product/theatrical-afterlives-9780198992882?lang=en&cc=es
https://metode.academia.edu/MarinaCano
Emily Middleton (formerly Bell) @emilyjlm.bsky.social Digital Humanities Lecturer @universityofleeds.bsky.social, Victorianist, periodicals scholar, Dickensian
Francesca @fbls.bsky.social Lecturer. c18 women's writing and older age. PhD on Anna Seward. Should be working on her book (Palgrave, soon)
Angela Wright @angelawright1794.bsky.social Professor of Romantic Literature, University of Sheffield. Romanticism, Gothic, author and general co-ed of Ann Radcliffe for forthcoming Cambridge edition and gen co-ed of Cambridge Elements in the Gothic. PL AHRC project ‘Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now’
Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social 👩🏻🏫 Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @sheffielduni.bsky.social
✍️ Influenza book @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social
📚Research Rep @cncsi.bsky.social
🦇Co-host @GothicaUob.bsky.social
👋🏼ECR Rep @bavs-uk.bsky.social
👻 Summoned to the Séance @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Dr Rachel Bynoth @rachelbynoth.bsky.social Historian of 18th/19th c. Family, lifecycle, gender, emotion esp. anxiety, distant comms and politics. Bath Spa Senior Lecturer. PhD: PM George Canning and family’s letters/anxiety https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/rachel-bynoth/
Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social Hopeless Romanticist, childless cat dad, and coffee addict (he/him)
Solving real word problems
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
Cassidy Percoco @mimicofmodes.com Fashion/material culture scholar. Curator at GCVM (opinions my own). Author of Regency Women's Dress, 1800-1830. AskHistorians moderator. (she/her)
Links to my blog, newsletter, and Etsy shop: https://cassidypercoco.carrd.co/
Rebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social Reading, writing, thinking about the long 18th Century at the Faculty of English @cam.ac.uk. Irish woman baffled by the fens and the English middle classes. Emotional support/ emotional manipulation provided by a terrier.
Romance, Revolution & Reform @rrrjournal.bsky.social Nineteenth-century, O/A journal welcoming Humanities and Social Sciences research from scholars at all career stages.
www.rrrjournal.com
EiC @katiemacleann | Dep Ed Andie Lloyd
Agnieszka Sienkiewicz-Charlish @agnieszkasch.bsky.social academic| researching Scottish fiction, crime fiction and the Gothic
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.
RELY project @assemblagelit.bsky.social “Re-orienting Assemblage Theory in Anglophone Literature and Culture”. Funded by @cienciagob.bsky.social
PI: @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social
https://literaryassemblage.com/
literaryassemblage@gmail.com
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
BAVS @bavs-uk.bsky.social Bluesky account of the British Association for Victorian Studies
Keats-Shelley Assoc. @ksaacomm.bsky.social Official account for the Keats-Shelley Association of America. Celebrating the lives & works of Keats, the Shelleys, Byron, & their circles
NAVSA 2025 @navsa2025.bsky.social Aftermaths: https://navsa.georgetown.edu/
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.
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.
Lifelonghistorylover @thehistorylover.bsky.social Museum worker | 18th century | History blogger & book reviewer
The Anne Lister Society @annelistersociety.bsky.social Fostering knowledge of Anne Lister’s undaunted life and extraordinary writing; working to relay and interpret her legacy (Prof Laurie Shannon posting).
🪶 https://english.northwestern.edu/about/anne-lister-society/index.html
📸 West Yorks. Archive Service
Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland promotes an inter-disciplinary approach to Irish studies.
ssnci.org
Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.
https://asls.org.uk
SWINC @swinc-edi.bsky.social Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century.
A research group at the University of Edinburgh, co-directed by Professor Penny Fielding and Dr Robert Irvine. https://www.swinc.englit.ed.ac.uk.
Morris & Co. on Screen @morris-on-screen.bsky.social Documenting all the places Morris & Co. / #WilliamMorris patterns show up in set decoration. A little project by @smeadleonard.bsky.social. Submissions extremely welcome - tag me, DM me, or email MorrisOnScreen@gmail.com
Pre-Raphaelite Society @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social The Pre-Raphaelite Society is the international society for the study and appreciation of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and its followers. #PreRaphaeliteSociety
https://www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org
EHUNineteen @ehunineteen.bsky.social Research Centre for Nineteenth Century Studies at Edge Hill University
• Co-Directors:
@catherinequirk.bsky.social, @DrBeard79.bsky.social @DigiVictorian.bsky.social
Founding Co-Director: @VictorianMasc.bsky.social
• https://sites.edgehill.ac.uk/ehu19/
A Guide To Regency Dress @austendress.bsky.social A glossary of fashions inc. men, women, hair, beauty, jewellery, textiles and trimmings.
Books-
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion, 2019
Jane Austen's Wardrobe, 2023
By Hilary Davidson @fourredshoes.bsky.social, published by @YaleBooks London
Gothic Studies @gothicstudies.bsky.social The academic journal of the International Gothic Association (www.globalgoth.org), published by Edinburgh University Press and edited by Emily Alder and Jamil Mustafa. Email gothiceditors@gmail.com
The Dundee Review @dundeegothic.bsky.social A twenty-first-century literary magazine for original gothic, terror, horror and fantasy fiction: dundeereview.com
GOTHICA 🦇 @gothicauob.bsky.social A spooky network interested in exploring all aspects of the Gothic at @unibirmingham.
Co-run by @katrinajan.bsky.social, @dremilyvincent.bsky.social.
Blog: https://uobgothica.wordpress.com/past-sessions/
Making It Wyrd @makingitwyrd.bsky.social A scholar putting a gothic spin on pop culture. Books, films, music - we're making it wyrd 👻
Check out our blog: https://makingitwyrd.wordpress.com
Midwest Victorian Studies Association @mvsa.bsky.social Dedicated to studying the Victorian period, including history, literature, art history, music, philosophy, and religion. We welcome members and participants from across the world: https://midwestvictorian.org/.
NAVSA @navsa.bsky.social North American Victorian Studies Association
www.navsa.org
The Dickens Society @dickenssociety.bsky.social Bluesky page for the international Dickens Society www.dickenssociety.org
Victorian Review @victorianreview.bsky.social Peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal on C19 literature & culture
Send submissions to submissionsvr@gmail.com
Website https://victorianreview.org/
Issues https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/journal/508
Rosario Arias @rosarioariasuma.bsky.social Professor of English Literature, University of Málaga; President of Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies, and President of VINS Society💜📚🪴🎼👻
Royal Holloway Centre for Victorian Studies @rhul-cvs.bsky.social Account of the internationally recognised Centre for Victorian Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. Co-directed by @helenkingstone.bsky.social, Izzy Barrett-Lally and Heathcliff Newman
The Victorian Gaslamp Podcast @victoriangaslamp.bsky.social A Victorian era history podcast that looks at all aspects of 19th Century United Kingdom
Long Victorian @longvictorian.bsky.social Books, art and Victoriana, 1789-1914. Blog at: https://longvictorian.com
Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada @vsawc.bsky.social Bringing a community of scholars committed to interdisciplinary research and innovative teaching about the Victorian period together since 1972.
Our journal is @victorianreview.bsky.social
Our website is https://vsawc.org
Virtual JaneCon @virtualjanecon.bsky.social #VirtualJaneCon est. 2020
2026 dates ➡️ July 18 & 19
A completely virtual, international, radically inclusive con all about Jane Austen & adjacent work
https://linktr.ee/virtualjanecon
Jane Austen First Drafts @austen1stdrafts.bsky.social All Jane Austen, all the Jane Austime. She/Her
linktr.ee/austen1stdrafts
All Things Jane Austen and the Bronte Sisters @excessivelydiverting.net All things #JaneAusten and #Bronte run by @pookiebear.net
Check https://linktr.ee/excessivelydiverting for links to other social media accounts and newsletter!
The Centre for Robert Burns Studies @glasgowburns.bsky.social Est. 2007 at the University of Glasgow for the development of research, scholarship and teaching in the area of Robert Burns (1759-96).
Winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize, 2023.
Studies in Romanticism @studiesinrom.bsky.social Committed to advancing the study of literature and culture in the dynamic "Romantic Century" of 1750-1850. International in sympathies and interdisciplinary in approaches, SiR publishes the highest caliber scholarship on Romantic-era studies.
Eighteenth Century Worlds Liverpool @ecwliv.bsky.social Research centre for all things Eighteenth Century Worlds at the University of Liverpool.
Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social Theological Monsters (University of Wales Press), The Roma (The Bodley Head/Harper Collins, 2025) | 19thC Gothic
Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture @oxford18thc.bsky.social Eighteenth-Century Literature & Culture Research Seminar, run by the Faculty of English, University of Oxford. All welcome!
Victorian Poetry @victorianpoetry.bsky.social Victorian Poetry is a peer-reviewed quarterly dedicated to Victorian poets and poetries (broadly & experimentally construed). Edited by Devin Garofalo, UC San Diego (victorianpoetryjournal@gmail.com). Learn more: https://victorian-poetry.scholasticahq.com
ECF journal (Eighteenth-Century Fiction) @ecfjournal.bsky.social ECF is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly devoted to the critical and historical investigation of literature and culture of 1660-1832. Editor Eugenia Zuroski, McMaster University. Posts by ECF editors; contact: ecf@mcmaster.ca.
Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social • Putting the interdisciplinary in eighteenth century studies for almost 30 years
• Researching and teaching the longest eighteenth century, 1650-1850
• Home to the interdisciplinary MA in Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York, since 1994
British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social The British Association for Romantic Studies supports the study of #c18th and #c19th literature and culture.
https://www.bars.ac.uk/main/
Devoney Looser @devoney.bsky.social New book: Wild for Austen (St. Martin’s Press, 2025).
19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century @19birkbeck.bsky.social Online open access journal dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary study in the long nineteenth century.
https://19.bbk.ac.uk/
Doings of Doyle @doingsofdoyle.com A podcast celebrating the life and work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Professor Challenger, Brigadier Gerard and Sherlock Holmes. Find us at www.doingsofdoyle.com and on your favourite podcast app.
Historical Fictions Research Network @historicalfic.bsky.social Discussing all aspects of the construction of the historical narrative
https://historicalfictionsresearch.org/
INCSA @incsa.bsky.social The International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (INCSA) is a professional society of scholars from around the globe. #INCSA |
CNCSI Partner | https://linktr.ee/IN_CSA
CNCSI @cncsi.bsky.social Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International supports research, collaborative exchange, & professional training opportunities around the globe | INCSA Partner | linktr.ee/CNCSInternational
Victorian Studies @victstudies.bsky.social Literary, social, and cultural studies of 19C Britain and beyond.
Online submission portal: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/victorianstudies/index
Please direct all inquiries to victstu@iu.edu
ACD Society @acdsociety.bsky.social The ACD Society: A community dedicated to studying and enjoying the works of Arthur Conan Doyle. Website: http://acdsociety.com.
VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social Lee Jackson, Victorianist, historian, author of 'Dirty Old London' (Yale, 2014), 'Palaces of Pleasure' (Yale, 2019), 'Dickensland' (Yale, 2023) ... new book out soon 'Covent Garden: A People's History' (Yale, 2027)
PopCRN - The Popular Culture Research Network @popcrn.bsky.social A vibrant scholarly network exploring mass phenomena through academic inquiry.
Publishing the International Journal of Popular Culture.
popcrn.org
@lisajhackett.bsky.social @jojopopcrn.bsky.social @popcrn-huw.bsky.social @popculturestudies.bsky.social
Journal of Victorian Culture @jofvictculture.bsky.social The Journal of Victorian Culture publishes #VictorianStudies articles. We also run JVC Online. We welcome articles & posts on any nineteenth-century topic.
Our linked articles: https://linktr.ee/elly.mccausland
19 Century Studies Association @ncsascholars.bsky.social Official account for the 19th Century Studies Association. Come here for our CFP, prizes, and publication news.
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research Journal @advancesjournal.bsky.social Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research - the journal of #INCSA Peer-reviewed journal with general & themed issues representing all fields of study in the arts, social sciences, & sciences.
Website here: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ranr20
Chris Louttit @drchrislouttit.bsky.social Victorianist, Dickensian, adaptation scholar. Teaches at Radboud University in NL. Edits English Studies @englishstudies.bsky.social. He/him
Antonija Primorac @antonijap.bsky.social A professor on sabbatical. Victorian literature & culture on screen and in translation, neo-Victorianism, postfeminism, the real and fake Sherlock Holmes, World Literature and periodical press. I also dabble in DH. 🌱 🧶 🧵 🗃🪡🎬.
Prof. Patricia Pulham @peptriss.bsky.social Head of the School of Arts, Humanities, and Creative Industries, member of the Academia Europaea. Interests: Decadence; 19th Lit & the Visual Arts; Neo-Victorianism.
Barbara Braid @dr-braid.bsky.social Period drama afficionado, mad for all things neo-Victorian and gothic
Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko @drlkz.bsky.social academic | into adaptations, crime fiction, and neo-Victorianism | QAQV group coordinator [qaqv.ia.uw.edu.pl] | Changing Narratives conferences organiser [changingnarratives.weebly.com] | bad at social media
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