Bright Moonlight stories @brightmoonstories.bsky.social 明月光 · Short films about Chinese characters and the stories behind them, made with the channels resident artist natashakhe.com. One character per episode. https://brightmoonlightstories.com/
https://youtube.com/@brightmoonlightstories?si=aqzRVT7FEZA88_tN
Ben Lewis @theuniversalben.bsky.social Telling stories about art within the bigger picture of soc, econ and pol. Last Leonardo, Art Bust, Art Safari – Books. Podcasts. Documentaries www.benlewisprojects.com #arthistory
Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social Professor of History at big public university in Midwest. Writes about money, French Revolution, restaurants. Friend to vert paleo.
ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow.
once/future Mainer
Atheist
lewisryder.bsky.social @lewisryder.bsky.social Historian of collecting, museums and colonialism. Currently a Leverhulme ECF researching emotional politics of British colonial loot c.1750-1914.
Muse @makeshiftmaverick.bsky.social Transformers fan, writer, general nerd. I drink and I know nothing.
David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social the sea is completely written for me
https://www.transitbooks.org/books/darker
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
東遊記 @journeytotheeast.bsky.social Phd, fancazzista, timido
@MarcoCampa10 su diverse istanze mastodon
Christopher White @bombaylychee.bsky.social Still mostly about something and nothing, and still from various places too.
@riles138.bsky.social @riles138.bsky.social
tyrell haberkorn @turtelista.bsky.social Plaenert-Bascom Prof of SEAsian Studies at UW-Madison | Coordinates @jsealab.bsky.social | translation, dissent, political prisoners and carcerality in Thailand | recent book: Dictatorship on Trial: Coups and the Future of Justice in Thailand (Stanford UP)
After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Literary Fiction Publisher. Top 10 (Chill Subs) LitMag 2023-2024, books, & podcasts. $ subscriptions (& Patreon) pay writers.
Links: https://bio.site/afterdinner
Oleg Benesch @olegb.bsky.social History prof at the University of York. Most recently Research Partner for "Samurai" at the British Museum. Also working on castles, masculinity, drugs, sport, emotions, comics, medievalism, and public history. Too many hobbies.
www.olegbenesch.com
Elke Papelitzky @elkelitzky.bsky.social Associate professor of early modern Chinese history at the University of Oslo working on maps and maritime history
Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️🌈
Hilde De Weerdt @hildedw.bsky.social Professor Chinese & Global History KULeuven | IISH Amsterdam
global intellectual history | social history of infrastructures | digital research design
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-674X
ASIA's HowToEnjoy @howtoenjoyasia.bsky.social Discover ASIA tourism, sports, film, etc. Unleash fun!
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Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda @krishna-author.bsky.social I write because I feel most alive when I’m creating stories, stories about love, loss, memory, and the small, quiet moments that often shape our lives the most.
https://amzn.to/45EHFzg
You can support me on
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Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social PhD Candidate, (History) University of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College. Poet, author “Letters to Gil” (William Collins, 2021) “Searching for my Slave Roots” (William Collins, 28 Aug 2025). Protégé of Gil Scott-Heron
https://linktr.ee/malikalnasir
CedarBough T. Saeji @thekpopprof.bsky.social human- a professor of #Korean and East Asian Studies. Research on performing arts (traditional mask dance dramas, K-pop and hip-hop), media, museums, tourism... #kpop #kdramas 한/영. 합기도, cycling, food, coffee
@wakechaos.bsky.social @wakechaos.bsky.social
Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History @bcricciinstitute.bsky.social Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College.
利瑪竇中西文化歷史研究所.
https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/ricci.html
Roland Allen has a protagonist for Chapter XVII @zibaldoni.bsky.social 山人. Publisher by day, author by night. The Notebook: a History of Thinking on Paper is out there, and I'm currently writing a book about books. Here for: writers, books, historians, bicycles, notebooks, human intelligence.
Markus Samuel Haselbeck 趙澤煊 @ciaota.bsky.social Librarian for pre-modern Chinese Books @KULeuven. Ph.D. in Chinese studies. Gongyang Confucianism, revenge (復讎), Kang Youwei, and video games. First gen, they/them.
Andrew West 魏安 @babelstone.co.uk Independent researcher of Tangut, Khitan, and Jurchen. Developer of BabelPad and BabelMap. Maintainer of BabelStone Han font. Responsible for adding over 10,000 characters to the Unicode Standard.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-7389
Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social art historian, Aberdonian
https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-craig-clunas
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/craig-clunas-FBA/
永原宣 Hiromu Nagahara @hiromunagahara.bsky.social MIT historian of Modern Japan
MIT教員・近代日本史
https://history.mit.edu/people/hiromu-nagahara/
Currently researching: cultural history of diplomacy, Japanese Anglophones and Anglophiles
Public transit-appreciator and photo-taker
@theoreticallyspoke.bsky.social @theoreticallyspoke.bsky.social
Kevin Ho @thestoryteller69.bsky.social Enthusiast of Southeast Asian history, Chinese folk religion and food. Mainly food.
De Gruyter Brill Asian Studies @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social Academic books, journals and news from the Asian Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
Adam Smith @adsmit.bsky.social Assoc. Curator, Penn Museum
Views are mine, not my employer's
UK (1970-1993)
PRC (1993-2001)
US (2001-)
http://upenn.academia.edu/AdamSmith
https://twitter.com/AdamDSmith1970
Kelsey Granger @kelseygranger.bsky.social Historian of China, esp. text culture and animal history
Munby Fellow, University of Cambridge | Co-founder, Chinese Animal Studies Network | Book Review Editor, Animal History
Kamuka @kamuka.bsky.social Lefty, plant based, Buddhist, reader
LGBTQIA2S+ ally. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion! Anti-Fascist!
NYCFC! Mets! Everton! Gotham! Knicks!
https://letterboxd.com/kamuka
https://friendshipwithshams.blogspot.com/
https://motleykamuka.blogspot.com/
Buddhas in the West Material Archive @buddhasinthewest.bsky.social Exploring the circulation of Buddhist material culture in Western historical media, including prints, photos, ephemera, &c. Digital public scholarship project curated by @peterromaskiewicz.bsky.social.
📜 #buddhasinthewest
🌟 Summer Hiatus 🏖️
Ethiopia Beyond @talksmart.bsky.social Exploring the untold beauty, culture, history, innovation, and spirit of Ethiopia.
Sharing authentic stories, breathtaking places, people, traditions, and the new face of Africa’s rising destination.
From ancient civilizations to modern transformation — E
American Society for Premodern Asia @aspa1842.bsky.social The American Society for Premodern Asia, founded in 1842 as the AOS, promotes research in the languages & literatures of West, Central, South & East Asia, & North Africa, incl. philology, epigraphy, linguistics & material culture. https://www.aspa1842.org
High Peaks Pure Earth @hpeaks.bsky.social "Ocean, As Much As Rain" by Tsering Woeser - published by Duke University Press OUT NOW 🌧️ https://linktr.ee/highpeakspureearth
Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social From Australia, have also spent time in Malaysia and Thailand.
Sociologist, educator, flaneur, SFF appreciator
Starting a new Linguistics research project in intercultural pragmatics
Interested in Asia things and languages. Also: Buddhism.
He/Him
Victor Seow @eastasiascitech.bsky.social Historian of technology, science, and industry @ Harvard. Author of CARBON TECHNOCRACY. Currently writing a history of industrial psychology in China. More about my work here: https://scholar.harvard.edu/seow
Jeffrey Kotyk @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social Historian, translator, writer. Nam studere servire Deo est. 子曰:「學而時習之,不亦說乎?」
Quirin Press @quirinpress.bsky.social Small independent scholarly press dedicated to Asian Studies, Poetics, Cultural Studies, Aesthetics, & sometimes more…
Posts by OB 😎C.onstantly E.spying O.verleaf
Home: quirinpress.com
Ko-fi shop (±free downloads): https://ko-fi.com/quirinpress
Otomura Kyosuke(音村 香助) @otomura8.bsky.social Writer. Researcher of Eastern thought. He shares the wisdom of Eastern thought with many people and supports them in building a happy life.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/stores/author/B0DMSPYD4M
https://www.amazon.co.jp/stores/author/B0DMSQXSWL
Alex West @ajw87.bsky.social Cosmopolitan in Portugal. PhD. Middle Ages in Afro-Eurasia; Columbian exchange; manuscripts, Malay, Tupi...
Old site: https://indomedieval.medium.com/
New site: https://medium.com/@WestsWorld he/him/ele
Book: https://brill.com/display/title/68202
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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social Picks books up and puts them down. Will work 4 دبس وطحينة.
Professes Arabic and History @ UMD
Hears selectively. Reads voraciously.
Chinese Animal Studies Network @casntweets.bsky.social CASN is an academic network uniting scholars working across the chronological and geographic breadth of China who are interested in animal studies.
https://chineseanimalstudiesnetwork.com/
Lars Christensen @larsxensen.bsky.social
Prof. Gregory S. Gordon @profgsgordon.bsky.social Peking University STL, international criminal law (ICL) expert, biographer of Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz, leading authority on atrocity speech/incitement law, consultant on ICL speech-related crimes arising from Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Yuzhou @baiy.bsky.social Beijinger roaming in Massachusetts; librarian-archivist
Moni RudraAsianArt @monirudraasianart.bsky.social Artist and Gallery Manager at RudraAsianArt@gmail.com
Curated Sacred Art from Tibet, Nepal, India & the East
Visit Britain @visitbritain.bsky.social Sharing tourist information for travellers in the uk.
René-Eric Dagorn 和宁 @reddag.bsky.social CPGE Paris and SciencesPo Paris (Reims Campus) - Geopolitics, Environmental Geography, Science Studies... – and China. Research Associate - Reims Univ. EA 2076
Ariana M @arianam.bsky.social Himalayan & South Asian material culture, Bhutan, Tibet, Buddhist art & ritual. Fulbright Scholar (2x) & NEH-Mellon Fellow. Also likes: digital humanities, open access, Pictured Rocks. lifeofthebuddha.org | bhutan.virginia.edu
@annshaftel.bsky.social @annshaftel.bsky.social
@coachingwithroger.bsky.social @coachingwithroger.bsky.social
History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social ➥ Old Photos, Pics, Docs, Maps
➥ Ottoman Empire Archives
➥ Historical Letters, Notes, Poems, Memoirs.
➥ medium.com/@HistoricalMemoirs
Steven M. Vose @thejainguy.bsky.social Bhagwan Suparshvanatha Endowed Chair of Jain Studies, Dept of History, CU Denver. Book: Reimagining #Jainism in Islamic #India (forth., Routledge). Religion, Politics, Boston sports. He/Him. Anti-fascist. Mainer.- K @kittrell.bsky.social @kittrell.bsky.social
Michael Kohlhaas Syndrom @thewinedarkwaves.bsky.social Got late early
James Lin @jamestwotree.bsky.social Historian of Taiwan. Associate Prof, University of Washington Jackson School & History Dept.
Author of In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan (University of California Press, 2025)
Website: ocf.io/jameslin
he/him
Noah @banjois.bsky.social Musician. Haida Gwaii. I left my heart in Hanoi. Boutonnièriste.
The Frame Blog @theframeblog.bsky.social The Frame Blog is an online magazine for articles, interviews and reviews about antique picture frames.
https://theframeblog.com/
Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social Professor of art history at Portland State University. Author of Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting (Yale University Press) and some other stuff. 2 parts Weltschmerz, 1 part vermouth
Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social I’m a Latin professor and book historian working on slavery and scribal labor in Ancient Rome. Co-edited volume “Writing, Enslavement and Power in the Roman Mediterranean” out now from OUP. Find my other writing in The Nation.
Lorraine Wilcox @l-wilcox.bsky.social Chinese medicine, translation, the old books, making herbal medicine, case studies, cats, crows
Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social Unfiltered news, independent debate & loud music. Home to ADTV, the Vibestream Radio Network (Rock, Punk, La Cantina, Copperhead) & Dogtuuurd memes.
We build the pipelines. We break the narrative.
Siu Heng @siuheng.bsky.social
Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Debborah Donnelly @debborahdonnelly.bsky.social Egyptian archaeologist, environmentalist🌲🐝, gemmologist💎, ceramicist🏺, photographer📷, veteran Canadian Navy Officer⚓🍁, 💜🐨
#Egypt #archaeology #travelblog
https://www.debborahdonnelly.ca/
Gardyloo @gardyloo9.bsky.social gardez l’eau
Marc Gilbert @marcgilbert.bsky.social Curator and subject librarian, Leiden university libraries, Chinese collections