The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social Academic history journal, publishing in all fields and periods.
Find our content here:
https://academic.oup.com/ehr
Andrew Sherratt @shez79.bsky.social Geek-out over all things human: biological, psychological, social and cultural.
Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social 🌎 Former MP for Brighton Pavilion, former Leader @greenparty.org.uk Professor of Practice, University of Sussex. Author of 'Another England: How to Reclaim our National Story'. Writing & campaigning on climate & nature 🌎 linktr.ee/carolinelucasbrighton
NoMansLand @nomaland.bsky.social FWF-START project (2020-2025) studying production, dissemination and consumption of manuscripts in Iran and Central Asia from the 13th to the 15th century.
Olmo Gölz @olmo-goelz.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Islamic Studies and Iranian Studies | University of Freiburg
JETZT.at @jetzt.at Unabhängiger Journalismus mit Tiefgang für Österreich, von Mitgliedern finanziert. Werde JETZT Mitglied auf jetzt.at – JETZT gemeinsam.
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social Guardian senior political correspondent. New book, Stress tested, out now: https://tinyurl.com/mhn82a7m
Email: peter.walker@theguardian.com Secure email if needed: peter.walker.guardian@protonmail.com
Neda Maghbouleh ندا مقبوله @nedasoc.bsky.social Ned-a Mag-boo-leh. Practicing sociologist + lapsed American, living in Canada for the past 13 years. Canada Research Chair in Race, Ethnicity, Identity, and Migration at UBC. Essays in Literary Hub, Newsweek, Salon, Toronto Star, and the Tyee.
Literary Review @litreview.bsky.social Britain's leading monthly literary magazine. For people who devour books. Read our latest: literaryreview.co.uk
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Zeyyat Bandeoğlu @zeyyatbandeoglu.bsky.social Academic in Security Studies | PhD in National and International Security Strategies (Turkish War Colleges) | MA in European Studies (UBC) | BA in Public Administration (Istanbul University, Turkey) | Diyarbakır native & Galatasaray Fan.
Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social Bringing the medieval Islamicate East to the forefront of research. @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk
Project site: invisibleeast.site.ox.ac.uk
Digital corpus: https://invisible-east.org
Funded by EU's ERC Horizon 2020 R&I programme (851607).
Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org Evidence. Action. Hope.
CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social
Kristian Ulrichsen @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. My work focuses on the study of the history, political economy, and international relations of the Gulf States.
Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social Research Fellow, University of Oxford
Theology, philosophy, ethics, politics, environmental humanities
Associate Director @LSRIOxford
Anglican Priest
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/revd-dr-timothy-howles
ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com president of @eurasiagroup.net and @gzeromedia.com political scientist, author.
if you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong. i'm happy to help.
Nikolas Gvosdev @fpriorbis.bsky.social Someone who follows geopolitical and geo-economic trends and studies how national security decisions get made. All comments are personal opinions and do not reflect any official/institutional views.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolas-gvosdev-925485301/
Mark Fitzpatrick @marktfitz.bsky.social Grandpa. Ex-expat in UK. Former State Dept.
Nicole Grajewski @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Sciences Po CERI | Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
Dalia Dassa Kaye @dassakaye.bsky.social Middle East/geopolitics/diplomacy analyst. Current: Senior Fellow, UCLA Burkle Center. Former: Director, RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy. More info here: https://www.daliadassakaye.net/.
Association for the Study of Persianate Societies @persianatesociety.bsky.social ASPS is a non-governmental, non-political, not-for-profit professional organization for researchers & scholars interested in the culture and civilization of the Persian-speaking societies and related areas in the Iranian civilizational area.
BiblioIranica @biblioiranica.info Bibliographia Iranica is a collective bibliographic blog for Iranian Studies maintained by Shervin Farridnejad, Yazdan Safaee and Arash Zeini (founder).
Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social We publish books on current affairs, history, conflict and religion in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. And much else besides.
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Julia Hartley @ritorneropoeta.bsky.social BBC New Generation Thinker. Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature Glasgow. Occasional interpreter. Hopeful Achaemenid queen. 👑🗡️🔥
Website: www.juliacaterinahartley.com
Daniel Amir @danamir.bsky.social Londoner in search of Gondi
'Jewish Iran: Modern Nationalism in Print' (Stanford) out July 2026
Mattin Biglari @mattinbiglari.bsky.social Lecturer of Asian and Middle Eastern Environmental History at the University of Bristol. Oil and environmental justice; decolonisation; labour; infrastructure; technopolitics; STS; energy humanities
The National Archives Trust @natarchivestrust.bsky.social Supporting education and engagement projects to share the stories held at The National Archives and beyond.
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Rachel Bridgewater @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social Senior Commissioning Editor for Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies at Edinburgh University Press
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social Football Correspondent, The Athletic
Andy Mitten @andymitten.bsky.social Started United We Stand in ‘89. Work: The Athletic, GQ, National, editor at large for FourFourTwo. Contribute to BBC, Sky et al. Written 13 books. NUJ member.
United We Stand's website and forum http://www.uwsonline.com
@arash-ma.bsky.social @arash-ma.bsky.social 
Sara Zanotta @sarazanotta.bsky.social Postdoc @redmix.bsky.social at the University of Turin • Global history, mobility & mixedness of Iranians in the Red Sea • Editor for Persian, Turkic and Biblical Studies @digitalorientalist.bsky.social
Tom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social Journalist, once a senior Labour Party adviser, and author of the best-selling biography of Keir Starmer, now out in paperback with a new chapter on the election and first weeks in power.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
Greg P.B. Chatterton @gregpbchatterton.bsky.social Writer/Philosopher/Reviewer...
Loves other animals / Likes some people.
Has a little bit of multiple sclerosis.
Middle-aged Cure fanboy and cricket fanatic.
Wilb @wilbstudio.bsky.social Hi, I'm Wilb. - aka Wilbert van Veldhuizen.
I'm a Animator, Director & Illustrator based in Amsterdam. I create colorful animations and illustrations with a playful and vibrant aesthetic.
Holly Dagres @hdagres.bsky.social Iranian-American • Atlantic Council editor + senior fellow, Iran focus • 15 years in MENA • Newsletter: http://theiranist.com (Shares ≠ endorsement)
@florianschwarz.bsky.social @florianschwarz.bsky.social 
Irene Fernández-Molina @irenefmolina.bsky.social Senior lecturer International Relations, University of Exeter | IR Global South, foreign policy, conflicts, international recognition, norms and practices, Maghreb, EU-MENA | Views mine
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/24733-irene-fernandezmolina
David Hiles @davidhiles.bsky.social Retired Economics teacher, Grandad, anti Brexit, pro Europe, centre left, francophile, MCFC.
Sue Hiles @suehiles.bsky.social #Rejoin, #FPBE, Retired teacher, European, Granny, pro EU 🇪🇺, NHS 💙, Springsteen - 'Nobody wins unless everybody wins'
So glad I quit Twitter (never called it X)
Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social Lead Politics Presenter, Sky News
Prof Anoush Ehteshami @anoushehteshami.bsky.social Professor of International Relations at Durham University, UK.
Institute for Iranian Studies @iranianstudies.bsky.social Official account for the Institute for Iranian Studies (Iranistik) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Website: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ifi/
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs @simonwfuchs.bsky.social Associate Professor of Islam in South Asia and the Middle East at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem // Author of "In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East" (UNC Press, 2019) // www.simonwolfgangfuchs.com
Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions @yarshater-ucla.bsky.social Established in 2023 as a research hub to advance knowledge of ancient Iranian literature and culture
Pourdavoud Institute for the Study of the Iranian World - UCLA @pourdavoud-ucla.bsky.social Established in 2017 as the premier research center for the study of Ancient Iran
UCLA Iranian Studies @ucla-iranian.bsky.social The program of Iranian Studies at UCLA, established half a century ago, in 1963, is the largest and most comprehensive doctoral program of its kind in the Americas. It covers the entire spectrum of Iranian studies across disciplines.
Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social Economic historian w broad interests including population health, First Nations, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. Directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com & editing Asia-Pacific EcHR https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832157x
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Ferdowsi and Company | فردوسی و دوستان @ferdowsiandcompany.bsky.social History of Iran & beyond | Hosted by Niloofar & Dr. Michael RJ Bonner | Reza Shah 👑 AtaTürk enthusiasts
https://open.spotify.com/show/77UWXA1bOVDWWI4T7OtlqO
Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social historian of the Middle East and its diasporas | Author of UNMENTIONABLES: Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class (2024) and BETWEEN THE OTTOMANS AND THE ENTENTE: the First World War in the Syrian and Lebanese Diaspora (2019)
Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social Historian, essayist: Middle East, South Asia, Islam, Social History, Foreign Policy, Environment, Culture, Progressive Politics;
Signal: Juan Cole
Paolo Sartori @psardor.bsky.social Senior Research Associate @oeaw |
Editor of JESHO and JCAH |
Chairman of the Committee for the Study of Islam in Central Eurasia
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/sice/
Author of "A Soviet Sultanate: Islam in Socialist Uzbekistan"
Dr Clare Parry @clareparry.bsky.social Museum Learning Officer. Graduate Tutor. Museum Assistant. Ancient Art Historian specialising in ancient Assyria. PhD from School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University. Musician. She/Her. All views own
Thomas A. Carlson @medievalmiddleeast.bsky.social Historian of the Middle East c. 950-1500 CE, but I teach much more broadly. I'm writing a book about religious diversity in an illiberal society.
https://www.thomasacarlson.com/
https://medievalmideast.org/
https://www.cambridge.org/9781107186279
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James Baillie @jubalbarca.bsky.social Historian of the Medieval Caucasus, web community organiser, game developer, liberal activist, songwriter and storyteller. Somewhat hobbitish.
Also at https://exilian.co.uk/, https://scholar.social/@JubalBarca, and https://hcommons.org/members/jubalbarca/
Suzanne Maloney @suzannemaloney.bsky.social VP & Director of Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution
Maryam Alemzadeh @maryamalem.bsky.social Assoc. prof. at Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, Writing a book on Iran's Revolutionary Guards
Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social PhD candidate in Near Eastern Studies @princeton.edu | Faculty Specialist @umdpublicpolicy.bsky.social | Analyst for Red Sea Futures | Former Non-Resident Fellow at Institute for Future Conflict & @wilsoncenter.org
@mariavvh.bsky.social @mariavvh.bsky.social 
Samuel Helfont @samuelhelfont.bsky.social Middle East/International history. Three books on Iraq w/ Oxford UP. One forthcoming w/ Stanford UP. Naval War College@Naval Postgraduate School. PhD@Princeton. Views my own.
https://www.samuelhelfont.com
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
Stella Morgana @stellamorgana.bsky.social Academic Publishing Ethics Expert at Elsevier (Amsterdam)
William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
Kevan Harris @kevanharris.bsky.social Associate Prof @ UCLA Sociology / author of A Social Revolution: Politics and the Welfare State in Iran & The Social Question in the 21st Century. Likes: Numero Group playlists / UCLA Iranian Diaspora Dashboard https://iraniandiaspora.github.io/
Middle East Research and Information Project @merip.bsky.social The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) has provided critical, alternative reporting on the Middle East since 1971. www.merip.org
Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social Historian | International history, Cold War and decolonization | Professor at Univ. Regensburg | Author of "Humanitarian Invasion: Global Development in Cold War Afghanistan," now working on Shi'a Islamism | Views my own.
Fuchsia Hart @fuchsiahart.com Curator for the Iranian Collection, V&A Museum
Peter Good @pejgood.bsky.social Historian of Early Modern Iran, the Middle East and Indian Ocean
Daniel Rad @danrad.bsky.social Writer, editor and director of Future Economic Rural Network, researcher on rural regeneration/decline. Also on Intellinews.
Anita Anand @anitaanand.bsky.social I present programs on TV and Radio, write history books and present a podcast called Empire with William Dalrymple. NOT IN THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT!
Shervin Farridnejad @farridnejad.bsky.social Professor of Iranian Studies، History, Languages & Cultures of the Near East, University of Hamburg، member of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC): Iranian Languages and Religions, Zoroastrianism, Judeo-Persian Literature 
Shiva Balaghi @sbalaghi.bsky.social cultural historian of the Middle East 
Amir Moosavi @amir-moosavi.bsky.social Reluctant reverse commuter teaching about Persian and Arabic lits and some other things. I just finished writing a book and it comes out in June: https://www.sup.org/books/dust-never-settles
Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arashtehran.bsky.social Author WHAT IRANIANS WANT http://bit.ly/3IBwY9k SHADOW CMDER https://bit.ly/3KxlTqU | Historian at @yale | Writer @theatlantic | Repped by Aevitas
Golnaz Esfandiari @gesfandiari.bsky.social Journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Farda. Iran watcher, foreign affairs, Middle East, dogs and books.
Arash Zeini @arashzeini.com Researcher @mantrams.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk; FRHistS; Iran, Zoroastrianism, late antiquity, philology; Founder of @biblioIranica.info; AIS inaugural Book Prize for Ancient Iranian Studies 2022. Personal account, my views.
https://linktr.ee/arashzeini
Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social Brown Viking. Historian, late antique Central & W. Asia, Sasanians, Byzantines, Scandinavia, Rus’. BD fan, Globe Trotter, Kensington Communist, flâneur, in love w London, Tehran, Athens, & Vienna. Have laptop, will write.
David Motadel @davidmotadel.bsky.social Historian at LSE
www.davidmotadel.com
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Lior Sternfeld @liorsternfeld.bsky.social Historian of modern Iran, Jewish communities of the Middle East. 
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