Lucy Bankes @lucyjbankes.bsky.social Studying for a PhD in late medieval eucharistic poetics @ucl.ac.uk.
Also freelance advocacy and campaigns on a baffling array of issues. DM for a chat!
Amanda.W @fgryhrey.bsky.social Honest, steady, respectful, dependable
Dr. Ashariya Gadhavi @ashariya-gadhavi.bsky.social
Early Career Research Fellow @ies-sas.bsky.social | PhD in early modern Chāran literature and John Milton | Heroism| Comparative Literature | Mnemocultures | Cultural Studies | Translation Studies |
https://ies.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-ashariya-gadhavi
Fanny Hubart-Salmon @fannysescapades.bsky.social Human first, curious second. A Kentuckian from Normandy.
Filmmaker, poet, public historian, researcher, wanderer. 💙
Thomas George @thomasg01.bsky.social Real life
Connection not commission.
Rugged charm, timeless class
Food. wine. health. travel. nature. time..
Freedom. 🪽🕊️
@finn42.bsky.social @finn42.bsky.social
Lucy Rutherford @lucyr.bsky.social Archivist at Hertford College, Oxford; general interest in heritage stories & art history; spare time spent attempting to learn Italian
Nana Marie @nana-marie.bsky.social Late Antiquity | Medieval Europe | Burgundy
Historical crafts and textiles | European Arts | Wine
Jagiellonian University
John @oxlox.ca Saskatchewan-based queer tech nerd dad.
@gbenson579.bsky.social @gbenson579.bsky.social
Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Words in Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Slate, The Daily Beast, Texas Monthly etc. My debut novel “Something’s Wrong With The Girls“ will be published by Rare Bird.
Wanna work together? oliviamesser@protonmail.com
Meet the Old Masters @meettheoldmasters.bsky.social An art history series visiting medieval and Renaissance Italian painting, from London. Every claim is labelled: RECORD (documented) or LEGEND (tradition). Weekly episodes, with directions to stand in front of the real thing.
Asahi @asahis.bsky.social Graphic design, Contemporary Art, Music, Travel, Food, Gaming, Knitting, language(日本語, English, Español, Italiano). Tokyo - Austin - London.
Michael Mollegard @michaelmollegard.bsky.social Private Pilot
Living the dream one flight at a time. ✈️ Being a private pilot has taught me that dedication, patience, and passion can take you places you once only imagined. Grateful for every takeoff, every view, and every mile ahead. 💙
Dr Sian Witherden @sianwitherden.bsky.social Medieval Libraries of Great Britain Project Researcher at the Bodleian; Early Printed Books Cataloguer at Exeter College. Medievalist, book historian, and bibliophile 📚
Curious Raven @curious-raven.bsky.social Books, Science, History, Nature
she/her
Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social Priest, mediaevalist, geek, Scot. All views personal. She/ her
Berger Smith @holbidope.bsky.social stay-in-bed hermit.
pfp by @fleetingbits.bsky.social
Alice @alicebdv.bsky.social
Kim Archer @medusaslaugh.bsky.social Food studies, geography, and the stories behind what we eat.
Markets, language learning, and long walks.
Trying to understand the world one thread at a time…soon from France 😅
Thijs Elfrink @thijselfrink.bsky.social Historian of science, knowledge, and food | PhD candidate @preservare.bsky.social @huygensknaw.bsky.social
The New Chaucer Society @newchaucersociety.bsky.social The NCS is a scholarly community committed to fostering research and interest in the age of Chaucer broadly speaking. We welcome any and all members to join our community! https://newchaucersociety.org/
Dr Michelle Johansen @historitage.bsky.social Social historian, researching &
writing about British librarians & #PubLibs in the long nineteenth century. Learning & Outreach Manager at the Society of Antiquaries, London.
Laura Dietz @loradeets.bsky.social Lecturer in Publishing UCL Dept of Information Studies | Publishing Studies, Book History, DH | SHARP | E-books and ‘Real Books’: Digital Reading and the Experience of Bookness (CUP 2025). Is it digital and arguably a book? You had me at ‘arguably’.
Jonathan Chiche @jonathanchiche.bsky.social French antiquarian bookseller living in Taiwan.
colm-mp.bsky.social @colm-mp.bsky.social Librarian by trade. Amateur historian with interest in Athens, her ships, sailors, laws, direct democracy & economy. Festivals & crowds.
Rabosa al Forn @rabosaalforn.bsky.social Fox // 36 // SFW account // I draw things // Fox again
Telegram art channel: https://t.me/Caudelarabosa
Tumblr: https://rabosa-al-forn.tumblr.com/?source=share
Dudee Alwan @dudeealwan.bsky.social Novelist. ADAM: A Story of the Last Man — a literary dystopia, early 2027. 81,476 words, not one question mark. Ishiguro, Le Guin, McCarthy. Novel polished and copyedited with AI; essays drafted with AI.
📍Koh Phangan, Thailand
harrison @obunglerism.bsky.social divine heir to the prophet-presidency
chicago teamster
https://boxd.it/1NiAJ
@wittering.bsky.social @wittering.bsky.social Most beautiful cat. No DMs
Keegie @mr-preface.bsky.social "The hope that springs eternal, springs right up your behind." - Ian Dury
"This is the 50 ft. tall urban assault version of me." - Tom Servo
Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkehist.bsky.social Wannabee Historian. Studying at University of Greenwich. Political Liberal and Eurofederalist. I always have time for people who are experts in their own field.
Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social Philosopher at University of Bristol 🏳️🌈 he/him
https://richardpettigrew.github.io
Books: Epistemic Risk and the Demands of Rationality | Choosing for Changing Selves | Dutch Book Arguments | Accuracy and the Laws of Credence | Who Are Universities For?
Tina @sam-rc.bsky.social
Barbara Stocker 💙📚 @bluebirdbhs.bsky.social Activist Democrat Missourian living in Virginia @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @stegenmodem.bsky.social @melrea.bsky.social Team Site
@hunblack.bsky.social @hunblack.bsky.social
Tim @besactim.bsky.social Sarcastic Socialist, Humanist, skeptic, music-lover, atheist, bibliophile, card player, Arvo Pärt, Antifascist
Not a fan of AI so don't post it; do not accept pleas for "help my family". Both will be blocked.
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Melissa Rea Author 📚📚📚 @melrea.bsky.social One day, when I could no longer keep the stories in my head, I began to write novels. 4 Fun novels about strong women with a pinch of magic. / Team Site @iquitcigs.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social Home is St Louis Mo 🚭
Owen Gower @owentg.bsky.social He/him | sometime historian of medicine (vaccination + smallpox) | museums + heritage | folk tales + music | resilient + empowered communities | climate action | anti-capitalist solutions | ever hopeful | rooted in rural Gloucestershire | owengower.co.uk
Freya Marshall Payne @fmarshallpayne.bsky.social Orwell Prize-winning writer and DPhil researching women's homelessness at Oxford. I am especially interested in oral history and life-writing. I've written for the TLS, Guardian, Prospect etc | she/her
Peter Alexander @peteralx.bsky.social History PhD candidate, studying the colonial history of Burma/Myanmar. looking at social and historical imaginaries, religious identity and authority
Dr Crystal Hollis @graffitiginger.bsky.social Historian and archaeologist. Historic graffiti specialist. London history nerd. Church crawler. Theatre. Crochet.
British and Irish Branch of the ICLS @iclsbritishirish.bsky.social Welcome to the British and Irish Branch of the International Courtly Literature Society, which promotes the study and criticism of the literature of courts and court-oriented cultures.
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/icls/
Jessica DuLong @jessicadulong.bsky.social Independent historian; journalist; author of SAVED AT THE SEAWALL: Stories from the Sept. 11 Boat Lift; book collaborator/ghostwriter/editor; chief engineer, emerita of 1931 Fireboat John J. Harvey; writing 17th cen historical fiction www.jessicadulong.com
dexconstruct @dexconstruct.bsky.social Current special interest: early medieval British history.
@pridday.bsky.social @pridday.bsky.social "Disco isn't dead 'til I say it is!"
Here are some of my interests, to be added to later:
- books
- table top role playing games
- anime
- anti-AI
- cats
- foxes
- fantasy and sci-fi
- star wars
- star trek
- lord of the rings
- maps
- indie RPGs
Ethan @hobbes-ethan7.bsky.social
Èvi Numen @evinumen.bsky.social Medical Heritage Museum Curator @TCD, queer #deathpositive artist, childfree cat-lady. Dublin / Drogheda 🇮🇪. Aspiring sociologist @ UCD writing on death, mortality, & display.
🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 🐈⬛🪶📚📷💀🎨
https://www.evi-numen.com/
www.thanatography.com
Views, my own.
Carolyn Turgeon @carolynturgeon.bsky.social Editor/co-owner of enchantedlivingmag.com. Have also written several books, spent years studying medieval Italian lit, own a giant labradoodle who’s likely part of a gang, am part secret witch/part mermaid, & will never not dance with you to the Go-Gos. ♥
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- A @asdfghgfdsa.bsky.social @asdfghgfdsa.bsky.social
The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social We’re MEMRN 🏰⚔️ We provide accessible training opportunities and host events online & in-person. Creating a supportive and vibrant community of passionate people, we promote lifelong learning for everyone.
Find out more 👇
https://linktr.ee/chasememrn
Daphne Harries @daphneharries.bsky.social 🏴🇦🇺 | she/her | English student @ Oxford | ‘Three Strikes’, my poetry pamphlet around Llŷn y Fan Fach, out now with Lemon Jelly Press (2026) | this is my sort-of digitial creative and academic journal :)
sea breeze @happy2023.bsky.social only reposting...
JonGlue @jonglue.bsky.social Community Worker, Tomato Grower, and Ageing Hippy/Biker. Yesterday's centrist Dad, today's angry young man. Also @jonglue.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy - follow @ap.brid.gy and interact🌱
Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social Historian | Asst Prof @uantwerpen.be | PhD UChicago | postdocs @cam.ac.uk | Early Modern Europe & the Mediterranean, the History of Scholarship, of the Book, and of the Jews | Hagenaar | FRHistS
I come from merchants in textile, and work on text and exile
🦊KopHoogte🦦 @kophoogte.bsky.social Netherlandish.
I believe in the equality of all people and I believe in the importance of caring for my neighbour,my environment and myself. I believe in empathy, kindness and the courage of vulnerability.
Quite like cats.(not the musical-never seen it 😁)
Esther Kearney @estherkearney.bsky.social PhD researcher on Lucy Hutchinson at the University of Nottingham│Editorial Assistant for Women's Writing.
https://earlymodernnetwork.wordpress.com/2023/04/04/the-sculpted-or-the-sculptor-lucy-hutchinsons-the-life-of-john-hutchinson-and-ovids-pygmalion/
Abigail Kabaker @akabaker.bsky.social she/ her . museum collections professional. Lifelong Maryland resident. Talks about museums, horror, video games, science, politics, and pop culture. Views are my own.
Sylveal ✨ - Gnome Exemptional 🌈 @sylveal.bsky.social This is for BG3 🐙, and my loves in game, Gale ✨💜 & Halsin 🐻💚
Unfortunately, the RL is on 🔥 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
This is where I record all thoughts BG or TLT, I need Alecto💀
Proudly autistic, design nerd, boardgamer with no filter or clue 🤩
Kimberly Anderson @drktanderson.bsky.social English professor specializing in Medieval literature, writing technologies, reading practices, and gender studies. Leftist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸.
@borkoii.bsky.social @borkoii.bsky.social
Dr Anita Sethi 🍃📚 @anitasethi.bsky.social writer, journalist & broadcaster 📝
Author, I BELONG HERE (“a thing of beauty” - Sunday Times). Winner, Books Are My Bag Award, nominated Wainwright 🏆for Nature Writing, Great Outdoors Award, RSL Ondaatje.
Mancunian 🐝
anitasethi.com
Leah Jeffers @archaeolea.bsky.social Archaeologist & historian by training - interested in all things medieval / early modern, osteology, archsci, conservation, & medical history! (Open to new heritage opportunities!)
MPhil in Arch Sci on isotopes & micro-CT in palaeopathology
Laura Zander @laura-zander.bsky.social Studentin an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum (M.Ed. Deutsch/Geschichte, M.A. Public History) | WHB im Hochmittelalter | Ein Herz für (mittelalterliche) Geschichte...und die Berge.
madopal @madopal.bsky.social Chicagoan (Portage Park), bungalow owner, recovering gamedev (Jaleco, Midway, et al), cat lover, data engineer, bike/transit advocate(ish) (former NW MBAC), aspiring historian/baker/woodworker, White Sox, Gen X, music nerd, just zis guy, you know? ✶✶✶✶
Ana Roda Sánchez @arodsan95.bsky.social Medievalist 📚 PhD candidate & teaching assistant working on Jewish converts in 15th-c. Iberia and premodern critical race studies @qmul.bsky.social
#premoderncriticalracestudies #urbanstudies #latemedievaliberia
@uemmak.bsky.social @uemmak.bsky.social
Vera @infonta.bsky.social Type design & calligraphy — www.infonta.com.
The power of interpretation in type design. Historical material reimagined.
Letterforms of all kinds, styles and applications. Culture, research, fun.
Married, raising two bilingual kids.
Cambridge, UK
Leif Hammer @leifhammer.bsky.social Historian, museum jack of all trades, and DPhil candidate in History (Oxford)
@eja-power.bsky.social @eja-power.bsky.social
Emory 🩶 @emory-f8.bsky.social I write dark Victorian fiction and specialize in the long 19th century.
She/Her 🏳️🌈🇪🇸✡️ (I'm always kind)
#writer #historian #Lesbian #sapphic #wlw #Hispanic #feminist #goth #vampires #jpop #bibliophile
NO DMs | Terfs & Narcissists DNI
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social Lover of music and art. Servant to a rescue cat and dog. Mostly Cape Town. Occasional Istanbul. Flâneur. Crafty person. Warning - Posts might contain typos.
CroneNation @crone42.bsky.social Old. But not a bot. I remember the Before Times.
That's So Medieval Podcast @thatssomedieval.bsky.social A twelve episode series funded by Fordham's Center on Religion and Culture in which Ph.D. candidate Benjamin Bertrand tries to find the connections between the medieval Church and the modern world. New episodes release on Wednesdays.
Kirk Murphy @kirkmurphy.bsky.social "We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings" Ursula K LeGuin
"The Nazis changed but they never went away" Chumba
"He sees the bright and hollow sky" my people
"Cuddle us" my kitties
Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social Cartoonist and skiffy writer. 2022 Inkpot winner. Narbonic, Skin Horse, Willowweep Manor, Steam. Repped by Brent Taylor.
https://www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon
Eddie Maza @edwardmaza.bsky.social Medieval Art Historian & Educator
Aymeric Lamy @ag-lamy.bsky.social PhD researcher in medieval history at the University of Exeter.
Studying how ecclesiastical rhetoric shaped social norms and shared values in lay English communities, c. 900–1100. Or rather trying... https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/42141-aymeric-lamy/teaching
Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social Formerly with Dutch military intelligence (MoD) and counter-terrorism (MoJ)
Former optimist
(Opinions are mine, usual caveats apply, etc.)
Re-posting is not by definition endorsement
Steven Teasdale @steventeasdale.bsky.social Former Postdoc at UniGenova | alumnus UToronto | First Gen+ASD | studies Mediterranean socioeconomic history 700–1700, focusing on Genoa, slavery, commerce, networks, notarial contracts, and law | also digital humanities, semantic data and environment.
Grant D. Wakefield @gdwakefield.bsky.social
Religious Archives Group @religiousarcgrp.bsky.social The Religious Archives Group (RAG) is a voluntary organization supporting the archives of all faith communities in the UK, including those of secularist organizations.
https://religiousarchivesgroup.org.uk
Elisa Nury @elinur.bsky.social
Steve @laskevitch.com Teacher • Writer • Publishing Geek
Devotee of Art • Design • Cocktails
History • Science • Language
Revolted by fascism
Buoyed by kindness and humo(u)r
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