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Dr. Bryan C. Keene (they/elle/iel) @wtfarthistory.bsky.social Queer nb parent, art historian, curator 🦸♂️🔎🏛
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social Professor of Art History, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center. I look at things and then write about them.
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Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social Associate Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Getty Museum, UPenn art history PhD; major nerd. Opinions, especially the spicy ones, my own. 
Tim @fiduch.bsky.social Geek, Producer of Queer Lodgings: A Tolkien Podcast (queerlodgings.com), Steward of Mythopoeic Conferences at the Mythopoeic Society, Sci-Fi, Collector of DC Comics, Amateur Mixologist, Foodie, Disney Parks Nerd, Progressive. All views my own. 
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social Writer of books (latest one is END TIMES FASCISM with Naomi Klein), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
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Christian S. Trenk @cstrnk.bsky.social 🇪🇺 | "kindhearted, in a way" | Tolkien + Literature; Theologie + Interrel. Dialog |🌻
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Paul Robbins @earthfutures.bsky.social Dean, Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social W. Ford Schumann Distinguished Visiting Professor in Democratic Studies, Williams College, 2026–2027. Assoc. Professor ArtHist, UMass Amherst. Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England (UPenn, frthcmng). https://sonjadrimmer.com/
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Allison MacDuffee @studiousgal.bsky.social Art Historian, working on exh. proposal re: Pissarro-Millet-Courbet for 2030. Sometimes teaching at Univ of Toronto Mississauga. Ph.D., U of Michigan. Live in Toronto. Canadian. Gardening, travel, philately. I block probable bot accts.
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Westmoot @westmoot.org #Westmoot is the annual @tolkiensociety.org conference in the US. Westmoot26 will take place May 22-24, 2026, in Minneapolis.
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Artforum @artforum.com Defining the world of contemporary art since 1962.
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Catherine Daunt @catdaunt.bsky.social Curator of modern and contemporary prints at British Museum.
Dr Micòl Di Teodoro @micsim.bsky.social Egyptologist, Boursière Post-Doctorat at the Université de Liège,
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social Recent Masters degree in Archaeological Practice at Birkbeck, University of London. Volunteer at Ham House, Richmond. Here to share my love of archaeology.
Tina Rivers Ryan @tinariversryan.bsky.social Editor in Chief at @Artforum.bsky.social. Art historian specializing in video and digital art. Disabled. Cybergoth. Mom. And yes: it's "Artforum," not "Art Forum."
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Bladorthin le Barde @bladorthin.bsky.social Bladorthin parcourt la Terre du Milieu pour interroger la mémoire des peuples et retrouver toutes les mélodies du Hobbit.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
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Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org International fan club and educational charity promoting the life and works of J.R.R. #Tolkien, including #Hobbit and #LOTR.
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Ellen @variantofhelen.bsky.social AIM->ICQ->LJ->Friendster->MySpace->Facebook->Twitter->here. Feels like I've been on the internet forever.
Ralph Bakshi @ralphbakshi.bsky.social Bakshi Art and Animation. Run by Ralph and Eddie Bakshi. Animation art shop: https://www.ebay.com/str/bakshianimationart
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GingerProf @gingerprof.bsky.social Thinking about Beleriand.
UWM Center for 21st Century Studies @c21uwm.bsky.social Fostering innovative research at the intersection of the humanities, arts and sciences since 1968. Through fellowships, project support, and programming, the Center provides multiple points of access and honors multiple ways of knowing.
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Nerd of the Rings @nerdoftherings.bsky.social YouTuber of all things Tolkien & The Lord of the Rings
Noelia Ramos-Soria @noeliaramos96.bsky.social Tolkien Studies & Celticism | PhD candidate @uvigo
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UofG Fantasy @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Fantasy + the Fantastic + Masters in Fantasy (https://gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/fantasy/). Co-directors: @tattersdill.bsky.social and @mjrsangster.bsky.social. Website: https://fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/
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Nick Polk (he/him) @tolkienpop.substack.com Educator | Production Editor for Mallorn
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Andy Chisholm 🇨🇦 @endore.bsky.social Tolkien nerd, train enthusiast, model railroader, parish priest, passionate about justice, equality and creation care.
Julien Maudoux @julienmaudoux.bsky.social Docteur (littérature médiévale - thèse (à Bordeaux Montaigne) : La vieille femme dans la littérature du Moyen Âge), professeur agrégé de lettres classiques. Webmestre de la SEMEN-L et de PS2R.
Irene Wise @irenejuliawise.bsky.social Artist, writer, educator, European. #FBPE #NHS
Be curious, be kind.
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Imperial War Museum Fellow in #Holocaust Ed
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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social Associate Professor in Middle Eastern and Global history (Medieval)
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University webpage: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/arts-humanities/nicholas-morton
John Garth @johngarthwriter.bsky.social Writer, speaker, award-winner. Books in 18 languages on Tolkien’s life and work. Contact me via http://linktr.ee/johngarth. Support my work via Steady: http://bit.ly/3N191bi
Janet Brennan Croft @banzailibrarian.bsky.social Tolkienist, librarian, cat lover, Granny Weatherwax wannabe, quilter, and occasional Deadhead.
Marie Bretagnolle @mariebreta.bsky.social PhD researcher studying #illustrations for #Tolkien's Middle-earth stories, at Paris-Est Créteil University. She / they.
PhD blog at voirtolkien.hypotheses.org
Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social Tolkien Nerd, Enjoyer of ALL Tolkien Adaptations, and Prancing Pony Podcast Queen of Puns and Mailbags (aka Barliman)
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Dr Franziska Kohlt @frankendodo.bsky.social Historian& Sociologist of Science at KCL | Historical Climatology & Glaciology | Former Inaugural USC Carrollian Fellow | Tutor Oxford ContEd | Keynote Speaker, Alice in Wonderland Expert & Polymath | Erdős–Bacon No 8 | https://linktr.ee/frankendodo
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Teaching With Magic @teachingwithmagic.bsky.social Educator and Podcaster
Examining intersectionality of fantasy literature, pop culture, and education.
We talk to teachers in the real world and analyze mentor figures in the fantasy world.
Learn more at:
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Ian 'wunt be druv' Collier (He/Him)🌻💛💙🇺🇦 @gondtengwen.bsky.social F/T working & commuting, parent, & Tolkien fan; not here often so may splurge RTs. May contain nuts. He/Him. Tree Hugger
Joel Merriner @joelmerriner.bsky.social Doctor of art history, artist and writer, author of https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrating-the-lord-of-the-rings-in-the-soviet-bloc-9781350442085/ adventures in '80s fandom and the visual Legendarium
Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social Theologian. Tolkien scholar. PhD on The Lord of the Rings and Post-Christianity from the University of Glasgow. Dad. He/him. All views my own.
Blog: queerandback.substack.com
Contact: thomas.k.emanuel(at)gmail.com
Stephanie O'Rourke @sorourke25.bsky.social Art Historian
'Picturing Landscape in an Age of Extraction 1780-1820' (Chicago 2025)
'Art, Science, and the Body in Early Romanticism' (Cambridge 2021)
extraction and its visual cultures, dog videos, unions, knowledge systems, 19th-century literature
Dmae @dmae.bsky.social Wish I were in Rome.
Kelvarhin @liese.bsky.social Wife, Mum, painting, drawing, writing, staff member of theonering.net, BA's Psychology and Literature & Writing :) Tolkien, Star Wars, Dune, Star Trek, fantasy and scifi fan 🙂
Putri Prihatini @putriprihatini.bsky.social Under Indonesian sun. Love Tolkien, folklore, books. East Javanese living in East Borneo. She/Her. Banner by Amar Alfikar. I want Free Palestine, and transphobes getting shat on by vengeful pigeons.
My blog: https://putri2wotan.wordpress.com/
Dr Andrew Higgins @ashiggins.bsky.social Director of Development at Imperial War Museums. Tolkien Scholar and author Live in Balham London 🏳️🌈
Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com Co-host of Athrabeth, a podcast exploring the lesser-trod paths of Tolkien’s legendarium. (she/her)
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I also play Hildigard Took on @athraplay.athrabeth.com
https://linktr.ee/athrabeth
Clare Moore @clarelmoore.bsky.social Tolkien scholar, PhD student, assistant pig keeper with dreams of being a knight
Luke Shelton, PhD @lukebshelton.bsky.social Tolkien scholar. Creator/Co-host of Tolkien Experience. Editor of Mallorn: The Journal of the Tolkien Society. He/Him https://linktr.ee/LukeShelton
Anna Smol @annasmol.bsky.social Professor Emerita Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with interests in Tolkien Studies, medievalism, Old English, translation studies, fandom. 
Cameron Bourquein @cameronbourquein.bsky.social Tolkien fan and scholar with a focus on Sauron, his development, and his intersections with Legendarium metaphysics | artist, designer, writer | fandom old | (she/her) | CameronBourquein.com | TheRoadToArdaHealed.substack.com | SauronProject.com |
Laura Michel @aislings.bsky.social A Tolkienista, translator, history fan, gamer, professor, and crazy cat lady. Hoping to live on my writing someday. Back at Twitter, I'm Aisling_ . ”S” stands for Seannachie. English/Spanish.
Mónica Sanz-Rodríguez @finduriel.bsky.social MA in English Philology. Specialist in UK Literature. Tolkien Scholar.
I will not say the day is done, nor bid the stars farewell.
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Association Tolkiendil @tolkiendil.bsky.social Communauté francophone des passionnés de J.R.R. #Tolkien et son œuvre. Association loi 1901 sans but lucratif. The French Tolkien Society.
#Hobbit #SeigneurDesAnneaux #EnfantsDeHurin #Silmarillion
https://www.tolkiendil.com
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Roäc the Grey Haven Raven (Katie) @roac.bsky.social Connecting and directing the Tolkien Community both old and new to the ends of Middle-earth | PPP Host Herder | Mootwright
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Tolkien Gateway @tolkiengateway.net Official account of Tolkien Gateway, your encyclopedia for The Lord of the Rings and beyond. #lotr #tolkien
Shawn E Marchese @shawnemarchese.bsky.social He/him. Co-author of Why We Love Middle-earth. Co-founder and resident word nerd on The Prancing Pony Podcast. Aiya Eärendil elenion ancalima.
Dennis Wise @denniswise.bsky.social Tolkien & fantasy scholar
Editor: SPECULATIVE POETRY & THE MODERN ALLITERATIVE
REVIVAL (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781683933304/)
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Chica Chubb*丸面チカ @chicachubb.bsky.social 丸面チカ(まるもちか)/Chica Chubb, a Tolkien fan, communicating mainly in Japanese and sometimes in English
今は時々お片付け📚📦
SR Westvik @srwestvik.bsky.social 🇸🇬 🇳🇴 Second Age gremlin. Elendil connoisseur. #1 Dúnedain defender. Writer. War historian. All views my own.
Anke Eissmann @khorazir.bsky.social illustrator, graphic designer, teacher, writer, cyclist, #Tolkien #Sherlock #DeadBoyDetectives …
https://khorazirart.wordpress.com/
https://khorazir.tumblr.com
Athrabeth Podcast @podcast.athrabeth.com A Tolkien podcast exploring the lesser-trod paths of the Professor's legendarium. New episodes monthly!
Hosted by Jude - @jude.athrabeth.com and Stef - @stef.athrabeth.com
https://linktr.ee/athrabeth
Miriam Ellis @miriamellis.bsky.social Fine artist and author of The Art of Mercy in Middle-earth, available at major booksellers. Visit www.MiriamEllis.com to see my work. I'm also a Local Search SME: MiriamConsulting.com #Tolkien 
Christopher Gilson @cgilson75.bsky.social Eldarin scholar
Emily Austin @emilyaustindesign.bsky.social She/her. Artist, graphic designer, Tolkien illustrator.
Married to @tacol0rd.bsky.social. 💜 travel, Jane Austen, inclusive faith, community solidarity.
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Tom @alas-not-me.bsky.social Always heard a different drum.
Happy to talk about Tolkien on podcasts.
'Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many.'
Finalist for The Mythopoeic Society Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies
@KentStateUPress
MGCoco★ @mgcoco.bsky.social Coco | artist who loves Tolkien, Kpop, and bugs! | she/her | an adult | mgcoco.carrd.co
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Mercury Natis @mercuryreads.bsky.social Mercury/Mickey • Tolkien studies & Queer History/Theory PhD Researcher • Reformed art snob dismantling hierarchical taxonomized pedagogy • Pleasure activist • He/They • header by busymagpie • mercuryreads on twt ⚧️💖💜💙✡🍉
Will Sherwood @willsherwood.bsky.social Romanticism & Tolkien PhD at UofGlasgow | Co-editor ‘The Romantic Spirit in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien’ (shortlisted for The Tolkien Society Awards) | Website: https://will-sherwood.com/
Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social Award Winning Small Press. SFF in Fiction and Academia. Est. 2015. Member of Publishing Scotland. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com