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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social A/Prof Medieval Literature, Flinders | Visiting Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford | Lead CI ARC DP23: First English Speakers | DP23: Finding Friendship in Old English Literature | PhD TCD | FSA | IAUPE | Beowulf monograph ManchesterUP '26
King Ludd @kingludd.bsky.social Historian, wargamer, miniatures painter.
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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/
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Trevor Wiley @mearcsteppende.bsky.social History PhD candidate at Boston College dissertating on the environment, community, and landscape on the 4th-8th century Forth, Clyde, and Tay in Scotland. Originally from Appalachia.
Francesca Brooks @francescabrooks.bsky.social Lecturer in Old English at University College Cork. Writer of poetry & prose. Early Medievalist, Late Modernist, Feminist. Author of 'Poet of the Medieval Modern'. Find more of my writing at https://francescabrooks.com/
The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast @mmapod.bsky.social An anthology-style podcast sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America and co-produced by Will Beattie, Loren Cantrell, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Reed O'Mara, and Logan Quigley.
http://multiculturalmiddleages.com
Instagram: @multiculturalmiddleagespod
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Rike Chill @chillrike.bsky.social Medievalist formerly @kieluni, now @uni_tue | earth and motherhood | Byzantium and trauma studies | maps and visions | gender equality | she/her | views my own | and I like dachshunds.
Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app Founder & PI @aial.ie. Assistant Professor of AI, School of Computer Science & Statistics, @tcddublin.bsky.social
AI accountability, AI audits & evaluation. Cognitive scientist by training. Ethiopian in Ireland. She/her
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
tess wingard @tesswingard.bsky.social historian of medieval gender and sexuality. assistant professor, university of rochester. she/her.
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Daisy Black @daisyeblack.bsky.social Medievalist, English lecturer, storyteller, dramaturg, writer, folk dancer. BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. Early drama specialist. she/her.
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Dr. Kavita Mudan Finn @kvmfinn.bsky.social Medievalist. Early Modernist. Fan Scholar. Shakespearean. Interests: queenship, popular history, medievalism, fandoms, then&now
Anna Wilson @annapwilson.bsky.social Associate Professor of English @ Harvard. Medieval literature, queer theory, fan fiction & fan studies. She/her. Support trans rights.
Medieval Fans: Reading, Affect, and Queer Community, out 3/27.
http://www.drannawilson.com/
Lili Rage @dorianpage.bsky.social Noise-making, fuzz-building, synth-bothering historian of medieval animals, medicine, and magic.
Edinburgh-based
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Stephen Watkins @drawcansir.bsky.social Lapsing academic. Early Modern and Restoration literature and theatre. Poetaster. Tenor. Ciudadano.
Book: https://tinyurl.com/55dah8yw
Umut Guner @umuttgunerr.bsky.social Historian & Academic
Medieval History | Islamic Political Thought | Turk, Arab and Persian Worlds | Social History | Islamic Societies | Sufism
Loren Easterday Lee Cantrell @loren325.bsky.social Medievalist 📜🪶 @mmapod.bsky.social Producer 🎙️ | @newchaucersociety.bsky.social Exec Asst 📠 | former @gsc-maa.bsky.social 🪑 | '24-'25 @scholarslab.bsky.social DH Fellow 💻 | '23-'24 at ENS Ulm ⛲️ | UVA 🇫🇷 PhD 📚 | UT-Knox alumna 🍊
Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Chloe Wigston Smith @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social Prof of eighteenth-century studies in York | material culture studies, women’s work and the Atlantic world | print culture & dress history | trying at social media
📚Novels, Needleworks & Empire https://yalebooks.yale.edu/9780300270785/novels-needleworks-a
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
MATER @maternetwork.bsky.social Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, a network set up by @menysnoweballes.bsky.social.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social Medieval Historian and UCU branch officer. Senior lecturer at Winchester University. Research on popular protest, political culture, warfare, rumour/conspiracy theories in England and Scotland, c.1300-1600. Views also on union stuff and politics
Michael J. Warren @drmjwarren.bsky.social Writer, naturalist, medievalist, teacher. Trustee of Curlew Action. The Cuckoo’s Lea, Bloomsbury, paperback out now. At work on a new book about winter: Hibernal. Marshes. Winter. Whisky.
https://linktr.ee/cuckooslea
www.birdsandplace.co.uk
Roel Konijnendijk @roelkonijn.bsky.social Ancient historian (Greece, Persia, war, history-writing). Darby Fellow in Ancient History at Lincoln College, Oxford. Moderator at r/AskHistorians. Ditch guy on YouTube.
Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds @leedsims.bsky.social The Institute for Medieval Studies at Leeds is a major centre for interdisciplinary medieval studies. Home of the International Medieval Congress and the International Medieval Bibliography. https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval
York Literature Festival @yorklitfest.bsky.social Charity promoting literature, poetry and spoken word in York 📗
Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature & Creative Writing. Burneys, book history, 18thc reading habits & naming practices. Novelist. Maker of radio. Mother & carer. Yotam Ottolenghi superfan.
Alex Hutchinson @alexthearchivist.com Chocolate historian, author, broadcaster, archivist.
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M. J. Grant @campaignbear.bsky.social Musicologist and rights-based ranter—
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Last time I checked I still had a job at the University of Edinburgh.
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De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social Academic books, journals and news from the Medieval and Early Modern Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
Jodie Mann @wordwif.bsky.social Scholar of Old English and Medieval Women - in particular: miracles and visions, the abbeys where they occurred, and the saints who performed them. (She/her)
MedievalWomenSpeak @medievalwomenspeak.bsky.social Medievalist, PhD'ing at Cambridge. Chaucer, gender, trauma. Bringing the voices of medieval women forward.
Linsey Hunter @linseyhunter.bsky.social Keeper of cats and books and wool. Views own. No DMs - haven’t done age verification. Sorry.
Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social Literature prof; author; current project: how literal readings of fiction by the tech industry are destroying the world. Let's read/interpret fiction as fiction. Boycott generative AI (chatbots etc); Website: https://www.socialrobotfutures.com/
Craig M Nakashian @themedievalprof.bsky.social A Baystate medievalist in the Lone Star State.
Siobhan Poole @siobhanmup.bsky.social Senior Commissioning Editor for Medieval Studies, Premodern History and Law at Manchester University Press. She/her
Dr Eve Johnson (she/her) @eve-johnson.bsky.social Medievalist.
📍 Cymru
Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social Darby Fellow (Simon and June Li) in English Literature at Lincoln College, Ox. Interested in the medieval Ovid, forgeries, exile, Chaucer, Gower, medievalism.
Brittany Scowcroft @brittanyscowcroft.bsky.social "Be Afraid, but do it anyways"
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Libby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk Runs Biscuit: Advocacy, community and support for bi+ people in the UK.
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Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association @rmmra.bsky.social The Rocky Mountain Medieval & Renaissance Association is a nonprofit academic society dedicated to the advancement of learning in global Medieval and Renaissance studies.
https://rmmra.org/
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
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The Guild of Medievalist Makers @guildmedmak.bsky.social A society for medievalist academic and academic-adjacent practitioners of creative-critical work.
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pediatrics Professor-Vaccine Scientist-Author; Member, Philosophical Society of Texas, Texas Academy of Medicine Engineering Science Technology, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr Jennifer Redmond @jenniferredmond.bsky.social Assoc. Prof in Irish History, Chair of HIDDEN COST Action CA21120, interested in all things citizenship, identity documentation, history, women and gender
@middleages4educate.bsky.social @middleages4educate.bsky.social 
Dr Cat Crossley @catscreatechaos.bsky.social Medievalist and musician, FINALLY completed a PhD at Liverpool on “monstrous men” and mappaemundi. Mountains, mushrooms, music, festivals and felines. 🏳️🌈🏴
Kathryn Maude @krmaude.bsky.social Head of Medieval Records at The National Archives
Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social Director of Stand For All, freelance policy and comms specialist, posting predominately about immigration/asylum and trans/non-binary policy and rights, along with general rantings. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Promoting world-leading research using the unique special collections of The University of Manchester Library.
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Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval English and AFY English Subject Lead (Ox) ¶ Author of BOOK CURSES for Bodleian Publishing ¶ Being critically creative @guildmedmak.bsky.social ¶ Liker of material texts, medieval folk horror, university access & print making ¶ She/her
Emily Goss @barrowmember.bsky.social Love nature, writing, arts & crafts, music, community, books, #SciComm, play & growing. Editor Ciadish.co.uk (for chronically ill and #disabled [CIAD] writers & the readers who love their books). Co-founder CripCoop.co.uk mutual support network #CripCoop
Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social Writer, actor, audiobook narrator, notorious tryhard 
Rachael Maskell MP @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social Labour & Co-operative MP for York Central. Working hard for you and York. To contact me Rachael.Maskell.mp@parliament.uk or call 01904 623713
Micah Goodrich, All Trans On Deck @micahgoodrich.bsky.social Shrieks when pulled from earth. Transsexual. Premodern trans studies. English Prof at Boston University
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social The 6th Middle Ages in the Modern World conference (MAMO). Lincoln College Oxford, 22-24 June 2027.
themamo.org
Alex Winter @alexwinter.com Trans Rights are Human Rights.
alexwinter.com
Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social Coming in early 2026: KEYWORDS/KEYIMAGES IN GRAPHIC MEDICINE
Current projects: #IllnessPolitics, chronic forms, & multi-modal pedagogies in action. Author of ILLNESS POLITICS & HASHTAG ACTIVISM, TREATMENTS, & INDIRECT ACTION.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton.
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
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Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship @socmedfem.bsky.social The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship promotes the study of the patristic age, the Middle Ages, and the early modern era from the perspective of gender studies, women's studies, and feminist studies. 
Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social Dedicated to the love of books, manuscripts, written words in multiple media across the ages. Did we mention books?
Our website = https://manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/
Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social Medievalist who loves reading, especially science fiction & fantasy. I don't speak for my employer or anyone else.
she/her
Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social A global community of publishers whose mission is to ensure academic excellence and cultivate knowledge. Read UP! https://aupresses.org/ Got a question about university press publishing? Ask UP! https://ask.up.hcommons.org/
Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social Facts & strategy, in an authoritarian takeover.
Rightwing billionaires want to privatize NIH and use it to control universities.
We work to cure diseases like cancer.
Pers views. #science #medicine
Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social UK & EU refugees & migration. LGBTI+, feminism & generalised incoherent ranting to boot. She/Her. I do policy, research & campaigns.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social Founder & reigning monarch at TPM. Lapsed historian. Hand tool woodworker. Jew.
TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com Talking Points Memo (TPM) is an independent news organization that publishes reporting and analysis about American politics, public policy and political culture. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/
Mthr Sian Clare Parker @sianclare.bsky.social Seeing through a glass darkly; trying to see face to face | erstwhile medievalist | interested in ecopoetics, theopoetics, and common or garden poetics | curate in Llandaf Diocese | Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg | queer | she/her
Drs. Mark Beumer @markbeumer.bsky.social Historian of Medicine | PhD-Candidate Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute for History of Medicine and Foreign Languages | Voorzitter @medhistoddemoulin.bsky.social | Directeur @kleiohistoria.bsky.social
Cvnterbvry Podcast: Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales @cvnterbvrypod.bsky.social your favorite podcast’s favorite podcast. hosted by alice (she/her), aj (he/him), and shannen (they/them) helping you laugh and learn about the Canterbury Tales — one slay at a time 💅🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 https://rss.com/podcasts/cunterburypod/
Sarah Betts @wromantichistry.bsky.social PhD student researching memories and Public History of the English Civil War (Royalist Reputations) and Monarchy. Modern Monarchy section editor at Royal Studies Journal. Chronically ill mum of 3.
Miri Rubin @mirierubin.bsky.social Historian, study the ‘Middle Ages’, work at the great School of History at Queen Mary University of London. 
Laura Kalas @laurakalas.bsky.social Literary historian, author, cultural critic, intersectional feminist, Associate Professor @swanseauni. Medieval literature, women, medicine, health, religion, science. All views own etc.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
Holly Crocker @dr-mid-evil.bsky.social The human version of a crow. 
Dr Hope Doherty-Harrison @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval Studies at Birkbeck.
Writing a book on Judas for Cornell UP.
Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance (Manchester UP, 2025)
Towards An Accessible Academy ed. Lee, Champion, Doherty-H (MIP, 2025)
She/her
Jane Gilbert @jlgjlg.bsky.social Medievalist and rower.
Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social The Premodern Body Project is a scholarly collective dedicated to exploring the rich and diverse narratives of the pre-modern body.
Maryse Elliott @maryzen.bsky.social Senior Commissioning Editor @amsterdamupress.bsky.social, passionate about publishing cutting-edge research in #filmstudies, #mediastudies and #communicationstudies. Happy to connect and discuss your new academic book project! 
Molly Judd @mollyjudd.bsky.social medievalist, art historian, ecocritic
PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge
researching the relationship between wilderness and the Romanesque art and architecture of The Fens 
HMML @visithmml.bsky.social The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) photographs, catalogs, & provides access to manuscripts—partnering with more than 1,500 libraries worldwide to preserve & share handwritten history. Learn more: hmml.org
Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social Associate Professor in Middle Eastern and Global history (Medieval)
Speaker • Writer • Reviewer • Editor ✝️
University webpage: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/arts-humanities/nicholas-morton
Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social books, beauty, history, folklore. fan of Dickens & @littleseamstress. gets dressed up like a pillow so she's always in bed. patreon.com/sketchesbyboze, https://linktr.ee/sketchesbyboze
Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social Independent research & policy recommendations for the UK's creative industries. Led by Newcastle University Business School with the RSA and funded by AHRC. https://pec.ac.uk/
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