Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social Staff writer @LiveScience.com
Email: kkillgrove@livescience.com
Web: Livescience.com/author/kristina-killgrove
PhD in anthropology, MA in classical archaeology. Former professor & Roman bioarchaeologist.
I crochet and bake a lot. Chapel Hill, NC based.
CM @caimason.bsky.social Archaeologist, particularly medieval, post-medieval/modern, industrial and churches.
Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org Building the UK’s Missing Museum. We explore how the movement of people to and from the UK has made us who we are.
Community guidelines → https://www.migrationmuseum.org/community-guidelines/
Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social Classicist and linguist, Durham. Working on multilingualism in ancient Italy, the written landscape and the linguistics of slavery.
Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social Bi. Lecturer int. climate politics, futures, childless geographies. UCU NEC LGBTQ+ rep (HE), 26/27 Equality Chair
UCU Commons. Lives for pop music. My views. She/her
Website: https://linktr.ee/matildafitzmaurice
ORCID 0009-0005-5220-0914
Richard Palmer @rd-palmer.bsky.social Tech Lead in Digital Media at the V&A, but not speaking for them. Waiting for the return of Usenet but until then testing out all the social media platforms to find the least worst.
Neil Linford @neiltlinford.bsky.social Increasingly irrelevant. Fond of black & white photographs and spaniels.
Kim Connor @theotherkim.bsky.social Archaeologist, food historian, digital humanist. Working on historical archaeology of institutions of immigration in the British Empire (AUS, GB, IE, CA). More info at kimberleyconnor.com. All opinions my own.
Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social He/him. Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at University of York. Books on 'Smell in Eighteenth-Century England' and 'Smell and the Past'. Sniff: A History of Smells out 8th September #smellhistory #smellstudies #sensoryhistory
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social Galloway Hoard Researcher at National Museums Scotland. Author of Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom and other archaeology content. https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/dr-adrian-maldonado See also @almostarch.bsky.social
Marguerite Croft @mcroft.bsky.social Mom, Anishinaabe, Clarion West alum, part of team Point Mystic. Also, I write stuff.
Seth L. Sanders @nabalkattu.bsky.social "A Laid-Back Country Picker with a Laid-Back Country Mind"
McLeod Chair of Classics, Dalhousie University
UC Davis Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
Ancient Semitic languages and religions, Jewish Studies, Liberation Philology.
EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social https://emily613.substack.com/
Football Heritage @footballheritage.bsky.social Heritage. Identity. Football.
We explore the roots, culture and history of the beautiful game.
https://www.footballheritage.co.uk/
BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social A trans-led direct action group combatting the rising tide of bigotry in the UK
Join us: https://lnk.bio/BASHBACK
idopeleg.bsky.social @idopeleg.bsky.social Author of "The Architect of Nowhere"
📖 bit.ly/architect-nowhere
Susannah Walker @susannahwalker.bsky.social Author + campaigner for gender equality and safety in public space + post-war graphics + other stuff.
Rants about stately homes here:
https://susannahwalker.substack.com
Co-founder of @makespaceforgirls and formerly @QuadRoyal
Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social PhD at EHU, Precarity and Anxiety in Political Culture in Plantagenet Britain and Ireland, co-convener North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network, Medieval Editor EPOCH PGR History Magazine, in a love/hate relationship with TNA SC 8, part-time Celticist.
Dr Inigo Purcell @inigopurcell.bsky.social Novelist, non-fiction writer and academic.
Writing a book about Arthur in the British Imagination from 1138-present.
Often not thinking about the 21st century by default
(he/him)
inigopurcell.wordpress.com
Alice Hicklin @alicehicklin.bsky.social Historian of medieval Europe, currently researching trouvères through their representation in documentary culture @ MUSLIVE, KCL. Wolves fan 🐺🐺🐺 embroidery enthusiast. She/they 🏳️🌈
DoSSE Project @dosse-project.bsky.social ERC-funded project on the sexual exploitation of people enslaved within the households of the greater Mediterranean world, AD 300-900. Hosted by
@uniofleicester
https://www.dosseproject.com
Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social An archaeologist who loves Eurovision and popular tv. Sharing content on heritage, politics and entertainment.
She/her
My opinions are my own.
Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social Set up by Emma Bastin, Lucy Jane Santos, Karen Averby and Kathryn Ferry the Independent Historians Network is for exactly what the name suggests! A network for those historians working outside academia. Join up now.
https://independenthistorians.org
The So What @thesowhat.bsky.social A public-facing, digital publication focusing on the ‘whys’ and ‘so whats’ of medieval studies and pedagogy. Affiliated with Arthuriana.
Dr Nicola Clark @nikkiclark86.bsky.social Writer, occasional talking head, Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of Chichester. Autistic. Views own, etc. She/her.
Luisa Hendry - scottishgeologist @scottishgeologist.bsky.social That Girl That Makes Videos About Rocks 🌋🪨
Geology Communicator 🌍
Scot Rock Walks - Scottish Geology Tours Ltd 🏴⛰️
600k followers across platforms ⚒️💎
Top 20 women in the UK in ground engineering 👷🏼♀️
R.H Worth Award
Excellence in Outreach 🦕🦖
Grace Robertson 🏳️⚧️ @graceonfootball.com Football writer, from the newsletter with the same name and occasionally elsewhere. Non-football stuff @gemofamara.com.
https://www.graceonfootball.com/
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
Women of 1000 || Meg Hyland @womenof1000.bsky.social Art & research project illustrating the lives of women from around the world 1000 years ago: https://womenof1000ad.weebly.com/
PhD student at Edinburgh Uni in Celtic & Scottish Studies, researching herring gutters & their music.
she/her, disabled 🏳️🌈
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/
Alice Raw @aliceraw.bsky.social Historian of medieval gender and sexuality
Currently writing about pleasure and protests
Mark Kaplanoff Fellow in History, Pembroke College Cambridge
ADHD librarian @librarianadhd.bsky.social Disorganized librarian. Love reading, if I can find the book I just put down. Knits in random moments. Fascinated by genealogy, archaeology. Cats 🐈 ✡️. Fibromyalgia. ADHD. Map geek. Recreational spreadsheets. Fueled by tea.
Kristine Ødeby Haugan @kristeby.bsky.social Archaeologist, PhD
🖋️ urbanity, environment, Middle Ages
📍 NIKU Norway
🔗 haugan.phd
Dr Christopher Monk @medievalmonk.bsky.social Medieval manuscripts, languages & cultures. I write about & cook medieval food @ modernmedievalcuisine.com; create public history content for heritage professionals & collaborate with creatives: https://www.themedievalmonk.com/projects--publications.html
Aaron Allen @mchapelproject.bsky.social Christian; Historian of work and trade; Bonnetmakers; Surgeons; Kirkwall Tailors Project; Hammermen; Baxters; Palaeography; author of Building Early Modern Edinburgh; Trying to learn Latin...
Ailsa Henderson @ailsahenderson.bsky.social PoliSci Prof at Edinburgh - run Scottish Election Study, co-run Union survey/Future of England survey
Voting, polling, attitudes to the union
@scotvoting.bsky.social @theunionsurvey.bsky.social
Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social Interests - Walking, Cycling, Travel, History, Nature. Retired Head of Humanities, European. 🇪🇺
Edwin Rose @edwinrose.bsky.social Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, @hpsleeds.bsky.social. Fellow of Darwin College, Formerly Cambridge HPS. History of the life sciences and communication.
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/staff/9660/dr-edwin-rose
Simon Briercliffe @simonbriercliffe.bsky.social Historian at the Black Country Museum and elsewhere: talk to me about the Black Country, Shropshire, modern and local British history, the Irish in Britain, museums, local heritage and all stops in between. Baby gaeilgeoir. https://simonbriercliffe.com/
Brendan Tam @brendantam.bsky.social PhD candidate (History) University of Warwick (2022-2026) || Political friendship in Britain 1760-1837|| 🇦🇺 || PG Co-Convenor IHR British History in the Long Eighteenth Century Seminar
Hannah Wickes @hannahwickes.bsky.social Studying History & Archaeology of the Highlands & Islands at UHI. Non-Exec Director for Fair Tax Foundation, UK Community Foundations and Impress: the media regulator. Advisor @ Creatives for Climate. She/Her.
Dr Scott Chaussée @archaeochaussee.bsky.social #MarineArchaeologist at Wessex Archaeology | #PhD Roman/early medieval #LandscapeArchaeology from UCL | Subaerial/submerged landscapes | #Tolkien | #RStats | Aberystwyth University #LifelongLearning | Jayhawks | Prospect Union | I stand with refugees
Centre for Philosophical Studies of History @cpshoulu.bsky.social The Centre for Philosophical Studies of History, based at Uni Oulu, promotes the philosophical study of history and historiography.
https://www.oulu.fi/en/university/faculties-and-units/faculty-humanities/centre-for-philosophical-studies-history
Dr Isabel Gilbert @drisabelgilbert.bsky.social Historian of colonial legacies, symbolism, social justice and interpretation. Lecturer at University of Worcester. Wanderer in graveyards, ruins and forests. 🌳🔮
Personal views here.
Medieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social Posting about The British Library's marvellous medieval manuscripts.
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs
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Jenny McHugh @jmmchugh.bsky.social Advocacy & Community Manager at UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association.
Former librarian 📚, also historian of late medieval Scotland 🏰, researching loyalty, identity, ritual & more. HMU for medieval DH projects or open data initiatives. Views my own.
Cihan Şimşek @cihantarih.bsky.social Historian; Late Antiquity (Rome & Global) | Medieval mounted pastoral nomads | Theories of political ecumene | Political etiquette | Digital & computational humanities | Renaissance medicine. Mostly academic posts.
Paul Whitewick @paulwhitewick.bsky.social I make videos about landscape history and.... stuff. (He/him). http://youtube.com/pwhitewick1
Анархічны чорны крыж Беларусь - Anarchist Black Cross Belarus @abcbelarus.bsky.social Supporting anarchists and antifascists in #Belarus since 2009
Website - http://abc-belarus.org
Dr. Jude Seal - 'Unfunded Hobbyist' @judeseal.bsky.social
PhD. from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Repost ≠ Endorsement / All views my own.
Primary Research: History/Archaeology of Medicine, Disability, Disease, Trauma. Palæopathology. Religion. 'Theorist' & 'Massive Autodidact'
Abbie Fray (she/her) @abbiefray.bsky.social Queer Medievalist 🏳️🌈🏰 PhD student at the University of Bern, researching empathy, dysphoria and transformation in late medieval literature
Joe Harley @joeharleyhistory.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in History at ARU | Researches poverty, welfare, consumption and material culture | Obsesses over fonts far too much
Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social
David Stuart Platt, PhD, MLIS @spoilheap.bsky.social Archivist, archaeologist, librarian, historian. 20th century Brit, 21st century USAian. Manc. Was "SmallFind" on the Bird site. Former circuit digger. Roman & rescue archaeology, ruins, libraries & book history, archaeological archives. (GPA+VT)
Susannah Eckersley @susannaheckersley.bsky.social Prof of Critical Heritage & Memory Cultures, Newcastle University, UK
Director, AHRC Northern Bridge
AHRC-DFG: Cultural Dynamics: Museums & Democracy in Motion
HERA: en/counter/points
Horizon 2020: CoHERE
EUFP7: European Museums in an age of Migration
Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) @clpskuleuven.bsky.social The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) at the Institute of Philosophy (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social) focuses on #logic and #philsci, with a concentration on the philosophies of the special sciences • https://hiw.kuleuven.be/clps #philsky
Hugh Pumphrey @hughpumphrey.bsky.social Retired from Sch. of GeoSciences, Uni. of Edinburgh, UK. Still works a bit on https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/ . Walking, singing, Linux, bellringing, astronomy, geology, geophysics and meteorology. Dislikes extreme right or leftwing politics and nationalism.
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.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Dr Edward Stewart @eddiecstewart.bsky.social CVARF Engagement Officer at Archaeology Scotland, affiliated researcher @UofG interested in early modern uplands, shieling practice, hunting and estates, and 17th c. Glencoe. I also dabble in contemporary archaeology - edgelands and archaeologies of waste.
The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social Britain's longest running public philosophy journal with…
print editions of original essays and artwork 2-3 times/year
online talks with philosophers
a new article every Sunday
and more!
Check out our linktr.ee/philosopher1923 for events and socials.
Jenne Pape @mudandstud.bsky.social Mum, buildings geek, beloved daughter of the Father
Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social Historian (from below), award-winning author, filmmaker, playwright, Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh
marcusrediker.com
James_AL_Downs @magiclantern.bsky.social Writer: 'Anton Walbrook' (2020) 'Joseph Pike' (2018) & 'A Carnal Medium' (2012), photohistorian, archivist of Middle East collections at Exeter University, runs the Digital Archive of the Middle East (https://dame.exeter.ac.uk/), collector & bibliophile
Andrew Burn @apburn44.bsky.social Archaeologist, Development Advice Team Leader for Yorkshire Region at Historic England. Nature recovery and archaeology. Committee Member @landscapesurvey.bsky.com Views here my own.
#archaeology #landscapearchaeology #heritage #nature #outdoors
Eva Mol🍉 @evamol.bsky.social Lecturer Roman ArchaeologyUoY; slow archaeology; from Drenthe; lover of everything conceptual
🏰 Ben Paites 🏛️ @benpaites.bsky.social Senior Curator at Colchester Museums. Mainly Roman archaeology and LGBTQ+ history. Also cat dad to Artemis and enthusiastic Gaymer. He/Him
Author of 50 LGBTQ+ Finds: https://www.amberley-books.com/50-lgbtq-finds.html
Website: www.benpaites.uk
Calum Cockburn @ccockburn.bsky.social Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts @BritishLibrary
He/him 🌈
Charlie Rozier @rozierhistorian.bsky.social Lecturer in early medieval history at University of Kent (Canterbury, UK). Daemon takes the form of a beagle called Daisy
Co-creator @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social
ME/CFS Science @mecfsscience.org In-depth analysis of research on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Formerly known as ME/CFS Skeptic.
https://mecfsscience.org/
James Fell @muddy-boots.bsky.social Walking and exploring the glorious north of England, and the borderlands. Works for English Heritage. All views my own. #Walking #Reading #BookSky #Northumberland #Hadrianswall and #AverageGolfing.
London Society for Medieval Studies @londonmedieval.bsky.social Join us for regular seminars at the Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social
Organised by postgraduate & early career researchers since 1970 📚
bit.ly/londonmedieval
Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social Historian. Writer.
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.
Skindred @skindredmusic.bsky.social Ragga Punk Metal
John Sutton @suttonprofessor.bsky.social Director, Centre for the Sciences of Place & Memory, Stirling Uni, Scotland. Skill, memory, embodied cognition, philosophy, cognitive history, cricket, music, collaboration, wayfinding. Leverhulme International Prof: johnsutton.net & placememory.net
Miri Rubin @mirierubin.bsky.social Historian, study the ‘Middle Ages’, work at the great School of History at Queen Mary University of London.
Maia Blumberg @maiablumberg.bsky.social medievalist | postgraduate research student | @qmul.bsky.social | @ihr.bsky.social | @londonmedieval.bsky.social
writing about museums & medievalism
Anna Willi @annabwilli.bsky.social Curator: Ancient Mediterranean Life at the British Museum. Opinions my own. 📜🏛️🏺
David Gould @drdavidgould.bsky.social Freelance archaeological researcher / iIllustrator - www.thedavidgould.co.uk
Did a PhD looking at medieval rabbit warrens because why not (book coming 2026 via Liverpool University Press). Makes/loves music too.
Dr Deniz Ikiz @denizikiz.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Heritage and Climate Change, Eindhoven University of Technology
Adam Cook @adamcook.bsky.social Medievalist interested in 12th century frontiers, particularly Yorkshire and Northumberland. PhD from the University of Hull, Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Hull City fan.
All views my own, not those of my employer.
Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social Paper conservator in Wales. Manuscripts, drawings, artists’ materials, studios, sideline interests in holy wells, roodscreens, and all manner of heritage at the end of long country lanes. Colour-related Instagram posts @chromatic_dispatches
Matthew Mckeague @memckeague.bsky.social CEO @archhfund.bsky.social | communities, built environment & social infrastructure | interested in all kinds of places | music and running most of the rest of the time
Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide @archagainstaparth.bsky.social An international and decentralised organisation of archaeologists committed to taking action against apartheid worldwide.
Open letter to EAA: https://forms.gle/En38n5ccH4YHjFjY7
https://linktr.ee/archaeosagainstapartheid
Guillermo Diaz de Liaño @guillermodiazliano.bsky.social Researcher in Archaeology/Anthropology. Postdoctoral Research Associate at MOLA, PhD from University of Edinburgh, MSc in Psychological and Psychiatric Anthropology. Into Theoretical Archaeology, Personhood, Ethnography of archaeology, Emotions
Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social professional procrastinator, precarious historian, cat serf, romanista. Writes about the First World War, Italy, imperialism & Georgette Heyer, not usually all at once.🪡🥧🐈⬛️
Kirkwall Tailors Project @kirkwalltailors.bsky.social A Community-Based Transcription of the Records of the Kirkwall Incorporation of Tailors, 1669-1772; Project Lead: Dr Aaron Allen
Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social British historian. Author: Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 | Researching c18th-19th shipwrecks, the Royal Navy & coastal communities. #CoastalHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #SussexCoast
Dr Charlotte Pickard @drcharlottepickard.bsky.social Medievalist researching noblewomen and marriage in 12th/13thc France | AL in FASS @ The Open University | Tutor on Exploring the Past Pathway, Cardiff University | Co-convenor Noblewomen Network | Co-editor of Approaching Medieval Sources Series | she/her
Bad Moon Cafe @badmooncafe.bsky.social London's best wargaming venues in Borough and Holloway Road!
https://linktr.ee/badmooncafe
History Lab Plus @historylabplus.bsky.social We are the UK’s national network for early career historians. Are you #postdoc or writing up your #PhD? Did/does it involve historical research? Whatever sector you do/want to work in, the HistoryLab+ network is for you! 👉 https://historylab.plus/
Society for the Study of the Past @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social The Society for the Study of the Past is a new subject organisation that believes solidarity with the oppressed, liberation of the occupied and a more just future are core concerns of the historian. 🍉 Join us! ⬇️
societyforthestudyofthepast.com
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
Laura Tompkins @aliceperrers.bsky.social
Linsey Hunter @linseyhunter.bsky.social Keeper of cats and books and wool. Views own. No DMs - haven’t done age verification. Sorry.
Abbi Flint @draflint.bsky.social Researcher and poet #archaeology #envhist #folklore #envhum #peatlands #moss #heritage #poetry #reindeer #sheffield #footpaths #RightsOfWay
International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social Welcoming the world's researchers to share ideas in Medieval Studies at @UniversityofLeeds.bsky.social and online. Communities, 5-8 July 2027.
https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
Richard Purkiss @richardpurkiss.bsky.social Early medievalist. English society, law, landscape c. 600–1100. Book in progress on c10–11 East Anglia.
Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social calmerfuture.org
dreaming of practical better futures
@dosima_org on the other place