Erica Steiner @ericasteiner.bsky.social Celtic Studies PhD in progress @ Sydney Uni: ancient/medieval tattooing.
Finds rabbit holes & side quests irresistible!
Environmental humanities • Geomythology • Historical body modifications • Medieval mistranslations, misnomers & mysteries.
Robert Edgar @robertedgar.bsky.social Writer and Academic. Professor of Writing and Popular Culture, York St John University. Scriptwriting, Music Memoir, Hauntology, Folk Horror, Science-Fiction
York Centre for Writing at York St John University @creativewritingysj.bsky.social
Dr Clare Lesley Hughes @clarelesleyhughes.bsky.social Environmental Philosophy | Sociology of Religion | Wortcunner
Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social Associate Professor in History @uninorthampton.bsky.social, Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social. Current research interests: late medieval family, gender, literary culture; medievalism and the extreme right.
HelenOfYork @helenofyork.bsky.social
Eli McCann @elimccann.bsky.social New dad. Lawyer/Writer/America’s Grandma. Humor columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune. Creator of the Strangerville podcast. Humor essays here: https://linktr.ee/Elimccann
Chris McMillan @itschrismcmillan.bsky.social Sociologist of sport at the University of Auckland, working at the intersection of sport, climate change and capitalism
Courtney Hopf @profhopf.bsky.social 🧡🍷✈️🥾🌳🍝📚🌏
Sharon Jagger @drsharonjagger.bsky.social Associate Professor at York St. John Uni. Academic interests: Religion, Gender, Sexuality, Class, Politics...everything. All views own! #academicsky
Prof. Vybarr Cregan-Reid @vybarr.bsky.social writer, academic - dog and car lover (and allergic to both). Author of We Are What We Read: a life within and without books - out now.
Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social On a mission to save street dogs around the world. You can support here... https://www.happydoggo.com/donate
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is an independent, peer-reviewed, digital-first, open-access journal. All volumes are available through our website.
https://ceraejournal.com
Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social OMS is the interdisciplinary platform for medieval studies across Oxford supported by TORCH. Posts by Henrike Lähnemann and Jana Christin Lammerding
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
postmedieval @postmedieval.bsky.social postmedieval is an award-winning journal bringing medieval and modern into productive critical relation.
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English Literary Renaissance @elrjournal.bsky.social Tri-quarterly journal publishing scholarly articles and textual studies on matters English, Literary, and Renaissance (broadly construed, 1500-1700). Current issue: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/elr/current
Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social International web-based community for medievalists working with digital media.
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/
Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social Writer, medievalist, co-editor of @creativecritical.bsky.social. Writing a book about medieval imperfection.
irinadumitrescu.com
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Dr Charlotte Haines Lyon @haineslyon.bsky.social Associate Professor in Children, Young People, and Education, York St John University. Democratic and participatory methodologies. Currently researching school toilets. WIASN. UNISON.Mum, open water swimmer, dabbles with art.
TM Colwell @tmcolwell.bsky.social Medieval/early modern historian: MS/early book culture, global Middle Ages, gender, emotions, crusades, material culture, cultural and political history
Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social Chief Reviews Editor, Journal for 18th-Century Studies (JECS).
Interests: #18C Print Culture, esp Satire & Periodicals.
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Medieval Studies at Lincoln @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social The Medieval Studies Research Group at the University of Lincoln.
Laura Yeoman @lauray-archives.bsky.social Archivist, medievalist, Scot. Access & Digital Engagement Archivist at The Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York. All views my own.
Cory James Rushton @crushton.bsky.social Editor of Arthurian Studies at Brewer. All about Camelot, zombies, Lovecraft, Tolkien. Not necessarily combined.
But maybe?
Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social English Language & Literature. Quondam Prof. PhD: Monstrosity. Queer history. Gothic. 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔠 𝔈𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥. Editor, Shakespeare: New Voices. https://linktr.ee/drianmccormick
c.l.hanks @chloehanks23.bsky.social 26 year old poet based in York. Winner of the V Press Prize for Poetry in 2020. PhD @ YSJ.
Co-host for Howlers Spoken Word Open Mic & Board Member for York Lit Fest.
(Adulteress, Querencia Press 2023)
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social Associate Prof & Head of History @YSJ. Early Soviet history and Stalinism. The Red Army and the Great Terror (2015); The Soviet-Polish War and its Legacy (2023). Working on POWs and the Soviet Red Cross. Occasional drummer https://shorturl.at/LRaWz
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
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Prof Megan Leitch @meganleitch.bsky.social Professor of Medieval English Literature and Culture at University of Groningen, past President of IAS-BB & co-editor of Arthurian Lit. Research: treason, sleep, dwarves, & the Medieval Middlebrow. Canadian expat, Welsh exile, aspiring European. She/her.
Parergon Journal @parergon.bsky.social Peer-reviewed antipodean medieval and early modern studies journal, always open for submissions. Owned by ANZAMEMS.bsky.social, tweeted by mattfirth.bsky.social.
Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social Vice Chancellor at Buckinghamshire New University and Professor of Education #academicsky
Dr. Stuart J. Taylor @stuartjtaylor.bsky.social PhD (EngLit), SFHEA. Lecturer, DLTE, Edinburgh Napier University.
#ECR Ed. Dev., contemp. #literature & #maths📐🔬#litsci 🔭he/him.
Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social Professor of Education. Parent/family engagement in learning is my research area. Dedicated to schooling and education that are just, equitable, available and lead to a better world. My views are mine, not my employer's.
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Pauline Couper @paulinecouper.bsky.social Prof of Geographical Thought & Practice, York St John Uni, UK.
Philosophy of geog, epistemic pluralism, geomorphology, higher ed., fieldwork, outdoors
FRGS, PFHEA, CGeog.
Katy Mortimer @katydotcom.bsky.social Medievalist • PhD in crusader-Muslim diplomacy • Historical writing girlie 💁🏻♀️
Sarah Noonan @sarahloleet.bsky.social Assoc Prof of English & Coordinator of the Digital and Public Humanities program at Saint Mary's College. Co-PI of the Peripheral MSS Project (peripheralmss.org). Interests: Medieval Lit, Book History, MSS Studies, and DH (she/her)
Elizabeth Elliott @elizabethelliott.bsky.social Medieval literature, history of emotion and medievalism. UCU rep. She/her
Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social director @CREMS-York.bsky.social ~ advocacy & public engagement @royalhistsoc.org ~ writing on early modern religion & culture: music, language, sound, travel, women ~ reviews editor: sonancejournal.com ~ views mine ~ www.york.ac.uk/history/people/murphy/
@proffrisch.bsky.social @proffrisch.bsky.social Asst. Teaching Prof of History, Penn State University, Scranton. Late Medieval England and theatre enthusiast. I attempt to study treason and its evolution.
Dr Amanda McVitty @dramandamcvitty.bsky.social Professional historian FRHistS | Social, cultural and legal histories of medieval Europe and modern Aotearoa New Zealand | Writing a book on colonial ghosts #UncannyCountry https://phanza.org.nz/historian/amanda-mcvitty/
dr. christopher @eatthatbee.bsky.social Assistant Professor of medieval literature in Louisiana • University of California, Riverside, PhD • once described as “disgusting and unnerving”
feelings, manuscripts, medievalism, queer studies, & haunting • he/him
opinions expressed are my own
Tamara Atkin @tamarajatkin.bsky.social Medieval and early modern English literature at Queen’s College, Oxford. Mostly old books. All opinions my own. She/her
Daniel Johnson @danjohnsonhymns.bsky.social Theology and Worship Studies programme leader at London School of Theology. Researching evangelical hymns, slavery, and abolition. Infrequent guitarist. Views mine
Ruby @rubyningthouja.bsky.social Guest lecturer English literature
Just a Kiki out to make her own way in the world lol
Cristian Gașpar @cristigaspar.bsky.social linguist, classicist & medievalist. lecturer at Central European University in Vienna. into languages, history of ancient & medieval sexualities, literature, beer, wine, sexy beards. bănățan. he/him 🏳️🌈
https://tinyurl.com/49w6yvdv
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Laura Ashe @lauraashe.bsky.social Oxford academic. Medievalist. European. Lover of cats. 3am atheist. Easily amused; loud laugh. Never knowingly underdressed. Newish book Chaucer's Ethical Philosophy (OUP, 2025)
Elaine Treharne @etreharne.bsky.social Welsh 🏴 Early Medievalist. Manuscripts, Archives, Text Technologies, Early British literature. Author of Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts (OUP, 2021) and Disrupting Categories, 1050-1250 (ARC, 2024), etc. Living in California, but Ceredigion forever.
Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social Lecky Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin. She/her. Medievalist, grandparent, knitter, immigrant. Arsenal. 🐕
Prof Janina Ramirez @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social Oxford historian, best-selling writer fiction & non-fiction, documentary maker, cat lover, vegetable grower, unrelenting optimist. https://lnk.to/LegendaPB
Melissa Ridley Elmes @mridleyelmes.bsky.social Pushcart, Elgin, Rhysling, and Dwarf Star-nominated writer of "charming insanity." Scholar of medieval violence, gender, women's literacies, Arthurian studies. Sporty geek, Mother of Corgis. "Irrepressible badass." Unrepentant nerd; chaotic good. She/her.
Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford.
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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social medievalist, medievalism-is, lover of things Norse and northern. #author
Helen Foxhall Forbes @helenfoxhallforbes.bsky.social Cat lover. Late antique / early medieval history / theology / archaeology, especially environment and climate in the past. PI of ERC Consolidator Grant @SSE1K@bsky.social at Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia. Despair at the state of the world
Lucy Allen-Goss @lucyallengoss.bsky.social Medievalist, feminist, dabbles in horticulture. Writing more and more about infertility/reproduction. Yorkshire.
https://lucyallengoss.substack.com/
My book is Female Desire in Chaucer's Legend of Good Women and Middle English Romance
Robert Rouse @rousemedieval.bsky.social Medievalist, medieval romance, medievalisms, left coast professor@UBC, @Oecologies OG, environmental and spatial approaches, game development consulting (AoE4), dad, nostalgic Man Utd fan. Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 (never the 51st State; fuck that noise).
Diane Watt @dianewatt.bsky.social Writer, academic, medievalist, queer- R Prof. Raluca Radulescu @radulescur.bsky.social medievalist, Arthurian specialist, Wars of the Roses, gentry. All views my own.
Cathy Hume @cathyhume.bsky.social Medievalist, socialist, parent, eater of cake. Dislike dogs, academic promotion announcements, jazz and celery.
Emma Kennedy @emmakeddev.bsky.social She/her. SFHEA. Educational development, higher education, UCU. Swears and views my own.
Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain (Penguin 2023)/An Alternative History of the British Empire (HUP 2024). Is Free Speech Under Threat? (2024).
https://linktr.ee/charlottelydiariley
repped by Carrie Plitt @FBA
views are all mine 💫
Caroline @canarycaroline.bsky.social Works in academic publishing but will one day find out what she wants to do when she grows up. Supports Norwich City so must have done something awful in a previous life.
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (anzamems.org). Posts by Matt Firth, BlueSky novice extraordinaire.
Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social Early medievalist, etc., at the University of Cambridge.
Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social Research Fellow @ Flinders Uni. Early English Queens, 850-1000 (https://t.ly/Q395d); Remembering England: Cultural Memory in the Sagas of Icelanders (https://t.ly/So2-E); & Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception (https://t.ly/jeqql) all out now.
Emilia Jamroziak @emijami.bsky.social Medieval Studies, monasticism, East Central Europe and historiography. Here in private capacity. Co ma wisieć nie utonie.
Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social Hello from Medievalists.net, the leading online resource for the Middle Ages - check out our website at www.medievalists.net
Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social Professor of Early Modern English Literature and Religion, University of Glasgow. Old books, MSs, and ideas; classical music; and our cat. My views.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/adrianstreete/
MEMS @memsunikent.bsky.social The Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent | MA & PhD scholarships available.
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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social Dr. MRO. Literary Historian. Public scholar, activist & small biz owner who dyes yarn inspired by Black/brwn premodern figures.
WOC: product of Black & brown love. Gif lover. Racist magnet. Abolitionist. Not Eddie Murphy. She/hers
www.RepublicOfYarnia.com
Kay @kaysoclearn.bsky.social Lecturer in Education at Stirling Uni. Posthumanism, anti-fascism, philosophy, Saints FC, poetry, clothes, books, ice skating, pole dancing, bunnies. Also volunteer at Phone Credit for Refugees ❤️ https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1836948
medieval marginalia @medievalmarginalia.com corpus bones!