Dr. Barry Torch
He/Him. Medieval and Renaissance Historian, Skeptical Optimist, Purveyor of Puns, and lover of Books, Fountain Pens, and Dogs. Settler on Treaty 13 Territory. Jewish. Queer.
@dianagbarnes.bsky.social
Early Modern Literature @ University of New England (Australia) Letters, Emotions, Early Modern Women, Neostoicism & Bubbles
@rouge1767.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, forensic expertise, bodies, and gender in early modern France
@textilehistorian.bsky.social
Researcher & curator of all things textile, fashion and material culture (especially early modern) Pleasant Rowland Textile Specialist & Research Director Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection - Center for Design and Material Culture - UW Madison
@ellierycroft.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Theatre at University of Bristol: early modern bodies, PaR, gender. Formerly thinking about hair, now thinking about walking: also defining 'the Predramatic'. Teacher, cat-lover, writer, and mum, in varying measures.
@epistcult.bsky.social
Research network for scholars of any discipline working with early modern Scottish letters https://epistolaryculture.wordpress.com/
@drshirleybell.bsky.social
Early modernist 🎭 Book: Music and Emotion on the Caroline Stage (forthcoming 2026)📕PhD: Music in Caroline Drama 🎶 Associate lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University 🎓 Soprano at Rotherham Minster Choir 🎼 Book reviewer for YWES 📚 She/Her 👩🏻🦰 Views own ☕️
@davidmwhitford.bsky.social
European Reformations historian. Cultural history. Making of a Reformation Man: Martin Luther and the Construction of Masculinity. Routledge, 2025. Gender. Embodiment. (The pic is me, just fyi. I found it tucked among my mom’s things. c. 1978)
@erinmaglaque.bsky.social
writer, historian, critic. mostly for the lrb and nyrb. i’m writing a history of the female body, out in 2026. https://linktr.ee/erinmaglaque https://erinmaglaque.com
@nkalamb.bsky.social
🍉; “Happiness Vampire”; Assoc Prof of Soc @ UNB; social theory + sport; words in The Guardian etc; co-host @endofsportpod.bsky.social; he/him; plz order *The End of College Football*: https://t.co/0C19WAmL6y
@erikkwakkel.bsky.social
Professor of Book History at UBC School of Information, Vancouver. Into medieval manuscripts. He/his. Blog: https://medievalbooks.nl. Writing a book on ads by medieval scribes. “There is more to life than medieval books, but it's a good place to start.”
@fredshan.bsky.social
academic librarian managing East Asian resources book history, intellectual history of early modern and modern China. charmed by all mass-transport vehicles 🚃🚈🚆✈️💺🚎
@themoot.bsky.social
I post dicks here. 18+ Only. He/Himbo. Extra medium sized doggo. Good dog in the streets. Party mutt in the sheets. pornhub.com/model/strawdoge
@francescopetrarca.bsky.social
CEO Humanism & Renaissance. I‘m the inventor of the Epoch. Forget about Dante and the others
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@jonathanhsy.bsky.social
(he/他/伊) Literature & language & theory & disability & donuts & ampersands. Cripqueer. Antiracist Medievalisms: From "Yellow Peril" to Black Lives Matter (2021) https://muse.jhu.edu/book/83922
@aarontpratt.bsky.social
Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books & Manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Center. Bibliographer, book historian, and VHS guy.
@nogoodwyfe.bsky.social
Chaotic good w/ redneck roots. Medievalist/teacher/PhD candidate/worker/aspiring pícara. Personal account; loud opinions (which is all of them) my own. @no_good_wyfe on Twit she/her 📍 North Carolina (in the woods somewhere instead of doing my work)
@johncotts.bsky.social
Medieval historian, humanist. Working on the crusades, violence, and the twelfth century. Pursuing new interests in environmental and climate history.
@basilaprice.bsky.social
He/Him 🏳️⚧️ ✨ John W Baldwin Postdoctoral Fellow @UCLA ✨Gender, Empire, and Race in the Old Norse World ✨
@whittypear.bsky.social
medievalist and union man for a free palestine / cemetery frequenter / blot on the landscape / they/he
@antoniad.bsky.social
@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 | Beowulf monograph ManchesterUP '25
@medievalbadger.bsky.social
Historian. Writes on medieval and early modern animals & medicine. Books: Medieval Pets, Cats in Medieval Manuscripts, Dogs in Medieval Manuscripts & many more!
@vickiblud.bsky.social
Medievalist / writer / editor (she/her. KingsManorGhost on the bird app) Commissioning editor for @amsterdamupress.bsky.social (medieval studies | hagiography | premodern medicine and disability | histories of punishment | song studies)
@madmaenad.bsky.social
Medievalist and Photographer, livin' the dream. Che vive sperando, muore cantando. Visit my blog site: www.pilgrimtothepast.com My photography site: https://www.madmaenad.com/
@skleinschmidt.bsky.social
Middle school teacher (English and Biology) and PhD student (medievalist) working on Middle English visions of the afterlife and their narration techniques. Formerly part of the GRK 1767 Factual and Fictional Narration (University of Freiburg, Germany).
@lhardingwrites.bsky.social
Mum friend transitioning to mum. Recovering medievalist. Writer of gothic, fantasy and horror. Displaced northener. True foodie. Culinary Cenobite. Pigeon möther. Synth/BM gremlin. Writing at patreon.com/lhardingwrites and https://ko-fi.com/lawrenceharding
@racheldelman.bsky.social
Heritage type and historian. Writes about medieval and Tudor women and their buildings. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Heritage Partnerships Coordinator at the University of Oxford.
@venetiabridges.bsky.social
Medievalist, soprano, wannabe gin aficionado, lives with a chaos demon in feline form called Hecate
@bhfindley.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. They/she/any 🏳️🌈 Rep: Aiden Siobhan at Laura Dail Literary
@medievalabby.bsky.social
Medieval Historian. Postdoctoral Researcher @ Cluster of Excellence "Understanding Written Artefacts", Universität Hamburg. All views are my own. She/her.
@jdmccafferty.bsky.social
A historian of things before 1700, especially religion, friars and the ways of everyday life.
@bertilak.bsky.social
Medievalist, teacher, reluctant administrator; queer solo parent by choice; borderlands dweller, trans advocate; piersplowman.org
@elenarossi.bsky.social
DPhil Student in History at Magdalen College, Oxford | Medieval women and universities | PGR Rep at HistEdSocUK | she/her
@medivalist.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Nordic Medieval History, University of Oslo
@robehoughton.bsky.social
Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Author of The Middle Ages in Computer Games. Co-organiser of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference. Italy; Investiture Contest; Games.
@richardnevell.bsky.social
@mariazygogianni.bsky.social
Audience Editor at OUP | PhD on enclosed gardens in medieval literature
@saraluckelman.bsky.social
#Logician, #Onomast, #Medievalist, #AcademicMama, #Author, #Immigrant, founder of SFFReviews.com and @EllipsisImprint. Co-president of @ducu. Own views. Robot.
@gunpowderdan.bsky.social
Historian of late medieval military history. Specialising in English military technology, warfare, and castles. Also a fan of Warhammer, France, dogs, heavy metal and archery.
@anne-payne.bsky.social
Administrator, medievalist, crafter, mum. Not necessarily in that order.
@anncastlewalton.bsky.social
Castle aficionado. Eternal student. ABD listed because it annoys old farts. Person who hugs buildings. Bassoonist. Enthusiastic library worker!
@medievallauren.bsky.social
Medievalist: Hildegard of Bingen, medicine, religious lit, medievalism, public scholarship. PhD History student at Northwestern, visiting @unimainz.bsky.social 24-25.
@becausechaucer.bsky.social
Proverbs 27:14 | #blessed with the spiritual gift of klutziness | definitely not a vampire | ask before adding me to lists/packs/etc