Creative Interactions
The Creative Interactions research group, based at the Open University. For anyone interested in any of the places where creative practice (of any kind) and academic research (of any kind) meet. https://fass.open.ac.uk/research/groups/creative-interactions
@benwwk.bsky.social
Art Historian; Doctor of London's murals & 'the Left', 1975-86; Socialist; Trade unionist; Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@openarc.bsky.social
OpenARC, The Open University Arts & Humanities Research Centre, is the hub for research in the School of Arts and Humanities at The Open University. It hosts a broad range of research groups, and facilitates disciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
@erbradfield.bsky.social
Practitioner Researcher & Consultant working at the intersection of arts, health & creativity | Creative Capture® #CreativeAgeing #BeTheChange
@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
@drmirandafay.bsky.social
Asst Prof at Trinity College Dublin | Shakespeare and Performance Studies | Drama Critic and Cultural Historian | 📖 Shakespeare's Body Language; The Tempest (Arden Performance Editions); An Alternative History of Shakespearean Acting (all Bloomsbury)
@willpooley.bsky.social
historian of witchcraft, folklore, tarot, france, 18-20th c creative histories ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic assoc. ed. @FrenchHistory aspiring acronymancer
@autisminmuseums.bsky.social
Sharing Autism in Museums events #AutisminMuseums #Autism #ASC #inclusion #access #culture #museums Run by Claire Madge Sign up for our monthly email on events and info via the website. https://www.autisminmuseums.com/
@workingclassicists.bsky.social
www.workingclassicists.com 🏺A hub of resources, support & solidarity ⚡️Representing the working class in classics 🏛️ Run by @miri.bsky.social & @misterconnor1.bsky.social ✍️ Platforming working class academics ❤️ Woke AF email us: info@workingclassicists.com
@emmabridges.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Classical Studies at the Open University. Thinks a lot about making humanities education accessible. She/her
@ouhealtharts.bsky.social
Academics from across the Open University and beyond. We research the intersections between health, wellbeing, the arts and creativity from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines.
@paulftremlett.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the Open University & President of the British Association for the Study of Religions (BASR). Religions; places; literacies; alternative futures. Bad at chess, worse at table tennis.
@drpeterryan.bsky.social
Sociologist of religion and social movements. Dabbler in creative writing and board games.
@asciampacone.bsky.social
Lecturer at The Open University. Art Historian interested in 19thC to 20thC British art and visual culture, disease, climate, empire, and air pollution, as well as museum studies and the legacies of empire in collections.
@elencaldecott.bsky.social
I write children's fiction. I puppy-wrangle. Hoffi coffi. If there's dancing, I'm in. Senior Lecture, Creative Writing at Lancaster. Published Bloomsbury, OUP, Andersen Press. All jokes my own. She/her
@vickybowskill.bsky.social
Award-winning illustrator, environmental scientist and tutor 🌼🎨🌍 Founding Director of Inklusive Nature CIC: connecting science & society through inclusive visuals https://linktr.ee/vicky_bowskill #SciComm #SketchNotes #VisualThinking #ActuallyAustistic
@sarahcrafter.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural- Developmental Psychology at The Open University Interested in children and young people's migration Qualitative, Participatory and arts-based approaches
@sophiedoherty.bsky.social
Lecturer in Law: law and art/humanities, justice, VAWG/GBV, menstruation, visual constitutionalism, and feminism. QUB/ Durham Alumni. PhD FHEA. Belfast.
@meanderinghist.bsky.social
Writer, Wikipedian, support worker, history student at the Open University, and FASS rep at @oustudents.bsky.social. Focused on the late 19th century.
@sashagoblin.bsky.social
Academic, feminist, queer, likes walking, books, & overthinking culture. Gender, sexuality, food, history of the body, the Earl of Rochester, but this will probably be old houses and queer nonsense. Sorry.
@leighdownes.bsky.social
Queer, northern, non-binary, cat companion, DIY queer feminist culture fan, jigsaw enthusiast, peaks walker, bookworm & Juno Books volunteer. Senior lecturer in Criminology at The Open University. Researching gender, sexuality, violence & social justice.
@geologyclare.bsky.social
Professor of Metamorphic Geology and Director of the Graduate School at the Open University. Cold water swimmer and parkrunner. Posts only about fun stuff!
@jonrainford.bsky.social
Sociologist of education with an interest in creative methods. Interested in widening access to HE, masculinities and neurodiversity.
@preciouschatd.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @OUPolitics. SFHEA. Russian foreign & security policy, soft power, narratives, ID, religion & disinfo, conspiracy theories. Associate editor, International Affairs. UK Young Academy member. Mum of 3.
@hbowescatton.bsky.social
Academic Lead for PGR training at Open University, UK. @ougradsch.bsky.social I research 1) inclusion in doctoral education and 2) LGBTQIA+ identities and politics. Northern, working class, queer, cis feminist. Lifts heavy things for fun. Views mine.
@amyjanebarnes.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer & Staff Tutor in Art History, OU. Museums, heritage, visual culture, Chinese things. Thoughts are my own. She/her open.ac.uk/people/ajb2863
@debbieparkerkinch.bsky.social
Lecturer in English and Staff Tutor @ The Open University. Interested in 19/20C writing by women and the history of feminism. Writing a biography of writer & feminist Bessie Parkes Belloc (1829-1925). Views my own.
@e-jgraham.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at The Open University | Roman archaeology | material religion | penguins 🐧
@vickyausten.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Classics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Public Engagement Coordinator for @peoplingthepast.bsky.social Gif Enthusiast. My own unique mix of 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸 victoriaausten.com
@mahmutovic.bsky.social
Writer (At the Feet of Mothers, How to Fare Well and Stay Fair, Thinner than a Hair) Prof of English Literature and Creative Writing at Stockholm University. Academic work (Ways of Being Free, Future in Comics, Craft of Editing, Claiming Space)
@goldsmithsuol.bsky.social
A close-knit community, a rich academic heritage, a creative powerhouse, a thought-provoking place.
@comicsuod.bsky.social
The Comics Masters at the University of Dundee blends creative practice and academic analysis. https://www.dundee.ac.uk/subjects/comics Profile image https://www.instagram.com/ellbalson/ Header by https://nickj.ca/
@hanacarolina.bsky.social
Creative Writer & Academic Researcher | 30s | she/her | 🏴 🇪🇺 | Reviewer @ Strange Horizons | Fiction Editor @ Divinations Magazine | Debut Novella with Spaceboy Books, THE INESCAPABLE MARCH (2025) https://readspaceboy.com/portfolio/the-inescapable-march/
@harveyhumphrey.bsky.social
Academic. Poet. Creative sociologist. Queer non-binary trans man. Spoonie. Gentletran & a scholar. Also part of the Queer Disability Studies Network snails. 🐌🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@lauramca.bsky.social
Irish Academic, archaeologist, heritage, memory, creative at UC Cork. Interest in post/conflict and post/colonial contexts inc fieldwork in Ireland and Caribbean.
@catherinespooner.bsky.social
Academic and creative writer | Professor of Literature and Culture, Lancaster University | all things Gothic | fashion | folk horror | she/her
@eldergoth.bsky.social
Medieval dress historian 1200-1500. Creative practice researcher: re-creating historic (medieval) dress as academic practice They/them. Grimm fairy tales fancier. And lots more, but we shall focus on that bit, shan't we? Also, in Scotland. Plus bilingual.
@remembermyhat.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Sexuality and Ageing at the Open University, UK (she/her). Also often tweeting and retweeting about: academic writing | SRHR and sex ed | creative methods | Long Covid/Chronic Fatigue
@chrissieplastow.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University | Co-artistic director of Theatre of the Gentle Furies | researching Athenian forensic oratory & theatrical receptions of myth | she/her | catposting
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