Dr Sarah Irving
History lecturer (Palestine, earthquakes, archaeology, labour). Gobby feminist, inky, cyclist, cat rehabber, born at 331. She/her. #actuallyautistic. Ed. of @contemplevant.bsky.social. Defender of post-92s, union member at @staffsucu.bsky.social
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Mandate Histories
Researchers and writers on Palestine, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq under mandatory rule c.1917-48
SWANA environmental histories
Folks working on environmental-medical-scientific histories of the SWANA region and related topics
@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
@fawazgerges.bsky.social
Professor of International Relations @lseir.bsky.social New Book: "The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East" @princetonupress.bsky.social
@loukas.bsky.social
Seeking a way to be useful and happy during the apocalypse. 🏳️⚧️They/them 🌲MSc: University of Agricultural Science (Uppsala) 🏠Treasurer: Friends of Bergholm Croft 🏥Board rep Autism Association: Stockholm Psychiatric Health buymeacoffee.com/loukasx
@danellin.bsky.social
Historian, Gremlinologist, musician, and father. IBCC Digital Archivist. Trustee for RAF Ingham. All views my own. He/him.
@cjfrieman.bsky.social
D.Phil. Archaeologist. Co-Editor Current Anthropology. Outgoing Editor European Journal of Archaeology. Educator. Tattoo Enthusiast. World Traveller. Accident Prone.
@rmgrossmann.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History @UniLeiden. PhD @HebrewU | Migration & Mobility, Jewish History, Visual Culture, Israel/Palestine, Humanitarianism, Cold War Cultural Diplomacy
@noamleshem.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Political Geography, Durham Uni. Violent conflict, political resurgence, colonial history. Author of: 'Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land' (Chicago 2025); 'Life After Ruin' (Cambridge 2017) https://tinyurl.com/mtyd9m
@anniaciezadlo.com
War, politics, climate change & food systems, in the Middle East & elsewhere. Investigations @ThePublicSource. Author, Day of Honey. Writing (tor)mentor. Interested in everything. RTs—and I cannot stress this enough—are not always endorsements.
@karinewalther.bsky.social
Historian of US Foreign Relations, Saudi Arabia, missionaries, medicine and development @ Georgetown Qatar 🇵🇸
@maltaweel.bsky.social
Professor of Near East Archaeology and Archaeological Data Science. Vice-Dean Innovation and Enterprise https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/32234-mark-altaweel/about
@azimuth65.bsky.social
Historian of the Indian Ocean with particular reference to Iraq, Arabia and the Gulf from the eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Oral historian of Iraqi refugees and expats.
@taavis.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at Project MIGDIA (funded by Koneen Säätiö, hosted by the Finnish Institute in the Middle East & University of Helsinki). Political Economy, Education & Lebanon.
@natmuller.bsky.social
Curator, writer, researcher of contemporary art, SWANA, science fiction, Anthropocene. Has a PhD in Lost Futurities. Loves to eat and has a weakness for dogs, bats, sloths, and gargoyles. Unapologetically opinionated. www.natmuller.com
@nitemkreb.bsky.social
PhD student in History at SFU. Ottoman Empire, 18th-19th c. Archery; Material Culture; Sunnitization; Islamization. Previously Leiden (MA'20) & Sciences Po (BA'18). https://www.sfu.ca/history/graduate/grad-students/phd/berk-metin.html
@danieltavana.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Penn State. I work on elections, identity, and political behavior in the Middle East and North Africa. danieltavana.com
@caari-cyprus.bsky.social
Our mission is to promote studies of Cypriot archaeology and related disciplines in the humanities and sciences.
@emilieklefebvre.bsky.social
Anthropologist | Associate Researcher @McGill | DPhil @ Oxford | history, visual culture, digital practices, conflict | Photography and Making Bedouin Histories https://bit.ly/EKLeFebvre | http://www.emilieklefebvre.com
@robertofilippel.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Media & Culture at University of Amsterdam | Fashion and politics, Palestinian visual and material culture, queer theory | 🇵🇸
@peterkrause.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Boston College, Research Affiliate at MIT Security Studies Program, Middle East politics, civil war and political violence, nationalism, rebels and regime change, peace-building, and Boston www.peterjpkrause.com
@emmaclockwood.bsky.social
Working with Archaeology and Anthropology journals at @tandfresearch.bsky.social She/Her. Views my own.
@toricht.bsky.social
Professor @ Uni Copenhagen | Archaeologist & Lithicologist Exploring old rocks and landscapes in southwest Asia Off-duty: Dad, runner, hiker, boardgame enthusiast, and motorcycle wrangler.
@samuelhelfont.bsky.social
Middle East/International history. Newest book: Iraq against the World (OUP, 2023). Naval War College@Naval Postgraduate School. PhD@Princeton. Views my own. https://www.samuelhelfont.com
@mbabusalih.bsky.social
Researcher • Comparative Politics - Democracy/Democratization - Middle East Politics • Lecturer at the University of Aleppo, Faculty of Arts and Humanities • abusalih.com
@phillipetches.bsky.social
PhD from ANU. Dr Phil, apparently. Visionary Genius. Salafism/Islam & sociology, Sunni pols in Lebanon, MENA, qual poli sci, & security. Surviving my thirties on a mix of caffeine and anxiety.
@petraboynton.bsky.social
#Safety and #wellbeing advocate and creator of the #PEEPSS Model. Social Psychologist. #Methodologist. Sometime #AgonyAunt. Advice giving as praxis. Critical #MentalHealth. Lives by the sea. Come for a #ResearchTip, maybe ask a question, stay for cat pics
@workshops4gaza.bsky.social
https://chuffed.org/project/help-us-deliver-vital-aid-to-gaza-families-in-need Writers, artists and educators organizing workshops to raise money for Palestinians: https://linkin.bio/workshops4gaza 🇵🇸 Image copyright: Middle East Eye / Haroon James
@mcrjewishmuseum.bsky.social
A place to experience how we are different, together.🤝 Sharing the stories of Jewish Manchester with the world. 🌍
@caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
graveyard historian; spouse to @fionawhim.bsky.social; she/they 🏳️🌈 THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance): https://www.prometheusbooks.com/9781633888999/the-caretakers/
@charlesparker.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, @uu-polisci.bsky.social, Uppsala University 🇸🇪 • Climate Change • Crisis • Disasters • Global Environmental Politics • International Relations • Public Policy.
@will-smiley.bsky.social
History (Ottoman and Russian Empires) and international law. Author, "From Slaves to Prisoners of War" (Oxford, 2018) and co-author, "To Save the Country" (Yale, 2019). All views strictly my own.
@bpas.bsky.social
A charity providing reproductive healthcare, including abortion care, to over 100,000 women every year. We passionately campaign for reproductive choice. https://linktr.ee/BPASlink
@channel4news.bsky.social
Stories that reveal and inspire, challenging expectations. Weekdays 7-8pm on Channel 4. Got a story? C4Nstories@itn.co.uk --- website: www.channel4.com/news youtube: www.youtube.com/@Channel4News
@ugurpece.bsky.social
Historian @LehighU | author of Island & Empire | previously @BardCollege & @Harvard | PhD @Stanford | BA Economics @UniBogazici | https://www.sup.org/books/middle-east-studies/island-and-empire
@katyphipps.bsky.social
Historian of sexuality and French colonial power, looking at race/gender/imperialism/sex work in North Africa and more. Based at University of Bristol. Always nosy.
@danamir.bsky.social
Scholar of Iran, Jews, Israel/Palestine, and tahdig Neubauer JRF, Brandeis | DPhil, Oxford Split subject between Urmi Aramaic, Yiddish, and Judeo-Persian https://brandeis.academia.edu/DanielAmir
@maryahannun.bsky.social
Managing Editor of MERIP. Post doctoral researcher at University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies.
@arthurasseraf.bsky.social
historian colonialism | media | Orangina One of those Jews for a free Palestine you keep hearing about
@liabrazil.bsky.social
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame. Histories of international law, humanitarianism and imperialism. Currently writing on sexual violence and humanitarian actors; imprisonment, and the Red Cross
@liorsternfeld.bsky.social
Historian of modern Iran, Jewish communities of the Middle East.
@lioracle.bsky.social
History Prof. (Israel/Palestine, Jewish history, Middle East), urbanist, map-lover, punster, ebike and public library enthusiast. Seattle, WA
@jamesassunderland.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Cambridge. PDRA at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. Historian of Mandate Palestine. Maker of stained glass windows. Brewer of mead. Amateur bellringer.
@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social
Birmingham's new quality newspaper: sending local stories to your inbox. Always looking for new writers & new stories.
@niharikaan.bsky.social
research/write/teach on gender, militarism, coloniality, everyday politics & anti-imperial feminisms. co-plotting insurgent knowledges. lecturer in sociology QMUL. she/they part-time poet, talib-e-ilm//talib-e-qalb
@cairojim.bsky.social
Australians, Antiquities and WW1. The Shellal Mosaic. Collecting Antiquities in the Antipodes. Manager/Curator at UQ Antiquities Museum.
@jinxremoving.bsky.social
Still yelling about Malaysia | lizard apologist | tear down the borders | relevant flags: 🇮🇪🇲🇾🇲🇹🏳️🌈🏴
@lylamehta.bsky.social
Professor of environment & development; Water, sanitation, climate, covid; human rights; displacement; feminist; anti-fascist; Editor @Natureandspace; UK, India, Austria, Norway. Twitter migrant; also on @Lylamehta@mas.to.Views my own;
@eranzelnik.bsky.social
US Historian, recovering former Zionist, author of “American Laughter American Fury,” on white men’s humor in the early US. CFA union VP, Chico chapter, dogdad