Mark Empey
Early Modernist to the bitter end #Bookhistory Female Book Owners; Women Writers; British & Irish historical writing; early Stuart peripheral governments
Forthcoming book: Sir James Ware: Royalism, History & Antiquarianism (Boydell)
Coined #HerBook
@mikaelalm.bsky.social
Professor of History, Uppsala University. Eighteenth century/Age of Revolutions | Royal image making & political culture | Sartorial practices & social order | Court society & social interaction | Digitising Gustav III's private archive | New on 🦋
@cathjsuth.bsky.social
Special Collections librarian, views my own. Moved over from The Other Place. Hoping for a nice mix of arts and culture (especially libraries), and current affairs.
@historyireland.bsky.social
History Ireland Magazine Established in 1993. Editor, Tommy Graham. Part of The Wordwell Group. Subscribe here: https://historyireland.com/subscribe/
@johnmkuhn.bsky.social
English prof. 17th century stuff. Prairie son. Working on a cultural and material history of the birchbark canoe in the early modern Americas.
@drandrewsneddon.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, religion, and the supernatural, especially ghosts, magic and witchcraft. Senior Lecturer in History at Ulster University. https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-sneddon w1711.org
@harryspillane.bsky.social
Early modern historian at the University of Cambridge | Munby Fellow in Bibliography at Cambridge University Library and Fellow of Darwin College | PhD on the Bishops' Bible of 1568 | General book lover 📚 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-harry-spillane
@lisacolton.bsky.social
Musicologist, parent, fair-weather gardener Head of Music Department at University of Liverpool
@lc-beguines.bsky.social
Historian of early modern Catholic women's communities, especially their patronage of art & architecture. Mostly Flemish stuff. Occasional curator. Research at https://independent.academia.edu/SarahJoanMoran. Scholarly editing at www.SJMoranEditing.com.
@wsguk.bsky.social
Multi-disciplinary international group promoting the study of women and gender in the early modern period and long eighteenth century. https://womensstudiesgroup.org/ Seminars | Workshops | Outings | Bursary Scheme | Mentoring | Newsletter | Reading Group
@maryjomacdonald.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Jyväskylä, PhD from UofT. maryjomacdonald.com
@isabellarosner.bsky.social
Textile historian🪡 curator, Royal School of Needlework | research associate, Witney Antiques | host, Sew What? podcast | PhD on early Quaker women's needle, wax, and shellwork | views my own, etc. | she/her
@neilayounger.bsky.social
Historian of early modern England. Convenor of the IHR Tudor & Stuart Seminar. Live-tweeting the reign of Elizabeth I. New(ish) book on Sir Christopher Hatton: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526159496/
@dedalusdenaries.bsky.social
‘Somewhere, well out, beyond’ Late Heaney forthcoming from Oxford University Press Archipelagos/ Coasts/ Oceans
@catholicismsem.bsky.social
Catholicisms, c.1450-c. 1800 is a book series of @imems.bsky.social Press, an imprint of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Details can be found here: https://boydellandbrewer.com/search-results/?series=byd67-catholicisms-c-1450c-1800
@joelherman.bsky.social
Research Fellow @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social, Houses of Parliament | Historian of the press, publicity, and popular political action in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
@andykesson.bsky.social
Research, performance, history, creativity, wrestling and a lot of bears.
@liamhogan.bsky.social
Librarian & Historian. Twitter migrant. Researching Slavery - Memory - Power. Blog > https://medium.com/@Limerick1914/ hcommons > https://hcommons.org/members/liamhogan/
@tainonen.bsky.social
Medieval and early modern manuscripts and libraries Sub-Librarian / Special Collections Librarian at The Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social My posts, my views and interests - not my employer's
@dr-patriciastoop.bsky.social
PhD | Medieval and Early Modern Dutch (religious) literature @UAntwerpen | History of women's intellectual, literary, and religious culture | Book history | Sermon studies
@mgyarn.bsky.social
Chronicler of bookwomen (misc.) Currently 17thC women printers. Previously SHAKESPEARE'S 'LADY EDITORS' (CUP). Freelance indexer/editor/researcher. A remarkably Independent Scholar.
@evillegasdelatorre.bsky.social
Cultural Historian @UCLSELCS | Expert Evaluator @REA_research | Non-Profit Author/Editor/Translator @booktime.org | PhD & MSCA on #women and the #RepublicofLetters. #knowledgecommunities #complit #childrenslit https://www.respublicalitteraria.com
@benjamin-asmussen.bsky.social
Maritime historian & Senior Researcher @National Museum of Denmark interested in global connections - especially early modern Danish-Norwegian trading companies and their encounters.
@nemn-network.bsky.social
Early Modern History network based in Scotland & the North of England, but expanding worldwide - Bringing together Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers interested in all things Early Modern. Join us here: https://earlymodernnetwork.wordpress.com
@speccoll-kuleuven.bsky.social
We take care of KU Leuven Libraries' heritage collections housed in the University Library: rare books, lecture notes and other manuscripts, graphics... We also have a reference collection of more than 65.000 titles on book history.
@davidworthington.bsky.social
Historian. Manager. Interim Dean, Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Business and Education, University of the Highlands and Islands. https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/about-uhi/senior-management/professor-david-worthington/
@bobmaclean.bsky.social
Assistant Librarian (rare books), University of Glasgow Library Archives and Special Collections
@zoejackson.bsky.social
Social history, law, memory, and the landscape (in various permutations) in early modern Britain. PhD on early modern memory and perjury from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. she/her
@apettegree.bsky.social
Historian of the Reformation, the history of the book and media transformations. Director of @universalstc.bsky.social.
@gollygee2004.bsky.social
Dad at Home, Surfer at Ocean, Medieval Historian and Lecturer at University of Galway, and many other interesting things no doubt [my posts are in a personal capacity] @historyatgalway.bsky.social https://www.universityofgalway.ie/history/
@ucdarchives.bsky.social
We curate private paper collections documenting the modern Irish State; UCD; and many elements of the Franciscan manuscript patrimony. www.ucd.ie/archives
@serenaj1642.bsky.social
🇬🇧 Author, publisher, independent historian | British Civil Wars: biographer of Col Sir George Lisle | transcribing & publishing the 1640s English newsbooks | 🦋 Est. Sep 2023 Taking a break from social media as of 24 Apr 2025
@padraicmoran.bsky.social
Classics, University of Galway. Late Antique/early medieval texts and manuscripts (Latin, Greek, Old Irish). http://pmoran.ie, http://glossam.ie
@smcdonald.bsky.social
Theology prof seeking to live more fully into the glorious truths I am called to teach. If I'm not in the here and now you'll find me in the 17th C. Projects on George Herbert (profile pic) and Rev. Henry Fairfax (Sir Tom's uncle, hence the other pic)
@ahokas.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher (History, Uni. Helsinki): medieval book history, manuscript studies, DH. Views own. He/him. Väitöskirjatutkija (historia, Helsingin yliopisto): keskiajan kirjahistoria, käsikirjoitustutkimus, digitaaliset ihmistieteet. Näkemykset omia.
@ctcallisen.bsky.social
Early modern intellectual historian, inclusion champion, former senior public servant. Sometimes in Swedish. he/him 🇦🇺🇸🇪🏳️🌈
@trude-dijkstra.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the History of the Book | University of Amsterdam | Early Modernist | The Role of Print in Intercultural Encounters between Europe and Asia| current project: Hand-Colouring the World Outside Europe
@jes1003.bsky.social
Early modern literature professor, University of Cambridge; climate activist. Coordinator of http://royalsocietyletter.uk and https://gmcletter.wordpress.com/
@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Environmental historian. Professor Univ of Stavanger. Co-director Greenhouse Center for #envhum. Co-editor Environmental Humanities journal. Extinction; animal history. New book: The Medieval Pig (Boydell 2024) https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781837651689/th
@niamhcullen.bsky.social
Lecturer in history at QUB. Twentieth century Italy, history of emotions, family, motherhood. Creative approaches to history. Essays and stories in the Dublin Review @londonmagazine, Tangerine magazine https://niamhcullenwriter.com/
@mareganlefay.bsky.social
Medievalist. Pre modern lit & culture across borders, especially all things Arthurian. FRHistS, FHEA. Folkie. 🎵 Mareganlefay.bsky.social
@profelainechalus.bsky.social
Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.
@petergray47.bsky.social
Historian of 19thC Ireland; Director of Irish Studies, QUB. Last book: William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism (2023); working on politics of Irish land reform and the Tenant League(s). Chair of @Irishhistorians.bsky.social There may also be cats.
@sashahandley.bsky.social
Professor of Early Modern History, University of Manchester, specialising in histories of sleep, healthcare practices, and supernatural beliefs.