Working Classicists
www.workingclassicists.com
🏺A hub of resources, support & solidarity
⚡️Representing the working class in classics
🏛️ Run by @miri.bsky.social & @misterconnor1.bsky.social
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A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology
A selection of the wonderfully talented writers, scholars, academics, enthusiasts, and students who wrote for our first book!
@martathens.bsky.social
Leo, escribo, observo las aves, boxeo, Ελλάδα... Prof. CU Filología Griega
@misterabk.bsky.social
Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him linktr.ee/misterabk www.loremenpodcast.com www.abeckettking.com
@jay.bsky.team
CEO of Bluesky, steward of AT Protocol. Let’s build a federated republic, starting with this server. 🌱 🪴 🌳
@antiquityalex.bsky.social
Keeping this account dormant until we can have private alts... If you follow and we weren't twitter mutuals, it's an automatic block. Sorry.
@austinkelmore.com
Unionizing the games industry one person at a time. Cofounder and active member of @gameworkers.co.uk and @gameworkersolidarity.com. Game worker, rock climber, cat hugger based in Glasgow, Scotland. https://www.austinkelmore.com
@jowolff.bsky.social
Jonathan Wolff, Political Philosopher. Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford Wolfson College President The Royal Institute of Philosophy THFC supporter in 'only talk to me about the Europa League’ mode #academic
@sarahebond.bsky.social
Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/ Pasts Imperfect: https://pastsimperfect.substack.com
@jpnudell.bsky.social
Pizza appreciator, ancient historian, reader, writer, baker. In some order. Blogging here: https://joshuapnudell.com/blog/
@sarahmay1.bsky.social
Heritage, Archaeologist, solidarity, she/her - hoping for more kindness, often anxious and sharp. Professionally garrulous. Living in Cardiff
@kateantiquity.bsky.social
People-watcher, ancient and modern. Historian of Late Antiquity. Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.
@kataplexis.bsky.social
Ancient Historian and Professor. First gen, public school, state college kid teaching at a SLAC. I like books, music, movies, and being in the Mediterranean (sailing and researching). PhD OSU, BA UCSD.
@carlosfnorena.bsky.social
Humanist | 🇪🇦 | Ancient Historian | 🎛 🎹🎚| He/Him https://history.berkeley.edu/carlos-f-norena
@nevillemorley.bsky.social
Classics & Ancient History at Exeter, Leverhulme Major Research Fellow; much Thucydides, Marx and decadence, but also beer, cats and obscure European jazz. STILL trying to keep the blog going: https://thesphinxblog.com.
@katexe.bsky.social
Academic working on Gender & Language in Greek tragedy, and the Ancient World in video games. Also a lot of women's cricket chat. Views all mine.
@platanoclassics.bsky.social
He/his. Dominican Diaspora classicist. Undocumented (Penguin 2015) and Divine Institutions (Princeton 2020); Rome, Empire of Plunder (CUP 2017) and Making the Middle Republic (CUP 2023). Father of Boots the Corgi (rip) + Romulus and Remus.
@idaostenberg.bsky.social
Professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Gothenburg. Eller som min son säger: "Mamma är bara professor i vissa saker." Posts in English and Swedish.
@gregwoolf.bsky.social
Historian and archaeologist of the ancient world. New York and the East Neuk of Fife.
@pottedhistory.bsky.social
Potted History: Ancient maker of replica ancient pottery, shaper of clay, builder of kilns, maker of tools, Experimental archaeology: Ceramic Technology. Prehistory Neolithic, Bronze-Age, Iron-Age, Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Mediaeval.
@mikoflohr.bsky.social
Leiden University // Ancient History // Editor @ Babesch // Postcolonial Eurasian //
@logeiongklat.bsky.social
Greek & Latin linguistics, philology, gadgetry; check out Attikos & Logeion (stress -ei-) in App Store; or http://logeion.uchicago.edu and http://perseus.uchicago.edu (Philo4Classics). Occasionally at voices.uchicago.edu/logeion
@mattitiahu.bsky.social
Philologist and historical linguist at the University of Copenhagen. I mainly work on Ancient Greek dialects and Indo-European historical/comparative linguistics but I do other things too. (he/er/han/αυτός/ⲛ̄ⲧⲟϥ)
@rhigarthjones.bsky.social
Burnley girl in 🇩🇰, PhD in early Abbasid visual language of power & relationship to Rome, general geek, chronically ill. 'Stealthily whimsical'. I want to live on a boat again. She/her. *All Roads Lead to Rome* out May 2025 with Aurum Press.
@nakhthor.bsky.social
Chinese-American anc historian, Columbia. Antiochos III & the Cities of W Asia Minor (1999), Statues & Cities (2013), Aršāma and his World (2020, co-ed), Polis: A New History (2024) https://columbia.academia.edu/JohnMa
@annapjudson.bsky.social
Durham Classicist (languages, Linear B, epigraphy, archaeology). Member of WCC and WIASN. Blogging (intermittently) at http://itsallgreektoanna.wordpress.com. She/her
@antiquethought.bsky.social
Ancient Historian/Classicist. IT/Cognition/Law. | Fellow @GuggFellows.bsky.social and American Academy in Rome | Never, ever speak for my employer | Also cooking @foodoriented.bsky.social
@katherinemcdon.bsky.social
Classicist and linguist, Durham. Working on multilingualism in ancient Italy, the written landscape and the linguistics of slavery.
@iotasubscript.bsky.social
PhD; assistant professor of Roman history and literature; particularly enthusiastic about Roman religion and insults; never speak for my employer
@emer.bsky.social
professional Shakespeare opinion haver. I write about Irish Shakespeares, early modern performance studies, actors, and theatre & celebrity. loves shoegaze, Frasier, & my Criterion Channel subscription. queer, autistic, sí/í, also very nice
@davidrafferty.bsky.social
Historian. ARC DECRA Fellow @ Adelaide with project “How Republics Die: Rome’s democratic breakdown in the 1st century BCE”. Husband and father. I’m the one who set cats and dogs against each other. Not endorsed by employer. https://davidrafferty.org
@dianajspencer.bsky.social
Dean of Liberal Arts & Natural Sciences, Birmingham (UK), Professor of Classics; When not at work, I'm home in Dublin (or Italy) 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 Personal account. Also @dianajspencer@mastodon.ie, @dianajspencer
@ameliadowler.bsky.social
National Officer FDA Union; Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies; Researcher in numismatics
@ics.bsky.social
The Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) in the School of Advanced Study. Promoting and supporting research into all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond.
@ltotelin.bsky.social
Historian of Ancient Mediterranean science and medicine. Mother of two. Feminist. Plant lover. Trade unionist. Super Belgie. Welsh by adoption. Many typos.
@kjsoar.bsky.social
PhD. Senior lecturer in Archaeology. Writer for Hellebore. Co-editor of 'Strange Relics' with Dr. Amara Thornton (Handheld Press). Editor 'Circles of Stone' and 'Return of the Ancients' (British Library Tales of the Weird). She/her. I have a dog.
@lewismarkwebb.bsky.social
Roman historian. Associate Professor in Ancient History at University of Gothenburg. He/him.
@alliterative.bsky.social
Interdisciplinarian, historical linguist, philologist, medievalist; I make videos & podcasts about words, history, and literature. Married to @AvenSarah. he/him
@avensarah.bsky.social
Roman poetry & culture | Endless Knot Podcast & YT http://alliterative.net | 🇨🇦Fed govt, former prof | She/her | circumsiliens modo huc modo illuc, pipio
@hlmurray.bsky.social
Researching and teaching C19 US & Australian Lit, speculative genres, white supremacy, in Melbourne. she/her ‘Liminal Whiteness in Early US Fiction’ out in pbk now! https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-liminal-whiteness-in-early-us-fiction.html
@amayor.bsky.social
Historian of Ancient Science & Human Curiosity, author of Mythopedia Flying Snakes Gods and Robots The Amazons Poison King First Fossil Hunters Fossil Legends Greek Fire Poison Arrows
@stepheharrop.bsky.social
Associate professor, storyteller, author, Greek chorus wrangler. Also: tea, islands, debatable lands, long walks on cold beaches. "Impressively undaunted." https://www.stepheharrop.co.uk/
@clairemillington.bsky.social
Archaeologist and writer. Once-upon-a-time a diplomat. Rural. https://clairemillington.com (She/her)
@cypriotartleeds.bsky.social
Material culture historian, exploring the history of Cypriot archaeology and ancient Cypriot collections in UK museums. Ceramics fan. ECR Associate at the Institute of Classical Studies, London and Associate Lecturer in Classics at the Open University.
@zenakamash.bsky.social
Writing - archaeology - heritage - wellbeing. British Iraqi. Faber Academy 'Writing Your Novel' student. Deputy Editor: European Journal of Archaeology. Likes crafting, boardgames and cats. She/her
@mariapretzler.bsky.social
Ancient Historian with a scarf habit. Greek History and Archaeology, mostly in the Peloponnese. Arcadia. Pausanias. Ancient Travel Writing and Geography. Second Sophistic. Associate Prof and Subject Lead Swansea Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology.
@slevelt.bsky.social
Combined Historian . teaches . AngloDutch . he/him . funcrusher Mostly on aus.social/@slevelt (bridged to bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/slevelt.aus.social.ap.brid.gy)
@hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social
(art) historian currently researching Whiteness and greco-roman mythology in british history painting. interested in classical reception throughout the history of the british empire. (part-time) illustrator. views my own. hardeepsdhindsa.wordpress.com
@scsclassics.bsky.social
The Society for Classical Studies promotes study of ancient Greek and Roman languages, literatures, and civilizations. https://classicalstudies.org/
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. of Classical Studies @ Fairfield University. Ovid, narratology, gender. He/him 🏳️🌈. Twitch and Instagram: TheDancingGrad. Oxford comma enthusiast.