Medieval and Early Modern MENA Starter Pack
People who work on the Middle East and North Africa in medieval and early modern times
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@brianjulrich.bsky.social
@nposegay.bsky.social
Itinerant scholar, ex- @theul.bsky.social | PhD Middle Eastern Studies | Medieval history, Cairo Genizah, Semitic languages | he/him | Publications: linktr.ee/NPosegay 'The Illustrated Cairo Genizah' available now: linktr.ee/CambridgeGRU
@jalbarran.bsky.social
Loving husband, proud father and passionate historian of the Medieval Islamic West at the University of Granada. Living the Albayzin. Writing on the loss of al-Andalus, Crusades in al-Andalus, jihad, Andalusi Christians, Andalusi memory... Antifascist.
@rachelschine.bsky.social
Probably too busy sprinkling rosewater on everything to care about whatever it is you're doing.
@sasanianshah.bsky.social
Historian, late antique Central & W. Asia, Sasanians, Byzantines, Rus’. BD fan, Globe Trotter, Kensington Communist, flâneur, in love w London, Tehran, Athens, & Vienna. Have laptop, will write.
@nathanielbdemiller.bsky.social
Arabic, Colorado, linguistics, dad and kid stuff 🦖🚀, poetry, fiction. Some guinea pig content. Recovering academic currently working in tech.
@ryanjosephlynch.com
Professor of Islamic History @ColumbusState. Work on the Islamic state throughout history. Love tech + games + punk rock. Writing a book about history in games. ryanjosephlynch.com
@hyildizhistorian.bsky.social
Lecturer in gender history at the University of Edinburgh, with an interest in nineteenth century labour and modern empires. Ottoman & South Asian history. #FeministSky
@saranuryildiz.bsky.social
History | METU/ODTÜ Ankara "When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson #FreePalestine #NehirdenDenizeKadar🇵🇸 مرگ به مآگآ
@archaeoman.bsky.social
Archaeologist working on #Mobility and #DigitalHumanities | active in Oman 🇴🇲 | Juniorprofessor @anestudieswue.bsky.social @uniwuerzburg.bsky.social
@fabien-lesguer.bsky.social
I am Phd student at University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and CNRS study engineer for the Dadan Archaeological Project
@medievalqabq.bsky.social
editor of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social historian of Umayyad & early Abbasid rule in Armenia & Caucasian Albania currently working on marriage and matriliny in the Khazar Khaganate associate prof at Columbia University
@indianoceanworld.bsky.social
Historian of the Indian Ocean مؤرخ المحيط الهندي | PhD Candidate @Princeton |🎙Hosting the #IndianOceanWorld Podcast
@biblioiranica.info
Bibliographia Iranica is a collective bibliographic blog for Iranian Studies maintained by Shervin Farridnejad, Yazdan Safaee and Arash Zeini (founder).
@menalibahs.bsky.social
Librarian for Islamic Art & Architecture at Harvard Fine Arts Library. Scholar of women in medieval Arabic pop lit. She/her/hers. Opinions≠employer's.
@jacculturelmu.bsky.social
The Munich Research Centre for Jewish-Arabic Cultures brings together projects of junior and senior researchers relating to Jewish-Arabic cultures. www.lmu.de/jewisharabiccultures
@petertarras.bsky.social
Postdoc @jacculturelmu.bsky.social | Blog: http://medisi.hypotheses.org | Book History | Manuscript Studies | Provenance | Oriens Christianus | Intellectual History | SciCom | #FirstGen https://lmu-munich.academia.edu/PeterTarras
@drtermagant.bsky.social
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
@adambursi.bsky.social
Editorial at Fortress Press. Research on relics/senses/material religion in late antiquity and early Islam. Wrote a book: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-traces-of-the-prophets.html We should improve society somewhat
@mideastmedieval.bsky.social
Middle East Medievalists (MEM) is an international professional non-profit association of scholars interested in the study of the medieval Middle East, defined expansively to include all geographies with prominent Muslim political, religious, or social pre
@alusuralwusta.bsky.social
Journal of Middle East Medievalists (@mideastmedieval.bsky.social), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal on the medieval Middle East. Edited by Zayde Antrim (zaydeantrim.bsky.social) & Alison Vacca (@medievalqabq.bsky.social)
@melibrarynl.bsky.social
Officiëel account van de Middle Eastern Library @ubleiden.bsky.social - Official Account of the Middle Eastern Library @ubleiden.bsky.social
@farridnejad.bsky.social
Professor of Iranian Studies، History, Languages & Cultures of the Near East, University of Hamburg، member of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC): Iranian Languages and Religions, Zoroastrianism, Judeo-Persian Literature
@sjmcdonough.bsky.social
Historian of the late ancient world: Sasanian Iran, the Caucasus, and the Eastern Roman Empire. Professor at William Paterson University. I like cats, photography, and sweet cabbage pierogi.
@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.
@homophonous.bsky.social
Andalusi lit and cultural history at NYU. Medieval, but not like that. Trying to strike a balance between critical and creative writing. Chaos muppet, always. Still perfecting my gazpacho.
@robhaug.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Islamic World History at the University of Cincinnati
@joelblecher.com
History Professor at George Washington U | Islamic History & Thought | Said the Prophet (UC Press) | Merits of the Plague (Penguin Classics) | ex-berliner, sometimes morse code www.joelblecher.com
@laurylsilvers.bsky.social
Muslim Canadian author of mysteries and thrillers. #Toronto Thrillers by Jayne Green. Rat City, The #Sufi Mysteries Quartet and its spin-off, Ghazi Ammar (2025), by Laury Silvers. Fan of the IJC/ICC. Survivor Fandom. I watch a lot of TV. llsilvers.com
@islamtexts.bsky.social
Islamic studies researcher ⚡ Sharing beautiful & fascinating Islamic art, thought and history. ✨ Original translations of Classical Arabic https://www.readingislamictexts.com #islam #quran #hadith #sufi #arabic #calligraphy #art #manuscript #islamic
@phdnix.bsky.social
Historical Linguist; Working on Quranic Arabic and the linguistic history of Arabic and Tamazight. Game designer for Team18k
@rebellionuhh.bsky.social
Emmy Noether research group, 'Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period (SCORE)', Hamburg. https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/forschung/score.html. "Rebels and Rulers in the Early Islamicate World" (EUP, Dec 2024, OA!). Shared account.
@archumanities.bsky.social
We publish books on Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern topics. https://www.arc-humanities.org
@matthewjkuiper.bsky.social
Religion Prof. Islam, South Asia, Middle East. Fascinated by religious actors & movements in modernity. Author of two books on Islamic da'wa (mission, propagation). Other words in sundry other places. Opinions mine. 13.1🏃🏼♂️✅, next up 26.
@mtmiller.bsky.social
Asst Prof, U Maryland. Islamicate Affect/Emotion, Sufism, Digital Humanities, Persian literature, Lit of Islamic & Middle Eastern Revolutionary Movements, Labor. On Piscataway Land. Proud Member: AAUP (@aaup.bsky.social), AFT (@aftunion.bsky.social)
@mlawrencepayne.bsky.social
Translator and historian | PhD from Brown University | Writing about al-Jāḥiẓ, animals, race, and enslavement | Interested in early Islam and late antique Christianity. https://www.mlawrencepayne.com
@klaxoncomms.com
Former scholar of Islamic history. I am now mostly ruled by my three cats and one dog, who insist that I post images of their cute visages here frequently. I also like to talk about history (how surprising!). Queer/Ace/ADHD. #Vancouver 🇨🇦
@stephenniem.bsky.social
Assoc prof of Islamic art at UT Austin, 24-25 NEH Fellow, Syria, archaeology, heritage. Formerly world-renowned author of "The Citizen Kane of Islam-centric cat-themed Twitter threads", now making an Arabic/English digital game set in 8th c. Syria
@nhaider.bsky.social
Historian of early Islam. Father of banana and green ninja. Author of Shii Islam: An Introduction. On a quest to write the perfect sentence…
@brianjulrich.bsky.social
Professor of History @ShippensburgU, focused on Middle East since the rise of Islam, author of The Medieval Persian Gulf (https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700046/the-medieval-persian-gulf/), views are my own