Print Culture & Publishing Studies
A starter pack of scholars working on print culture, publishing studies, history of the book, critical bibliography, sociology of literature, periodical studies, media studies, and related intersections of books, history, economics, technology, and culture.
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@nicksturm.bsky.social
@bibsoc.bsky.social
The Bibliographical Society exists to promote the study of the history of the book, for librarians, collectors, historians and book lovers everywhere.
@dr-tg.bsky.social
Scholar literature and culture in the USSR and East Central Europe Educator, DH practitioner, James Beard Award winner, gardener, dilettante printmaker Most recent book: Red Migrations. Transnational Mobility and Leftist Culture after 1917
@rachelteukolsky.bsky.social
Scholar of the 19th c & other things. English prof at Vanderbilt U Author of _Picture World_ (Oxford UP 2020) and also _Writing on Fire_ (Broadview P 2024) www.rachelteukolsky.net
@juliaboechat.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @historicalstudies.bsky.social researching #BookHistory in the Soviet Union | VP and Editor-in-Chief @isha-international.bsky.social | from 🇧🇷, studied in 🇮🇹🇧🇾🇦🇹| Passionate about literature, traveling and swing dancing (she / her)
@claireparnell.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Publishing at the University of Melbourne. Researching digital book publishing, popular fiction & platform economies.
@katiabowers.bsky.social
19C russophone lit studies scholar interested in genre, gothic, environmental humanities, digital humanities 👻 book nerd and Data-Sitter 📚 transnational dumpling enthusiast 🥟 https://katherinebowers.hcommons.org
@lmckeizer.bsky.social
Senior Curator at Edinburgh Napier University | Passionate about archives, libraries, and museums in any shape or form | she/her | views own
@georgecoops.bsky.social
Scholarly comms @ F1000 / VeriXiv, PhD @ UCL Centre for Publishing, millennial dad-bro, erstwhile Geordie, writes about censorship, views mine etc. https://hamoyodotcom.wordpress.com/
@rezekjoe.bsky.social
English Prof at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” under contract with the Omohundro Institute for Early Am History and Culture and UNC Press. https://www.bu.edu/english/profile/joseph-rezek/
@lucyhaigh.bsky.social
PhD on Queen Alexandra & the political press, 1863-1925 🗞 Femininity, & monarchy 👑 Publicity Officer for @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social Listings Editor & Blog Co-Ordinator for @royalstudies.bsky.social @historythroughher.bsky.social https://www.lucyhaigh.com/
@hildedw.bsky.social
Professor Chinese & Global History KULeuven | IISH Amsterdam global intellectual history | social history of infrastructures | digital research design https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-674X
@joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication @LJMU. Research interests in culture, media & literary studies #C19 to now. My views, RT ≠ endorsement.
@michaeljsullivan.bsky.social
Literary critic at University of Oxford, St Catherine's College | Poetics | Transnational drift of verse forms | Digital Humanities & Digital Editing | General Editor, OUP Complete Works of Tennyson. Views are my own. www.michaeljsullivan.net
@downevent.bsky.social
bibliophile in um, meadville gender studies prof at allegheny college, writing on the clinical history of gender, political economy of sexuality, experimental poetics short forays on ephemeral literatures on IG: mimeodrome
@ellenforget.bsky.social
Academic studying braille, print disabilities, and small-press publishing. Editor by trade, academic at heart. she/they. ocd & long-covid & cane user.
@ryancordell.org
he/him—textual technologies enthusiast—suspected mechanical paragraphist—Associate Professor at UIUC's School of Information Sciences & Department of English—co-director of the Viral Texts Project (viraltexts.org) & Director of @skeuomorphpress.org
@john-stone.bsky.social
Diasporic book history; English print in 18th-century Spain; translation history; Joni Mitchell; baking. English Studies, Universitat de Barcelona. https://ub.academia.edu/JohnStone #18thC #bookhistory
@shakesbrain.bsky.social
US Fulbright Fellow: Distinguished Teacher Researcher | H.S. English Teacher & Dept. Chair | Collector of Rare Books | In the middle of Chicago. Views are my own.
@carmafiera.bsky.social
#publiclibraries #academiclibraries #libraryhistory philosophy photography gardening books cats long Covid cancer SW BC
@phdforum.bsky.social
A supportive community of practice of mostly doctoral students and postdocs on Twitter since 2012. Our free online quiet study room opened 24/7 in 2020 and is filled with wonderful people. www.thephdforum.com
@amysopcakjoseph.bsky.social
Historian of early America, women & gender, print culture, & consumers. Books, coffee, cats.
@emilyrowe1.bsky.social
Lecturer in Early Modern Literature & Culture at King’s College London. Love all histories of metal, military worlds, and material culture. Can also be found board-gaming, TTRPG-ing, walking, and pasta-making ~ she/her
@digitalpiranesi.bsky.social
Digital edition & reimagination of Giovanni Piranesi’s works at USC | digitalpiranesi.org | Digital Art History | Book History | Word & Image | Architecture | 18C | Romanticism | Ruins
@ruthatherton.bsky.social
Lecturer in #Earlymodern History at USW. Deputy Editor of Reformation & Renaissance Review. Interested in 16C German religion, education and culture. Writing a book on early modern catechisms. Mum to 2 rascals and 1 excitable spaniel.
@shnuska.bsky.social
Universidad de Valladolid ¤ Late medieval & early modern cultural exchanges ¤ Anglo-Spanish ¤ books and libraries ¤ manuscript and print culture ¤ book use and annotation ¤ Early modern English Catholics ¤ Material texts
@richardacarter.bsky.social
Academic in Digital Culture, University of York, UK. Exploring digital art, literature, and storytelling; ecology, materiality, and the more-than-human. Glider pilot. https://richardacarter.com/
@malcolmjnoble.bsky.social
Bibliographer & historian with broad interests, incl. business and economic hisotry, queer print, oral history, co-operative HE. he/him www.malcolmnoble.co.uk
@citizenwald.bsky.social
Historian, Hampshire College, Amherst MA Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for the Book https://www.massbook.org/ Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism http://tiny.cc/pb7xzz
@jroberson.bsky.social
Associate professor of English @ MSMU Los Angeles - Romanticism, book history, maker culture, literary tourism & disability. Views my own.
@brcongdon.bsky.social
Wrote a book about American literature, masculinity, and magazines https://utorontopress.com/9781487522162/leading-with-the-chin/ He/him
@jenniferschell16.bsky.social
UAF English Professor, Ecogothic Aficionado, Cetacean Enthusiast, Canine Therapy Human. I write about species extinction, Arctic ecosystems, more-than-human organisms, and blue humanities. Ocean obsessed! Fairbanks, AK. Views my own.
@drkarrschmidt.bsky.social
Curator of (very old) curious books, prints on fabric, functional ephemera (newberry.org), Director of a pop-up book society (movablebooksociety.org). History of art, science, decorative food, pirates. Where's your WHIMSY? Mostly Chicago. She/her
@themedievaldrk.bsky.social
manuscripts, early print, coconuts, nautiluses, media archaeology Above: BL, Royal 18 D II, Lambeth MS 532 For more on the banner artist, read https://differentvisions.org/aging-artists-and-impairment-in-fifteenth-century-england/
@wynkenhimself.bsky.social
feminist bibliography, old books, and mutual aid // I wrote Studying Early Printed Books 1450–1800: A Practical Guide, I edit The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and sometimes I play with wallpaper designs // sarahwerner.net
@mazarine.bsky.social
Imaginaria, libraries, archives, book history, history of science, social/environmental justice, music, birds, plants, funny things Water creature | she/her | Californian in northeastern US
@woolfianjosh.bsky.social
Woolf Doctor | Turns squiggles into angle brackets at the University of Oxford | modernism, digital humanities, bad puns | he/him | would prefer not to
@transbookhistory.bsky.social
PhD Candidate | Trans Book History & 19C Am. Lit. | former sub-sub-librarian | Owner of @meanwhilelttrpress | he/him | Opinions my own.
@sarahebull.bsky.social
English professor, book historian. 19th C, mainly. Interested in history of medicine, sexuality, and print culture, text reuse, IP, letterpress, DH/computational approaches Book: Selling Sexual Knowledge coming soon: https://tinyurl.com/5army9dc
@elotroalex.bsky.social
faculty of collective wonders for Yale Spanish & Portuguese. materialist spelunker and otrAmerican. he/him/colibri.
@bcgl.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ the University of Washington iSchool | essays in WIRED, Gawker, The New Republic, Current Affairs, etc. 🌐 www.bcglee.com
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | EXORCISM (2025) | PERFORMING ANIMAL MAGNETISM (2026)
@iamdylanlewis.bsky.social
¶PhD in C17-18 book history & bibliography ¶Anglo-German print & typography ¶queer media history ¶video game, arthouse cinema, & public transit enjoyer ¶Librarian-in-training ¶ 🇺🇸🇩🇪🏳️🌈 He/Him 📍Texan in DC https://linktr.ee/iamdylanlewis
@oishani.bsky.social
asst prof @ UT El Paso race, print culture, pictures into funny/uncanny things
@bibliowingate.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Information Science. #BookHistory of early modern Navarre (bookselling/private libraries), #DH, #DHmakes, libraries, rare books. Bibliography Editor for Chymistry of Isaac Newton & SHARP News. W&M '18, ULondon '19, MLS @IU '21
@kfullagar.bsky.social
Historian of modern empire & Indigenous resistance 🇦🇺 History advocate. VP of https://theaha.org.au/ FAHA FRHistS. Professor at ACU. Latest book Bennelong & Phillip https://rb.gy/vebj23 My website is katefullagar.com
@dbellingradt.bsky.social
Historian of communication flows currently at Universität Augsburg | Co-editor of JbKG https://t1p.de/JbKG | Team #skystorians | I do enjoy my work | 🐘 https://historians.social/@dbellingradt | linktree: https://linktr.ee/danielbellingradt
@drchrislouttit.bsky.social
Victorianist, Dickensian, adaptation scholar. Teaches at Radboud University in NL. Edits English Studies. President of the Dickens Society. He/him
@elikaortega.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. of Spanish working on digital lit+media, cultural hybridity, book studies, DH+LatAm Book: Binding Media. Hybrid, Print-Digital Lit from across the Americas (SUP 2025) Dog person. Mexican in the US. Posts in Spanglish https://elikaortega.net
@friede.bsky.social
Storyteller about storytellers. 18th century to today & beyond. Associate Professor of English Words at Polygon (RIP), LA Review of Books, more. Next book: HOW STORIES ARE PLAYED (on #TTRPG Actual Play & digital storytelling performance) www.ecfriedman.com
@chiarab.bsky.social
Postdoc researcher in Publishing Studies & Literature, investigating Corporate Social Responsibility and Cultural Production | Teaching English Lit & Publishing | Writing | Glasgow
@grubstreetwomen.bsky.social
Professor-turned-librarian; my digital humanities is usually analog; often seen with two dogs and a lot of yarn; she/they 🏳️🌈 views my own
@jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social
Writer, editor, teacher, interested in all things books. Asst prof: creative writing, poetry, 20/21c American lit. He/him. www.jeremymichaelreed.com https://jeremymichaelreed.beehiiv.com/subscribe
@rkokayokay.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Comparative Poetry and Poetics. Co-director Bristol Poetry Institute. Out now: HÉLIO OITICICA: SECRET POETICS. Out next: DETROIT'S ALTERNATIVE PRESS: DISPATCHES FROM THE AVANT-GARAGE. From the Lake Michigan dunes.
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming. Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though. Default content: cats. Pests: blocked.
@manshel.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof., McGill English | Book: WRITING BACKWARDS (Columbia UP) | Articles: The Atlantic, The Nation, LARB, Public Books, Post45, PMLA, and MELUS | Next Up: The History of High School English |📍Montreal
@clairesquires.bsky.social
Director of SGSAH. Professor of Publishing Studies at Stirling. Ullapoolist. 50% of Blaire Squiscoll. She/Her.
@kajamarczewska.bsky.social
Special Collections @UCL // also writing about the small press, grassroots publishing, and alternative cultures of knowledge production // This is not a copy (2018) / The Contemporary Small Press (co-ed) (2020)
@joliebraun.bsky.social
Curator at Ohio State's Rare Books & Manuscripts Library. Thinking about self-publishing, zines, cookbooks. Book reviews coeditor for SHARP News. ❤️s STL, 1930s movies, neighborhood walks. https://joliebraun.com/
@nicksturm.bsky.social
post45 poetry, small press publishing, print culture, history of arts funding | Lecturer in English @ Georgia State | co-director of NNYSS | editor of books w/ Fonograf & City Lights | book on New York School poets with Columbia UP | nicksturm.com