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@sarahebond.bsky.social
@apistone.bsky.social
Classicist who works on agonistic things (tragedy, sports, drinking games), professor, enthusiast of sports and trash pop culture, feminist, dog owner She/her
@profrosenblum.bsky.social
Professor of Classical Judaism, University of Wisconsin-Madison; studies ancient food and plays modern guitar (he/him)
@profarumpark.bsky.social
Korean American; she/her; Classicist at University of Arizona. Opinions are my own. http://press.umich.edu/11853864 https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/q524jr02p
@bettinareitzjoosse.bsky.social
Prof @ University of Groningen | mum | Latin literature about things and places | ERC Stg FACERE | Classical Reception | posts in English Dutch German
@javalac.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Phd Student Classics at the University of Texas in Austin (he/him)
@sephspeaks.bsky.social
Freelance visual arts critic and curator, former editor at Hyperallergic, current contributor to the NY Times (www.nytimes.com/by/seph-rodney), former artist, lapsed poet. "To make something beautiful should be enough; it isn't. It should be" —R. Siken
@aimeehindsscott.bsky.social
'Classical' reception and pop culture scholar and professional tea drinker. I sell nice things at etsy.com/shop/atramentariaart
@nsolya.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. of Classical Studies @ The College of William & Mary | Greek vases, ethnicity, & otherness in Mediterranean antiquity | Chicago history and architecture enjoyer | Likes/Follows/Reposts =/= endorsements
@stephaniemccarter.bsky.social
Classics professor, writer, and translator (of Horace and Ovid, with Catullus in-progress). she/her stephaniemccarter.com
@letteney.bsky.social
Ancient historian and archaeologist at the University of Washington. Histories of the prison, book, rocks of note. Opinions are official communications from the provost.
@ancientjewreview.bsky.social
Ancient Jew Review is a subscription-free digital journal for the study of ancient Jews and their neighbors. ancientjewreview.com
@vlcampbell.bsky.social
Ancient historian, archaeologist, writer, lecturer at The Open University. All things Pompeii, Rome, and epigraphy. https://pompeiinetworks.wordpress.com/
@quidamabo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University - Camden. Roman history, epigraphy, archaeology inter alia. Views are my own. He/him.
@peoplingthepast.bsky.social
Free, open-access resources for teaching and learning about real people in the ancient world #PeoplingPodcast #PeoplingVideos #PeoplingBlog peoplingthepast.com
@isisnaucratis.bsky.social
History+ancient Lands+Beings; Prof. @UofT /@UTSC; 12th generation French settler; YQB born CAI love; I decipher power; EverydayOrientalism; past=now; مصر دائما 🐍; I also draw; #Landback
@christinajriggs.bsky.social
Writer and historian: photograpy, art, archives, museums, colonialism (Egypt, Sudan). Tango dancer, Italophile, Chair in History of Visual Culture @durhamhistory.bsky.social. Author of Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century. https://christinariggs.com
@digkabri.bsky.social
Archaeologist, ancient historian, author of 1177 BC, After 1177 BC, Three Stones Make a Wall, and other books https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline
@followinghadrian.bsky.social
Hadrianophile "omnium curiositatum explorator" #Hadrian1900 https://followinghadrian.com/
@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
@laurenginsberg.bsky.social
she/her | associate professor of classical studies: Roman literature, culture, theater, civil war, & all things Nero | pedagogy geek | passionate about equity in graduate education | lover of travel and food | never speak for my employer
@katherinemcdon.bsky.social
Classicist and linguist, Durham. Working on multilingualism in ancient Italy, the written landscape and the linguistics of slavery.
@drewjakeprof.bsky.social
andrewjacobs.org | past pres., patristics.org | ed., Elements in Religion in Late Antiquity (bit.ly/cup-erla) | ⚡️out now ⚡️ GospelThrillers (bit.ly/gospel-thrillers) & Life of Thecla (tinyurl.com/LThecla)
@blacktrowel.bsky.social
Anarchist archaeologists collective https://blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com
@jpnudell.bsky.social
Pizza appreciator, ancient historian, reader, writer, baker. In some order. Blogging here: https://joshuapnudell.com/blog/
@jldraycott.bsky.social
Roman historian and archaeologist. Lecturer @UofGlasgow. She/her. Represented by @pew_literary, published by @HoZ_Books.
@walterscheidel.bsky.social
Historian @ Stanford | https://sites.google.com/view/walterscheidel/home
@hrag.bsky.social
Art Critic Futurist 🧬 Editor-in-chief, Hyperallergic 🗽 Aleppo born, Toronto raised, Brooklyn based I tweet politics & culture because art doesn't exist in a vacuum.
@gregwoolf.bsky.social
Historian and archaeologist of the ancient world. New York and the East Neuk of Fife.
@carlosfnorena.bsky.social
Humanist | 🇪🇦 | Ancient Historian | 🎛 🎹🎚| He/Him https://history.berkeley.edu/carlos-f-norena
@aristofontes.bsky.social
Teacher, Latinist. Neither the son of true believers nor of good reputation. Once translated Marcus Aurelius, but I don't speak for him. (Neither of us speaks for UVA.) Minor outlying island. Can serve briefly as a boat. He/him.
@drmaimusie.bsky.social
Ancient Historian| Public Engagement Specialist | Co-founder @ClassicsinComm @UniofOxford |Trustee @TheRomanSoc @classicsforall Agent:www.hkmanagement.co.uk Website: https://www.drmaimusie.com
@chancebonar.bsky.social
Researching early Christianity, slavery, authorship, antisemitism, violence, and more Cat dad | 🏳️🌈 http://chancebonar.com Books: https://bit.ly/3R8LXbo & https://bit.ly/4iMBSwy
@antiquityj.bsky.social
Antiquity is a bimonthly review of world archaeology edited by Professor Robin Skeates. Please be aware that we sometimes share relevant images of human remains. https://antiquity.ac.uk/
@rogueclassicist.bsky.social
I've been curating classics social media since the 1990s and still feel a need to do it! Classics /Ancient World feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lyrmsmhhg7vzz4ghj44y5xzq/feed/7cb2f06b13c0
@pompei79.bsky.social
Just an archaeologist who works at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii
@lisafdavis.bsky.social
Medievalist, Paleographer, Codicologist, Voynichologist; Executive Director, @medievalacademy.bsky.social; Brown Univ. and Yale Univ. alum; PhD; Red Sox fan
@andytobo.bsky.social
Associate prof, biblical studies, but in a cool way. Author, dreamweaver etc.
@annetteyreed.bsky.social
Stendahl Chair at Harvard Divinity School / studying demons, apocalypses, and ancient identities, between memory and forgetting
@illdottore.bsky.social
I’m an Associate Professor of Classics at Columbia University. I teach and study Latin, Roman stuff, book history stuff, and I’m involved in our gen-ed literature course, Literature Humanities. Be cool
@monicamedhist.bsky.social
I'm an Independent Scholar (https://independentscholar.academia.edu/MonicaHGreen). Daughter #2 of Marlon & Eleanor Green. Focusing on #histmed, Global Health, the Black Death. Latest: https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2024.29
@vox-magica.bsky.social
historian of ancient christianity | researcher of magic & heresy | neurospicy | author of smoke & mirrors (OUP 2025) and magic and heresy (CUP 2025) | she/her
@josephinequinn.bsky.social
Historian at Cambridge. In Search of the Phoenicians (2018) and How the World Made the West (2024). I like cats.
@hyperallergic.com
The best art publication on Bluesky 🌞 with daily art news, views, and reviews that you need right now. 😎 hyperallergic.com
@killgrove.bsky.social
Staff writer @LiveScience.com Email: kristina.killgrove@futurenet.com Web: Livescience.com/author/kristina-killgrove Former anthropology professor and Roman bioarchaeologist. I crochet and bake a lot. NC based.
@jbrya.bsky.social
I like old things, rugby, and music. Classics, POC, and hip-hop | B.A. UNC Chapel Hill | PhD Candidate @ Princeton He/him
@dzuck.bsky.social
writer, recovering academic, parent. Author of "Not All Dead White Men," founder and editor-in-chief of eidolon.pub. Newsletter: https://donnazuckerberg.substack.com
@toriflee.bsky.social
Postdoc in Classics at BU Society of Fellows | Editor at SCS Blog (prev. Eidolon) | AAACC | CripAntiquity | Mets & Blue Devils | she/her
@sentantiq.bsky.social
Translations from Greece and Rome. Cats and kids. Books. Other questionable things. Mainline joel @ brandeis .edu Check out Storylife: On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/97803002692 avatar picture by Beverly Beverung
@yaleclassicslib.bsky.social
News and notes relevant to the study of Greco-Roman world and its reception very broadly considered, especially notices of new journal publications
@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