Aleksander Paradziński
@akjp89.bsky.social
Heinz Heinen Fellow at @dependencybonn.de Historian of Late Antiquity, interested mainly in Prosopography, Late Latin Historiography, Ethnic Identity and Systems of Dependencies.
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My new article has now been published in the 2025 volume of Traditio. I use a little examined episode on the lower Rhine in the late 350s with the aid of agricultural archaeology to reveal fiscal dependency relations between the Empire & Barbaricum, & the consequences of their rupture. #medievalsky
JULIAN’S BATAVIAN CAMPAIGN, AN EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IN BRITAIN, AND BARBARIAN ACCESS TO THE ANNONA MILITARIS | Traditio | Cambridge Core
JULIAN’S BATAVIAN CAMPAIGN, AN EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IN BRITAIN, AND BARBARIAN ACCESS TO THE ANNONA MILITARIS - Volume 80
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December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My new article has now been published in the 2025 volume of Traditio. I use a little examined episode on the lower Rhine in the late 350s with the aid of agricultural archaeology to reveal fiscal dependency relations between the Empire & Barbaricum, & the consequences of their rupture. #medievalsky
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Quote for today's negotiations:
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Quote for today's negotiations:
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
"The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
Carl von Clausewitz in "On War," 1816-1830
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No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts.
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
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Des salariés d’un site polonais du groupe français sont en grève contre des conditions de travail très dégradées et des rémunérations très faibles. L’équipementier automobile est en pleine restructuration, alors même qu’il est rentable.
Par @romaricgodin.bsky.social
Par @romaricgodin.bsky.social
En Pologne, la révolte des salariés contre les conditions de travail imposées par Valeo
Des salariés d’un site polonais du groupe français sont en grève contre des conditions de travail très dégradées et des rémunérations très faibles. L’équipementier automobile est en pleine restructuration, alors même qu’il est rentable.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Des salariés d’un site polonais du groupe français sont en grève contre des conditions de travail très dégradées et des rémunérations très faibles. L’équipementier automobile est en pleine restructuration, alors même qu’il est rentable.
Par @romaricgodin.bsky.social
Par @romaricgodin.bsky.social
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True. But this theater is getting tiresome, and I am not sure it's working for Europe. Perhaps it's time to make it clear to Trump that there are no negotiations instead of leading him to think that there are—and in the process fooling a lot of Europeans into believing that peace is close.
What folks need to realize about "peace talks" is that this is all theater for Washington. Ukraine knows that Russia has no intention of stopping the war, and the Russians know the Ukrainians know that. So this is just all a performance for Trump, hoping he blames the other for the lack of peace.
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
True. But this theater is getting tiresome, and I am not sure it's working for Europe. Perhaps it's time to make it clear to Trump that there are no negotiations instead of leading him to think that there are—and in the process fooling a lot of Europeans into believing that peace is close.
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Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 27 November: Jean-Michel Carrié (EHESS), Origins and pagan precedents of christian military chaplains in the late Roman army. In person, in snow-covered Warsaw, and online.
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 27 November: Jean-Michel Carrié (EHESS), Origins and pagan precedents of christian military chaplains in the late Roman army. In person, in snow-covered Warsaw, and online.
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Much of the discussion of the “peace plan” evades two blunt truths: (a) Europe has no strategy, and (b) Trump is chaotic and aligned with Putin. This isn’t ignorance but a refusal to reckon with reality - a depoliticised move that, at scale, helps Trump and Putin.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Much of the discussion of the “peace plan” evades two blunt truths: (a) Europe has no strategy, and (b) Trump is chaotic and aligned with Putin. This isn’t ignorance but a refusal to reckon with reality - a depoliticised move that, at scale, helps Trump and Putin.
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My take on Trump's peace plan, and why he can't pressure Ukraine into capitulation.
Trump's ultimatum and the limits of US leverage over Ukraine
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November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
My take on Trump's peace plan, and why he can't pressure Ukraine into capitulation.
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A few experts going right now: "hear me out, Budapest Memorandum, keeping Ukraine out of NATO, telling it to accept loss of Crimea, and pretending the Minsk Accords meant to save Ukraine's sovereignty were all mistakes, but if we now combine all this idiocy into a 28-point plan, it might work!"
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A few experts going right now: "hear me out, Budapest Memorandum, keeping Ukraine out of NATO, telling it to accept loss of Crimea, and pretending the Minsk Accords meant to save Ukraine's sovereignty were all mistakes, but if we now combine all this idiocy into a 28-point plan, it might work!"
Probably the best analysis of this new round of gross incompetence and institutional decline of the US diplomacy out there.
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Probably the best analysis of this new round of gross incompetence and institutional decline of the US diplomacy out there.
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CONFIRMED sabotage on Poland's strategic Warsaw-Lublin-Ukraine railway line. An explosive device destroyed approximately one meter of rail. Local residents reported hearing an explosion around 10 PM the previous evening.
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
CONFIRMED sabotage on Poland's strategic Warsaw-Lublin-Ukraine railway line. An explosive device destroyed approximately one meter of rail. Local residents reported hearing an explosion around 10 PM the previous evening.
This is the weirdest timeline. Suetonius would have plenty of material to write the lives of the modern emperors.
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is the weirdest timeline. Suetonius would have plenty of material to write the lives of the modern emperors.
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Scholars from Estonia, Czechia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine write nuanced, deeply argued pieces about the war. One of them about Westsplaing. An American scholar jumps in, distorts their views, and explains that their ideas are “American frameworks.” You can't make this stuff up.
What ensues in academia when one critiques another’s favourite empire…The charge of borrowing from US frameworks toward a robust critique of westsplaining must be the biggest straw person fallacy to my work so far. How did this get through peer review? But also glad to stand there with Maria Mälksoo
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Scholars from Estonia, Czechia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine write nuanced, deeply argued pieces about the war. One of them about Westsplaing. An American scholar jumps in, distorts their views, and explains that their ideas are “American frameworks.” You can't make this stuff up.
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Annual post for the day that's in it.
Good Luck Everyone - Blackadder - BBC
YouTube video by BBC Studios
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November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Annual post for the day that's in it.
There are times in this profession that invoke just a little bit of joy at little things. Today is one of these tiny moments, when I receive proofs of my entry translated into... Turkish. Now I know that one could describe tribunus stabuli as "Saray ve Ordu İçin At Tedarikinden Sorumlu Görevli" 😉.
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
There are times in this profession that invoke just a little bit of joy at little things. Today is one of these tiny moments, when I receive proofs of my entry translated into... Turkish. Now I know that one could describe tribunus stabuli as "Saray ve Ordu İçin At Tedarikinden Sorumlu Görevli" 😉.
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Czy na Wall Street wisi już czerwona flaga z sierpaczem?
Jeszcze nie sprawdzałem, ale sądząc z reakcji libków i konserwy na X powinienem się tego spodziewać.
Podobno Nowego Jorku też już nie ma, tak jak Paryża i Berlina.
Jeszcze nie sprawdzałem, ale sądząc z reakcji libków i konserwy na X powinienem się tego spodziewać.
Podobno Nowego Jorku też już nie ma, tak jak Paryża i Berlina.
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Czy na Wall Street wisi już czerwona flaga z sierpaczem?
Jeszcze nie sprawdzałem, ale sądząc z reakcji libków i konserwy na X powinienem się tego spodziewać.
Podobno Nowego Jorku też już nie ma, tak jak Paryża i Berlina.
Jeszcze nie sprawdzałem, ale sądząc z reakcji libków i konserwy na X powinienem się tego spodziewać.
Podobno Nowego Jorku też już nie ma, tak jak Paryża i Berlina.
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"Zamrożone przyjęcia, przesuwane zabiegi, limity w leczeniu onkologicznym – nie jest wyłącznie skutkiem chwilowego kryzysu w NFZ. To rezultat wieloletniego eksperymentu z komercjalizacją publicznej ochrony zdrowia".
wolnelewo.pl/katastrofa-w...
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Katastrofa w ochronie zdrowia - Wolnelewo
Szpitale w całej Polsce ograniczają przyjęcia nowych pacjentów, w tym chorych onkologicznie. Powodem są wyczerpane limity finansowania przez […]
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November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Zamrożone przyjęcia, przesuwane zabiegi, limity w leczeniu onkologicznym – nie jest wyłącznie skutkiem chwilowego kryzysu w NFZ. To rezultat wieloletniego eksperymentu z komercjalizacją publicznej ochrony zdrowia".
wolnelewo.pl/katastrofa-w...
wolnelewo.pl/katastrofa-w...
This week I am taking a crack at gender, heterarchies and military retinues at the workshop I helped organising: Heterarchies and Power Dynamics in Post-Roman Europe. If you want to join us online it is possible by subscribing to the mailing list here:
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November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This week I am taking a crack at gender, heterarchies and military retinues at the workshop I helped organising: Heterarchies and Power Dynamics in Post-Roman Europe. If you want to join us online it is possible by subscribing to the mailing list here:
listen.uni-bonn.de/wws/subscrib...
listen.uni-bonn.de/wws/subscrib...
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📬 In our November blog post, Jamie Wood, former BCDSS Guest Researcher and Prof. of History and Education at Lincoln University (UK), shares insights into the research he conducted during his stay in Bonn: buff.ly/XBlQiLo
#Intermediaries #Christianity #Visigoths
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#Intermediaries #Christianity #Visigoths
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
📬 In our November blog post, Jamie Wood, former BCDSS Guest Researcher and Prof. of History and Education at Lincoln University (UK), shares insights into the research he conducted during his stay in Bonn: buff.ly/XBlQiLo
#Intermediaries #Christianity #Visigoths
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
#Intermediaries #Christianity #Visigoths
@unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de
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The fukuyamian mistake we keep making about trumpism and democracy -
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The fukuyamian mistake we keep making about trumpism and democracy -
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"III RP wydała z siebie zatruty owoc. To mainstream odpowiada za kształtowanie opinii: media, szkoły, „autorytety”, kler i tak dalej".
wolnelewo.pl/konfederacja...
wolnelewo.pl/konfederacja...
Konfederacja już na salonach - Wolnelewo
Konfederacja została znormalizowana. Spora część mainstreamu mocno nad tym pracowała. 47,1 proc. popiera scenariusz, w którym Konfederacja po […]
wolnelewo.pl
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"III RP wydała z siebie zatruty owoc. To mainstream odpowiada za kształtowanie opinii: media, szkoły, „autorytety”, kler i tak dalej".
wolnelewo.pl/konfederacja...
wolnelewo.pl/konfederacja...
Obyśmy tylko rośli :) youtube.com/shorts/GoPrm...
Rok niezależnego Razem. Ta historia dopiero się zaczyna! dołącz.partiarazem.pl #partiarazem #shorts
YouTube video by Razem
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October 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Obyśmy tylko rośli :) youtube.com/shorts/GoPrm...
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Trump’s fixation on the idea that Pu wants to end the war leads to this endless cycle of trying to set up another meeting to talk it out. He’s wasting everyone’s time, including his own. In the meantime, Ukrainians are dying. Morbid irony given his insistence he wants to save lives.
October 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump’s fixation on the idea that Pu wants to end the war leads to this endless cycle of trying to set up another meeting to talk it out. He’s wasting everyone’s time, including his own. In the meantime, Ukrainians are dying. Morbid irony given his insistence he wants to save lives.
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Just submitted a review of Wolfram Kinzig's amazing book A History of Early Christian Creeds.
It was such a joy reading it and discussing it back in the summer at the book launch.
Go read it or perhaps, given the length, browse it - you will never think about the Nicene creed in the same way again.
It was such a joy reading it and discussing it back in the summer at the book launch.
Go read it or perhaps, given the length, browse it - you will never think about the Nicene creed in the same way again.
October 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Just submitted a review of Wolfram Kinzig's amazing book A History of Early Christian Creeds.
It was such a joy reading it and discussing it back in the summer at the book launch.
Go read it or perhaps, given the length, browse it - you will never think about the Nicene creed in the same way again.
It was such a joy reading it and discussing it back in the summer at the book launch.
Go read it or perhaps, given the length, browse it - you will never think about the Nicene creed in the same way again.