Paulina Kewes
@paulinakewes.bsky.social
Prof. of English Literature, Jesus College, Univ. of Oxford.
E-m British & European literature, history, & political thought; succession; parliamentary culture & Indigenous assemblies.
Pole in GB; pro-Ukraine; contra anti-Semitism. All views mine alone.
E-m British & European literature, history, & political thought; succession; parliamentary culture & Indigenous assemblies.
Pole in GB; pro-Ukraine; contra anti-Semitism. All views mine alone.
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Paulina Kewes
@paulinakewes.bsky.social
· Nov 17
'Towards a History of Parliamentary Culture in the Early Modern World: Concept, Geopolitical Scope, and Method' by
Paulina Kewes, Jim van der Meulen, Steven J. Gunn, Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves, Paul Seaward (@pseaward.bsky.social) & Tracey A. Sowerby (open access).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Paulina Kewes, Jim van der Meulen, Steven J. Gunn, Dorota Pietrzyk-Reeves, Paul Seaward (@pseaward.bsky.social) & Tracey A. Sowerby (open access).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy to hear German Chancellor Merz doesn’t support Russia’s return to the G8 . He said it could only happen if all G7 member states agree, but right now all of them, except for the US, well, kinda don’t wanna.
Music to my ears.
Music to my ears.
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happy to hear German Chancellor Merz doesn’t support Russia’s return to the G8 . He said it could only happen if all G7 member states agree, but right now all of them, except for the US, well, kinda don’t wanna.
Music to my ears.
Music to my ears.
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Georgian political prisoner and journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli has completely lost vision in one eye while in jail due to keratoconus. In the other eye, only 10% vision remains.
According to GYLA, despite many requests, Mzia is still denied exams and specialist consultations.
According to GYLA, despite many requests, Mzia is still denied exams and specialist consultations.
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Georgian political prisoner and journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli has completely lost vision in one eye while in jail due to keratoconus. In the other eye, only 10% vision remains.
According to GYLA, despite many requests, Mzia is still denied exams and specialist consultations.
According to GYLA, despite many requests, Mzia is still denied exams and specialist consultations.
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Today is 92nd anniversary of Holodomor. Soviet Russia inflicted a man made famine on Ukraine that killed millions. Today we are trying to wipe the country off the map.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Today is 92nd anniversary of Holodomor. Soviet Russia inflicted a man made famine on Ukraine that killed millions. Today we are trying to wipe the country off the map.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
The only difference is the USA is on our side now.
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"The illegitimate government must step down.
Freedom to the regime prisoners!"
Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi right now.
Reminder: "closing the road" is jail.
#GeorgiaProtests Day 360 !
Freedom to the regime prisoners!"
Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi right now.
Reminder: "closing the road" is jail.
#GeorgiaProtests Day 360 !
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"The illegitimate government must step down.
Freedom to the regime prisoners!"
Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi right now.
Reminder: "closing the road" is jail.
#GeorgiaProtests Day 360 !
Freedom to the regime prisoners!"
Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi right now.
Reminder: "closing the road" is jail.
#GeorgiaProtests Day 360 !
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Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal
The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky called it a “most valuable experience” to have maintained “regular contact” with Jeffrey Epstein, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November this month by US lawmakers.
Such comments from Chomsky, or attributed to him, suggest his association with Epstein – who officials concluded killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges – went deeper than the occasional political and academic discussions the former had previously claimed to have with the latter. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal
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Three 2-year postdoctoral positions in COLIBRI, the ERC project based at Sapienza on the reconstruction and study of Hernando Colón's library!
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Deadline 12 Dec
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Deadline 12 Dec
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Three 2-year postdoctoral positions in COLIBRI, the ERC project based at Sapienza on the reconstruction and study of Hernando Colón's library!
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/...
Deadline 12 Dec
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Deadline 12 Dec
Never expected to be sharing the stage with Henry VIII!
A new study co-authored by Tutorial Fellow Professor Paulina Kewes offers the first account of how the Pope’s hesitation in excommunicating Henry VIII not only failed to prevent England’s break from Rome - it may have helped to cause it. Read more: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/new-research...
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Never expected to be sharing the stage with Henry VIII!
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A new study co-authored by Tutorial Fellow Professor Paulina Kewes offers the first account of how the Pope’s hesitation in excommunicating Henry VIII not only failed to prevent England’s break from Rome - it may have helped to cause it. Read more: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/new-research...
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A new study co-authored by Tutorial Fellow Professor Paulina Kewes offers the first account of how the Pope’s hesitation in excommunicating Henry VIII not only failed to prevent England’s break from Rome - it may have helped to cause it. Read more: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/new-research...
#HenryVIII’s break with Rome was a watershed moment for England and for Christendom. Did the papacy have itself to blame?
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
The Excommunication of Henry VIII
www.historytoday.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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To find out what else is in the latest History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
To find out what else is in the latest History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
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#HenryVIII’s break with Rome was a watershed moment for England and for Christendom. Did the papacy have itself to blame?
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
The Excommunication of Henry VIII
www.historytoday.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#HenryVIII’s break with Rome was a watershed moment for England and for Christendom. Did the papacy have itself to blame?
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
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The December issue of History Today is in all good newsagents from today!
Featuring #HenryVII’s break with Rome, the secret history of occupied #Tibet, Russia’s first revolution, and more.
Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine
Featuring #HenryVII’s break with Rome, the secret history of occupied #Tibet, Russia’s first revolution, and more.
Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The December issue of History Today is in all good newsagents from today!
Featuring #HenryVII’s break with Rome, the secret history of occupied #Tibet, Russia’s first revolution, and more.
Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine
Featuring #HenryVII’s break with Rome, the secret history of occupied #Tibet, Russia’s first revolution, and more.
Find out what else is inside and where to get it at www.historytoday.com/magazine
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It is no coincidence explosions on railway tracks in Poland happened without hitting a big passenger train. It’s a very Russian thing to do. I mean, railway tracks are damaged , yes, but no one was injured or killed, so it won’t look like a good enough reason to, say, activate Article 5. 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It is no coincidence explosions on railway tracks in Poland happened without hitting a big passenger train. It’s a very Russian thing to do. I mean, railway tracks are damaged , yes, but no one was injured or killed, so it won’t look like a good enough reason to, say, activate Article 5. 1/2
Czy wracamy do XVII-tego wieku?
Chaos w Sejmie. Nowy marszałek wybrany wśród okrzyków „Hańba!” - https://oko.press/na-zywo/na-zywo-relacja/chaos-w-sejmie-nowy-marszalek-wybrany-wsrod-okrzykow-hanba
Chaos w Sejmie. Nowy marszałek wybrany wśród okrzyków „Hańba!”
Włodzimierz Czarzasty został nowym marszałkiem Sejmu — zgodnie z umową koalicyjną. Jego kandydatura wprowadziła jednak zamieszanie w sejmowych ławach. PiS opuszczał salę, razem z Konfederacją krzyczał: "Precz z komuną","Hańba!". A partia Razem dodała: "Nie macie dziś naszego głosu".
oko.press
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Czy wracamy do XVII-tego wieku?
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⚡️This is pretty disturbing news: the railway in Poland was blown up today. The rail track was used to bring deliveries to Ukraine.
Even though the investigation had only been started, I have a feeling we all know who’s behind it
I have this slight nauseating feeling, like it’s 2022 all over again
Even though the investigation had only been started, I have a feeling we all know who’s behind it
I have this slight nauseating feeling, like it’s 2022 all over again
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
⚡️This is pretty disturbing news: the railway in Poland was blown up today. The rail track was used to bring deliveries to Ukraine.
Even though the investigation had only been started, I have a feeling we all know who’s behind it
I have this slight nauseating feeling, like it’s 2022 all over again
Even though the investigation had only been started, I have a feeling we all know who’s behind it
I have this slight nauseating feeling, like it’s 2022 all over again
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❗️A deliberate sabotage act was confirmed at the railway in Poland (another location).
PM Tusk:
The explosion was most likely intended to blow up a train on the Warsaw-Dębli line. Unfortunately, there is no doubt that we are dealing with an act of sabotage.
PM Tusk:
The explosion was most likely intended to blow up a train on the Warsaw-Dębli line. Unfortunately, there is no doubt that we are dealing with an act of sabotage.
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
❗️A deliberate sabotage act was confirmed at the railway in Poland (another location).
PM Tusk:
The explosion was most likely intended to blow up a train on the Warsaw-Dębli line. Unfortunately, there is no doubt that we are dealing with an act of sabotage.
PM Tusk:
The explosion was most likely intended to blow up a train on the Warsaw-Dębli line. Unfortunately, there is no doubt that we are dealing with an act of sabotage.
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Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of @jesusoxford.bsky.social and Professorial Research Fellow in @compscioxford.bsky.social, has been appointed Chair of AI@Oxford Research – a new role to champion and coordinate Oxford’s world-class AI research.
Find out more ⬇️
Find out more ⬇️
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt appointed Chair of AI@Oxford Research |
The University of Oxford has announced that Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of Jesus College and Professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science, has been appointed Chair of AI@Oxford
www.ox.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of @jesusoxford.bsky.social and Professorial Research Fellow in @compscioxford.bsky.social, has been appointed Chair of AI@Oxford Research – a new role to champion and coordinate Oxford’s world-class AI research.
Find out more ⬇️
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lavrov is presented as russia’s chief diplomat, but in reality he’s just a skilled mouthpiece without real decision‑making power - part of a “4‑D” diplomatic façade that hides internal rivalries and ineffective negotiations
Boris Bondarev, Substack
open.substack.com/pub/borisbon...
Boris Bondarev, Substack
open.substack.com/pub/borisbon...
Sergey Lavrov and the Myth of His “Disgrace”
Over the past week or two, several Russian and foreign media outlets have circulated reports claiming that Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has supposedly fallen into disgrace.
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
lavrov is presented as russia’s chief diplomat, but in reality he’s just a skilled mouthpiece without real decision‑making power - part of a “4‑D” diplomatic façade that hides internal rivalries and ineffective negotiations
Boris Bondarev, Substack
open.substack.com/pub/borisbon...
Boris Bondarev, Substack
open.substack.com/pub/borisbon...
Principal appointed Chair of AI@Oxford Research – Jesus College
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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'The University of Cambridge has announced it has acquired and for the first time unsealed Levy’s personal archive, including letters, draft manuscripts, photographs and diary entries. It is expected the material will inform a wealth of new scholarship on her life, work and mental health.' 1/2
‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde
Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
'The University of Cambridge has announced it has acquired and for the first time unsealed Levy’s personal archive, including letters, draft manuscripts, photographs and diary entries. It is expected the material will inform a wealth of new scholarship on her life, work and mental health.' 1/2
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Tomorrow (14 November) at 5-6:30 pm (GMT), join this virtual @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social workshop where @kaszyma.bsky.social will discuss her new book, Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy. Learn more about this free event here: buff.ly/R362wXY.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Tomorrow (14 November) at 5-6:30 pm (GMT), join this virtual @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social workshop where @kaszyma.bsky.social will discuss her new book, Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy. Learn more about this free event here: buff.ly/R362wXY.
I just wants to help
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I just wants to help
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🇵🇱 Happy Polish Independence Day! Pianist Rafael A. Łuszczewski gave a stunning performance at the celebration hosted by @plinhungary.bsky.social and @plinstbudapest.bsky.social at Budapest Music Center. Here’s a short excerpt from Chopin’s “Revolutionary Étude.” Niech żyje Polska!
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🇵🇱 Happy Polish Independence Day! Pianist Rafael A. Łuszczewski gave a stunning performance at the celebration hosted by @plinhungary.bsky.social and @plinstbudapest.bsky.social at Budapest Music Center. Here’s a short excerpt from Chopin’s “Revolutionary Étude.” Niech żyje Polska!