Natalia Nowakowska

Professor of European History, University of Oxford, Somerville College. 15th & 16th centuries, Poland, HE & EU/Brexit. Views my own.

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

Very proud of Dr. Patrik Pastrnak and his doctoral research at Oxford, and very glad he got to enjoy a very traditional Oxford celebration... Warmest congratulations again!

[Dr Patrik Pastrnak @PatrikPastrnak]

Officially Dr.

But feeling more like a fancy-dressed dwarf on the shoulders of giants like @OxHistorian, David Parrott, Robert Oresko, people from @NewCollegeOx and @OxfordHistory, my dear ones, and many many others.

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

This is very sad news for historians at Oxford, and for the generations of students and scholars taught and inspired by Clive Holmes.

[Jonathan Healey @SocialHistoryOx]

Incredibly sad to hear this. One of the greatest 17th century historians of recent times, and always an inspiring teacher and colleague. https://t.co/Nqy1BMzUhQ

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

New article by Marta Cieslak on 19C Warsaw intellectuals' views of West European imperialism in Africa, just published in the 'European History Quarterly'.

Full piece is behind a paywall, but you can read the abstract here:
https://t.co/W4e9Vxp1JQ

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

I very much agree with @wjbdawes - the Dvi Doli concert in Somerville earlier this week was an electrifying & inspiring event. @JuliaKateryna are performing in Oxford again in early July, at the Holywell Music Room.

[Polish Cultural Institute in London @PLInst_London]

Two Venice @la_Biennale Pavilions Focus on Roma Experiences, Including the First One Ever Dedicated to a Romani Artist.
The Polish pavilion is filled with works by Małgorzta Mirga-Tas reflecting on the lives and experiences of Roma people.
https://t.co/n2TghOHC4P

[Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibs]

The first book to be printed in Ukraine was the Acts and Epistles of the Apostles (Lviv, 1574).

Discover more about this beautiful book in our new short film.
https://t.co/EDwxwywv3z

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

In Oxford, History BA Finals start today - all the very best of luck to History students sitting exams this week, and not least to our own Somerville College @SomervilleOx Finalists!

[Oxford University Ukrainian Society @oxford_ukraine]

Want to support Ukraine and experience Ukrainian folk music on the beautiful bandura? Check out this concert at Somerville college! 💛🎵

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

It was great to be a part of this workshop on 'Mapping Connections in Early Modern Central Europe' in Cambridge last week - we heard about friendship albums in the Habsburg embassy in Constantinople, cross-border botany, glass-making between Murano and Moravia, and much more!

[Connected Central European Worlds, 1500-1700 🇺🇦 @EM_Central_Eu]

Kicking off our workshop: Professor Howard Hotson “Networks of Exchange: Old Questions, New Methods”

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

It is good to see the Ukrainian flag flying above @SomervilleOx - as it is over many Oxford colleges this term.

In the Summertown part of the city, the main shopping street is decorated with bunting in Ukrainian colours. Solidarity from our corner of North-Western Europe!

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

The so-called Magus of inter-war Poland:

[Culture.pl @culture_pl]

As legend has it, Stefan Ossowiecki could read a letter without opening it, move objects with the power of his mind & even be in two places at the same time! Meet Interwar Poland’s most famous clairvoyant! 🔮 #NewOnCulturePL

https://t.co/lzycDMai1x

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

A real highlight of the term so far - an event on 'Ukrainian Literature and Culture' hosted by the @OxfordModLangs & introduced by my @SomervilleOx colleague, Prof Almut Suerbaum.

Readings of Greek poetry from 1930s Mariupol, Ukrainian writers in S America, and much more.

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

Over 100,000 Ukrainian refugees have taken up work in Poland, according to new government data.

Around 75% are women and half are working in unskilled labour https://t.co/vjiAa20YOI

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

A set of online seminars about early modern queens and money - including a paper from @katkosior on May 16th about Anna Jagiellon and dower negotiations...

[Oxford University Ukrainian Society @oxford_ukraine]

Event on Ukrainian literature & culture hosted by @OxfordModLangs this Thursday 5th May from 4pm. Includes poetry, presentations, music, roundtable discussion & live performances. For more info and registration (essential), please the page https://t.co/BQH4TsB2YM

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

New art installation depicting refugees from #Ukraine has been erected in the centre of Oxford, on Broad Street - by Dan Barton, 'Standing with Giants'.

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

@cherylbell39 @HistoryExtra Thank you for listening - I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's a very big story, involving so many countries, languages, alphabets and historical traditions, that the Jagiellonians present quite a challenge for historians (and always have...).

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

Delighted to have recorded a podcast for BBC History Magazine's @HistoryExtra on the Jagiellonians - how the dynasty changes our picture of Renaissance Europe, and what it tells us about events in Eastern and Central Europe today.

[Somerville College @SomervilleOx]

They were one of Europe's most successful dynasties - but many people today have never even heard of them. In the latest edition of the @BBC's @HistoryExtra podcast, our Tutor in History @OxHistorian tells the incredible story of the Jagiellonians.

https://t.co/GDqRfHbVqx

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

@PaulButler18 @HistoryExtra Thank you! I'm still writing the book (as fast as I can....)

[Natalia Nowakowska @OxHistorian]

@cherylbell39 @HistoryExtra Thank you! I'm glad it was interesting - it is an awful lot of history across time and space to cram into 45 minutes, but that's also a useful challenge...