  paul anthony elliott bew, baron bew (born 22 january 1950, in belfast) is a northern irish historian. he has worked at queen's university belfast since 1979, and is currently professor of irish politics, a position he has held since 1991. ==academic career== bew attended campbell college, belfast as a youth, before studying for his ba and phd at pembroke college, cambridge. his first book, land and the national question in ireland, 1858â82 was a revisionist study that challenged nationalist historiography by examining not only the clash between landowners and tenants, but the conflict between large and small tenants as well. his third book, a short study of charles stewart parnell, challenged some of the arguments of the award-winning biography of parnell by f. s. l. lyons, though lyons, one of the "doyens" of modern irish history, acknowledged the young historian's arguments by stating that "nothing dr bew writes is without interest." bew's central thesis is that parnell was a fundamentally conservative figure whose ultimate aim was to secure a continuing position of leadership for the protestant gentry in a home rule ireland. in 2007, oxford university press published bew's ireland: the politics of enmity 1789â2006, which forms part of the oxford history of modern europe series. the book has received positive reviews. bew also acted as a historical advisor to the bloody sunday inquiry between 1998 and 2001.{{cite journal|last=bew|first=paul|title=the role of the historical adviser and the bloody sunday tribu
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