Branko Marušič (born 1938) is a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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. Born to an upper middle class Slovene family in

Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gorit ...

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, he moved with the family to the Yugoslav side of the Yugoslav–Italian border in 1947, and has been living in

Solkan Solkan ( or ; it, Salcano, german: link=no, Sollingen or ''Salcano'') is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of N ...

since. After finishing the

Nova Gorica Grammar School , streetaddress = Delpinova 9 , city = Nova Gorica , country = SVN , coordinates = , head of school = Andrej Šušmelj , established = , type ...

, he studied history at the

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. A specialist on political history of the 19th century, he has written many volumes on a variety of topics, focusing on the history of Slovene–Italian border regions of

Goriška Goriška is a historical region in western Slovenia on the border with Italy. It comprises the northern part of the wider traditional region of the Slovenian Littoral (''Primorska''). The name ''Goriška'' is an adjective referring to the city of ...

and

Venezia Giulia Venezia Giulia, traditionally called Julian March (Serbo-Croatian, Slovene: ''Julijska krajina'') or Julian Venetia ( it, Venezia Giulia; vec, Venesia Julia; fur, Vignesie Julie; german: Julisch Venetien) is an area of southeastern Europe wh ...

. He writes both in Slovene and

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. He is for his studies of Slovene–Italian relations in the 19th and 20th century, and has been praised for his contributions in the cultivation of Slovene–Italian cultural and historical dialogue. He was member of the Slovenian-Italian Cultural-Historical Commission, established by the governments of the two countries to shed light on the historical relationship between the two peoples from 1880 to 1954. He is currently a senior researcher at the Research Centre of the

Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( sl, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti (SAZU)) is the national academy of Slovenia, which encompasses science and the arts and brings together the top Slovene researchers and artists as members o ...

. He is the brother of the politician

Tomaž Marušič Tomaž Marušič (19 May 1932 – 16 February 2011) was a Slovenian lawyer and politician. He was born in Gorizia, Italy. His father, Franc Marušič was a renowned local physician and a staunch Slovene patriot and antifascist. During his chil ...

and of the landscape architect

Ivan Janez Marušič Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marusic, Branko 20th-century Slovenian historians University of Ljubljana alumni People from Gorizia People from the City Municipality of Nova Gorica Living people 1938 births 21st-century Slovenian historians