Peter Štih (born 27 November 1960) is a

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

, specialising in

medieval history In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...

. Štih was born in

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, but spent most of his childhood years in the town of

Most na Soči Most na Soči (; formerly ''Sveta Lucija'' or ''Sveta Lucija na Mostu'', ) is a town in the Municipality of Tolmin in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It is located on a rocky crest above the confluence of Soča and Idrijca rivers. In the past th ...

in the

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 ...

region of western Slovenia. He attended grammar school in

Tolmin Tolmin (; ,trilingual name ''Tolmein, Tolmino, Tolmin'' inGemeindelexikon, der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Königreiche und Länder. Bearbeit auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1900. Herausgegeben von der K.K. Statistische ...

and studied history at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

, where he graduated in 1983. In 1993 he obtained his PhD under the supervision of the historian Bogo Grafenauer. Between 1992 and 1994 he was assistant researcher at the Institute for Austrian History (''Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung''), part of the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

. Štih teaches medieval history of the Slovene Lands and the

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at the University of Ljubljana. He also teaches at the

University of Maribor The University of Maribor () is Slovenia's second-largest university, established in 1975 in Maribor, Slovenia. It currently has 17 faculties. History The university's roots reach back to 1859 when a theological seminary was established wi ...

. An associate member of the

Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( (SAZU)) is the national academy of Slovenia, which encompasses science and the arts and brings together the top Slovene researchers and artists as members of the academy. Cultural significance Establis ...

since 2007, he became a full member in 2015. He is also a member of the

Austrian Academy of Sciences The Austrian Academy of Sciences (; ÖAW) is a legal entity under the special protection of the Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every fi ...

. He is the author of several publications on the medieval

history of Slovenia The history of Slovenia chronicles the period of the Slovenian Lands, Slovenian territory from the 5th century BC to the present. In the Early Bronze Age, Proto-Illyrians, Illyrian tribes settled an area stretching from present-day Albania to the ...

. His principal research fields include the ethnogenesis of Slovenes following the

Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps The settlement of the Eastern Alps region by early Slavs took place during the 6th to 8th centuries CE. It formed part of the southward expansion of early Slavs which would result in the South Slavic group, and would ultimately result in the ethno ...

, early medieval state forms in the Eastern Alps ( Carantania, Carniola), the history of nobility, and the emergence of Slovene Lands. He has also published a number of treatises on

diplomatics Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents, especially historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, pr ...

. As of 2000 he is the main editor of '' Zgodovinski časopis / Historical Review'', a principal Slovenian historic periodical. On the introduction of the

euro The euro (currency symbol, symbol: euro sign, €; ISO 4217, currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union. This group of states is officially known as the ...

in Slovenia, Štih also opposed the use of the Prince's Stone on the 2-cent coin. In 2020, he was elected President of the

Major works

*''Ozemlje Slovenije v zgodnjem srednjem veku: osnovne poteze zgodovinskega razvoja od začetka 6. stoletja do konca 9. stoletja'' ("The territory of Slovenia during early Middle Ages: a basic outline of historical development from early 6th century to late 9th century", Ljubljana, 2001); *''Slovenska zgodovina do razsvetljenstva'' ("Slovene History prior to the Enlightenment Age". Ljubljana - Klagenfurt: 1995), with Vasko Simoniti; *''

Carniola Carniola ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Although as a whole it does not exist anymore, Slovenes living within the former borders of the region still tend to identify with its traditional parts Upp ...

, patria Sclavorum'' (Vienna: 1995); *''Studien zur Geschichte der Grafen von Görz'' ("Studies in the History of the Counts of Gorizia". Vienna - Munich: 1996); *''Spomini Helene Kottanner: ženski glas iz srednjega veka'' ("Memoires of Helena Kottanner: a Woman's Voice from the Middle Ages". Ljubljana: 1999), with Igor Grdina; *''Srednjeveške plemiške zgodbe'' ("Stories from Medieval Nobility". Ljubljana: 2001); *''Slowenische Geschichte: Gesellschaft - Politik - Kultur'' ("Slovene History: Society - Politics - Culture". Graz, 2008), with Vasko Simoniti and Peter Vodopivec. *''The Middle Ages between the Eastern Alps and the Northern Adriatic : Select Papers on Slovene Historiography and Medieval History''. Brill, 2010.

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Department of History of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana: Peter Štih
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stih, Peter 1960 births Living people 20th-century Slovenian historians 21st-century Slovenian historians Members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Academic staff of the University of Vienna Academic staff of the University of Ljubljana University of Ljubljana alumni Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Academic staff of the University of Maribor People from the Municipality of Tolmin