The Land Between; A History of Slovenia

This book offers a concise history of Slovenia: It presents the history of a region that once belonged to the Roman Empire, and was later influenced by Franconians, Bavarians and Hungarians. It is a history of a landscape, as well as of its people and cultures influenced by Slavic, Roman, Germanic and Hungarian cultures.

Oto Luthar is a historian and director of the Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), and a member of its Institute of Culture and Memory Studies. He is the author of the chapters ＂Divided by the Great War,＂ ＂The Making of the New State,＂ ＂The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes,＂ ＂Dictatorship and the Turmoil of the 1930s,＂ ＂A Nation Torn Apart: World War II in Slovenia,＂ ＂The Establishment of the ’New Order’,＂ ＂The First Five-year Period and Self-management,＂ and ＂’Liberals’ vs. ’Conservatives’.＂

Marjeta Sasel Kos is a Senior Research Associate (for epigraphy and ancient history, retired since 2021) at the Institute of Archaeology, ZRC SAZU. She is the author of the chapters ＂Prehistory: History Created by Archaeology＂ and ＂The Roman Empire: Conquest and Pax Romana.＂

Petra Svoljsak is a historian, research advisor and head of the Milko Kos Historical Institute, ZRC SAZU and a lecturer at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU. She is the author of ＂French Rule,＂ ＂The Pre-March Era, the Time of Non-freedom,＂ ＂The Year of Freedom, the 1848 Revolution, and United Slovenia,＂ ＂The Slovenes in the Constitutional Era,＂ ＂Unity and National Existence,＂ ＂In the Shackles of Political Parties,＂ and ＂The Other Side of History.＂

Martin Pogačar is a Research Fellow at the ZRC SAZU’s Institute of Culture and Memory Studies. He is the author of the subchapter ＂Punk Rock, the Alternative, and Political Appropriations.＂

Peter Stih is a Professor of Medieval History and Auxiliary Sciences of History at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, President of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of ＂The Early Slavs＂ and ＂The Carolingian Period in the 9th Century.＂

Dusan Kos is a historian and Senior Scientific Associate at the Milko Kos Historical Institute, ZRC SAZU. He is the author of ＂From Autonomy to the Unification of the Alpine and Danube Basin Regions＂ and ＂’Tres Ordines Slovenorum’ Society, Economy, and Culture.＂

Peter Kos is a Senior Research Associate and Professor of numismatics at the Department of Archaeology, University of Ljubljana (since 2019 retired). He is author of the chapter ＂From the Marcomannic Wars to the Settlement of the Slavic Tribes.＂

Igor Grdina is a historian and Slovenist, and a member of the Institute of Cultural History at the ZRC SAZU. He is the author of ＂The Stars of Celje,＂ ＂The bloody Fall of the Middle Ages,＂ ＂From Humanism to Reformation,＂ ＂From Counter-Reformation Rigor to Baroque Exuberance,＂ and ＂Scholars, Officials, and Patriots Changing the World.＂

Alja Brglez is a historian and historical anthropologist, one of the founders of the Institute for Civilization and Culture in Ljubljana. Currently, she serves as a Head of the Cabinet of the President od the Republic. She is the author of ＂Reorganization of the Marches and a Shift of Ethnic and Language Borders＂ and ＂From Crisis to Conflict and Beyond.＂