Oliver Schmitt

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Oliver Jens Schmitt
Born 15 February 1973 (1973-02-15) (age 51)
Basel, Switzerland
Nationality Swiss
Occupation historian
Known for a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and expert on Medieval Albania

Oliver Jens Schmitt (born 15 February 1973 in Basel) is a professor of South-East European history at Vienna University since 2005. He is a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.[1]

His book Skanderbeg. Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan, a critical biography of George Castrioti-Skanderbeg, caused a hot debate in Albania.[2] A Swiss national daily newspaper Tages-Anzeiger published Schmitt's interview given to Enver Robelli in Tirana on 25 February 2009, in which it is emphasized that Schmitt claims that Skanderbeg's mother Voisava was Serbian, a member of the Branković family and that the Kastrioti surname probably is derived from Greek word kastron (fort).[3] He was accused of committing sacrilege and sullying the Albanian national honor.[4] Ardian Klosi, who translated his book from German to Albanian, was accused of treason.[5]

Selected works

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  • “Skanderbegs letzte Jahre. West-östliches Wechselspiel von Diplomatie und Krieg im Zeitalter der osmanischen Eroberung Albaniens (1464–1468)”, Südost-Forschung 62 (2004/2005): 56–123.
  • Levantiner. Lebenswelten und Identitäten einer ethnokonfessionellen Gemeinschaft im osmanischen Reich im “langen 19. Jahrhundert”, Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2005.
  • “Die Ägäis als Kommunikationsraum im späten Mittelalter”, Saeculum 56 (2005): 215–225.
  • “Les Levantins, les Européens et le jeu d'identités”, Smyrne, la ville oubliée? : Mémoires d'un grand port ottoman, 1830–1930, ed. Marie-Carmen Smyrnelis, Paris: Autrement, 2006. 106–119.
  • “Venezianische Horizonte der Geschichte Südosteuropas”, Südost-Forschungen 65/66 (2006-2007): 87–116.
  • “Skanderbeg reitet wieder: Wiederfindung und Erfindung eines (National-)Helden im balkanischen und gesamteuropäischen Kontext (15.–21. Jh.)”, Schnittstellen. Gesellschaft, Nation, Konflikt und Erinnerung in Südosteuropa: Festschrift für Holm Sundhausen zum 65. Geburtstag, eds. Ulf Brunnbauer, Andreas Helmedach & Stefan Troebst, Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2007. 401–419.
  • “‘Flucht aus dem Orient’? Kulturelle Orientierung und Identitäten im albanischsprachigen Balkan”, Stabilität in Südosteuropa – eine Herausforderung für die Informationsvermittlung, ed. F. Görner, Berlin: 2008. 12–27.
  • “Des melons pour la cour du Sancakbeg: Split et son arrière-pays ottoman à travers les registres de compte de l'administration vénitienne dans les années 1570”, Living in the Ottoman Ecumenical Community: Essays in Honour of Suraiya Faroqhi, eds. V. Costantini & M. Koller, Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2008. 437–452.
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References

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  2. ↑ Robelli Enver (2009) Schweiger Historiker weckt den Ārger der Albaner, Tages Anzeiger, 25-2-2009.
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