Stevan Kosta Pavlowitch | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1933-09-07)7 September 1933 |
| Died | 24 January 2022(2022-01-24) (aged 88) |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, writer, journalist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Thesis | Anglo-Russian Rivalry in Serbia, 1837—1839 (1961[1]) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | University of Southampton |
Stevan Kosta Pavlowitch (Serbian:Stevan K. Pavlović, Стеван К. Павловић; 7 September 1933 – 24 January 2022) was aYugoslav andBritish historian, emeritus professor of Balkan history at theUniversity of Southampton, and a fellow of theRoyal Historical Society.[2]
Stevan Kosta Pavlowitch was born inBelgrade,Kingdom of Yugoslavia on 7 September 1933,[3][4] into a well-known Serbian family of diplomats from theKingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[2] His father Kosta St. Pavlović was a diplomat, who was personal secretary ofVojislav Marinković, the Yugoslav Foreign Minister;[5] his grandfather, also named Stevan K. Pavlović, was an influential lawyer, interpreter and diplomat who had served with theMinistry of Foreign affairs, was a member of the Yugoslav delegation at theParis Peace Conference in 1919–1920, and had received theLegion of Honour.[1] His great-grandfather Kosta Pavlović was the first mayor ofNiš and a member of theLiberal Party.[6]
Pavlowitch began his schooling inBucharest, where his father was stationed as a diplomat.[7] Following theAxis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, the family followed the Yugoslav royal government to theUnited Kingdom[8] where his father was appointed chief of the Cabinet of the Prime MinistersDušan Simović,Slobodan Jovanović[a] andMiloš Trifunović then in 1943 First Secretary of the Yugoslav Embassy.[7] After the war Pavlowitch's father completed postgraduate magisterial studies at theUniversity of Cambridge, where he became, in 1961, a permanent member of the Faculty for Contemporary and Medieval Languages and a permanent member of theRegent House of theUniversity of Cambridge.[6][8]
Pavlowitch studied history inParis at theSorbonne University, inLille and inLondon both at theSchool of Slavonic and East European Studies andKing's College.[7] From 1958 to 1965, Pavlowitch worked as a journalist and was stationed inBelgium andItaly.[11] In 1965, he joined the staff of theUniversity of Southampton and in 1997 became the emeritus professor of Balkan history, and was a fellow of theRoyal Historical Society.[11] He was the emeritus professor of Balkan history at theUniversity of Southampton and a fellow of theRoyal Historical Society.[12] With his research on the history of Yugoslavia, rejection of essentialist,Balkanist orOrientalist as well as predetermined or simplistic nationalists interpretations of history, he became one of the most prominent and respected scholars in the field.[1]
Pavlowitch was a contributor for the 1992Radio Television of Serbia documentary series entitledYugoslavia in War 1941–1945. He died on 24 January 2022, at the age of 88.[13]
