Pirjevec, Jože

Jože Pirjevec, rojen 1. junija 1940 v Trstu, je prvih sedem let živel v Sežani. Leta 1947 se je njegova družina preselila v Trst. Po maturi na slovenskem liceju se je vpisal na Filozofsko fakulteto in tam 1966 diplomiral iz zgodovine. V naslednjih dveh letih se je izpopolnjeval na normalki v Pisi (Scuola Normale Superiore), nato pa je absolviral Diplomatsko akademijo na Dunaju ter pod mentorstvom prof. Frana Zwittra 1977 doktoriral na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani. Na univerzi v Pisi je 1971 začel akademsko kariero in jo nadaljeval v Trstu in Padovi. Tu je med 1986 in 1996 predaval kot redni profesor zgodovine vzhodne Evrope na Fakulteti za politične vede. 1996 se je vrnil v Trst, kjer je na Filozofski fakulteti zasedel katedro za zgodovino slovanskih narodov. Ker se je na samem začetku svoje znanstvene poti usmeril v preučevanje mednarodnih odnosov, je že v šestdesetih letih začel raziskovati v številnih tujih arhivih. Kot štipendist avstrijske vlade, Sovjetske akademije znanosti, Humboldtove ustanove (Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung), Wilsonovega centra v Washingtonu in Nobelovega inštituta v Oslu je imel priliko delati v nekaterih najbolj prestižnih evropskih in ameriških arhivih in bibliotekah. Kljub pogostim potovanjem na tuje se ni izognil kulturnopolitičnemu delu znotraj slovenske manjšine na Tržaškem. Od 1984 je bil sedemnajst let predsednik Narodne in študijske knjižnice v Trstu, od 1987 do 1991 pa predsednik upravnega sveta Slovenskega stalnega gledališča. Že dolgo je tudi sodelavec slovenskega radia in televizije, Primorskega dnevnika, Primorskih novic, Dela in drugih časopisov. 1988 je za knjigo Tito, Stalin in Zahod dobil nagrado Kidričevega sklada, za monografijo Jugoslovanske vojne 1991–1999 pa leta 2002 Premio Acqui. 1995 je bil izvoljen za dopisnega člana Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, 2005 za izrednega, 2009 za rednega. Odkar je znova pridobil slovensko državljanstvo, se je tudi aktivneje vključil v kulturnopolitično življenje v Sloveniji. 1996 je bil v okviru Znanstveno-raziskovalnega središča v Kopru imenovan za znanstvenega svetnika za področje sodobne zgodovine in zadolžen za vodenje številnih raziskovalnih projektov. 2000 je postal član senata pravkar ustanovljene Fakultete za humanistične vede v Kopru, 2001 je bil imenovan za predsednika odbora za preučevanje narodnih manjšin pri SAZU. 2006 je bil odlikovan z zlato plaketo Univerze na Primorskem. Istega leta je dobil priznanje društva TIGR, naslednje leto pa zlato plaketo ZZB NOB Slovenije. Novembra 2007 mu je Odbor RS za Zoisovo nagrado podelil priznanje ambasador znanosti. Ob 70-letnici OF leta 2011 ga je ZZB NOB počastila z listino, svojim najvišjim priznanjem, naslednje leto pa mu je Slovenska kulturno-gospodarska zveza podelila odličje za življenjsko delo v prid Slovencev v Italiji. Do sedaj je poleg številnih člankov in razprav, ki so izšli predvsem v slovenskih, italijanskih, avstrijskih in nemških revijah in zbornikih, objavil tudi naslednje monografije:

Niccolò Tommaseo tra Italia e Slavia, Marsilio, Benetke, 1977;
Storia della Russia del XIX secolo (1800–1917), Vallardi-Piccin, Milan, 1984;
Tržaški vozel, 1945–1980, Založništvo tržaškega tiska, Trst, 1984;
Tito, Stalin e l'Occidente, EstLibris, Trst, 1985;
Tito, Stalin in Zahod, Delavska enotnost, Ljubljana, 1987;
Il gran rifiuto. Guerra fredda e calda tra Tito, Stalin e l'Occidente, EstLibris, Trst, 1990 (druga razširjena izdaja zgoraj omenjene knjige);
Il giorno di San Vito. Jugoslavia 1918–1992. Storia di una tragedia, Nuova Eri, Torino, 1993;
Jugoslavija 1918–1992. Nastanek, razvoj in razpad Karadjordjevićeve in Titove Jugoslavije, Založba Lipa, Koper, 1995 (delo je bila prevedeno tudi v češčino);
Serbi, Croati, Sloveni. Storia di tre nazioni, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1995;
Storia degli Sloveni in Italia: 1866–1998 (v sodelovanju z Milico Kacin-Wohinz), Marsilio, Benetke, 1998;
Zgodovina Slovencev v Italiji: 1866–2000, Nova revija (v sodelovanju z Milico Kacin-Wohinz), Ljubljana, 2000;
Le guerre jugoslave 1991–1999, Giulio Einaudi (ed.), Torino, 2001;
Jugoslovanske vojne 1991–2001, Cankarjeva založba, Ljubljana, 2003;
»Trst je naš!« Boj Slovencev za morje 1848–1954, Nova revija, Ljubljana, 2007;
Foibe. Una storia d'Italia, Einaudi, Torino, 2009;
Tito in tovariši, Cankarjeva založba, Ljubljana, 2011 (knjiga je pod naslovom Tito i drugovi izšla tudi v hrvaškem prevodu);
Fojbe, Cankarjeva založba, Ljubljana, 2012.
Za RTV Slovenija je napisal scenarij Dnevnik nekega naroda, ki predstavlja zgodovino Slovencev v 20. stoletju. Niz oddaj, ki je bil posnet po tem scenariju, je dobil junija 2006 priznanje Erasmus EuroMedia organizacije European Society for Education and Communication.
Sodeloval je pri izdaji več zbornikov, za katere je napisal uvodno besedo ali prispeval razpravo.
Poslednji so:
Prispevki z mednarodnega znanstvenega sestanka Pravni položaj Slovencev v Italiji 1866–2002, Acta Histriae, ZRS, Koper, 2003;
Vojna in mir na Primorskem, Annales, Koper, 2005;
Osimska meja. Jugoslovansko-italijanska pogajanja in razmejitev leta 1975, Annales, Koper, 2006;
Problemi demokracije na Slovenskem v letih 1918–1941, Zbornik SAZU, Ljubljana, 2007;
Resistance, Suffering, Hope. The Slovene Partisan Movement 1941–1945, ZTT, Trst, 2008.

(marec 2013)

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Jože Pirjevec was born in Trieste in 1940 and spent his first seven years in Sežana. In 1947, his family moved to Trieste. He graduated from the Slovenian Lyceum, studied at the Faculty of Arts and received a BA in history in 1966. In the following two years, he studied at the Normale of Pisa (Scuola Normale Superiore), then completed his studies at the diplomatic academy in Vienna and earned a PhD at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana mentored by Prof. Fran Zwitter in 1977. Pirjevec began his academic career at the University of Pisa in 1971 and continued in Trieste and Padua where he worked as Professor of History of Eastern Europe at the Faculty of Political Sciences from 19856 to 1996. He returned to Trieste in 1996, to occupy the Chair of Slavic History at the University of Trieste. Since the very beginning of his scientific path, Pirjevec focused on studying international relations, and began to explore numerous foreign archives as early as 1960s. As a Fellow of the Austrian Government, the Soviet Academy of Sciences, the Humboldt Foundation (A. v. Humboldt-Stiftung), Wilson Center in Washington, and the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Pirjevec had the opportunity to work in some of the most prestigious European and American archives and libraries. Despite frequent stays abroad, Pirjevec never avoided cultural and political activities within the Slovenian minority in Trieste. In 1984, he became President of the National and Study Library in Trieste, and remained in this function for seventeen years. From 1987 to 1991, he served as Chairman of the Management Board of the Slovenian Permanent Theatre in Trieste. He has long cooperated with Slovenian national Radio and Television, the Primorske novice newspaper, Delo and other newspapers. His book Tito, Stalin and the West won the Kidrič Fund Award in 1988, and the Premio Acqui Award for his monograph of the Yugoslav War 1991-1999, in 2002. Pirjevec was elected Corresponding Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1995, Associate Member in 2005 and Full Member in 2009. Since he re-gained Slovenian citizenship, Pirjevec has also been actively involved in the cultural and political life of Slovenia. He was appointed Senior Researcher in the field of contemporary history at the Scientific Research Institute of Koper in 1996, and is responsible for managing a series of research projects. In 2000, Pirjevec became a member of the Senate of the newly established Faculty of Humanities in Koper, and was appointed Chairman of the SASA Committee for the Studies of National Minorities in 2001. In 2006, Pirjevec was awarded the gold medal of the University of Primorska. In the same year, he received a Diploma of the TIGR Society, and a gold medal of ZZB NOB Slovenia a year after. In November 2007 he was awarded the title Ambassador of Science by the Slovenian Zois Award Committee. Until present day, he published, in addition to numerous articles and essays published mainly in Slovenian, Italian, Austrian and German magazines and journals, the following monographs:

Niccolò Tommaseo tra Italia e Slavia, Marsilio, Venice, 1977
Storia della secolo Part XIX of Russia (1800-1917), Vallardi-Piccin, Milan, 1984
Trieste knot, 1945-1980, publishing press Trieste, Trieste, 1984.
Tito, Stalin e l'Occident, EstLibris, Trieste, 1985.
Tito, Stalin and the West, workers' unity, Ljubljana, 1987.
Il Gran rifiuto. Guerra e calda tra fredda Tito, Stalin e l'Occident, EstLibris, Trieste, 1990 (second extended edition above mentioned book).
Il giorno di San Vito. YUGOSLAVIA 1918-1992. Storia di una tragedia, Nuova Era, Torino, 1993.
Yugoslavia 1918-1992. Origin, development and disintegration of Tito's Yugoslavia and Karađorđević, Publisher Lipa, Koper, 1995.
(The book was translated into Czech)
Serb, Croat, Slovene. Storia di tre nazioni, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1995.
Storia degli in Italia Sloveni: 1866-1998 (in collaboration with Milica Kacin-Wohinz), Marsilio, Venice, 1998.
History of Slovenians in Italy: 1866-2000, New Magazine (in collaboration with Milica Kacin-Wohinz), Ljubljana, 2000.
Le guerre jugoslave 1991-1999, Giulio Einaudi ed., Torino, 2001.
Yugoslav War, 1991-2001, Cankarjeva publisher, Ljubljana, 2003.
"Trieste is ours!" Fight of the Slovenes of the Sea 1848-1954, New Magazine, Ljubljana, 2007.
Foibe. Una Storia d'Italia, Einaudi, Turin, 2009.

He wrote the script Diary of a nation (Dnevnik nekega naroda), which presents the history of Slovenians in the 20th century for the Slovenian national television. A string of episodes based on the script won him the Erasmus EuroMedia Award, awarded by the European Society for Education and Communication in 2006.
He participated in the preparation of several anthologies, to which he contributed the foreword or his treatise.
His most recent work:
Contributions to the international scientific meeting entitled The Legal Situation of Slovenians in Italy 1866-2002, Acta Histriae, SRC, Koper, 2003.
Vojna in mir na Primorskem, Annales, Koper, 2005.
Osimska meja. Jugoslovansko-italijanska pogajanja in razmejitev leta 1975, Annales, Koper, 2006.
Problemi demokracije na Slovenskem v letih 1918-1941, Proceedings of the SASA, Ljubljana, 2007
Resistance, Suffering, Hope. The Slovene Partisan Movement 1941-1945, ZTT, Trieste, 2008

(August 2012)