- Zenonas Ivinskis
Zenonas Ivinskis (
May 25 ,1908 in Kaušėnai village, nearPlungė –December 24 ,1971 inBonn, Germany ) was a notedLithuania n historian.Education
Ivinskis studied at
Telšiai andPlungė gymnasiums. In 1925 he entered theUniversity of Lithuania to study philosophy, but later changed the subject to history. In 1929, Ivinskis received a grant to continue his studies in Germany. There, under the direction of prof. Albert Brackmann, he received a Ph.D. for his thesis "Geschichte des Bauerstandes in Litauen" ( _en. History of the Conditions of Lithuanian Farmers) in 1932. In 1933 inGdansk he was habilitated for his work "Lietuvių ir prūsų prekybiniai santykiai pirmojoje XVI a. pusėje" ( _en. Lithuanian and Prussian trade in the first half of the 16th century).After returning to Lithuania he was drafted into the army. During his free time, he gave lectures at the
Vytautas Magnus University and in 1940 became an extraordinary professor. In that year he was invited to work at theVilnius University . He served as the dean of Faculty of Theology–Philosophy at the Vytautas Magnus University from 1941 to 1942. For his active public defense of university autonomy, the Nazis listed him among other prominent public figures to be transferred toStutthof concentration camp . Ivinskis was saved from death because he was ill, and was hospitalized for half a year.Emigration
In 1944, Ivinskis retreated to the West. Unlike most other Lithuanian refugees, he did not emigrate to the United States and chose to live in Germany. He gave lectures as Gastprofessor at "Baltisches Forchungsinstitut" in Bonn, and from 1963 taught the history of Eastern Europe at
Bonn University . The next year he received his secondhabilitation in Lithuanian and Polish history and was appointed as a full time professor. While living in Germany he often traveled toRome , and conducted research at theVatican archives . Ivinskis contributed to theLithuanian encyclopedias published in Boston.Important works
*"Geschichte des Bauerstandes in Litauen", Berlin 1933
*"Lietuvių ir prūsų prekybiniai santykiai pirmojoje XVI a. pusėje" ( _en. Lithuanian and Prussian trade in the first half of 16th century), 1933
*"Šv. Kazimieras" ( _en. Saint Casimir), 1955
*"Vyskupas Merkelis Giedraitis ir jo laikų Lietuva" ( _en. bishop Merkelis Giedraitis and Lithuanian of his time, manuscript based on research in Vatican archive
*"Lietuvos istorija (iki Vytauto Didžiojo mirties)" ( _en. History of Lithuania (until death of Vytautas the Great)), Rome 1978External links
*lt icon [http://mpkelias.mch.mii.lt/ASMENYS/ivinskis.lt.htm Short bio]
*lt icon [http://ic.lms.lt/ml/176/ivinskis.html Short bio]Persondata
NAME = Ivinskis, Zenonas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION =Lithuania n historian
DATE OF BIRTH =May 25 ,1908
PLACE OF BIRTH = Kaušėnai village, nearPlungė , Lithuania]
DATE OF DEATH =December 24 ,1971
PLACE OF DEATH =Bonn, Germany
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