Marko Šunjić

Marko Šunjić (15 November 1927, in Mostar – 30 March 1998, in Sarajevo), was Bosnian historian, medievalist, and the member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANU BiH). He was born in Rodoč, near Mostar.

After completing primary and secondary education, he studied history at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo. He graduated in 1955. He was employed at the same faculty at the Middle Ages Department under academician Ante Babić. In 1964 he defended his doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, entitled "Establishment and Organization of Venetian Power in Dalmatia in the 15th Century". He has completed all his university vocations in General History of the Middle Ages. He was member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Society for Sciences and Arts. He was the president of the Society of Historians of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the editor of the historical journal Yearbook of the Society of Historians of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the journal of culture Papers of the Croatian Society for Science and Art. He was a member of the editorial boards of the Contributions of the Institute of History and the Review both in Sarajevo, and Most in Mostar.

The subject of Marko Šunjić's study is the history of Bosnia and Dalmatia in the Middle Ages, and the general history of the early Middle Ages in Bosnia. He has published four books and about 100 scientific and professional papers, reviews and retrospects.