Traian Stoianovich

Traian Stoianovich (July 20, 1921 – December 21, 2005) was an American historian and a professor of history at Rutgers University. He specialized in the history of the Balkans.

Biography Born Trajan Stojanović in Gradešnica, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now part of North Macedonia), his family moved to Rochester, New York, where he was brought up. At a time when it was difficult for working-class people and immigrants to achieve higher education, he earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester. After serving in the United States Army during World War II (1942–45), he took a master's degree at New York University and received a doctorate from Université de Paris in 1952, where he became a major figure in the internationally influential Annales School of history. married in 1986 to Charles H. Revson Jr., heir of Charles Revson and they have two sons, Charles H. Revson III and Alexander Traian Revson. His son Christian Stoianovich is a screenwriter.

Selected works The Pattern of Serbian Intellectual Evolution 1830-1880. 1959. Conquering Balkan Orthodox Merchant. 1960. A Study in Balkan Civilization. Knopf, 1963. French Historical Method. Cornell University Press, 1976. Between East and West: The Balkan and Mediterranean Worlds. 1992–1995, 4 volumes. Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe. Armonk, New York, and London, England: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Introduction to The Balkans Since 1453, by Leften Stavros Stavrianos. New York: New York University Press, 2009.