Maister Evening: Dr. Aleš Maver: Rudolf Maister among Military commanders in a turbulent Central Europe

Maister’s Evening: Dr. Aleš Maver – RUDOLF MAISTER AMONG MILITARY COMMANDERS IN A TURBULENT CENTRAL EUROPEAN ERA

In cooperation with the General Maister Society Kamnik

The purpose of the lecture is to place General Rudolf Maister in a broader Central European context. The outcome of World War I led to the dissolution of four large multinational states. New countries were formed, and new borders had to be drawn. During this turbulent and often chaotic period, Rudolf Maister, an officer in the army of the disintegrating Danubian monarchy, played a role in the Slovenian context similar to that of some other officers in neighboring regions. The lecturer will primarily focus on three figures: Hungarian Miklós Horthy, Polish Józef Piłsudski, and Slovak Milan Rastislav Štefánik. The lecture will outline their life stories, their actions, and their significance for the collective historical memory of the regions in which they operated.

The preparation of the lecture also involved Maj Horvat, a third-year student of history and art history at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.

Dr. Aleš Maver is an associate professor of medieval history and a lecturer in Latin at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor. His research interests include the history of the Roman Republic, late antiquity, and early Christianity, as well as Slovenian cultural and church history. In 2023, he published the intriguing and well-received book Ukraine: From the Game of Thrones to the War for Independence, and he is also the author or co-author of several scientific monographs and articles. He is very interested in politics, particularly elections and electoral systems, and his hobby is train travel.