| Stephen Christopher Rowell | |
| Birth Name: | Stephen Christopher Rowell |
| Birth Date: | 9 May 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Leicester, England |
| Nationality: | English |
| Thesis Title: | The role of Christianity in the last pagan state in Europe: Lithuania, 1315-1342 |
| Thesis Url: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386130 |
| Thesis Year: | 1990 |
| School Tradition: | Cambridge School |
| Discipline: | History |
| Notable Works: | (1994),[1] Chartularium Lithuaniae res gestas magni ducis Gedeminne illustrans (2003)[2] |
Stephen Christopher Rowell (born 9 May 1964 in Leicester) is a British historian, translator and author of many publications and books about the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[3] [4] [5] His book was published by Cambridge University Press in 1994.[6]
Stephen Rowell studied history, Latin, French, and Russian languages at Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating in 1985, before working at the college as a researcher in 1988–89.[3] [4] From 1990 to 1993, Rowell lectured at Clare College, Cambridge about the History of Europe and Ruthenia in the Middle Ages.[3]
Rowell visited Lithuania for the first time in 1985.[3] He subsequently wrote a dissertation on The Role of Christianity in the Last Pagan State in Europe: Lithuania, 1315-1342, for which he obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 1990.[4] [3] [7]
In 1992–94, Rowell lectured in history at Vilnius University, Vytautas Magnus University, and Klaipėda University.[3] [4] From 1993 to 1999, he was a professor at the Klaipėda University.[3] [4] Since 2001, he has been the editor-in-chief of the periodical Lithuanian Historical Studies.[8]
Rowell has published more than 50 articles on medieval Europe and the early history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in both Lithuanian and foreign publications.[3] [4] [5]