Herwig Wolfram

Herwig Wolfram
Herwig Wolfram
Born	14 February 1934; Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Academic background
Education	University of Vienna (PhD, 1957; Dr. habil., 1966);
Influences	Reinhard Wenskus
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Medieval History;
School or tradition	Vienna School
Institutions	University of Vienna; Institute of Austrian Historical Research;
Doctoral students	Walter Pohl; Roland Steinacher;
Main interests	Early Middle Ages; Germanic peoples; Germanic-Roman contacts; Goths; History of Austria; Late Antiquity;
Notable works	History of the Goths (1988); The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples (1997);
Notable ideas	Ethnogenesis; Traditionskern;
Influenced	Patrick J. Geary; Ian N. Wood;

Herwig Wolfram (born 14 February 1934) is an Austrian historian who is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History and Auxiliary Sciences of History at the University of Vienna and the former Director of the Institute of Austrian Historical Research. He is a leading member of the Vienna School of History, and internationally known for his authoritative works on the history of Austria, the Goths, and relationships between the Germanic peoples and the Roman Empire.

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