Mitja Saje

Mitja Saje (Chinese: 萨米加) (born 16 August 1947) is a Slovenian sinologist.

Biography

Mitja Saje was born in Ljubljana. He studied at both Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. He also studied at Nanjing University. He received his PhD in 1994 for a thesis discussing the Chinese economy during the Ming Dynasty.

Academic career

In his research he mostly examines subjects related to Chinese economy, Chinese politics, Chinese history and Chinese language. Since 1995, he has been a professor at the Chair of Sinology, Department of Asian and African Studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. He was one of the co-founders of this department and chaired it for four years (1995–1998). He was one of the hosts of the 'XVI. Biennial Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies', which was held in Ljubljana in 2006.

Publications

• 'History of China: The Last Dynasty and the Challenges of Contemporary Times - From the Invasion of Manchus to the Proclamation of the People's Republic' (original in Slovene: 'Zadnja dinastija in izzivi sodobnosti - zgodovina Kitajske - Od vdora Mandžurcev do ustanovitve ljudske republike'), ISBN 961-237-104-0, first published in 2004;
• 'History of China: The Qing Dynasty - From Traditional Order to the Modern Times' (original in Slovene: 'Obdobje Qing - zgodovina Kitajske - Od tradicionalne do moderne dobe'), ISBN 86-7347-058-7, first published in 1994;
• 'History of China: Yuan and Ming Dynasties - Foreign Conquerors and Traditional Order' (original in Slovene: 'Obdobje Yuan in Ming - zgodovina Kitajske - Tuji osvajalci in trdnost tradicionalne ureditve'), ISBN 86-7207-099-2, first published in 1997;
• 'History of China: Ancient China - From the Dawn of Civilization to Qin Dynasty' (original in Slovene: 'Starodavna Kitajska - zgodovina Kitajske - Od najstarejših časov do dinastije Qin'), ISBN 961-237-018-4, first published in 2002;
• 'Chinese-Slovene Dictionary' (original in Slovene: 'Kitajsko-slovenski slovar'), OCLC 441628898, first published in 1990.