Miroslav Šedivý serves as a senior lecturer at the Department of Historical Sciences at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has published over 70 books and articles in journals and proceedings, mostly on the diplomatic, economic, military, religious and social history of Europe and the Near East in the first half of the 19th century. His most recent monograph published in English is Metternich, the Great Powers and the Eastern Question (2013). Dr. Šedivý studied at the Universities of Vienna, Munich and Newcastle. He holds a Ph.D. from the Charles University in Prague.