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THE FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY


The Faculty of Philology

Address:
Studentski trg 3
11000 BELGRADE
Telephone: (011) 638-666
Fax: (011) 630-039

Dean:
Professor Dr. Slobodan Gruba~i}

Vice deans:
Assistant Professor Dr. Ljiljana Markovi}
Assistant Professor Dr. Dalibor Soldati}

Secretary:
Marija Divjak, LL. B.

Detailed information in Serbian



ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

The beginning of university-level instruction in the sphere of basic philological disciplines in this country may be traced back to the first half of the nineteenth century. The German language was taught in the Department of Philosophy of the Lycée since its founding, and in 1839 French was also introduced. In 1873, by enacting amendments to the Law on the Superior School, two departments were established at the Faculty of Philosophy: Philology - History, and Science - Mathematics. Seven years later, new subjects were introduced in the Philology - History Department: Russian language and literature, and ancient Greek. The Department of Linguistics and Literature was established at the Faculty of Philosophy in 1896, but philological disciplines only acquired their institutional autonomy in 1960, when the Faculty of Philology became an independent institution with eleven teaching groups.

Since its founding, the Faculty has turned out 18,412 graduates, while academic M.A. degrees were obtained by 1,014 candidates and doctoral degrees by 393 persons.

Twenty-seven members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts have been elected from among the ranks of the professors teaching philological disciplines.



INTERNAL ORGANIZATION

Educational, research and expert activities are carried out within the framework of 14 chairs: the Chair of Serbian Language with South-Slav Languages; the Chair of Serbian Literature with South-Slav Literature; the Chair of General Literature and the Theory of Literature; the Chair of German Studies; the Chair of English Studies; the Chair of Romance Languages; the Chair of Slavic Studies; the Chair of Albanology; the Chair of Oriental Studies; the Chair of Italian Studies; the Chair of Hungarian Studies; the Chair of General Linguistics; the Chair of Neo-Hellenistic Studies; and the Chair of Library Science and Informatics.

The Faculty also provides instructorships and seminars in philosophy, the study of culture and psychology, and civil defense; there are centers for POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, research, the Serbian language as a foreign language, and the International Slavistics Center.



TEACHING STAFF

Teaching and research activities at the Faculty are carried out by 46 full professors, 27 associate professors, 27 assistant professors, 47 foreign language instructors, 44 assistants, and 17 junior assistants.



UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

Tthe UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES enrolment capacity of the Faculty is about 1000 first-year students.

Studies last four academic years, namely eight semesters, and are organized within 29 majors: Serbian language and literature; Serbian language and literature with general linguistics; Serbian language with South-Slav languages; Bulgarian language and literature; Serbian literature and language; Serbian literature and language with general literature; Serbian literature with South-Slav literature; general literature and the theory of literature; Russian language and literature; Polish language and literature; Czech language and literature; Slovak language and literature; Italian language and literature; French language and literature; Spanish language and literature; Rumanian language and literature; German language and literature; Scandinavian languages and literature; English language and literature; Arabic language and literature; Turkish language and literature; Oriental philology; Japanese language and literature; Chinese language and literature; Albanian language and literature; general linguistics; library science and informatics; Greek language and literature; and Hungarian language and literature.


Foreign Languages Laboratory

After graduating from this Faciulty, depending on the major taken, one acquires the following professional titles:

a) professor of Serbian language and literature; of Serbian language and literature with general linguistics; of Serbian literature and language; of Serbian literature and language with general literature; of Bulgarian language and literature; of Russian language and literature; of Polish language and literature; of Czech language and literature; of Slovak language and literature; of French language and literature; of Spanish language and literature; of Rumanian language and literature; of German language and literature; of Scandinavian languages and literature; of English language and literature; of Arabic language and literature; of Turkish language and literature; of Chinese language and literature; of Japanese language and literature; of Albanian language and literature; of Italian language and literature; of Hungarian language and literature; and of Greek language and literature.

b) graduate philologist of Serbian language with South-Slav languages; of Serbian literature with South-Slav literature; of general literature and the theory of literature; of general linguistics; and of Oriental philology.

c) graduate librarian and expert in informatics.



POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

The Faculty of Philology organizes M.A. studies and grants doctorates in the area of philological, linguistic, and literary disciplines, library-science and informatics applied in the library.

Specialized studies are offered to teachers in the following areas: Serbian language and literature (teaching methods in the Serbian language and literature, functional stylistics, optional subjects); foreign languages (foreign language teaching methods, optional subjects).

In addition to the above majors, specialized courses are also organized in the following areas: lexicology and lexicography; text revision and language-editing; the culture of speech; archival activities; literary writing; folk oral creativity among the Serbs; the organisation of cultural activities; translation (simultaneous and consecutive, as well as the translation of professional texts); library science; philological and culture studies in the sphere of international relations; applied linguistics and sociolinguistics.



PUBLICATIONS

The Faculty issues the following publications: "The Annals of the Faculty of Philology", "Contributions to Language, Literature and Folklore", "The Collection of Works of the International Slavistics Center", "Italica Belgradensia", and "Germanica Belgradensia".



LIBRARIES

Every chair at the Faculty has a separate library and reading room. The library holdings of the Chair of Serbian Language with South-Slav Languages total 84,238 books and 26,573 periodicals; the library of the Chair of Serbian Literature with South-Slav Literature - 120,000 books and 35,000 periodicals; the Chair of General Literature and the Theory of Literature - 15,579 books and 513 periodicals; the library of the Chair of Slavic Studies - 46,473 books and 880 volumes of periodicals; the library of the Chair of English Studies - 29,241 books and 9,384 volumes; the library of the Chair of Oriental Studies - 15,731 books and 2,708 periodicals and 8,898 volumes; the library of the Chair of Germanic Philology - 30,000 books and 10,000 periodicals; the library of the Chair of Italian Studies - 13,000 books and periodicals; and the library of the Chair of Albanology - 10,034 books and 491 periodicals.

Special libraries exist in the Department of Romance Languages, with separate reading rooms for French (34,741 books and 11,196 periodicals); Spanish (4,438 books and 94 periodicals) and Rumanian (5,320 books and 6,205 periodicals).