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Department of Serbian with South Slavic Languages

 

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General information

In essence, the Department of Serbian with South Slavic Languages has existed since 1844, when the Lyceum, the highest educational institution in the Principality of Serbia (founded in 1838 in Kragujevac), was divided into two departments - Philosophy and Orthodoxy, with Slavic Philology with a focus on Aesthetics introduced at the Department of Philosophy. Then, in 1845, the Department of Slavic Philology was founded, but abolished in 1849. Just two years later, in 1851, the official Department of the History of the People and Serbian ‘Letters’ was established at the Lyceum.

From 1899, with the help of Aleksandar Belić, university teaching of the Serbian language was elevated to a European and world level. It developed within the domain of Serbo-Croatian language science with ‘Belić's Belgrade Linguistic School’ acknowledged across Europe and the world.

In fact, with Aleksandar Belić, the traditional ‘Serbian Seminary’ became the Department of South Slavic Languages and General Linguistics – in the spirit of the modern specialization of philological and linguistic sciences. It would later be known as the Department of South Slavic Languages and General Linguistics before being given its current title – the Department of Serbian with South Slavic Languages. The various names of the Department reflect how, throughout its history, the institution has adapted and branched out in terms of the disciplines it offers, in line with the development of linguistics in the world. This can be seen most clearly through the personalities of the teachers of each subject within the curriculum of each degree course.

Today, Serbian language and literature and Bulgarian language, literature and culture are studied as separate majors within the Department, while Macedonian is taught as an elective subject.

Library

The Department Library (known traditionally as the ‘Library of the Serbian Seminary’) is among the richest libraries of its kind in the Balkans. Founded as far back as the Lyceum era, it developed together with the Great School and the University. It has belonged to the Serbian Seminary since 1919. Along with the main Seminary Library, it also includes the Jagić Library, known throughout the Slavic world, acquired by the University in 1919 and completely transferred to Belgrade from Vienna in 1923. With the libraries and bequests of Lj. Stojanović, Ž. Stefanović, R. Bošković, B. Nikolić, M. Stevanović, D. Ćupić, and the Library of the Higher Pedagogical School, the library has a total of more than 128,000 books. The Library of the Department of Serbian Language is mainly used by students and teaching staff from the Faculty of Philology (primarily students from the Serbian Departments, but also other students who take Serbian as an elective). However, other staff from the University of Belgrade avail themselves of the library’s services, as well as those working at other scientific and academic institutes

  • Important information:
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  • Lending hours: 9am-2pm. Anyone wanting to borrow a book must reserve it via email 24 hours in advance.

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