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Faculty of Humanities, University of Sarajevo

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Faculty of Humanities
Filozofski fakultet u Sarajevu (Bosnian)

Филозофски факултет Универзитета у Сарајеву (Serbian)

Filozofski fakultet u Sarajevu (Croatian)
TypeFaculty
Established1950
Location
Sarajevo
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Sarajevo Canton
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUniversity of Sarajevo
Websiteff.unsa.ba/index.php/en/

The Faculty of Humanities (Bosnian: Filozofski fakultet u Sarajevu) is the oldest and one of the most prominent faculties of the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The institution was established on 14 February 1950 by the decision of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

History

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The faculty was established in the post-World War II period on 14 February 1950 by the decision of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] It was established as a part of a unified institution, together with the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and included following eight subject areas: General and National History, Serbo-Croatian language and Yugoslav literature, German language and literature, French language and literature, Oriental Philology, Mathematics, Chemistry and Geography.[1] Professor Anto Babić, one of the founders, was faculty first dean. Dr. Aleksandar Belić, president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, delivered inaugural lecture of the institution November 1950.[1] Faculty's main building was designed by Juraj Neidhardt and constructed between 1955 and 1959.[1]

Post-Bosnian War History

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In May 2013 faculty organized the First Regional Congress of Art History Students attended by students from University of Sarajevo, University of Mostar, University of Zagreb, University of Rijeka, University of Zadar, University of Belgrade and University of Ljubljana.[2] The congress was opened by the TU Dresden professor Tobias Strahl lecture on cultural cleansing of monuments in 1992-1995 period.[2] In April 2015 faculty reopened lectorate of Slovenian language which was closed in 1993.[3] In September that same year in cooperation with the British Council faculty organized the First International Conference on English Language, Literature, Teaching and Translation Studies.[4]

Publications

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  • Sophos : A Young Researchers Journal[5]

Notable alumni and faculty

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Alumni

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Some of the former students of the Faculty of Humanities continued their academic and scientific careers at the faculty and the University of Sarajevo.

Faculty

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "About the Faculty of Philosophy". Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Počeo prvi regionalni Kongres studenata historije umjetnosti". Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Lektorat slovenskog jezika na sarajevskom Filozofskom fakultetu". Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Conference on English Language with Faculty of Philosophy". British Council. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Sophos časopis mladih istraživača Filozofski Fakultet u Sarajevu, Znanstveno-Istraživački Inkubator". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
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