Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo

The Faculty of Philosophy (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]

Faculty of Philosophy
Filozofski fakultet u Sarajevu  (Bosnian)

Филозофски факултет Универзитета у Сарајеву (Serbian)

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

History

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] 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

In May of 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
  • Sophos : A Young Researchers Journal[5]

Notable alumni and faculty

Alumni

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

Faculty

See also

References
  1. "About the Faculty of Philosophy". Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. "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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