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The Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana originated with the Seminars of Humanities and Social Sciences which separated from the Seminars of Natural Sciences and Mathematics physically in 1949 and then formally in 1957. Allocated a separate building in 1961, the Faculty of Arts is today the largest university faculty in Slovenia, with around 8,000 enrolled students and 700 employeed in 21 departments.

History

The Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana was founded in 1919, the same year as the university was established. The very first lecture at the newly established University began symoblically on the 3rd of December 1919, the birth date of the renowend Romantic poet France Prešeren.

In the beginning, the Faculty consisted of natural sciences and humanities, which included seven disciplines: Philosophy, Pedagogy, History, Geography, Art History, Slavonic Studies, Romance Studies, Germanic Studies, Classical Philology, and Comparative Linguistics. During the World Wars the Departments for Comparative Literature Studies (1925), and Ethnology (1940) were established. After the liberation, the establishing of other new Departments followed: Archaeology (1947), Psychology (1950), Sociology (1960), Musicology (1962), and Library and Information Science and Book Studies (1987), ...

Since the establishment the number of students and academic staff was growing rapidly. In the academic year 1919/20 the number of students was 245, today the total number of students is almost 8,000. Also, the number of academic and pedagogic staff increased to around 399. Together with the non-pedagogic staff and external collaborators the total number is approximatelly 700.

Today

To this day, the number of Departments increased to 21 altogether, along with the departmental libraries. The most recently opened Departments were Department of Asian and African Studies (1995) and Department of Translation (1997). The main characteristic of the Faculty of Arts remains the possibility to make links in courses between different departments. There is also the possibility for links between other the Faculty of Theology, Faculty of Social Sciences, ISH, and many others.

The newly established interdisciplinary doctoral programme of Humanities and Social Sciences with 62 subject tracks enables links between the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Informatics and Computer Science, the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, and the Academy of Music at the University of Ljubljana.

The academic staff is included in science projects with different institutes at the SAZU, which work within or outside the Faculty. The other activities of the Faculty include publishing of reference literature, scientific journals and other periodicals. In 2009, the Scientific Publishing House of the Faculty of Arts published more than 60 monographies and 12 scientific journals. The latter includes Muzikološki zbornik - Varia Musicologia , Arts & Humanitas, Keria, Documenta Praehistorica ...

International Cooperation

The academic staff is active within several international inicitaives and networks. The Faculty has intensive connections with three Central European universities: Charles University in Prague, Jagelonian University in Krakow, Comenius University in Bratislava. The Faculty is active within the Prague Network which holds the agreement with 18 different universities from around Europe. Also, the connections have been made with universities in Japan, China, and India. The Department of Slovene language and Literature is collaborating with many universities around the globe – at more than 23 universities it is possible to gain a diploma in knowledge of Slovenian.

The other international connections within SOCRATES/ERASMUS student exchange, managed by the International Office at the Faculty of Arts, are one of the most successful and in Slovenia. In 2008, the International office at the Faculty of Arts was acknowledged for exepctional achievments by the University of Ljubljana.

So far, the Faculty hosted and co-organised many acknowledged names from the field of humanities and social science: Noam Chomsky, Vaclav Havel, Umberto Eco, Boris Pahor, Adam Michnik. In 2007, on the occassion of awarding Umberto Eco with the honorary doctorate from University of Ljubljana, his lecture on the history of ugliness in Cankarjev Dom attracted a big audience. The video of the lecture, provided by Videolectures, is available online.

On the occassion of the 90th Anniversary, the Journal of the Faculty of Arts (1919 – 2009) was published where there are articles dedicated to each Department. The journal is also available online.

The Faculty of Arts offers the following undergraduate programmes in humanities: Archaeology, Asian and African Studies (Japanology, Sinology), Comparative Literature, Comparative Linguistics, Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, History (including Archival Sciences, Museology), History of Art, Library Science, Musicology, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology of Culture. Most of its departments also offer postgraduate studies. The Faculty incorporates a number of institutes, associations and publishers, including the Research Institute of Faculty of Arts, the Austrian Scientific Institute, the Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language, the Centre for Pedagogic Education, the International Students of History Association, the Linguistic Circle, the Union of Geographic Societies and the Association of History Teachers.

External links

Faculty of Arts website (in English)

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 The [[Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana|Faculty of Arts]] of the [[University of Ljubljana]] originated with the Seminars of Humanities and Social Sciences which separated from the Seminars of Natural Sciences and Mathematics physically in 1949 and then formally in 1957. Allocated a separate building in 1961, the Faculty of Arts is today the largest university faculty in Slovenia, with around 8,000 enrolled students and 700 employeed in 21 departments.
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+== History ==
+The Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana was founded in [[established::1919]], the same year as the university was established. The very first lecture at the newly established University began symoblically on the 3rd of December 1919, the birth date of the renowend Romantic poet '''France Prešeren'''.
+In the beginning, the Faculty consisted of natural sciences and humanities, which included seven disciplines: Philosophy, Pedagogy, History, Geography, Art History, Slavonic Studies, Romance Studies, Germanic Studies, Classical Philology, and Comparative Linguistics. During the World Wars the Departments for Comparative Literature Studies (1925), and Ethnology (1940) were established. After the liberation, the establishing of other new Departments followed: Archaeology (1947), Psychology (1950), Sociology (1960), Musicology (1962), and Library and Information Science and Book Studies (1987), ...
+Since the establishment the number of students and academic staff was growing rapidly. In the academic year 1919/20 the number of students was 245, today the total number of students is almost 8,000. Also, the number of academic and pedagogic staff increased to around 399. Together with the non-pedagogic staff and external collaborators the total number is approximatelly 700.
+== Today ==
+To this day, the number of Departments increased to 21 altogether, along with the departmental libraries. The most recently opened Departments were Department of Asian and African Studies (1995) and Department of Translation (1997). The main characteristic of the Faculty of Arts remains the possibility to make links in courses between different departments. There is also the possibility for links between other the Faculty of Theology, [[Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana| Faculty of Social Sciences]], ISH, and many others.
+The newly established interdisciplinary doctoral programme of Humanities and Social Sciences with 62 subject tracks  enables links between the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Informatics and Computer Science, the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, and the Academy of Music at the University of Ljubljana.
+The academic staff is included in science projects with different institutes at the SAZU, which work within or outside the Faculty. The other activities of the Faculty include publishing of reference literature, scientific journals and other periodicals. In 2009, the Scientific Publishing House of the Faculty of Arts published more than 60 monographies and 12 scientific journals. The latter includes Muzikološki zbornik - Varia Musicologia , Arts & Humanitas, Keria, Documenta Praehistorica ...
+== International Cooperation ==
+The academic staff is active within several international inicitaives and networks. The Faculty has intensive connections with three Central European universities: Charles University in Prague, Jagelonian University in Krakow, Comenius University in Bratislava. The Faculty is active within the Prague Network which holds the agreement with 18 different universities from around Europe. Also, the connections have been made with universities in Japan, China, and India. The Department of Slovene language and Literature is collaborating with many universities around the globe – at more than 23 universities it is possible to gain a diploma in knowledge of Slovenian.
+The other international connections within SOCRATES/ERASMUS student exchange, managed by the International Office at the Faculty of Arts, are one of the most successful and in Slovenia. In 2008, the International office at the Faculty of Arts was acknowledged for exepctional achievments by the University of Ljubljana.
+So far, the Faculty hosted and co-organised many acknowledged names from the field of humanities and social science: Noam Chomsky, Vaclav Havel, Umberto Eco, Boris Pahor, Adam Michnik. In 2007, on the occassion of awarding Umberto Eco with the honorary doctorate from University of Ljubljana, his lecture on the history of ugliness in Cankarjev Dom attracted a big audience. The video of the lecture, provided by Videolectures, is available online.
+On the occassion of the 90th Anniversary, the Journal of the Faculty of Arts (1919 – 2009) was published where there are articles dedicated to each Department. The journal is also available online.
 The Faculty of Arts offers the following undergraduate programmes in humanities: Archaeology, Asian and African Studies (Japanology, Sinology), Comparative Literature, Comparative Linguistics, Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, History (including Archival Sciences, Museology), History of Art, Library Science, Musicology, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology of Culture. Most of its departments also offer postgraduate studies. The Faculty incorporates a number of institutes, associations and publishers, including the Research Institute of Faculty of Arts, the Austrian Scientific Institute, the [[Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language]], the Centre for Pedagogic Education, the International Students of History Association, the Linguistic Circle, the Union of Geographic Societies and the Association of History Teachers.