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Sorbian Studies
Sorbian studies is an academic discipline dealing with Sorbian language and literature. It is a subfield of Slavic studies. Current situation The only institute for Sorbian studies is at Leipzig University (; ). The University of Potsdam publishes the series . Furthermore, the Sorbian Institute is conducting research in Sorbian studies and biannually publishes ''Lětopis'', the only journal on Sorbian studies. Students can earn a B.A. or an M.A. degree in Sorbian studies at Leipzig University. Furthermore, Sorbian language education degrees are available. History Initiated by Adolf Černý, Sorbian literature is taught at Charles University Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ... in Prague since the 19th century. Since 1933, there is a chair for Sorbian literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbian Languages
The Sorbian languages (, ) are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language, two closely related and partially mutually intelligible languages spoken by the Sorbs, a West Slavs, West Slavic ethno-cultural minority in the Lusatia region of Eastern Germany. They are classified under the West Slavic languages, West Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages and are therefore closely related to the other two West Slavic subgroups: Lechitic languages, Lechitic and Czech–Slovak languages, Czech–Slovak.About Sorbian Language by Helmut Faska, University of Leipzig Historically, the languages have also been known as Wendish (named after the Wends, the earliest Slavic people in modern Poland and Germany) or Lusatian. Their collective ISO 639-2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbian Literature
Sorbian literature refers to the literature written by the Western Slavic people of Central Europe called the Sorbs in Sorbian languages (Upper Sorbian language and Lower Sorbian language). Sorbian literature began with the Reformation and the translations of religious texts. The first translation of the New Testament was made in 1549 by M. Jakubica and the first printed book in 1574 was Albin Moller's Zpevnik a Katechism (hymnal and catechism). See also Bible translations into Sorbian. The British Library houses many copies of early Sorbian literature, the earliest being a copy of the Lord's Prayer dating from 1603. Sorbian is also noted in one of the first multilingual dictionaries: Megiser's Thesaurus Polyglottus, published in Frankfurt in 1603. Around twenty books were available by 1700, mostly about religion. Little from that early period has survived. Much Sorbian literature was housed in a library in Dresden and destroyed during the Bombing of Dresden during World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Studies
Slavic (American English) or Slavonic (British English) studies, also known as Slavistics, is the academic field of area studies concerned with Slavic peoples, Slavic peoples, languages, literature, history, and culture. Originally, a Slavist or Slavicist was primarily a linguistics, linguist or philologist researching Slavistics. Increasingly, historians, social scientists, and other humanists who study Slavic cultures and societies have been included in this rubric. In the United States, Slavic studies is dominated by Russian studies. Ewa Thompson, a professor of Slavic studies at Rice University, described the situation of non-Russian Slavic studies as "invisible and mute". History Slavistics emerged in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, simultaneously with Romantic nationalism among various Slavic nations, and ideological attempts to establish a common sense of Slavic community, exemplified by the Pan-Slavist movement. Among the first scholars to use the term was Josef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig University
Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and his brother William II, Margrave of Meissen, and originally comprised the four scholastic faculties. Since its inception, the university has engaged in teaching and research for over 600 years without interruption. Famous alumni include Angela Merkel, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Leopold von Ranke, Friedrich Nietzsche, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Tycho Brahe, Georgius Agricola. The university is associated with ten Nobel laureates, most recently with Svante Pääbo who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2022. History Founding and development until 1900 The university was modelled on the University of Prague, from which the German-speaking faculty members withdrew to Leipzig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Potsdam
The University of Potsdam is a public university in Potsdam, capital of the state of Brandenburg, northeastern Germany. The university is mainly situated across three campuses in the city. Some faculty buildings are part of the New Palace of Sanssouci which is known for its UNESCO World Heritage status. The University of Potsdam is Brandenburg's largest university and the fourth largest in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area. More than 8,000 people are working in scholarship and science. In 2009 the University of Potsdam became a winner in the "Excellence in Teaching" initiative of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Business innovation agency for the German science system). History The University of Potsdam was formed in 1991 by the amalgamation of the ''Karl Liebknecht College of Education'' and the ''Brandenburg State College'', as well as several other smaller institutions. As the university in large part emerged from the College of Education, emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorbian Institute
The Sorbian Institute (; Sorbian: ''Serbski institut'', , ) is a research facility focused on Sorbian languages, culture and history. It is an extra-university institute collecting and archiving Sorbian texts and cultural artifacts making them available to the public. Originally founded as Institute for Sorbian Ethnology (; ) by Pawoł Nowotny in 1951, it was then integrated into the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin in 1952. In 1992, the Sorbian institute was established by a treaty of the two German states Brandenburg and Saxony. The Institute The Sorbian Institute's main office is located in Bautzen (Budyšin), with a branch office in Cottbus (Chóśebuz). A new office building to be shared with the Sorbian museum is planned at present in Bautzen. The institute is financially supported by the Foundation for the Sorbian People. The institute edits the academic journal ''Lětopis'' since 1952 and two further book series. The "Schriften des Sorbischen Instituts/Spisy S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Černý
Adolf Černý (19 August 1864 in Hradec Králové – 27 December 1952 in Prague) was a Czech people, Czech linguist, translator, poet and journalist, as well as professor of Slavic studies in Prague. His principal research focus was on the Sorbian language. Černý also wrote poems under the pseudonym Jan Rokyta. The Jagiellonian University in Kraków awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1947. Works * ''Wobydlenje Łužiskich Serbow'' (1889) * ''Lužické obrázky'' (1890) * ''Svatba(kwas) u Lužickych Srbů'' (1893) * ''Mythiske bytosće Łužiskich Serbow I.'' (1893) * ''Různé (wšelakore) listy o Lužici'' (1894) * ''Lilie z Tvých zahrad'' (1899) * ''Stawizny basnistwa hornjołužiskich Serbow'' (1910) * ''Lužice a Lužičtí Srbové'' (1912) * ''Lužická otázka (prašenje)'' (1918) References * Radoslava Hnízdová, ''A Bibliographic Synopsis of Published Works'', Prague, 1998. External links * Linguists of Slavic languages 1864 births 1952 deaths Czech poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles University
Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in continuous operation, the oldest university north of the Alps and east of University of Paris, Paris. Today, the university consists of 17 faculties located in Prague, Hradec Králové, and Plzeň. History Medieval university (1349–1419) The establishment of a medieval university in Prague was inspired by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV. He requested his friend and ally, Pope Clement VI, to create the university. On 26 January 1347, the pope issued the bull establishing a university in Prague, modeled on the University of Paris, with all four faculty (division), faculties, including theology. On 7 April 1348 Charles, the king of Bohemia, gave to the established university privileges and immunities from the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Pětr Jordan
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Arnošt Smoler
Jan Arnošt Smoler (; born 3 March 1816, Merzdorf, Boxberg, Saxony – died 13 June 1884, Bautzen) was a Sorbian philologist and writer. He played a vital role in promoting the Sorbian languages in the 19th century. Biography Jan Arnošt Smoler's father was a Protestant cantor. In 1823 he took up a position in Lohsa, where Jan Arnošt graduated from elementary school before moving to Bautzen grammar school in 1827. Although only German was taught there, Smoler acquired extensive knowledge of his native Sorbian language in private circles during his high school years. In 1836 he began studying theology at the University of Breslau. In 1839 he finished his studies and returned to his parents' house in Lohsa for almost three years. During this time, together with Joachim Leopold Haupt and Handrij Zejler, he brought together the important Sorbian song collection “The folk songs of the Wends in Upper and Lower Lusatia”. In recognition of his services to the Wendish language, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Schuster-Šewc
Heinz Schuster-Šewc ( Sorbian ''Hinc Šewc''; 8 February, 1927 in Purschwitz – 10 February, 2021 in Leipzig) was a German Sorbian Slavicist and university professor. After studying Slavic studies, he did his PhD and habilitation. From 1964, he was professor for Sorbian Studies and Slavic linguistics as well as director of the Instituts für Sorabistik at Leipzig University. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Jagiellonian University. Since 1988, he has been a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences. He was also a member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 .... Publications *Vergleichende historische Lautlehre der Sprache des Albin Moller, Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1958. *Bibliographie der sorbischen Spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
