''Studime Filologjike'' ("Philological Studies") is a scientific magazine on

Albanian language Albanian (endonym: or ) is an Indo-European language and an independent branch of that family of languages. It is spoken by the Albanians in the Balkans and by the Albanian diaspora, which is generally concentrated in the Americas, Europe ...

and

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, published by the Centre of Albanological Studies. It publishes linguistics studies, literary historical studies, old texts, resumes of scientific work on literature criticism and linguistics, etc.

History

The magazine started as ''Buletini i Institutit të Studimeve'' (Bulletin of the Institute of Studies), published by the Albanian Institute of History established in 1946, representing the first scientific institute in post

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

Albania. It had separate sections for

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Lingu ...

literary studies Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

, and history. After the first issue with this name, it promptly changed to ''Buletin i Institutit të Shkencave'' (Bulletin of the Institute of Sciences), published by the Albanian Institute of Science (1948-1957) which had replaced the Institute of Studies. The magazine preserved it previous structure. In 1952, it split in two separate publications: ''Buletini për Shkencat Natyrore'' (Bulletin for the Natural Sciences), and ''Bulletini për Shkencat Shoqërore'' (Bulletin for Social Studies). The later one focused on linguistics, history, archaeology, ethnography, etc. Articles started being accompanied by a resume in French. In 1955, the corresponding sections of social studies merged into the Albanian Institute of History and Linguistics ( sq, Instituti i Historisë dhe i Gjuhësisë), which affiliated with the

University of Tirana The University of Tirana ( sq, Universiteti i Tiranës, abbreviated UT) is a public university located at the central borough of Tirana 10 in Tirana, Albania. It was established as the ''State University of Tirana'' in 1957 through merging of f ...

during 1957-1972. During 1957-1964, the magazine came out as ''Buletin i Universitetit të Tiranës - seria shkencat shoqërore'' (Bulletin of the University of Tirana - series on social studies). After 1964, the Institute of History and Linguistics started publishing '' Studime Historike'', and the other magazine ''Studime filologjike'' (Philological studies), both quarterly. The articles were followed by a resume in

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or French. With the establishment of the

Albanian Academy of Sciences The Academy of Sciences of Albania ( sq, Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë), founded in 1972, is the most important scientific institution in Albania. In the 1980s, several research institutes began at the University of Tirana were transferred ...

in 1972, the Institute of History and Linguistics split into the ''Instituti i Historisë'' (Institute of History) and ''Instituti i Gjuhës dhe Letërsisë'' (Institute of Linguistics and Literature) which served as the main institutions of albanology, both affiliated with the Academy of Sciences. In 2008, the Institute was disaffiliated with the Albanian Academy of Sciences, joining the Centre of Albanological Studies.

Notable contributors

Androkli Kostallari Androkli Kostallari (1922–1992) was an Albanian linguist and scholar. He was one of the central figures of the Albanian language studies and founding member and director of the Albanian Institute of History and Linguistics, and later Institute ...

Dhimitër Shuteriqi Dhimitër Shuteriqi (26 July 1915 ‒ 22 July 2003) was an Albanian scholar, literary historian, and writer. He participated in the anti-fascist National Liberation Movement. After the war he was a member of the People's Assembly and one of the ...

* Eqerem Çabej * Koço Bihiku *

Mahir Domi Mahir Domi (1915–2000) was an Albanian linguist, professor, and academic. He was one of the organizers and main participants of the Albanian Orthography Congress, and member of the follow up commission responsible for deploying the orthograph ...

* Spiro Floqi *

Shaban Demiraj Shaban Demiraj (1920–2014) was an Albanian albanologist, linguist, professor at the University of Tirana from 1972–1990, and chairman of the Academy of Sciences of Albania during the period of 1993-1997. Life Demiraj was born on 1 Januar ...

Zihni Sako Zihni is a Turkish given name for males. People named Zihni include: * Zihni Derin (1880–1965), Turkish agronomist * Zihni Abaz Kanina (1885–1959), Albanian diplomat * Mustafa Zihni Pasha Mustafa Zihni Pasha (1838 Sulaimaniyah - 1929 Constan ...

* Gjovalin Shkurtaj * Jorgo Bulo

References

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History

Notable contributors

See also

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