Baltic studies
The Baltic studies is a field of modern European philology , which deals with the Baltic languages and with the history, culture and mythology of the Baltic peoples concerned. These live alongside other peoples in the Baltic States . From a philological point of view, the Baltic peoples include Lithuanians , Latvians and several extinct Baltic tribes , but not Baltic Germans , Estonians , Livs and Russians (see Baltic (disambiguation) ).
General
For a long time, the question of a historical Baltic-Slavic language unit ( Balto-Slavic hypothesis ) was of particular research interest .
With the opening of the iron curtain and the accession of the Baltic countries to the EU, academic interest in Baltic studies initially grew. At the same time, Baltic Studies as an orchid subject is particularly affected by the economization of the university landscape.
Baltic studies in Germany
Although Baltic Studies has been classified as a minor subject in German university policy in the last decade (as of 2019) , it has a long tradition in German-speaking countries. The subject goes back to the year 1718, when the Prussian king founded the "Litthauische Seminar" at the University of Königsberg for theological training, which existed until the Second World War. Well -known linguists such as Ludwig Rhesa and Friedrich Kurschat worked in it, especially during the 19th century .
After the Second World War, Baltic Studies and Baltology were offered as a course of study or as a doctoral subject, especially at the Münster University of Applied Sciences , at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . After the end of the independent Baltic Studies course in Münster , Baltic Studies there was integrated into the bachelor's degree in Regional Studies in East Central Europe . In the meantime (as of 2015) this course is no longer enrolled. In the 2015/2016 winter semester, the University of Münster only offers language courses.
Baltic Studies as an independent degree program in Germany only exists at the University of Greifswald (as of 2020), which has also had the unique Institute for Baltic Studies since 1993 and offers Latvian and Lithuanian language, literary and cultural studies. The professors at this institute were initially linguists; the current holder of the chair for Baltic studies ( Stephan Kessler ) is just as good a literary scholar.
At some universities, sub-areas of Baltic studies can be chosen as a minor, especially in connection with Eastern European studies or Indo-European studies . At the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Baltic Studies has been part of the bachelor's degree in Indo-European and Indo-Iranian Studies since the 2007/2008 winter semester . Since 2015, a degree in Baltic Studies can be obtained at the Institute for Empirical Linguistics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main as part of a specialization course.
Baltic studies in other countries
The Institute for Slavic Studies at the University of Bern was called the “Institute for Slavic and Baltic Languages” until the 1990s (it is sometimes still called that way today). As a result of austerity measures, however, Baltic studies and languages are no longer taught at the University of Bern. Lithuanian has been taught at the University of Friborg for several years , but there is no Baltic studies course. The University of Neuchâtel offered the opportunity to learn the Baltic languages until the 1980s.
The Institute for Scandinavian Studies at the University of Vienna offers a 1-semester focus on Baltic Sea area studies as well as a language course in Lithuanian.
In Stockholm there is an interdisciplinary graduate college for Baltic and Eastern European studies.
Libraries
literature
- Alfred Bammesberger : Baltic Studies. Tasks and methods . Winter, Heidelberg 1998, ISBN 3-8253-0726-3 .
- Rainer Eckert (ed.): Current problems in Baltic studies . Verlag Die Blaue Eule, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-89206-734-1 .
- Jochen Range (ed.): Aspects of Baltic research . Verlag Die Blaue Eule, Essen 2000, ISBN 3-89206-929-8 .
Footnotes
- ↑ Small subjects: Baltic studies on the Small subjects portal. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Klaus Garber, Manfred Komorowski, Axel E. Walter: Cultural history of East Prussia in the early modern period . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-096598-8 ( google.de [accessed April 14, 2020]).
- ↑ Liucija Citavičiūtė: Karaliaučiaus Universiteto Lietuviu ̜ Kalbos Seminaras. Istorija ir reikšmė lietuviu ̜ kultūrai . 1st edition. Lietuviu̜ Literatūros ir Tautosakos Institutas, Vilnius 2004, ISBN 9955-475-82-X .
- ↑ Eighth statute to amend the doctoral regulations of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich from February 13, 1998, § 1.
- ↑ Regional studies of East Central Europe ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 7, 2015.
- ↑ [+] Pluswerk Team: History of the Institute - Institute for Baltic Studies - Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald. In: baltistik.uni-egoswald.de. Retrieved October 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Baltic languages as a new focus of study ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 17, 2015.
- ↑ a b http://www.slavistik-friborg-bern.unibe.ch/
- ↑ History of Slavic Studies in Switzerland ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 321 kB)
- ↑ Interdisciplinary Graduate College in Stockholm
