("Philological Studies") is a scientific magazine on

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and

literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...

, 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 (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Albania. It had separate sections for

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

literary studies A genre of arts criticism, 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 analysis of literature's ...

, 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 Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. It explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study. Ethnography is also a type of social research that involves examining ...

, 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 (), which affiliated with the

University of Tirana The University of Tirana (, 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 (SUT) in 1957 through merging of five existing institutes ...

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 English or French. With the establishment of the Albanian Academy of Sciences 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 * Dhimitër Shuteriqi * Eqerem Çabej * Koço Bihiku * Mahir Domi * Spiro Floqi * Shaban Demiraj * Zihni Sako * Gjovalin Shkurtaj * Jorgo Bulo

References

{{reflist 1964 establishments in Albania Literary magazines published in Albania Albanian-language magazines French-language magazines English-language magazines Linguistics journals Magazines established in 1964 Mass media in Tirana Albanian studies

History

Notable contributors

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