The Faculty of Humanities () is the oldest and one of the most prominent

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of the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...

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. The institution was established on 14 February 1950 by the decision of the

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History

The faculty was established in the post- World War II period on 14 February 1950 by the decision of the

. It was established as a part of a unified institution, together with the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and included following eight subject areas: General and National History,

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language and Yugoslav literature,

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and

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and

, Oriental Philology,

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and

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. Professor

Anto Babić Anto Babić (3 January 1899, Dolac – 12 January 1974, Sarajevo) was a Bosnian historian, the first dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, a member of the Academy of Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SANU, MANU. He was the founder ...

, one of the founders, was faculty first dean. Dr.

Aleksandar Belić Aleksandar Belić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Белић, ; 15 August 1876 – 26 February 1960) was a Serbian linguist and academic. Biography Belić was born in Belgrade. After studying Slavic languages in Belgrade, Odessa, and ...

, president of the

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (; , SANU) is a national academy and the most prominent academic institution in Serbia, founded in 1841 as Society of Serbian Letters (, DSS). The Academy's membership has included Nobel Prize, Nobel la ...

, delivered inaugural lecture of the institution November 1950. Faculty's main building was designed by

Juraj Neidhardt Juraj Neidhardt (; 15 October 1901 – 13 July 1979) was a Yugoslav architect, teacher, urban planner and writer. Biography Neidhardt was born in Zagreb on October 15, 1901. He studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, under ...

and constructed between 1955 and 1959.

Post-Bosnian War History

In May 2013 faculty organized the First Regional Congress of Art History Students attended by students from University of Sarajevo,

University of Mostar The University of Mostar ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Sveučilište u Mostaru, Свеучилиште у Мостару; ) is a List of universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, public university located in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The university ha ...

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

University of Rijeka The University of Rijeka () is in the city of Rijeka, Croatia, with faculties in cities throughout the regions of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Primorje, Istria and Lika. The University of Rijeka is composed of eleven faculties, one art academy ...

University of Zadar The University of Zadar (, ) is a public university located in Zadar, Croatia. The university in its present form was founded in 2002, but can trace its lineage to 1396, thus making it the oldest higher education institution in Croatia, and one ...

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...

and

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

. The congress was opened by the

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professor Tobias Strahl lecture on

cultural cleansing Cultural genocide or culturicide is a concept first described by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin in 1944, in the same book that coined the term ''genocide''. The destruction of culture was a central component in Lemkin's formulation of genocide. ...

of monuments in 1992-1995 period. In April 2015 faculty reopened

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ate of

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which was closed in 1993. In September that same year in cooperation with the

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faculty organized the ''First International Conference on English Language, Literature, Teaching and Translation Studies''.

Publications

*''Sophos : A Young Researchers Journal''

Notable alumni and faculty

Alumni

Some of the former students of the Faculty of Humanities continued their academic and scientific careers at the faculty and the University of Sarajevo. *

Aleksa Buha Aleksa Buha (born 21 November 1939) is a Bosnian Serb philosopher and member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska. During the 1990s, he was the minister of foreign affairs of Republika Srpska. Buha is also a member of the S ...

Dubravko Lovrenović Dubravko Lovrenović (30 August 1956 – 17 January 2017) was a Bosnian and Herzegovinian medievalist, author and essayist, who worked at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo, Department of History, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herz ...

Dževad Karahasan Dževad Karahasan (25 January 1953 – 19 May 2023) was a Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher. Karahasan was awarded the Herder Prize and Goethe Medal for his writings. In 2020, the city of Frankfurt awarded him the Goethe Prize. Early li ...

Enver Kazaz Enver Kazaz (born 15 January 1962) is a Bosnian literary historian, literary critic, writer, social commentator and publicist. He is a Centennial Professor and head of the department of Croatian literature in the wider department of comparative ...

Ivo Komšić Ivo Komšić (born 16 June 1948) is a Bosnian professor and politician who served as the 37th List of mayors of Sarajevo, mayor of Sarajevo from 2013 to 2017. He was a key figure in the talks that led to the end of the Bosnian War with the Dayton ...

Jasna Šamić Jasna Šamić (born 1 April 1949) is a Bosnian and French writer, author of books (poetry, novels, short stories, essays, research work, theater plays) written both in the French and Bosnian languages. Biography Jasna Šamić was born on 1 ...

Marko Šunjić Marko Šunjić (15 November 1927, in Mostar – 30 March 1998, in Sarajevo), was Bosnian historian, medievalist, and the member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANU BiH). He was born in Rodoč, near Mostar. After com ...

* Milan Damnjanović *

Milan Vasić Milan Vasić (19 December 1928, Donja Pecka, Mrkonjić Grad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 26 December 2003, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina) was a Serbian historian A historian is a person who studies and w ...

Miloš Okuka Miloš Okuka (born August 2, 1944, in Porije, near Ulog) is a Serbian linguist, Slavist, dialectologist and literature historian. After teaching as a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, from 1992 till 2009 he served as a lectu ...

Nenad Veličković Nenad Veličković (born 1962) is a Bosnian writer and playwright. He lives in Sarajevo. Recent activity In 2017, Nenad Veličković has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins Montenegrin ...

* Nijaz Ibrulj *

Predrag Finci Predrag Finci (born 5 August 1946) is a Bosnian–British philosopher, author, and essayist. Biography Predrag Finci started his career as an actor. In 1968 Finci played the role of Gavrilo Princip in the film ''Sarajevski atentat'' directed ...

* Ranko Bugarski *

Salmedin Mesihović Salmedin Mesihović (born 5 April 1975) is a Bosnian professor of history and archaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History, at University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Education He is a trained historian and archaeologi ...

Faculty

Alojz Benac Alojz Benac (20 October 1914 – 6 March 1992) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav archaeologist and historian. Biography Benac studied classical philology and archaeology in Belgrade's Philosophy Faculty (1937), and received his doctorate from Ljubljan ...

* Benjamina Karić *

Desanka Kovačević-Kojić Desanka Kovačević-Kojić (; 3 October 1925 – 13 August 2022) was a Serbian medievalist, specialized in the medieval history of Serbia and Bosnia, and in particular urban history, trade and commercial relations. She left Sarajevo in 1993, af ...

Ivan Focht Ivan Focht (7 June 1927 – 20 October 1992) was a Yugoslav philosopher and mycologist. Focht was born in Sarajevo to a Jewish family on June 7, 1927. All members of his family were killed during the Holocaust. He finished elementary and high s ...

* Marija Kon *

Meša Selimović Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (; ; 26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Bosnian and Serbian literature.

Milorad Ekmečić Milorad Ekmečić ( sh-Cyrl, Милорад Екмечић; 4 October 1928 – 29 August 2015) was a Yugoslav and Serbian historian. During World War II he became a member of the Yugoslav Partisans after the fascist Ustaše perpetrated the Pr ...

Muhamed Filipović Muhamed Filipović (3 August 1929 – 25 February 2020) was a Bosnian academic, writer, essayist, theorist and philosopher. As a young man he took part in the communist takeover of power and Yugoslav Partisans in 1945. He worked as a professor a ...

Nikola Koljević Nikola Koljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Кољевић; 9 June 1936 – 25 January 1997) was a Bosnian Serb politician, university professor, translator and an essayist, one of the foremost Yugoslavian Shakespeare scholars. In 2016, he w ...

Senahid Halilović Senahid Halilović (22 March 1958 – 24 April 2023) was a Bosnian linguist and academician who was a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Halilović studied at the University of Belgrade where he acquired his Ph ...

Svetozar Koljević Svetozar Koljević ( sr-cyr, Светозар Кољевић; 9 September 1930 – 29 May 2016)

Vanja Sutlić Vanja Sutlić (18 February 1925 – 15 December 1989) was a Yugoslavian philosopher. He was regarded as the father of the Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher known for contributions to phen ...

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