Slawistik#

Slavonic Studies: A signal of Enlightenment and Romanticism, the beginnings of Slavonic studies can be traced back to the intellectual and cultural awakening of the Slav peoples under the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1876 V. v. Jagič founded the "Archives of Slavonic Philology" ("Archiv fuer slavische Philologie", 42 vols., 1876-1929) and further developed the linguistic principles of Slavonic studies in terms of philology and literary history as established by F. v. Miklosich. Vienna became the centre of Slavonic Studies when a Chair of Slavonic Studies was established at the University of Vienna in 1849. The Institute for Slavonic Philology and Medieval Studies (Institut fuer Slavische Philologie und Altertumskunde; publication: "Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch" ("Yearbook of Slavonic Studies in Vienna"), from 1950) was founded in 1886; a Chair of Slavonic Medieval Studies was established in 1893. Whereas the government had already planned to offer a Slovenian language course at the University of Graz in 1780, a competent teacher was not found until 1811; a university post was finally created in 1834; a chair was founded in 1871, a seminary in 1892, and an Institute for Slavonic Studies in 1895 (publication: "Blick nach Osten", 1948-1952; series "Editiones monumentorum Slavicorum veteris dialecti", from 1954). In 1897, a committee was set up by the Academy of Sciences to study the Balkan peninsula (renamed "Southeast Commission" in 1943, called "Balkans Commission" since 1950). After the Second World War chairs of Slavonic studies were established at the universities of Innsbruck, Klagenfurt and Salzburg. Today, Slavonic studies in Austria deal with Slavic languages and cultures.

Literature#