The Department of Scandinavian and Dutch Philology , founded in 1958, is located at the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University and offers programs for studying languages such as Norwegian, Swedish and Danish, as well as a program for studying the Dutch language. Recruitment for each department is usually done every two years.
| Department of Scandinavian and Dutch Philology, St. Petersburg State University | |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Philological |
| University | SPbSU |
| Year of foundation | 1958 |
| Head chair | Krasnova E.V. |
| Legal address | St. Petersburg , Universitetskaya nab., 11 |
It is the country's first department of scandinavistics, which for a long time remained the only one [1] [2] . Until 2012, it was called the Department of Scandinavian Philology. Despite the fact that the Dutch language does not belong to the Scandinavian group, in 1972, at the initiative of the founder of the department, M. I. Steblin-Kamensky , the Dutch branch was opened [3] [4] .
History
The first special Scandinavian branch with the main Swedish language in Russia was opened in 1935 at the Leningrad Historical, Philosophical and Linguistic Institute, today known as the Faculty of Philology of St. Petersburg State University , at the Department of Romano-Germanic Philology. In 1945, teaching of the Norwegian language began, and in 1947 - Danish.
In 1958, the prominent philologist Mikhail Ivanovich Steblin-Kamensky proposed transforming the Scandinavian branch into an independent department. He headed the first department of scandinavistics in the USSR from 1958 to 1978.
In 1961 - 1966 the department had two departments: Danish and Swedish. The Swedish language and literature department at that time employed the best teachers of the Swedish language in the USSR: Sarah Semyonovna Maslova-Lashanskaya, Andrei Gustavovich Gustavsson (a Swede who moved to the USSR in the late 30s), Irina Vyacheslavovna Kallistova. The level of their teaching of the Swedish language corresponded to the level of pedagogical excellence in such educational institutions as the Military Institute of Foreign Languages and MGIMO [5] . Mikhail Ivanovich Steblin-Kamensky and Irina Petrovna Kupriyanova not only required knowledge of the history of Scandinavian literature, but also instilled in their students a love of it.
In 1972, a department of the Dutch language was opened as part of the Department of Scandinavian Philology. The initiators of this event were:
- Igor Borisovich Bratus, studied the Dutch language as part of the course at the Department of Indonesian Language and Culture. The Netherlands was studied at this department of the Oriental faculty to read scientific texts on it. Later teaching Russian in the Netherlands, Igor Borisovich got the opportunity to improve his knowledge of the Dutch language.
- Sergey Grigorievich Khalipov, a polyglot who perfectly knew more than 30 languages, among which was Dutch. He knew all languages so well that he could teach them.
- Alexander Konstantinovich Ogloblin, currently a teacher of the Indonesian language at the Oriental Department of St. Petersburg State University. He, like I. B. Bratus, mastered the Dutch as part of the course for Indonesian philologists.
Alexander Konstantinovich Ogloblin, in addition to a Dutch language course at his faculty, also attended classes of Wilhelmina Gerardovna Trisman, a Dutch woman who had lived all her life in St. Petersburg. Valery Pavlovich Berkov, future academic adviser Irina Mikhailovna Mikhailova, an outstanding Dutch philologist, both in Ph.D. and doctoral dissertation, was in the same group of students who attended classes by Wilhelmina Gerardovna.
From 1978 to 1997, the Department of Scandinavian Philology was headed by Valery Pavlovich Berkov , one of the most famous specialists in Scandinavian philology and general linguistics in our country and abroad, a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences , the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences , awarded the orders of three states: Russia, Norway and Iceland.
From 1997 to 2012, the department was headed by Boris Sergeevich Zharov [6] , a Danish professor, the author of many theoretical and practical courses in Scandinavian languages, the creator of more than 150 scientific papers and numerous articles, and a translator of fiction. From 2012 to the present, the department is headed by associate professor Elena Vsevolodovna Krasnova.
By 2012, over 70 years of the department’s work, more than 600 people received higher education in one of four specialties [7] .
Department Name
The name of the department has changed several times. Initially, it was the department of Scandinavian languages, but in 1972 the Dutch (Dutch) language joined the Scandinavian languages, which, together with the Scandinavian languages, is part of the group of Germanic languages, and in 2012 the department became known as the “Department of Scandinavian and Dutch philology”.
Netherlands branch
The Netherlands department of the department is relatively small: four teachers, including a native speaker. The department is headed by Dr. Phil. n I. M. Mikhailova .
Notes
- ↑ B. S. Zharov. Saint Petersburg and Iceland
- ↑ N. A. Sukhanova, M. G. Lebedko. Bibliographic index of works. Vladivostok, 2012 - S. 2 (unavailable link) . Date of treatment October 3, 2015. Archived October 5, 2015.
- ↑ 110 years since the birth of M.I. Steblin-Kamensky noted Scandinavian St. Petersburg.
- ↑ B. S. Zharov. Mikhail Ivanovich Steblin-Kamensky // Collection of articles on the 100th anniversary of the birth of M.I. Steblin-Kamensky. - St. Petersburg: Philological Faculty of St. Petersburg State University, 2003. - S. 5-7.
- ↑ At the end of the 3rd year, students could work as guide-interpreters at VAO Intourist.
- ↑ “First Love” program with the participation of Boris Sergeyevich Archival copy of December 21, 2014 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ “70 years of university scandinavistics. Archived copy of October 6, 2015 on the Wayback Machine . Sheets from the Scandinavian world ", 2012
Links
- An article about the department on the website of the Norwegian Embassy
- B.S. Zharov. Department of Scandinavian Philology - a center for teaching and studying the culture and languages of Scandinavia // ST. PETERSBURG AND THE COUNTRIES OF NORTHERN EUROPE: Materials of the annual scientific conference. (April 12–13, 2000) Ed. S. Yu. Trokhacheva, V.N. Baryshnikova. SPb .: RKHGI, 2001 . S. 131-136