Macedonian studies: Difference between revisions

'''Macedonian studies''' ({{lang-mk|Македонистика}} ''Makedonistika'')<ref>{{cite book |last1=Danforth |first1=Loring M. |title=The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World |date=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, NJ |page=181}}</ref> is an [[academic discipline]] within [[Slavic studies]] that focuses on the comprehensive study of the [[Macedonian language]], [[Macedonian literature|literature]], [[History of the Macedonians (ethnic group)|history]], and [[Culture of North Macedonia|culture]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Tchavdar Marinov |title=Entangled Histories of the Balkans – Volume One: National Ideologies and Language Policies |date=2013 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |page=462 |chapter=In Defense of the Native Tongue: The Standardization of the Macedonian Language and the Bulgarian–Macedonian Linguistic Controversies}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Macedonia: Country Study Guide |date=2013 |publisher=International Business Publications |location=Washington, DC |page=55}}</ref> As part of Slavic studies, it falls within the subgroup of [[South Slavic languages]] and cultures. Apart from [[North Macedonia]], Macedonian Studies is also taught at universities worldwide, including in Albania,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sitel.com.mk/kako-da-im-se-pomogne-na-makedoncite-vo-albanija-nasproti-agresivnata-politika-na-sofija-za |title= Како да им се помогне на Македонците во Албанија наспроти агресивната политика на Софија за бугаризација? |date=14 September 2022 |publisher=Sitel |author=Martin Arsov |quote=Македонскиот јазик ќе се изучува на педагошкиот факултет во Корча. }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.mkd.mk/node/514203 |publisher=MKD |title=Македонскиот јазик и култура ќе се изучуваат на универзитетот во Корча |date=21 April 2023 }}In 2023, the Macedonian language began to be taught at the pedagogical college of Korçë</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vecer.press/%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5-%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0/ |title=Одобрено е повторно отворање Лекторат по македонски јазик во Тирана |publisher=Vecer |date=28 August 2023 }} a lectorate in Macedonian was re-opened at the [[University of Tirana]]</ref> Canada,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://carla.umn.edu/lctl/db/result.php |publisher=University of Minnesota |title=The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) }}</ref> Poland,<ref>{{cite news |title=University of Silesia: Agreed concrete activities for even greater affirmation and development of Macedonian studies in Poland |url=https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/shleziski-univerzitet-dogovoreni-konkretni-aktivnosti-za-ushte-pogolema-afirmacija-i-razvoj-na-makedonistikata-vo-polska/ |author=S.S. |publisher=Sloboden Pečat |year=2022 }}Macedonian language studies have been held at the [[University of Silesia in Katowice]] since 1987/1988</ref> the United States,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://carla.umn.edu/lctl/db/result.php |publisher=University of Minnesota |title=The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) }}</ref> post-[[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] countries<ref>{{cite news |title=Петнаесет години од отворањето на Лекторатот по македонски јазик во Риека |url=https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/petnaeset-godini-od-otvoranjeto-na-lektoratot-po-makedonski-jazik-vo-rieka/ |publisher=Sloboden Pečat |date=9 May 2023 }}A lectorate in Macedonian language was established at the [[University of Rijeka]] in 2008</ref> and across the world. A person who studies Macedonian is called a '''Macedonian specialist''' (Macedonian: ''Македонист / Makedonist'').<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Friedman |first1=Victor |title=Makedonistikata vo Amerika i Amerikancite vo makedonistikata |journal=Literturen Zbor |date=1992 |volume=38 |issue=5–6 |pages=19–27 |trans-title=Macedonian Studies in America and Americans in Macedonian Studies}}</ref>