The Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures of the Arts Faculty of the University of Ljubljana. Priority for the distribution of internationally awarded grants will be given to Slavists. The Seminar functions on several levels. The basic program consists of lectures, special informative courses, language classes and conversation.
Attendance is obligatory.
These morning activities are accompanied by a special afternoon program designed to complement and enrich the basic program. Participants will become acquainted with current issues of contemporary Slovene life and culture. They will be introduced to the major Slovene cultural and scholarly institutions, and on a carefully planned one-day field trip they will become familiar with life in a specific region of Slovenia. In 2000 they will focus on Time in Slovene language, literature and culture. These courses deal with current issues concerning the Slovene literary language and stylistics, Slovene literature and the interpretation of fiction, the development of the Slovene language and the translation of different registers.