Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade

The Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade has been nurturing the tradition of higher education stemming from the Lyceum since 1873. It has been developing philological disciplines and growing as an individual Faculty since 1960.

Adopting the Bologna principles, the flexibility of curricula, the diversity of courses, student-teacher exchanges through various EU programs, and online learning are features of our Faculty’s approach to contemporary education. Over the course of the academic year, students are engaged in a range of educational approaches, lectures, interactive classes, praxis, and exams; but they also take time to engage in student organizations such as the Student Parliament and the Student Association, as well as to get acquainted with the work of the Student Vice-Dean.

While giving its best to cater to every individual’s needs and help each student gain valuable academic and professional knowledge, the Faculty has also developed the Digital Library of the Faculty of Philology with contents available to all students free of charge times. Its utmost priority is to fully support students’ academic studies while recognizing science, culture, and education as a mutual need and a common good.

Psychologists at the Faculty of Philology

Psychology teachers at the Faculty of Philology teach courses at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels aimed at preparing students of native and foreign languages for the future teaching profession: Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Inclusive Education, Learning in a Digital Environment, Evaluation in Education and Education and Digital Culture. They also offer courses that introduce students to the psychological side of language: Language and Cognition, Origins and Development of Language Ability and Psychology of Reading.

At the Faculty of Philology, psychology teachers are also involved in the work of committees and teams where the possession of some psychological competencies is important: The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Team for Protection against Sexual Harassment of Students and Employees, Quality Assurance and Improvement Committee and Additional Educational Support Team for Students.

Events

• Maja Savić and Dobrinka Kuzmanović are on the program board of the conference Empirical Research in Psychology. The conference will be held on 31. March, 1. and 2. April 2023. at the Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade. http://empirijskaistrazivanja.org/
• Maja Savić is a member of the scientific committee of the national scientific conference “Existence and creativity”, organized by the Faculty of Philology University of Belgrade. The conference will be held on May 25 and 26, 2023 at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. Thematic areas of the conference are culturology, communication, philosophy, aesthetics, literature, psychology of art, ethnology and Serbian mythology.
  http://www.fil.bg.ac.rs/wp-content/uploads/skupovi/egis/POZIV%20NA%20SKUP%20fin.pdf
• Dobrinka Kuzmanović is a member of the programme committee of the International Conference of Video Game Studies (SVI), which will take place in Novi Sad in December 2023.
  https://sviconference.org/
• Dobrinka Kuzmanović is a member of the organising committee of the ECER conference (European Conference on Educational Research), which will take place in Belgrade in September 2025.
  https://eera-ecer.de/what-is-ecer

Projects

• Dobrinka Kuzmanović is a member of the national research team within the international project EU Kids Online (EUKO).
  EUKO is the largest research network in Europe that addresses the issues of children and young people on the Internet and their use of digital technologies. The network exists in 33 European countries and it is best known for its survey on nationally representative samples of 9-16-year-old Internet using children, conducted in 25 European countries. It seeks to enhance knowledge of European children’s online opportunities, risks and safety. It uses multiple methods to map children’s and parents’ experiences of the internet, in dialogue with national and European policy stakeholders.
  http://www.eukidsonline.net/
• Dobrinka Kuzmanović is a key expert on the Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Project – Sub-Component: Supporting the Development of Digital Competencies of Preschool Education System Practitioners.
  Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Project is carried out by the Serbian Ministry of Education with the support of the World Bank. The Project is directed towards improving access to quality and equality of the early childhood education and care services for all children aged 3 to 6.5 years, especially those from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
  https://ecec.mpn.gov.rs/

Others

•  Maja Savić and Dobrinka Kuzmanović are members of the Section of University Teachers of Educational Psychology.
  https://www.sunposerbia.org/
• Dobrinka Kuzmanović is on the list of media literacy experts on the Consultancy Roster of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.
  https://www.osce.org/mission-to-serbia