20.500.12556/RUL-185110 Professor Jan Luňák and Alma mater Aemonensis the Czech founding father of the classics department in Ljubljana The paper analyzes the Slovenian legacy of Jan Luňák (1847–1935), a Czech classicist whose unusual career culminated in his becoming the founding figure of classical studies at the Uni versity of Ljubljana. He was trained in Prague, Leipzig, and Dorpat (nowadays Tartu), and active across the Russian Empire, from St Petersburg and Kazan to Moscow and Odessa. Luňák was part of the wider wave of Czech emigration to Russia in the second half of the nineteenth century. After retiring to Graz and losing his income due to the First World War and the Russian Revolu tion, he received an invitation in 1919 to the newly established University of Ljubljana, where he became its first professor of classical philology. The article shows how, despite advanced age, limited mastery of Slovenian, and a life marked by exile, Luňák worked hard for a full decade to build the classical seminary in Ljubljana. He taught a wide range of Greek and Latin courses, es tablished a regular teaching structure, evaluated and supported key younger scholars, helped secure donations for the library, and ensured institutional continuity through successors such as Fran Bradač, Anton Sovre, and Milan Grošelj. His story bears witness to the ties between Czech and Slovenian intellectuals and the transnational networks that shaped Central European univer sities after 1918. Jan Luňák 1847-1935 history of classical scholarship history of universities Czech diaspora University of Ljubljana Central Europe češka diaspora Oddelek za klasično filologijo zgodovina klasične filologije klasični seminar ustanovitev univerz true false true Masaryk University Angleški jezik Angleški jezik Članek v reviji 2026-07-23 10:27:39 2026-07-23 10:27:48 2026-07-24 04:07:21 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 Brno 0 Str. 83-103 issue 1 Vol. 31 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-07-14 930.85(497.4) 1803-7402 10.5817/GLB2026-1-5 285699075 RAZ_Movrin_David_2026.pdf RAZ_Movrin_David_2026.pdf 1 FE9D9CE1D4E8545D0F1AC157A281336B 23077bb0d2143a88c3c7103b4d012f1bf8a1652dec0d268f6703713bc425c14d 5d6a96bf-8674-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=243322 https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/en/handle/11222.digilib/digilib.84136 0 6ed55376-8674-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=243323 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0