The first chairs of studies of letters and human sciences at the University of San Marcos, which occurred in the mid-16th century, are the direct origin of university studies in these areas in Peru and South America. Inaugurated on January 2, 1553, two years after the inauguration of the University of San Marcos, the history of the faculty goes back to the creation of the Faculty of Arts, where the classes of summulas, logic, philosophy, latinphilology and quechua were taught.[1] Subsequently, both its name and the classes taught varied. Thus, for example, the professorships of mathematics were included in 1771[2] and psychology and rhetoric in 1850.[3] Around 1866, its first rector was appointed: Juan Gualberto Valdivia, at the same time that a first precedent was established for the name of Faculty of Letters, which was made official in 1876 through the General Regulation of Public Instruction. A fundamental change was the introduction of the co-faculty regime in 1941 through the name of Faculty of Letters and Pedagogy; system that was eliminated in 1946 with the separation of those faculties.[3] After occupying the premises of what is now the Casona of San Marcos, the Faculty of Letters moved to the University City of the National University of San Marcos in 1962. In 1965 it changed its name to the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, teaching in ten departments, which were reduced to the current seven professional schools.[1]
The Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences has housed outstanding students and professors, such as:[4] Ella Dunbar Temple, Ph.D. in history and literature, and first woman to hold a university professorship in Peru; Esther Festini, educator, first Peruvian university student and first woman with a PhD in Letters; Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Peruvian writer; Blanca Varela, poet; Augusto Salazar Bondy, philosopher, journalist, and educator; José María Arguedas, writer and anthropologist; Cesar Vallejo, poet; Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize in Literature, novelist; among many others.[5][6]
History
Faculty of Arts
Monument of Fray Thomas de San Martín, manager of the foundation of the National University of San Marcos and professor at the Faculty of Arts, in the main square of the university.
The origins of the current Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences date back to the founding of the National University of San Marcos. Despite the fact that the Dominicans —both in Cusco and Lima— imparted studies of arts and theology to their members even before the inauguration of the University of San Marcos, it was not until the creation of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Theology in 1553 that its teaching became institutionalized. The colonial teaching period in the Faculty of Arts was characterized by the predominance of Thomistic philosophy courses taught by teachers belonging to different religious orders —who, like the students, were called artists.[1] Precisely, one of the teachers —who held the same rank as doctors— who gave lessons at the Faculty of Arts was Fray Thomas de San Martín.[7] It should be noted that according to the constitution number sixty-three of the University of San Marcos, students were obliged to represent a comedy or colloquium twice a year, either in Latin or Spanish.[8] Around 1581, the Constitution under which the university was governed referred to the existence of three specific chairs: summaries, logic and philosophy; three of Latin philology according to the minimum, medium and major grades; and one of Quechua.[1] This was intended for those students who wanted to pursue a religious career, with the aim of facilitating the work of evangelization. Thus, in 1577 the first professor responsible for teaching the Quechua language was appointed: Juan de Balboa, who was also the first criollo to graduate from the University of San Marcos.[9]
The modifications implemented by Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Junyent in 1771[2] ordered, among other measures, the denomination of the Faculty of Philosophy and the creation of the Chair of Mathematics; At the same time, the studies in the faculty were facilitated by the creation of the library based on the books confiscated after the expulsion of the Jesuits. In short, the chairs were expanded over time, so that during the rectory of Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza (1824-1825), the faculty housed the following courses: philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and premium and eve of math.[1]
After the publication of the Instruction Regulation (1850) during the government of Ramón Castilla, the faculty was renamed the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities.[3] In addition, their chairs were expanded by including the subjects of History, Political Economy, Literature, and the subsequent teaching of a primitive course in pedagogy. Thus, the rector José Dávila Condemarín (1854-1857) gave an account of the courses taught in the following terms:[1]
«Psychology, run by José Dámaso Herrera; Arts, Manuel Irigoyen; Moral Philosophy, Melchor T. García; Premium of Mathematics, Gral. Eduardo Carrasco; Eve of Mathematics, Manuel Antonio Barinaga, regent; Premium of Rhetoric, José Francisco Navarrete».
— Carlos Daniel Valcárcel
Because the secondary and higher education system was not regularized, both the colleges and the university shared chairs. Created in 1769, the Colegio de San Carlos (Real Convictorio de San Carlos) united the schools of San Martín and San Felipe, and like the Seminario de Santo Toribio, they offered Philosophy courses to later obtain professional degrees in San Marcos. The regulation published in 1861 tried to solve this division by confirming —as had been published in 1855— the existence of five faculties: Theology, Medicine, Jurisprudence, Philosophy and Literature, Mathematics and Natural Sciences. However, it was resolved that both the faculties of Jurisprudence, Mathematics, Philosophy and Literature, and Natural Sciences should function at the Colegio de San Carlos. In the case of the teaching of letters, it was made up of the courses of Psychology and Logic, Universal History, Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics, and General Literature and Grammar.[8]
Faculty of Letters
Letters courtyard of the Casona of the University of San Marcos. Between 1875 to 1966, the Faculty of Letters was here.
The Faculty of Letters as such had its first antecedent in the year 1866 due to the efforts of José Simeón Tejeda —who held the position of Secretary of State in the Office of Instruction during the government of Mariano Ignacio Prado—. In March of the same year, it was decided that the Convictorio de San Carlos would house the faculties of Law, Sciences and Letters. The courses taught in the Faculty of Letters were: Philosophy, Literature, History, Historical Geography and Antiquities. It was then that the first dean of the faculty was appointed: Juan Gualberto Valdivia.[8] However, around 1968 the university was reformed again, declaring the validity of the university regulations of 1861, by which the name of Faculty of Philosophy and Letters was restored.[9] Later, in 1876, the General Regulation of Public Instruction published by the then president Manuel Pardo y Lavalle granted the faculty the name of Faculty of Letters. After the former premises of the university were definitively occupied by the Congress of the Republic of Peru in 1867 and after the military use of the convictorio facilities in the context of the War of the Pacific, the University of San Marcos was finally able to materialize its installation and resume classes inside the Casona of San Marcos:[10]
«After the war, the University restarted the recovery of its old building. Damage has been repaired and improvements have been made throughout the set. The Main courtyard or Teachers courtyard was assigned to the Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences, in the Orange courtyard the Faculty of Letters was installed, and in the Jasmine courtyard classrooms and general services were conditioned. In addition, the General Hall was rebuilt and the old interior Chapel was repaired. In the Male courtyard and in the central sector of the Casona, the Faculties of Mathematics and Natural Sciences were installed, the Patio for Boys or Junior Seminarians continued to be occupied by the School of Engineers [...]»
— Reinhard Augustin Burneo
In 1902, the studies in the Faculty of Letters took on a preparatory character when applicants for the Faculty of Jurisprudence and Political Sciences were required to have completed two years in said faculty. Thus, the Organic Law of Instruction listed the chairs it had:[1]
«Philosophy —first and second year—; History of ancient philosophy; History of modern philosophy; Aesthetics and Art History; Castilian Literature; ancient literature; Modern Literature; Sociology; History of Civilization; History of the Peruvian Civilization; Pedagogy»
— Carlos Daniel Valcárcel
Illustrious San Marcos alumni in the areas of humanities and social sciences at the beginning of the 20th century. Among them, José Gálvez, Carlos Wiesse Portocarrero, Julio C. Tello, Jorge Basadre, Raúl Porras Barrenechea, Luis Alberto Sánchez, Francisco García Calderón and Alejandro Deustua.
Although it is true, the name with which it was designated changed on several occasions, both in the years of 1928 and 1946 the name of Faculty of Letters was preserved.[3] Around 1902, the name of the faculty is changed to the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, as indicated in the Organic Law of Instruction. Subsequently, and as a consequence of the Córdoba Reform, the modifications imposed in 1920 by the New Organic Law on Teaching changed its name to the Faculty of Philosophy, History and Letters and divided doctoral studies into the specialties of Literature, Philosophy and History.[1] It should be noted that it was during the first years of the 1920s that the organization and modernization of the Library of the National University of San Marcos was managed thanks to the work of the San Marcos philosopher Pedro Zulen. After working as an assistant, he held the position of director of the library between 1923 and 1925. One of his main contributions was the beginning of the modern cataloging of his collection —a milestone in library science work— and the publication of the Bibliographic Bulletin. —work continued by his successor in office, Jorge Basadre.[11] After in 1928, the university statute has retaken the name of Faculty of Letters, this is replaced -again- by the Faculty of Philosophy, History and Letters. However, it was the Organic Law of Public Education (1941) that was in charge of introducing one of the most significant modifications: the pedagogy section was elevated to the degree of co-faculty through the name of Faculty of Letters and Pedagogy. Thus, pedagogy was included as one of the specialties in which a doctoral degree was awarded, the teaching of both Latin and Quechua was approved, and the Institute of Languages —directed by Fernando Tola Mendoza— was incorporated into the university. The co-faculty system, however, was eliminated in April 1946 after the promulgation of Law 10555 (University Statute), the same one that established the creation of the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Education. Additionally, in the same year the creation of seven institutes within the Faculty of Letters was decreed: the Institute of Anthropology, in charge of Julio C. Tello; ethnology, directed by Luis E. Valcárcel; History, directed by Raúl Porras Barrenechea; Philosophy, by J.C. Chiriboga; philology, directed by Fernando Tola; literature under the direction of J. Jiménez Borja and Peruvian literature and folklore by José Gálvez. Precisely, the Institute of Philosophy had a great influence on the teaching of psychology in Peru. Thus, in 1945 the General Psychology course was taught within the Faculty of Letters with a clear phenomenological imprint initially theorized by philosophy teachers. In later years, said institute would be renamed the Institute of Philosophy and Psychology.[12] About the teaching work of the historian Raúl Porras Barrenechea within the Faculty of Letters during the 1950s, the writer Mario Vargas Llosa evokes the following:[13][14]
«From that famous generation there were still, there, two historians —Jorge Basadre and Raúl Porras Barrenechea— and some illustrious figures from a previous generation, such as Mariano Ibérico in philosophy, or Luis Valcárcel in ethnology. And the Faculty of Medicine, where Honorio Delgado taught, had the best doctors in Lima [...] But among them I remember one that was the best intellectual experience of my adolescence: the [course] of Fuentes Históricas Peruanas, by Raúl Porras Barrenechea [...] each conference was a formidable display of knowledge about the past of Peru and the contradictory versions and readings that chroniclers, travelers, explorers, writers, the most diverse correspondences and documents [...] His splendid exhibitions were always delimited with the reading of some cards, written in tiny letters, which he brought very close to his eyes to spell [...] The following year, When I started working with him, I verified that, in effect, Porras Barrenechea was preparing that course that he had been teaching for so many years, with the rigor of someone who is going to face an audience for the first time».
After its inauguration in May 1951 and made official as the San Marcos Stadium in September of the same year, the celebrations carried out for said delivery were seconded by the laying of the first stones of both the monument of Fray Thomas de San Martín and the faculties letters and sciences; This is how the construction of the University City began.[15] After the establishment of the Faculty of Letters in the university city in 1962 —after leaving its old premises in the now Casona de San Marcos—, in 1964 the Institute for Psychological Research, the Institute for Sociological and Linguistic Research and finally, Literary Studies.[16] In 1965 its name was changed to the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, in force today. In that year, the operation of ten departments within it was registered: History, Philosophy, Literature, Philology and Linguistics, Journalism, Psychology, Anthropology, Art, Sociology and Geography.[1] After the inauguration of the Faculty of Social Sciences in 1984; the creation, in 1988, of the Faculty of Psychology;[17] the transfer in 1980 of the National School of Librarians to the University of San Marcos;[18] the transfer of the School of Geography to the Faculty of Geology, Mines, Metallurgy, and Fluid Mechanics in 1984;[19] and the implementation of the school of dance in 2010,[20] the schools housed in the Faculty of Letters were reduced to those in force today: Philosophy, Library and Information Sciences, Social Communication, Art, Linguistics, Dance, Conservation and Restoration and Literature.[21]
Currently, the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences is organized in the following instances:[22]
Deanship: According to the statutes of the National University of San Marcos, the highest authority within the faculty is the Dean. This has as its main function: "The direction of this, within the university policies determined by the higher bodies." By obligation, the Dean must be a professor who has the category of holder; The duration of the position is three years and re-election for a second non-consecutive term is allowed. The current dean of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences is Gonzalo Espino Relucé.[23][24]
Faculty Council: According to the statutes of the university, it will correspond to define the academic and institutional development policies according to the guidelines and strategies emanating from the University Assembly and the University Council. It is made up of the Dean, who presides over it, in addition to the School Directors, full professors and members of the student body.[25]
Academic Direction: According to the university statutes, it is in charge of providing assistance and academic support to the faculty. It is also in charge of coordinating and directing all communication and information activities of the Dean's Office and the Faculty Council towards the community of the National University of San Marcos.[25]
School Directions: According to article twenty-five of the university statute,[25] Professional Schools (abbreviations: PS) are the units of the faculty in charge of training students who are studying undergraduate courses. One of their main functions is to prepare, coordinate and execute the curricula (plan) of studies. The current director of PS of Arts is Martín Fabbri García;[26][27] the director of the PS of Library and Information Sciences is Elizabeth Huisa Veria;[28] the director of the PS of Conservation and Restoration is Mónica Solórzano;[29]the director of the PS of Social Communication is María Jacqueline Oyarce Cruz;[30] the director of the PS of Philosophy is Rubén Quiroz Ávila;[31] the director of the PS of Literature is Yolanda Westphalen;[32] the director of the EP of Linguistics is Luisa Portilla Durand;[33] the director of the PS of Dance is Martín Fabbri García.[34]
Dirección Administrativa: Desarrolla acciones coordinadas que conducen a la optimización de los procesos académico-administrativos de la facultad, con el objetivo de mejorar la calidad de servicios. Administra los recursos económicos y realiza las acciones necesarias para la adquisición de bienes y servicios. La actual directora administrativa es Alicia Pacheco Morales.[35]
Academic-professional schools
Undergraduate
San Marcos student of the Academic School of Art doing a mediation at the Art Museum of the University of San Marcos, in 2019.
At the undergraduate level, the college has the following eight professional schools:
Professional School of Arts: The study plan lasts five years, divided into four basic study cycles (General Studies) and six specialty cycles (Professional School of Art).[36] Once the five years of study have been satisfactorily completed and after having obtained a passing grade in the presentation of a research paper, the bachelor's degree in Arts is obtained. The professional degree is equivalent to a Licentiate of Arts, it can be obtained under the following modalities: support of thesis, approval of a work of professional sufficiency or another modality arranged by the Faculty.[37]
Professional School of Library and Information Sciences: The five years of studies are divided into four basic study cycles and six specialty cycles.[38] Once the undergraduate studies have been satisfactorily completed, the Bachelor's degree in Library and Information Sciences is obtained, after having obtained a passing grade in the presentation of a research paper. The professional degree (equivalent to a Licentiate in Library and Information Sciences) can be obtained after supporting the thesis, the approval of a work of professional sufficiency or another modality arranged by the Faculty.[37] In 2020, the National System of Evaluation, Accreditation and Certification of Educational Quality (SINEACE) granted the accreditation of the PS of Library and Information Sciences for a period of two years.[39]
Professional School of Social Communication: The five years of studies are divided into one year of basic knowledge (School of General Studies), two years of notions about communication and two years of specialization in Journalism; Organizational Communication or Audiovisual Production.[40] Upon successful completion of undergraduate studies, the bachelor's degree in Social Communication is obtained, this after having obtained a passing grade in the presentation of a research paper. The professional title equivalent to the Licentiate's degree in Social Communication can be obtained after supporting the thesis, the approval of a work of professional sufficiency or another modality arranged by the Faculty.[37]
Professional School of Conservation and Restoration: Undergraduate studies are divided into four cycles (two years) of general studies and six cycles (three years) of specialty.[41] Once they have been satisfactorily completed and after having obtained a passing grade in the presentation of a research paper, the bachelor's degree in Conservation and Restoration is obtained. You can opt for the Licentiate's degree in Conservation and Restoration after supporting the thesis, the approval of a work of professional sufficiency or another modality arranged by the Faculty.[37]
Professional School of Dance: the minimum age for the admission of students is eighteen years old, while the maximum is twenty (range not applicable for those who practice dance and wish to join to obtain an accreditation); in addition, applicants must take a test of ballet and contemporary dance techniques, as well as a medical examination.[42] After completing the five years of studies —two years of general studies and three of specialization—,[43] and after having obtained a passing grade in the presentation of a research project, the bachelor's degree in Dance is obtained. The Licentiate's degree is obtained after having supported a thesis, having approved a work of professional sufficiency or proceeding according to another modality provided by the Faculty.[37]
Professional School of Philosophy: The study plan lasts five years, divided into four cycles of basic studies (General Studies) and six cycles of specialty (Professional School of Philosophy).[44] Once the five years of study have been satisfactorily completed and after having obtained a passing grade in the presentation of a research paper, the bachelor's degree in Philosophy is obtained. The Licentiate's degree in Philosophy can be obtained under the following modalities: the support of the thesis, the approval of a work of professional sufficiency or another modality arranged by the Faculty.[37]
Professional School of Literature: Consists of five years of studies,[45] once they have been satisfactorily completed and after having obtained a passing grade in the presentation of a research paper, the bachelor's degree in Literature is obtained. The Licentiate's degree in Literature can be obtained following one of these modalities: the support of the thesis, the approval of a work of professional sufficiency or another modality arranged by the Faculty.[37]
Professional School of Linguistics: The study plan lasts five years, divided into four cycles of basic studies (General Studies) and six cycles of specialty (Professional School of Linguistics).[46] Once the five years of study have been satisfactorily completed and after having obtained a passing grade in the presentation of a research paper, the bachelor's degree in linguistics is obtained. The Licentiate's degree in linguistics can be obtained after supporting the thesis, the approval of a work of professional sufficiency or another modality provided by the Faculty.[37]
Posgrado
The faculty offers various postgraduate programs with a multidisciplinary orientation. The master's program is two years, includes courses, seminars, tutorials, a qualifying exam, a thesis and a degree exam. The Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences has ten master's degree programs: Master's Degree in Peruvian and Latin American Art with a mention in Art History; Library and Information Science; communications; Bilingual Intercultural Education; Creative writing; Philosophy with a mention in Epistemology; Philosophy with mention in History of Philosophy; Language and literature; Linguistics and Literature with a mention in Peruvian and Latin American Literature. It also highlights the doctoral program with a duration of three years, which includes seminars, tutorials, a qualifying exam, a thesis and a degree exam. It offers Doctorates in the specialty of Philosophy; History of art; Peruvian and Latin American Linguistics and Literature. In addition to the above programs, specialization studies and diplomas are also offered.[47]
Infrastructure and services
Currently, the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences has a building within the University City of the UNMSM, located in Cercado de Lima.[48]
Biblioteca
[[Archivo:UNMSM P1000084.jpg|miniaturadeimagen|Biblioteca Central «Pedro Zulen», ubicada al interior de la Ciudad Universitaria de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.]] La biblioteca de la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas tiene su origen más remoto en la Biblioteca de la Facultad de Artes (una de las tres facultades con las que San Marcos inició sus actividades en 1533). Dicha biblioteca fue creada en el local de la Casona de San Marcos el año 1933, en el marco del seminario de la facultad de letras —contó con un promedio de 3000 volúmenes antes pertenecientes a la Compañía de Jesús—.[49] Desde el traslado de su sede a la ciudad universitaria en 1962, está ubicada en el primer piso de la Facultad de Letras y se encuentra interconectada a través del Sistema de Bibliotecas (siglas: SISBIB) con la Biblioteca Central Pedro Zulen de la Universidad de San Marcos. La jefa de la Unidad de Biblioteca, Hemeroteca y Centro de Documentación de dicha facultad es Carmen Patricia Tesén Romero.[50] Su fondo documental consta de recursos impresos tales como libros y folletos, material antiguo (hasta el año de 1920), publicaciones periódicas, tesis y material almacenado en casetes y discos compactos. Ofrece los siguientes servicios para estudiantes de pre y post grado, docentes y público externo:[49]
Espacios de lectura y préstamo de libros
Préstamo de libros a domicilio
Hemeroteca
Acceso a computadoras con servicio a internet
Adicionalmente, desde el año 2019 la Unidad de Biblioteca ha llevado a cabo el evento denominado Semana de la Biblioteca. La primera edición fue titulada Cultura Informativa y Entornos digitales,[51] mientras que la segunda edición se llevó a cabo del uno al tres de diciembre del 2020 bajo la denominación de Espacios, aprendizajes y emociones.[52]
Laboratorios
La facultad cuenta con dos laboratorios: el Laboratorio de la Escuela de Conservación y Restauración —inaugurado en el 2019—[53] y el Laboratorio de Medios MEDIA-LAB —inaugurado en 2016—. Este último es el primer laboratorio de medios con el que cuenta la universidad peruana y tiene como objetivo el estudio de los usos del internet y otros medios digitales, además de la formación de comunicadores sociales críticos que fomenten la difusión de la cultura en un formato digital.[54][55] Para ello cuenta con equipos de cómputo, impresoras a tinta, micrófonos condensadores, cámaras de video y de fotos digitales, un proyector, grabadoras digitales de bolsillo, etc.[56] Las actividades del Laboratorio de Medios MEDIA-LAB están centradas en: la identificación y el estudio de los modelos nacionales de convergencia multimedia, el observatorio de medios y el repositorio de lenguas originarias. Así, además de desarrollar proyectos de investigación de carácter interdisciplinarios, difunde investigaciones a través de podcasts y streamings. Es uno de los miembros fundadores de la Red de Investigación Interdisciplinar en Tecnologías y Comunicación (RED ITC) y cuenta con alianzas con laboratorios de universidades extranjeras tales como las de Brasil, España y México.[54]
Centro de Idiomas
El Centro de Idiomas de la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas inició sus funciones en el año de 1988. Actualmente ofrece la enseñanza de siete idiomas dirigidos tanto a la comunidad sanmarquina como al público en general: inglés, portugués, francés, italiano, quechua,[57] alemán y japonés. Los cursos regulares están organizados en los niveles básico, intermedio, avanzado; adicionalmente, ofrece los cursos para instructores de inglés y posgrado (para la obtención de los títulos de maestría y doctorado).[58] De la misma manera, el centro de idiomas ofrece un examen de suficiencia para aquellos alumnos interesados en obtener el título de bachiller, pues el conocimiento de un idioma extranjero es un requisito indispensable para tal fin.[37]
Investigación
Institutos de investigación
[[Archivo:UNMSM Monumento Cesar Vallejo.jpg|miniaturadeimagen|izquierda|180px|right|Monumento de Cesar Vallejo ubicado en el exterior de la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas.]] La Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas registra un total de cuatro Institutos de Investigación:[59]
Instituto de Investigaciones Lingüísticas (INVEL): creado en 1981 como organismo dependiente del Departamento Académico de Lingüística, tiene como objetivos el promover, coordinar y llevar a cabo proyectos de investigación referentes a áreas tales como la lingüística aplica, general, amerindia e hispánica a través de la detección de problemas relevantes al interior de la realidad lingüística y cultural nacional. Actualmente, la directora del instituto es María Isabel Ginocchio Lainez-Lozada.[60]
Instituto de Investigaciones del Pensamiento Peruano y Latinoamericano (IIPPLA): tras seis años de actividades, el instituto se ha centrado en la investigación tanto del pensamiento latinoamericano como peruano, ello en respuesta a la difusión mayoritaria de la denominada cultura euro-americana y la necesidad de reflexionar y plantear soluciones de tipo local. Sus investigaciones abarcan áreas tales como el pensamiento teológico-religioso, el pensamiento estrictamente filosófico, el de tipo estético-artístico-literario, el pensamiento ideológico-político y el de corte científico-tecnológico. Actualmente, el director del instituto es Aníbal Campos Rodrigo.[61]
Instituto de Investigaciones Humanísticas (IIH): tiene como objetivo el formar a investigadores en las áreas propias de las humanidades, gestionar proyectos relacionados con la realidad social nacional y fomentar y publicar los resultados de las investigaciones llevadas a cabo en su interior. Para tales fines, organiza seminarios, talleres, coloquios, congresos y capacitaciones a sus miembros. Actualmente, el director del instituto es Rubén Dorian Espezúa Salmón.[62]
Instituto de Investigación de Lingüística Aplicada (CILA): sus orígenes se remontan al Plan de Fomento Lingüístico creado en 1964 por Alberto Escobar, de manera que en 1972 fue creado el Centro de Investigación de Lingüística Aplicada. Tiene como objetivo la investigación y difusión de las diversas lenguas —andinas, amazónicas e hispánicas— habladas en nuestro país, además de brindar servicios —a través de sus proyectos de investigación— a entidades estatales e instituciones y universidades extranjeras.[63] Cuenta con una revista, Lengua y Sociedad, dedicada a la difusión de la lingüística tanto teórica como aplicada.[64] Adicionalmente, dirige el Centro de Documentación de Lenguas y Lingüística Inés Pozzi-Escot, el cual incluye la biblioteca más completa en el campo de la lingüística a nivel nacional. Actualmente se ubica en el Colegio Real de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos[65] y la directora del instituto es Norma Isabel Meneses Tutaya.[63]
Grupos de investigación
La facultad cuenta actualmente con los siguientes grupos de investigación:[66][67]
Arte y escritura (ESTÉTICA)
Atención y orientación de las alteridades: poblaciones diversas e incorporación tecnológica (ALTERTEC)
Ciencias de la información: gestión, tecnologías, métricas, normas éticas y jurídicas (CIGETMEN)
Comunicación social especialidad organizacional (COMORG)
Conservación y restauración del patrimonio cultural (CONSERVA)
Derecho-Educación-Psicología-Ciencias Humanas y Ciencias Sociales (DEEPSIHU)
Discursos, representaciones y estudios interculturales (EILA)
Documentación lingüística de lenguas amenazadas en el Perú (DOLENPER)
Episteme. Investigación interdisciplinaria en epistemología, ciencias y humanidades (EPISTEME)
Estudios andinos de interculturalidad: Quechua y Aymara (ESANDINO)
Estudios humanísticos (HUMANÍS)
Estudios lingüísticos y de lingüística interdisciplinaria (ELDLI)
Feminidades: estudios interdisciplinarios e interculturales de género (FEMEIGEN)
Filosofar desde el Perú (FILOSOFO)
Filosofía y liberación (KAWSAY)
Física-filosofía (FILOFISI)
Gramática descriptiva (GRAMDE)
Grupo de estudios latinoamericanos Pedro S. Zulen (ZULEN)
Grupo de estudios psicoanalíticos de los discursos de la cultura (GEPSIDIC)
Grupo de estudios sobre ética y literatura (GDESEYL)
Grupo de investigación interdisciplinaria sobre cultura, lenguaje y sociedad (GIISCLS)
Humanidades siglo XXI (HSXXI)
Ideologías dominantes y marginales en el Perú contemporáneo (IDEOPE)
Información y creatividad en el Perú (INFOCREA)
Interculturalidad y comunicación. Puentes interdisciplinarios para el intercambio y difusión de conocimientos científicos y tradicionales mediante plataformas mediáticas y audiovisuales (INCOMUN)
Investigación intercultural para la formación docente y enseñanza de lenguas (KAWSASUN)
Lectura y cognición (LECOG)
Lectura, escritura académica y estrategias pedagógicas (LEAYEP)
Lenguas en contacto e implicancias lingüísticas y psicosocioculturales (SOCIOLIN)
Lenguas y filosofías del Perú (LFP)
Lexicografía y lexicología (LEXI)
Lingüística, cultura y sociedad (LINGCUSO)
Literatura y arte: prensa, cultura visual y redes trasatlánticas entre Europa y América Latina (LITARTMO)
Literatura y cultura (LITCULT)
Literatura y sociedad en el siglo XX (GILS)
Media lab UNMSM (MEDIALAB)
Origen UNMSM (ORIGEN)
Sentido y referencia (SYR)
Tecnologías, derechos y libertades informativas (TDLI)
Universo y República (UR)
Publicaciones científicas y académicas
La Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas expone sus principales investigaciones científicas en la publicación semestral de cuatro revistas:
Letras (LIma): fundada en 1929, es una publicación que divulga la producción científica original, vinculada a los resultados de los proyectos de investigación en el ámbito de los estudios humanísticos. Está dirigida a tanto a la comunidad científica de investigadores en Ciencias Humanas como a los investigadores en Ciencias Sociales (dado su carácter interdisciplinario). Se encuentra indexada en: Web of Science (WESCI); SciELO Perú; Latindex; el Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ); entre otros repositorios, y se publica en los meses de junio y diciembre.[68]
Tesis: revista dedicada a la publicación —en los meses de agosto y diciembre— de investigaciones en los campos de las humanidades,artes y ciencias sociales. Está organizada en dos secciones: la primera de ellas es de estudios e incluye artículos de revisión y artículos de investigación, mientras que la segunda sección es de creación e incluye ejemplares de poesía y prosa.[69]
Lengua y Sociedad: revista dedicada a la publicación de investigaciones de acceso abierto en los campos de la lingüística teórica y aplicada —especializada en las lenguas amerindias—. Depende del Instituto de Lingüística Aplicada (CILA) de la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas.[64]
Escritura y pensamiento: revista de investigación publicada por primera vez en 1998.[70] Está organizada en tres secciones: la sección de estudios incluye artículos y resultados de investigaciones; la sección de creación incluye poesía, narrativa y arte; mientras que una la tercera sección contiene reseñas de libros y revistas.[71] Actualmente se encuentra descontinuada.[70]
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