With over 200,000 volumes (including periodicals and manuscripts), the Institute’s library is one of the largest libraries within the Academy of Sciences. The library collections include mainly publications on history, literatures, languages, religions, and cultures of the countries of Asia and Africa.

Card Catalogue of the Oriental Institute (contains books acquired by 1991)

Card Catalogue of Periodicals of the Oriental Institute

Electronic Catalogue of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Links to the Catalogues of the Libraries in the Czech Republic

Kevin Schwartz for The Independent: "Inside Iran's Meme Factory"

Kevin Schwartz writes about Washington's long road to war with Iran in the Middle East Research and Information Project's (MERIP) critical & timely collection "War Across Boundaries–Perspectives on Iran and a Region Under Siege".

Kevin Schwartz on the Badlands podcast: Iran Lets Loose The Memes of War

From Research to Impact: A Summer School for Early-Career Scholars in Asian and African Studies

SUMMER SCHOOL - Reading and Analysing Persian Archival Sources from Afghanistan

General Library

Opening Hours

The library is closed until 31 August 2026 due to the extensive reorganization and modernization of its collections. This work is part of the preparations for the library's relocation to its new premises at Hybernská 8.

If you wish to borrow library materials, please contact us at reference@orient.cas.cz.

Thank you for your understanding.

Reference and loan servises

Library fund management

ASEP and Open Science

Cataloging