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Contemporary urban landscapes in Egypt and Sudan are rich with material remains of past projects aimed at creating more egalitarian and socially just societies: culture palaces, theaters, youth centers, schools, hospitals, syndicates, factories and state-run consumer shops. ...

Jan Zouplna, a researcher at the Oriental Institute, commented on Czech pro-Israel politics for Radio Prague International (in German): https://deutsch.radio.cz/international-ohne-grossen-einfluss-tschechien-und-seine-pro-israel-politik-8840106

16–17 October 2025 Orient-Institut Istanbul, Türkiye This conference aims to examine the colonial encounters and (trans)regional relations of religious minorities in and between Afghanistan, Central Asia, and Iran in the 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

The Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites applications for a full-time Junior Researcher focusing on the economic, religious, environmental, or cultural migration corridors in (Eur)Asia that addresses state (e.g. bilateral treaties and migration law) and non-state (e.g. ...

The Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites applications for a full-time Senior Researcher focusing on the economic, religious, environmental, or cultural migration corridors in (Eur)Asia that addresses state (e.g. bilateral treaties and migration law) and non-state (e.g. ...

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Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences cordially invites you to a public lecture by Dr. Pablo A. RODRIGUEZ-MERINO.

We are excited to announce the release of the book Na této zemi je pro co žít: Podněty k osvobození Palestiny (There is a Reason to Live on This Earth: Stimuli for the Liberation of Palestine). ...

International Conference 27-29 March 2025, ENS Lyon (France). The conference seeks to explore literary forms of self-narration that recount the experiences of becoming a writer. What are the forms and sites of these narratives? ...

We are thrilled to announce that the book If I Should Die, Let It Be a Story, with contributions by Prokop Singer, has been awarded the Award for Best Documentary Book of the Year! ...