Research in media

Bělka, L., Berounský, D., Jandáček, P., Ptáčková, J. (eds.) Although for the most Tibetans it is still hard to locate the Czech republic on a map, explorers from this region in the heart of Europe were among the first to travel to and study the land on the roof of the world and contributed, ...

The results of the recent elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly raise several questions concerning the Dalit politics in India. Does the unprecedented defeat of the Bahujan Samaj Party indicate a failure of the Dalit electoral politics? ...

Model of the Shrine of Yahya ibn al-Qasim is a new interactive output of the Monuments of Mosul in Danger project.

Archiv orientalní (ArOr) welcomes proposals for its 2023 Special Issue (Deadline for submitting proposal: June 30th, 2022). We will give preference to topics related to South and South East Asia.

Sinologist and Oriental Institute Director Táňa Dluhošová sat down with Lucie Němečková from @mistnikultura to discuss Taiwanese literature, women writers, and the reach of Havel, Kafka & other Czech authors in Taiwan today. [in Czech].

We are happy to announce that 2022 Oriental Institute Centennial Lecture Series "Everyday Writers in the Middle East and Asia" is starting on April 28, 2022!

The 9/11 Legacies Project is seeking 750-1200 word contributions that map the untold, forgotten, and marginalized legacies of how 9/11 and the Global War on Terror continue to impact politics, culture, and societies around the world today. ...

Kevin L. Schwartz and Olmo Gölz (University of Freiburg) published an essay for the Middle East Research and Information Project on how the Iranian government is attempting to balance regime ideology with responses to the COVID-19 health crisis.

Diana Lang, Jarmila Ptáčková, Marion Wettstein and Mareike Wulff (eds.) The urge to cross boundaries and explore new geographic areas has driven explorers and scientists to enter and describe new regions, discover unknown places, and encounter new societies and cultures. ...

The latest issue of Archiv orientální has something for everyone : contributions on ancient Mesopotamia, Ottoman use of the metric system, Hittite morphology, Istanbul travelogues, and Chinese loanwords in Tangut and Sino-Tangut pronunciation.