Research in media

Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites you to a lecture by Georgetown University historian James Millward. Join us on June 2 at 10 AM !

Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Faculty of Philosophy and Arts of the Charles University in Prague invite you to Workshop on Xinjiang Turkic-Language Manuscripts. Join us on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 2-5 PM !

The Oriental Institute Library acquires resources related to Orientalist disciplines. We are happy to inform about our new acquisitions. For your research interests or for updates on opening hours, please keep in touch with one of our librarians.

We are happy to announce that the advanced-level Summer Course of Chaghatay co-organized with the Institute of Asian Studies of Charles University and taught by Prof. Eric Schluessel (George Washington University) will take place 19-23 June 2023 in Prague.

We are delighted to invite you to the Summer Course of Sogdian taught by Prof. Ľubomír Novák. The classes are from June 19 - 23 at 2 - 5 PM in Prague Old Town. Registration is now open. See you soon!

NIAS Public Lecture The līlā of communication and consciousness: Thinking with Ramchandra Gandhi’s philosophy of non-dualism Dr James Madaio Consciousness Studies Programme NIAS Lecture Hall | 24 Apr 2023, 11:30 hrs Abstract: This paper explores how the philosopher Ramchandra Gandhi (1937-2007) ...

Oriental Institute researcher Kevin L. Schwartz and Olmo Gölz discuss how the propaganda machine of the Islamic Republic has responded to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in Iran in an article for Qantara.

People interested in participating to this two-day conference should send their CV and a 500-word abstract of their communication before Friday 21 of April 2023.

OI researcher Dr. Darmanto has published an on-line article entitled Rice ambiguity’ and the taste of modernity on Siberut Island, Indonesia in the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies.

The Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, represented by its director, Mgr. Táňa Dluhošová, Ph.D., with the consent of the Council of the Institute, supports the demands of the humanities and social sciences of Czech universities for the systemic change of science funding both at ...