Media and Announcements

The Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, with the support of the Strategie AV21 programme, cordially invites you to a seminar exploring the role of identity politics, religious and ethnic mobilisation, and nationalist rhetoric in contemporary Southeast Asia. ...

The ancient geographical names Pontos Axeinos and Pontos Euxeinos – conventionally rendered as the “Inhospitable” and the “Hospitable Sea” – capture a tension that has remained central to the history of the Black Sea region. ...

We are delighted that our colleague Bronislav Ostřanský has won the award in the category Translation of Scholarly and Popular Science Works as part of the 18th edition of the Academia Publishing House Awards. ...

Kevin L. Schwartz & Ameem Lutfi (LUMS) write about the long shadow of 9/11 and the Global War on Terror in Pakistan 25 years later in an article for HUM News. https://humenglish.com/latest/25-years-on-the-long-term-legacy-of-9-11-and-the-war-on-terror-for-pakistan/

The Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites you to the workshop Histories of Political Violence in Modern South Asia, bringing together scholars working on histories, practices, and legacies of political violence in modern South Asia. ...

One-day academic workshop hosted by CEFRES (French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences, Prague) and co-organised by Dilnur Reyhan, Shaivya Mishra, and Zbyněk Mucha (Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences). ...

Don’t miss the upcoming international workshop, taking place in Prague on 27–28 August 2026! The event brings together scholars exploring the Black Sea region as a dynamic space of local agency, mobility, and cross-cultural interaction, with discussions focusing on transcultural contact zones, ...

These events, which forever changed the course of world history, continue to remind us not only of the value of human life, but also that peace and security should never be taken for granted. On this occasion, we would like to invite you to two events taking place in Prague. ...

One-day academic workshop hosted by CEFRES (French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences, Prague) and co-organised by Dilnur REYHAN, Shaivya MISHRA, and Zbyněk MUCHA (Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences).

The Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, invites scholars with a solid fieldwork background, primarily in the Indo-Pacific but not limited to it, to present research on contemporary ...