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Congratulations! OI scholar Vladimír Liščák for being one of the ten scientists in the Czech Republic who received the prestigious degree of Doctor of Science in 2021 from the Akademie věd České republiky.

Mgr. Táňa Dluhošová, Ph.D., the new director of the OI, starts her new job from October 2021. You can get to know her in the interview at A/Věda a výzkum published by the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Nakladatelství Academia will release in October the Orient edition of the Book of Religious and Philosophical sects and schools of Persian scholar Muhammad ash-Shahrastani (1086-1153). ...

The 9/11 Legacies project was established on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 by Ameen Lutfi (ResearchFellow, Middle EastInstitute, National University of Singapore )and Kevin L. Schwartz (Research Fellow, Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences). ...

We are now inviting interested scholars to submit their proposals for the 16th IATS Seminar, which will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, Prague (3–9 July 2022) and hosted by the Faculty of Arts, Charles University and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. ...

The Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences cordially invites you to a lecture "Saints and Sojourners: Towards an Economic History-From-Below of the Uyghur Homeland".

A new issue of Archiv orientální VOL. 89 NO. 1 (2021) is out ! In addition to seven research articles covering areas from Ancient Egypt to contemporary Tibet, there are four open access book reviews.

Description: The Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of South Asia is offering a post-doctoral research fellowship to scholars who focus on modern or contemporary India and its history, culture, religion or politics. ...

REMAPPING THE JAPANESE EMPIRE: BEYOND THE CLASH OF KNOWLEDGE AND MEMORIES Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 5-6 November, 2021.