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Oriental Institute of the CAS, v. v. i.
Oriental Institute of the CAS, v. v. i.
Pod vodárenskou věží 4
182 08 Praha 8
182 08 Praha 8
Phone: +420 266 053 111
FAX: +420 286 581 897
E-mail: orient@orient.cas.cz
Chart: ou_chart.pdf
The Institute was founded in 1922 by an act of Parliament of the Czechoslovak Republic and its establishment was facilitated by a personal donation from President T.G. Masaryk. In 1953 it became a part of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Pursuant to Act No. 341/2005 Coll., the Institute became a public research institution as of 1 January 2007.
The Institute carries out research on history, religions, philosophies, literatures and languages of Asian and African countries. Its library houses over 210,000 volumes, some of which are in various Oriental languages.
