en Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk See all items with this value

1922

en The establishment of the Institute was greatly supported by the first Czechoslovak President, T. G. Masaryk, who provided it with both moral and financial backing. Masaryk was himself a former student of Arabic at the Vienna Oriental Academy. In addition, the war-Odyssey of Masaryk was to take him through Siberia, Manchuria and Korea on his way to Japan, arriving there in 1918. During his short stay in Tokyo and Yokohama his interest was attracted to the cultural and economic activities of the country. His travels through the Far East served to remind him of the manifest importance of the existing cultural and economic relations between Europe and the Orient, and, in all probability, led to the desire to establish an Oriental Institute in his own country. The dream was to be realized when the President’s interest coincided with Professor Musil’s suggestion that a Society for the promotion of cultural and economic relations with the Orient. See all items with this value

Oriental Institute CAS

Oriental Institute CAS

en First Czechoslovak President

Oriental institute

Orientalist

Orient

Masaryk

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