Jaroslav Průšek: Leading a Dynamic Generation of Orientalists

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en Jaroslav Průšek: Leading a Dynamic Generation of Orientalists

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1952–1971

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Jaroslav Průšek, the first Director (1952-1971) of the Oriental Institute as a research body incorporated within the framework of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences,, formulated a new research program which meant an important watershed in the hitherto development of Czechoslovak Eastern studies, as well as a starting point of their further progress: The Institute was to acquire the character of an academic research institution and to intensify its publication activities for the benefit of the scholarly world as well as general public.

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Orientalist scholar
Czech Orientalist