First Scientific Journal of the Oriental Institute
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First Scientific Journal of the Oriental Institute See all items with this value
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1929
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The aim of the Czechoslovak Oriental Institute in Prague, founded through the munificent endowment of the President of the Czechoslovak Republic T. G. Masaryk on the occasion of his seventieth birthday anniversary, was to begin and maintain scientific and economic relations with the Orient. Thus, two departments of the Oriental Institute were inaugurated: 1) the Research department and 2) the Economic department. In the first meetings of the Research department, during which the principles and programme of the Institute were discussed and established, it was decided that a periodical on Oriental research would greatly enhance the scholarly activities of the Institute. Thus, Archiv Orientální- a journal covering African, Asian, and Near Eastern Studies- was established in 1929 with Bedřich Hrozný as its first editor. See all items with this value