The Velvet and Post Velvet Revolution
The “Velvet” revolution in November 1989 put an end to the “normalization” period in the Oriental Institute with all its wrongs and shortcomings. The Institute, above all, got rid of Director Cesar and all researchers who disqualified themselves due to a lack of skills or productivity. The Commission for Redressing Wrongs, set up on December 19, 1989, appealed to former fellows of the Oriental Institute, who were previously forced out or harmed professionally, to resume their careers in Oriental and African studies. At this time,it was necessary to prepare and establish a new conceptual framework of the Oriental Institute by taking into account its depleted staff and dwindling financial resources. In connection with the partition of the Czechoslovakia, Oriental Institute was incorporated into a newly structured Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
In 1992, several awards were given by the Czech Academy of Sciences to scholars of the Oriental Institute.
- The Editorial Board of the monthly periodical Nový Orient [New Orient] was awarded the Prize of the CSAS for the Popularization of Science.
- Gabriel Altman was awarded the Josef Dobrovský Memorial Gold Plaque of Merit for Promoting Social Sciences.
- Timoteus Pokora was awarded the František Palacký Memorial Gold Plaque of Merit for promoting Social Sciences .
- Kamil V. Zvelebil was awarded the Josef Dobrovský Memorial Gold Plaque of Merit for Promoting Social Sciences.
- Jaroslav Průšek was awarded (posthumously) the Josef Hlávka Prize by the Josef, Marie and Zdeňka Hlávka Foundation.
There were three important people behind the Czech- Chinese Dictionary: Zdenka Heřmanová, Oldřich Švarný and Chang Jing-yü Rotterová (L-R). Zdenka Heřmanová served as the head of the team. The Sinologist and linguist Oldřich Švarný, assisted in the development of the Czech- Chinese Dictionary and was considered scientific editor, establishing orthographic principles for Chinese word boundaries (called "writing together" 连写). Chang Jing-yü Rotterová handled excerpting the language material, partly the processing of passwords together, with other Chinese women living in Prague.
Three important people behind the Czech- Chinese Dictionary: Zdenka Heřmanová, Oldřich Švarný and Chang Jing-yü Rotterová (L-R). Zdenka Heřmanová served as the Head of the team. Oldřich Švarný, Sinologist and Linguist, provided a helping hand in the development of the Czech- Chinese Dictionarya nd was considered as the scientiifc editor, helping to establish orthographic principles for Chinese word boundaries (called "writing together" 连写). Chang Jing-yü Rotterová handled excerpting the language material, partly the processing of passwords together with other native Chinese women living in Prague.
In 1993, Josef Kolmaš was awarded the František Palacký Memorial Gold Plaque of Merit for Promoting Social Sciences by the Czech Academy of Sciences. Vladimír Miltner was awarded the Josef Dobrovský Memorial Gold Plaque of Merit for Promoting Social Sciences.