Original title: The Oriental Institute in Prague: Cultural Department and the Orient
Authors: Jůnová Macková, Adéla
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Egypt and Austria /10./ Visualizing the Orient. Central Europe and the Near East in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Prague (CZ), 20141001
Year: 2016
Language: eng
Abstract: A substantial contribution to Oriental studies was founded with a new institution, the Oriental Institute. The idea was promoted by the Czechoslovak president T. G. Masaryk and by his advisor in Oriental politics, Alois Musil. The institute was financially supported by the ministry of Foreign trade, the main role played Minister Rudolf Hotowetz (first director of the Oriental Institute). The Oriental Institute was established in 1922 and financially and functionally stabilised in 1927/1928. There were no permanent salaried posts; however, the cultural section of the Institute financed publications and travel by means of fellowships and grants.
Keywords: Musil, Alois; Oriental Institute, Prague
Host item entry: Visualizing the Orient. Central Europe and the Near East in the 19th and 20th Centuries, ISBN 978-80-7331-248-0

Institution: Masaryk Institute and Archives of the ASCR AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0265968

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