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Adéla Jůnová Macková and Tomáš Petrů: Introduction: The Oriental Institute and Orientalist Research in Czechoslovakia amid 20th-Century European Transformations
I. Between Empathy and Exploration: Central and Eastern European Engagements with the Orient
Luboš Bělka: Josef Vaniš’s Photograph of Jowo Rinpoche: From its Origin to its Recent Ritual Reincarnation
Majid Bahrevar: A Tehran Flâneur: Jan Rypka’s Persian Contributions to the Literature of Surrealism
Grzegorz First: Artistic Voyages to the Ancient and Modern Orient as a Source of Inspiration in the Arts: the Case of Polish Painters in 19th and Early 20th Centuries
II. Scientific Exhibiting of the Orient
Vesna Kamin Kajfež: Josef Schwegel (1836–1914), the Organizer and Curator of the Oriental Pavilion at the 1873 Vienna World’s Fair
Markéta Hánová: A Path to the East: The Oriental Institute as a Promoter of Asian Art and Cultural Politics
III. Digital Humanities, Databases, Oral History and Network of Letters in the History of Oriental Studies
Petra Aigner and Ronald Růžička: All About Eduard Glaser: Glaser Virtual World (GlaViWo) and Some Remarks on His Biography
Adéla Jůnová Macková: A Research Sojourn in Istanbul: The Beginnings of Turkology and Persian Studies at the Czech University through the Letters of Alois Musil, Jan Rypka, and Felix Tauer
Rachael M. Griffiths and Daniel Wojahn: Challenges along the Way: Pioneering Work in the Development of Tibetan Studies in Central Europe
IV. Development of Orientalist Disciplines in Former Czechoslovakia
Šárka Velhartická: The Establishment of Czechoslovak Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Kateřina Sládková: The Beginnings and the Founders of Indonesian Studies in Czechoslovakia
Gabriel Pirický: Celebrating Twenty Years of the Annual Vámbéry International Conference in Slovakia
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