Oriental Institute

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Oriental Institute is a name given to a number of institutions of higher education throughout the world that are engaged in the study of Asian culture, languages and history - traditionally called Oriental studies, although in recent years asian studies has become the more common term. Traditionally, such institutes focus on the historic Near East, but this is not necessarily the case today. Some institutions of higher education in Asia are called Oriental Institutes, but are not specifically focused on Asian culture

Individual Oriental Institutes are:

• Oriental Institute, Chicago — world-class Near-Eastern archaeology museum, part of the University of Chicago
• Oriental Institute, Oxford — part of the University of Oxford
• Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales Paris, one of the Grands établissements.
• Pontifical Oriental Institute — in Rome
• Oriental Institute in Sarajevo — a rich collection of Oriental manuscripts
• Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute — in Pune
• School of Oriental and African Studies — part of the University of London
• Oriental Institute, ASCR — part of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague
• Oriental Institute, RAS — part of the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow
• Oriental Institute, FESTU — part of the Far Eastern State Technical University in Vladivostok
• Institute of Oriental Studies, Warsaw — part of Warsaw University

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