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International Institute For The Study Of Nomadic Civilizations
The International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations ( mn, Нүүдлийн Соёл Иргэншлийг Судлах Олон Улсын Хүрээлэн) is a Mongolia-based research institute dedicated to the nomad studies. It was founded in 1998 under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; and it is one of the UNESCO's ''Category 2 Institutes and Centres''. Since its foundation, Jacques Legrand is serving as the chairperson of the IISNC's academic council. Batboldyn Enkhtuvshin, vice-president of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, is serving as the director of the IISNC. Ihsan Sezal is the vice director of the IISNC. Background The IISNC was established on 16 September 1998 after the Indonesian, Kazakhstani, Kyrgyzstani, Mongolian and Turkish governments reached an agreement for its establishment at the initiative of UNESCO. On 16 September 1998, the IISNC's first general assembly session also took place. The I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rostislav Rybakov
Rostislav Borisovich Rybakov (russian: Ростислав Борисович Рыбаков; 28 March 1938 – 7 August 2019 in Moscow, Russia) was a Russian scholar of Oriental Studies, writer, Indologist and the director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Institute of Oriental Studies). He heads the ''Institute of Oriental Manuscripts'' of the Academy and is a former president (2006–2008) of the ''Dialogue Eurasia Platform'' (DAP), one of the five forums under the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), promoting ''peaceful coexistence through dialogue and understanding''. He has also been associated with the ''International Centre of the Roerichs'' and is one of the founders of ''PEACE through CULTURE'', a non governmental organization based in Austria. He was a son of Russian historian Boris Rybakov. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for his contributions to literature a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |