The ''Archiv Orientální'' (''ArOr'') is a triannual

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

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covering African, Asian, and

Near Eastern studies Oriental studies is the academic field that studies Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology. In recent years, the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Middle Eastern studie ...

. It is currently published by the Oriental Institute of the

Czech Academy of Sciences The Czech Academy of Sciences (abbr. CAS, , abbr. AV ČR) was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and its tradition goes back to the Royal Bohemian Society of Sc ...

. The current

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is Sergio Alivernini, a research fellow at the Oriental Institute.

History

''Archiv Orientální'' was founded by the Oriental Institute of the

in 1929 by Bedrich Hrozný with an endowment from the country's president,

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Tomáš () is a Czech name, Czech and Slovak name, Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas (name), Thomas. Tomáš is also a surname (feminine: Tomášová). Notable people with the name include: Given name Sport *Tomáš Berdych (born 198 ...

, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday anniversary.

Abstracting and indexing

''Archiv Orientální'' is abstracted and indexed in the

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, and

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References

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