Institute of

Oriental Studies

Russian Academy of Science
Center for Arab and Islamic Studies

Announcements

1 – 27 June 2026

InteRussia Fellowship for Archaeologists

The InteRussia team announces a call for applications to join the InteRussia fellowship programme for specialists in Archaeology from post-Soviet, Middle Eastern, and North African countries, as well as from India and Pakistan. The programme will be hosted by the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS.
23 March – 18 April 2026

InteRussia Fellowship for Oriental Studies Specialists

The InteRussia team announces a call for applications to join the InteRussia fellowship programme for historians specializing in Oriental Studies from post-Soviet countries, the Middle East, and North Africa. The programme will be hosted by the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS.
1 – 15 February 2025

Call for applications for the new InteRussia fellowship in Oriental studies is now open

The Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund supported by the Presidential Grants Foundation are launching a call for applications for the InteRussia scientific and research fellowship in Oriental studies for specialists from post-Soviet states, the Middle East, and North Africa.
20 October 2022

Evening in the Memory of Grigory Kosatch. His Book Presentation "Red Flag Over the Middle East?"

The Information Center of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by Mr. Majid at-Turki, the Director, the Oriental Cultural Center, and the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies (the Russian Academy of Sciences) invite you to the book presentation "Red Flag Over the Middle East?" in Arabic written by Grigory Kosatch (1944-2022), a prominent Soviet and Russian Arabist, historian, and political scientist.
13 – 14 June 2022

International conference “Past, Present and Future of Russian-Arabic and Arabic-Russian Translations”

Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS is delighted to announce an international conference “Past, Present and Future of Russian-Arabic and Arabic-Russian Translations” which will be held on 13-14 June 2022 online.