Infobox Organization name BritishInstitute of OrganStudies image size caption abbreviation BIOS motto ... on organ history. National Pipe Organ Register BIOS is also responsible for the National Pipe Organ Register NPOR , which aims to catalogue all British pipe organs in a database. The database is available for searching free of charge on the internet. History of the NPOR The National Pipe Organ Register was begun by Peter le Huray and Mike Sayers in 1991. It was supported from 1992 to 1997 by the British Academy and by the BritishInstitute of OrganStudies. Support for 1998 and 1999 has been ... City University . The project is guided by members of the Council of the BritishInstitute of OrganStudies. Historic Organ Certificates BIOS issues Historic Organ Certificates as follows Grade I for an organ of outstanding historic and musical importance in essentially original condition Grade II for an organ which are good representatives of the work of their builder, in substantially original condition Grade II for an organ which, whilst not unaltered, nevertheless contain important historic ... region served UK membership 675 organists leader title Chairman leader name John Norman main organ parent organization affiliations budget website http www.bios.org.uk BIOS remarks The BritishInstitute of OrganStudies is more commonly known by its acronym BIOS . Aims The aims of BIOS are To promote objective, scholarly research into the history of the organ and its music in all its aspects, and, in particular, into the Organ music organ and its music in United Kingdom Britain . To conserve the sources and materials for the history of the organ in Britain, and to make them accessible to scholars ..., in Britain, a greater appreciation of historical overseas schools of organ building. BIOS ... historic material in an organ. See also Royal College of Organists List of pipe organs External links http www.bios.org.uk Official Website http www.npor.org.uk National Pipe Organ Register Category ... more details
File JBScover.gif thumb right Journal of BritishStudiesBritishstudies is the academic study of Great Britain Britain &mdash its culture, geography and history. Britain is significant as a topic because it was the location of the industrial revolution the British Empire was large and influential in world history and English is now a major international language. The topic is especially studied in the USA as students there often have a heritage of British ancestry which encourages Anglophilia while the shared language of English makes British culture readily accessible. ref name guard citation url http www.guardian.co.uk education 2011 may 02 britishstudies american academics journal The Guardian title Britishstudies, the latest import from the US? author Zo Corbyn date 2 May 2011 ref In Germany, the topic is a specialism of Kulturkunde and Landeskunde and there is a Journal for the Study of British Cultures . ref citation title A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory author Michael Payne, Jessica Rae Barbera pages 253 255 isbn 9781405168908 year 2010 ref A course was started at the University of Texas in 1975 and, more recently, courses have started at other universities such as Columbia University Columbia and Yale . ref name guard References reflist Further reading citation title Britishstudies intercultural perspectives author Alan Mountford, Nick Wadham Smith publisher Longman year 2000 isbn 9780582429628 citation title Britishstudies a reader author Lidia Kyzlinkov , Stephen Hardy, Milada Frankov publisher Masarykova univerzita year 2002 isbn 9788021028944 External links http www.nacbs.org North American Conference on BritishStudies Category British culture Category Cultural studies ... more details
The American OrganInstitute is a part of the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts in the University of Oklahoma . The University of Oklahoma s American OrganInstitute combines scholarship, performance, technical skill and craftsmanship to produce the world s greatest organist s, organ technicians, and organ scholars. They are able to accomplish this through the applied science of organ building ..., and technicians. The American OrganInstitute AOI is a comprehensive program and facilities located .... Its goal is to become the leading center for the art of American organ playing, composing, pedagogy, and organ building. The AOI will house and maintain a collection of the finest examples of American Organ building, both past and present. Organstudies at the University of Oklahoma began with the nearly ... performers. With the formation of the American OrganInstitute in 2006, OU will become the leader in the world of the pipe organ in ways heretofore unimagined. Under the direction of Dr. John Daniel Schwandt, the American OrganInstitute was founded in 2006 to lift up and celebrate American contributions to pipe organ design, building, and playing. The philosophy behind the Institute is to unite ... OrganInstitute is yet another example of OU s commitment to the fine arts. External links http aoi.ou.edu American OrganInstitute Category Organs music Category University of Oklahoma ... organists. The legacy of the pipe organ is preserved but enhanced with mre modern technology and skill as it has been over and over since its creation nearly a millennia ago. The American OrganInstitute stands to reclaim, reinvigorate, and reinvent the time honored traditions of pipe organ building ... one of the most highly regarded organ programs in the United States. Professor Boggess produced more Fulbright Scholars among organ students 35 and national organ competition winners than any other organ teacher in American history. OU graduates hold academic and church related positions across ... more details
Institute of International Studies or Institute for International Studies may refer to United States Institute of International Studies at University of California, Berkeley Monterey Institute of International Studies , Monterey, California Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies , Stanford, California Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies at University of Notre Dame , South Bend, Indiana Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies , New York, New York Watson Institute for International Studies , Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Other countries Danish Institute for International Studies Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies , Geneva, Switzerland Institute for International Studies at University of Technology, Sydney disambig ... more details
The Institute of Policy Studies may refer to the Institute of Policy Studies New Zealand at the Victoria University of Wellington the Institute of Policy Studies Pakistan in Islamabad the Institute of Policy Studies Singapore See also the Institute for Policy Studies in the United States disambig ... more details
Infobox Organization name The Institute for Fiscal Studies image size caption abbreviation motto formation ... IFS accessdate 6 September 2010 publisher The Institute for Fiscal Studies ref It is politically independent and produces both academic and policy related findings. ref name aboutifs The Institute s aim .... ref cite web title The Charity Commission Central Register Institute for Fiscal Studies url ... 6 September 2010 publisher The Institute for Fiscal Studies ref Although most of the Institute ... The Institute produces a peer reviewed quarterly journal, Fiscal Studies , which publishes ... publisher The Institute for Fiscal Studies ref See also Taxation in the United Kingdom List of UK think tanks References reflist External links http www.ifs.org.uk The Institute for Fiscal Studies ... organ IFS Council br President Rachel Lomax parent organization affiliations Economic and Social Research Council Economic and Social Research Council ESRC budget website http www.ifs.org.uk The Institute for Fiscal Studies remarks The Institute for Fiscal Studies is an economics economic research institute based in London , United Kingdom which specialises in Taxation in the United Kingdom UK taxation ... in the Bloomsbury area of Central London , close to the British Museum and University College London University College London UCL . History The Institute came into existence because four financier ... Skinner and Halmer Hudson joined the group. Will Hopper has recalled that the idea of a research institute ... , London, at which a decision was made to found the Institute. The Institute was formally incorporated on 21 May 1969. As well as research, the Institute had wider, unspoken objectives. The founders did not just want to start an Institute they wanted to change British Fiscal policy fiscal strategy . In particular, they wanted to alter the climate of opinion within which changes to the British tax ... create a more rational tax system. In 1971 a Council of the Institute was formed, with President ... more details
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies , abbreviated to ICS , was founded by the University of London in 1949 to promote academic study of the Commonwealth of Nations and its constituent countries. It became part of the School of Advanced Study in 1994. It is currently in Senate House University of London Senate House . The institute has a Senate House Libraries library containing 190,000 items and over 140 archive collections, including material by Ruth First and other apartheid anti apartheid campaigners, including Baruch Hirson. It offers several postgraduate programmes, including an MA in human rights , and is a major international centre for studying the history, politics, sociology and law of anglophone Africa, the anglophone Caribbean and other areas formerly part of the British Empire . External links http www.commonwealth.sas.ac.uk Institute of Commonwealth Studies University of London DEFAULTSORT Institute Of Commonwealth Studies Category School of Advanced Study Commonwealth Studies Category Academics of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London Category Commonwealth Family Category Association of Commonwealth Universities Category Educational institutions established in 1949 Category Caribbean studies Category 1949 establishments in England UK university stub ... more details
Institute of Oriental Studies , sometimes also rendered as Institute of or for Orientalism may refer to a number of research and education institutions worldwide in the field of Oriental studiesInstitute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , formerly of the USSR Academy of Sciences, a research institute in Moscow and Saint Petersburg under this name since 1930 Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies , a university level educational institution in Moscow in 1920 1954 A number of Institutes of Oriental Studies within the USSR Academy of Sciences Academies of Sciences of many Republics of the USSR . See also Oriental Institute disambiguation Category Asian studies disambig ... more details
The Institute of English Studies abbreviated as IES is a centre of excellence in the research, promotion and facilitation in the field English Literature and Language. With a specialisation in Book History ... Studies in the national and international academic community. The Institute , located in Senate ... the School of Advanced Study , University of London . History The Institute of English Studies began as the Centre for English Studies CES in 1991 and soon became a Programme of the School of Advanced Study on its foundation in 1994. The University of London Council conferred institute status on the CES on 2 December 1998 granting it official status as the http ies.sas.ac.uk Institute of English Studies on 1 January 1999. Networks The Institute is partner in a number of important research networks and collaborations. In 2001 it helped establish the Centre for Manuscript and Print Studies , a collaboration between The British Library, St Bride Library, University of London Research Library ... of Reading, Literature Department, Open University, The Shakespeare Institute, and The Centre for Textual Studies, De Montfort University. It also hosts and administers two prestigious and distinguished ... The Malone Society . Research The Institute is a leading organisation in the research of English Literary Studies where it hosts and manages a variety of research projects such as A History of Oxford ... in collaboration with http www.bl.uk The British Library , Between Two Worlds Authors and Publishers 1870 1939 and The Irish Book in the Twentieth Century. Publications The Institute of English is home ... The intellectual and scholarly community of the Institute thrives due to the collaboration between .... Among the Academic Staff at the Institute are Warwick Gould Director Sandra Clark Deputy Director ... Mierlo Lecturer in Textual Scholarship and English Literature Marcus Dahl Lecturer in Authorship Studies Senior Research Fellows of the Institute include Brian Vickers literary scholar Sir Brian Vickers ... more details
The Institute of Classical Studies is a research institution associated with the University of London . A member of the School of Advanced Study . The Institute is a national and international research Institute in the languages, literature, history, art, archaeology and philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. The Institute was founded in 1953 by the Senate of the University of London as a partnership between the University and the Hellenic and Roman Societies. External links http icls.sas.ac.uk Institute of Classical Studies Homepage http www.pgwip.org.uk Institute of Classical Studies Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar official website University of London Category School of Advanced Study Category University of London Category Educational institutions established in 1953 Category 1953 establishments in England UK university stub de Institute of Classical Studies ... more details
disambig The Institute for National Security Studies may refer to Institute for National Security Studies United States , an institute of the United States Air Force , http www.usafa.edu df inss Institute for National Security Studies Israel , an external institute of Tel Aviv University , ref name ETHZ INSS http www.isn.ethz.ch isn Communities and Partners Partners Detail ?lng en&id 49257 ref http www.inss.org.il References references ... more details
otheruses ISS The Institute of Strategic Studies ISS is a strategic studies think tank based in Islamabad , Pakistan . It is funded by the Pakistan Foreign Office , its most famous member being the nationalist commentator Shireen Mazari . The organisation is devoted to providing an in depth understanding and objective analysis of regional and global strategic issues, affecting international peace and security. External links http www.issi.org.pk Institute of Strategic Studies DEFAULTSORT Institute of Strategic Studies Category Foreign policy and strategy think tanks based in Pakistan Pakistan org stub ... more details
Image PIMS.jpg thumb The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at University of St. Michael s College St. Michael s College , University of Toronto Image PIMSdoor.jpg thumb upright Main entrance of the institute The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies PIMS is a research institute in the University of Toronto that is dedicated to advanced studies in the culture of the Middle Ages . It was founded in 1929 as the Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of St. Michael s College St ... established the Centre for Medieval Studies as part of the School of Graduate Studies, for students pursuing a master s degree or doctorate in medieval studies . Teaching at these levels gradually passed from the Institute to the Centre. The Centre officially uses the spelling medieval while PIMS uses mediaeval . As of 1998 the institute became an exclusively postdoctoral research centre, and it accepts students who have recently completed their doctoral studies and wish to conduct specialized research in medieval studies. The centre offers programs within the School of Graduate Studies at the university, and continues to have access to the PIMS building and library. Graduates of the institute are normally awarded the Licence in Mediaeval Studies LMS . Up until 1958 the institute ... Institute of Mediaeval Studies Act of 2005 gave the institute academic autonomy from the university. Under the act, PIMS is administered by a board of governors with its academic affairs vested in the Institute ... of research on the Middle Ages, Mediaeval Studies , which began in 1939. Professors associated with the institute ... N 79.391086 W display title http www.pims.ca Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies http medieval.utoronto.ca ... Institute Of Mediaeval Studies Category University of Toronto Category Medieval studies Category ... by which it was given the power to grant the licenciate and doctorate degrees in medieval studies ... Collins , acts as the chancellor of the institute. The Praeses or president of the Institute ... more details
primary sources date October 2011 The Policy StudiesInstitute is a British think tank. It was formed in 1978 through the merger of the former Centre for Studies in Social Policy est 1972 and Political and Economic Planning est 1931 . Since 1998 it has been an independent subsidiary of the University of Westminster . ref cite web url http www.psi.org.uk about title About PSI publisher The Policy StudiesInstitute ref In 2009 PSI merged with the University of Westminster, and it is expected it will cease to operate as a separate charity. ref cite web url http www.charity commission.gov.uk Showcharity RegisterOfCharities CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber 313819&SubsidiaryNumber 0 title Charity Commission publisher Charity Commission ref The current director of PSI is Malcolm Rigg. The Institute presently undertakes qualitative and quantitative research in two broad areas work and social policy, and the environment. The Institute is also a partner in a number of initiatives with other bodies, including the Green Fiscal Commission . PSI launched two journals, Cultural Trends and Policy Studies , both of which are now published by Taylor & Francis . PSI takes a politically neutral stance on issues of public policy and has no connections with any political party, commercial interest or pressure group. Some of their http www.psi.org.uk publications archived.asp past publications have been archived on their website. Leading researchers who have worked at the Institute include Mayer Hillman , Paul Ekins and Tariq Modood . References reflist University of Westminster UK org stub Category Political and economic think tanks based in the United Kingdom ... more details
Refimprove date June 2007 The Prague Security StudiesInstitute PSSI is a non profit, non governmental organization established in early 2002 to advance the building of a just, secure, democratic, free market society in the Czech Republic and other post communist states. Its co founder Roger W. Robinson , Jr. is a former chairman of the William J. Casey Institute of the Center for Security Policy CSP . The PSSI has a host of neoconservative connections and evolved out of the 1998 establishment of the National Security Assessments Program ref History, http www.pssi.cz en about pssi history About PSSI , Prague Security StudiesInstitute , Accessed 11 June 2009 ref . According to its website PSSI s mission is to help build an ever growing group of informed and security minded policy makers dedicated to the development of democratic institutions and values in the Czech Republic and its regional neighbors. PSSI offers programs that meet the critical requirement to equip new generations of young leaders to manage the complex, security related challenges of the 21st century. ref http www.pssi.cz ... Sorbonne Prof. Fran oise Thom Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies in Bonn, Dr. Holger ... and led to the founding of the Prague Security StudiesInstitute in 2002. External links http www.pssi.cz PSSI Official Website Neocon Europe http www.neoconeurope.eu Prague Security StudiesInstitute Prague Security StudiesInstitute Notes references Category Non profit organizations based in the Czech Republic Category Security studies Category Political and economic think tanks based in Europe ... as an independent program within the Civic Institute, one of the Czech Republic s first non ... to the Prime Minister of Poland, Piotr Naimsky Air Marshal and former Chief of British Defence Intelligence, Sir John Walker Professor of International Security Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy ... Institute to create The Bell Association for Freedom and Democracy. In the succeeding two years, the syllabus ... more details
The Institute of Development Studies IDS based at the University of Sussex is a global organisation for research, teaching and communications on international development . In all its work, IDS aims to challenge convention and to generate fresh ideas that foster new approaches to development policy and practice. IDS has five research teams based on the following themes Globalisation Participation decision making Participation , Power, and Social Change Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Knowledge, Technology and Society Governance IDS also has eight postgraduate programmes and a variety of knowledge services including id21, Eldis , the British Library for Development Studies, and BRIDGE . Management and funding Established in 1966 as an independent research institute, IDS has close links with the University, but is financially and constitutionally independent. The Institute s Board of Trustees consists of up to 20 members, the majority of whom are independent. The current Chair of Trustees is Richard Manning. Notable academics In the early years of IDS, Dudley Seers served as Director and Professorial Fellow from 1967 to 1972. Hans Singer , who was knighted in 1994 in recognition for his service, was also a Professorial Fellow from 1969 until 2006. John Toye ref http www.worldwhoswho.com public views entry.html?id sl2170598 John Toye s Biography on World Who s Who website ref was Director of IDS from 1987 97. Alison Evans ref http www.odi.org.uk about staff profile.asp?id 135&name alison evans Alison Evans Biography on the Overseas Development Institute website ref , an IDS graduate and IDS Research Fellow from 2005 6 is now Director of the http www.odi.org.uk Overseas Development Institute . References references External links http www.ids.ac.uk Institute of Development Studies website UK org stub Category University of Sussex Category Educational institutions established in 1966 ... more details
The Institute of National Studies is an institute located in Tiaret , Algeria . Its library holds 25,000 volumes. ref http www.nationsencyclopedia.com Africa Algeria LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS.html Algeria Libraries and museums ref References reflist Category Algeria ... more details
infobox organization name International Institute for Strategic Studies image Arundel House.jpg caption Arundel House, in Temple, London Temple district of central London size abbreviation IISS motto formation 1958 type International relations think tank headquarters London , United Kingdom leader title Director General and Chief Executive leader name John Chipman international relations John Chipman website http www.iiss.org www.iiss.org The International Institute for Strategic Studies IISS is a United Kingdom British research institute or think tank in the area of International relations international affairs . It describes itself as the world s leading authority on political military conflict . Since 1997 its headquarters have been Arundel House , in London . Overview Founded in 1958, with its original focus nuclear deterrence and arms control, the IISS has strong establishment links with former US and British government officials among its members. The institute claims that it was hugely ..., a former Director. Michael Howard historian Sir Michael Howard , the British military historian, is President Emeritus . Sir Michael founded the institute together with the British Labour M.P. ... Adelphi Papers , the monograph series is the Institute References reflist External links http www.iiss.org International Institute for Strategic Studies official website Use dmy dates date August ... companies limited by guarantee of the United Kingdom da The International Institute for Strategic Studies de International Institute for Strategic Studies fr International Institute for Strategic Studies ... and the informed public. The Institute owes no allegiance to any government, or to any political or other organisation. The Institute claims 2,500 Individual Members and 450 Corporate and Institutional ... affairs. The Institute hosts the Shangri La Dialogue , an annual meeting of Asia Pacific ... Manning , a career diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Israel from 1993 1995 and the United ... more details
Image China House Side.JPG thumb 300px China House, University Park Campus The Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies is located at the University of Nottingham , England . It is situated in China House on the University Park Campus . It is an interdisciplinary institute studying the commerce, culture, and society of China , and promoting links with that country. It was officially opened on the 15 June 2000 by His Excellency Mr. Ma Zhengang, the Chinese Ambassador diplomacy Ambassador to the United Kingdom. The Institute has been awarded School status. From the 2007 academic year it will be known as School of Contemporary Chinese Studies. External links http www.nottingham.ac.uk chinese studiesInstitute of Contemporary Chinese Studies Category University of Nottingham UK university stub ... more details
refimprove date January 2011 The Institute of Fundamental Studies , also known as IFS, is the premier institute of basic and applied research in Sri Lanka . It was established in 1981 by an act of parliament ref cite web url http www.ifs.ac.lk pdf act.pdf title Institute of Fundamental Studies Sri Lanka, Act 55 of 1981 publisher Parliament of the Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka ref and initially located in Colombo and then in 1985 relocated to Kandy . The goal of establishing IFS was to stimulate the growth of knowledge by the enhancement of the countries national scientific research capability, in selected fields to eventually build a knowledge based Sri Lankan society. Objectives of the institute thus are to conduct basic research in the fields of mathematics, chemistry, life sciences and social sciences as well as dissemination of gained knowledge. IFS also trains around 32 graduate students at any given time. IFS is administered by a twelve member Board of Governors with his Excellency Mahinda Rajapakse, the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as the Chairman .... Members of the research council Chairman Prof. C.B. Dissanayake, Director, Institute of Fundamental Studies Prof. J.M.S. Bandara, Institute of Fundamental Studies Prof. U.L.B. Jayasinghe, Institute of Fundamental Studies Prof. N.S. Kumar, Institute of Fundamental Studies Prof. A. Nanayakkara, Institute of Fundamental Studies Prof. G. Seneviratne, Institute of Fundamental Studies Dr. S.P. Benjamin, Institute of Fundamental Studies Dr. N.D. Subasinghe, Institute of Fundamental Studies Dr. M.C.M. Iqbal, Institute of Fundamental Studies Dr. D.N. Magana Arachchi, Institute of Fundamental Studies Dr. R. Rathnayake, Institute of Fundamental Studies Dr. M. Vithanage, Institute of Fundamental Studies ..., Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya Mr. K. T. Waisundara, Secretary Institute of Fundamental Studies References reflist External links official http www.ifs.ac.lk Kandy landmarks coord missing ... more details
The Institute of Latin American Studies ILAS was set up in 1965 at the University of London , with the objective of providing postgraduate level teaching and a focus for research on the literature, history, politics and economics of Latin America and the Caribbean . In August 2004 the ILAS merged with the Institute of United States Studies IUSS , also founded in 1965. They became the Institute for the Study of the Americas , which forms part of the University of London s School of Advanced Study . External links http polarch.sas.ac.uk pages intro.htm Website of a project sponsored jointly by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies ICS and the Institute for the Study of the Americas ISA Containing historical archives and access to an extensive collection of political ephemera. Category School of Advanced Study Latin American Studies Category Latin American studies Category Educational institutions established in 1965 UK university stub ... more details
Image farmington logo.gif thumb right Logo of the Farmington Institute The Farmington Institute for Christian Studies is based at Harris Manchester College , a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom . Dr Ralph Waller is both principal university Principal of the College and Director of the Farmington Institute. Origin of the Institute The Farmington Institute was founded by the late Hon. Robert Bobby Willis, a member of the West Country tobacco family W.D. & H.O. Wills ref http www.telegraph.co.uk education main.jhtml?xml education 2002 08 29 tefteach29.xml The Daily Telegraph 29 August 2002 ref , to support, encourage and improve Christian education in school schools , college colleges and university universities . The idea for founding the Institute came to him ... did survive, and so set up the Institute. ref name trust http www.farmington.ac.uk documents History 20of 20the 20Farmington 20Trust.pdf The History of the Farmington Trust ref Aims of the Institute Originally the Institute was instrumental in setting up regional Religious Education RE resource centres .... The Institute pays for all incidental expenses, including providing a replacement teacher in the Fellow ... Millennium Grants in 1997 and 2000, the Institute is now able to offer Farmington Fellowships to primary ... with Special Educational Needs , as well as headteacher s. The Institute also gives Fellowships to the British Armed Forces to undertake research into moral and ethical leadership. The Farmington Papers, provided free to members of the Institute, are aimed at RE teachers and others interested .... The Institute is Ecumenism ecumenical in its Christian outlook and takes a particular interest ... http www.farmington.ac.uk Farmington Institute website http www.farmington.ac.uk documents History 20of 20the 20Farmington 20Trust.pdf History of the Farmington Institute http www.farmington.ac.uk documents ... Institute on the RE Today website coord 51.756 1.252 type edu region GB OXF display title Category ... more details
The Institute of Native American Studies INAS was founded in 2004 at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia , to provide programming, instruction, and research support in Indigenous peoples of the Americas Native American Studies. INAS offers undergraduate and graduate certificates as well as courses related to Native Americans in the areas of archaeology , cultures, history , law and policy, and literature . External links http www.uga.edu inas Institute of Native American Studies website coord missing Georgia U.S. state Category Colleges and schools of the University of Georgia UGeorgia stub ... more details
Refimprove date January 2009 The Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies French language French name the Institut d Etudes Transtextuelles and Transculturelles &ndash IETT is a research institute based in Lyon , France . It focusses on transnational and transdisciplinary approaches to questions of textual and cultural representations of nations , minorities , globalization , and diaspora diasporic communities . Its current director is Gregory B. Lee . The Institute is a constituent partner of the International Institute for Diasporic and Transcultural Studies IIDTS , a transnational institute incorporating Jean Moulin University Lyon, France , the University of Cyprus , Sun Yat sen University Guangzhou Canton , China and Liverpool Hope University UK . This is a dedicated research network operating in a transdisciplinary manner and focussed on cultural representation and self representation of diasporic communities throughout the world. The institute sponsors the trilingual academic journal Transtext e s Transcultures A Journal of Global Cultural Studies External links http www.transtexts.net Transtext e s Transcultures A Journal of Global Cultural Studies http www.iett.eu Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies coord missing France Category Education in Lyon Category Research institutes in France Category Social science institutes ... more details
File Moscow, embassy of Armenia 2 .jpg thumb This is an article about a defunct university in Moscow. For a modern research institution in Moscow, see Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences seealso Institute of Oriental Studies Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies lang ru , abbreviated MIV was a university level educational institution that operated in Moscow , Russia, in 1920 1954. It was created as a result of merging Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages and the Oriental studies departments in Moscow s other higher educational institutions. When the institute was closed in 1954, its Department of Indian Languages and Department of the Languages of the Near and Middle East have been transferred into Moscow State Institute of International Relations . coord 55 45 37 N 37 38 05 E region RU type landmark source kolossus ruwiki display title DEFAULTSORT Moscow Institute Of Oriental Studies Category Universities in Moscow Category Educational institutions established in 1921 Category Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union Category Education in the Soviet Union Russia university stub ja ru ... more details
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