IOCS

The Oriental Institute (since 2003 the Institute of Oriental and Classical Studies) was established at RSUH in 1994.

The Institute of Oriental and Classical Studies conducts research in several directions, its task being the study of various types of ancient and medieval Oriental as well as the Classical and Hellenistic cultures, each of which is treated as a single complex of diverse fields of human activity: religious, artistic, literary, linguistic, mythological, socio-cultural, public and political. This study also involves comparative analysis of those cultures and, equally, analysis of their interaction with Western cultures. The IOCS develops both individual scholarly projects addressing specific academic problems and projects in which large academic units are engaged.

RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
   Head: Dr. Natalia Yu. Chalisova 

The Department of History and Philology of the Ancient Middle East
Head: Dr. Leonid E. Kogan

The Department of History and Philology of the Far East
Head: Dr. Georgi S. Starostin

The Department of History and Philology of South and Central Asia
Head: Dr. Maksim A. Rusanov

The Department of Classical Philology
Head: Dr Nikolai P. Grintser

The Department of Ancient History
Head: Dr. Pavel P. Shkarenkov

The Sector of Comparative Linguistics
Head: Dr. Vladimir A. Dybo

The Sector of Comparative Studies of Eastern and Western Cultures
Head: Dr. Natalia Yu. Chalisova

The Sector of Ancient Middle Eastern Studies
Head: Dr. Sergey V. Loesov

The Sector of Classical Ancient Studies
Head: Dr. Nina V. Braginskaya

The Sector of Oriental and Hellenistic Archaeology
Head: Dr. Sergey Yu. Vnukov

E.Satanovsky Archaeological Collection