The 9th International Conference “Written Historical Sources of the East. Aspects of Translation and Interpretation»

Abstract

Оn October 28–30, 2019, at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held the 9th International Conference “Written Historical Sources of the East. Aspects of Translation and Interpretation”. It attended by Orientalist scholars of different specialties: historians, specialists in languages and historians of literature. They offered their interpretation of the wide variety of historical sources written in more than 10 languages. The variety of researched material invited various approa ches and methods of its analysis as it has been demonstrated by 30 speakers, who represented institutions of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa and Olomouc (Czech Republic). The Conferences was opened by Professor Vladimir Alpatov, the Member of the Russian Academy. In his talk, he highlighted the fact that the interdisciplinary format of the Conference has transpired to attract various scholars who work on various aspects of the history of the East. Over a third of the conference participants attended it for the first time. The present communication provides a summary of the most interesting talks made at the conference.