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oriental studies

study of Asia and Asian history, cultures, languages, peoples, etc.
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Summary

oriental studies is an academic discipline[1]. It draws 1,695 Wikipedia views per month (academic discipline category, ranking #131 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic major[3]
  • Subclass of: area studies[4]
  • Commons category: Oriental studies[5]
  • Said to be the same as: Asian studies[6]
  • Has part(s): Arabic studies[7], Semitic studies[8], Islamic studies[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oriental studies[10]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedic Lexicon[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[12]
  • Different from: Orientalism[13]
  • Practiced by: orientalist[14]

Why It Matters

oriental studies has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Adam Olearius Ahatanhel Krymsky Alexander Cunningham Alexandra David-Néel American Institute of Afghanistan Studies Arabic studies area studies Aurel Stein Bedřich Hrozný Bernard Lewis Bialik Institute Brian Houghton Hodgson Centre for the Study of Globalization and Cultures, University of Hong Kong Edwin Arnold Friedrich Max Müller Ğäbdelxäy Äxätef Georg Friedrich Grotefend Ignaz Goldziher Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales Islamic studies Japanese studies Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall Julius Wellhausen Lev Gumilev Nikolai Marr Rasmus Rask sinology Theodor Nöldeke Turkology Wilhelm Schickard

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0228593-orientalistika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0228593-orientalistika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Orientalism
    Subclass of → area studies
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 11898, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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