Institute of Asian and African Studies

E397237

academic institute educational organization faculty

The Institute of Asian and African Studies is an academic unit of Moscow State University specializing in the languages, cultures, history, and politics of Asian and African regions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Institute of African and Asian Studies	1
Institute of Asian and African Countries	1
Institute of Asian and African Studies canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3907307 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Institute of Asian and African Studies
Context triple: [MSU, hasInstitute, Institute of Asian and African Studies]

A. Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies
The Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies is a specialized research and education institution at Kyoto University focused on the societies, cultures, and environments of Asia and Africa.
B. Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies
The Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies is an academic department specializing in the languages, cultures, histories, and religions of South Asia and Central Asia.
C. Institute of Japanese Studies
The Institute of Japanese Studies is an academic department dedicated to the research and teaching of Japanese language, culture, history, and society.
D. Institute of Oriental Studies
The Institute of Oriental Studies is an academic department dedicated to the research and teaching of Asian and Middle Eastern languages, cultures, histories, and societies.
E. Institute of Regional Studies
The Institute of Regional Studies is an academic and research center at the University of Peshawar focused on the study of regional issues, politics, and socio-economic developments.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Institute of Asian and African Studies
Target entity description: The Institute of Asian and African Studies is an academic unit of Moscow State University specializing in the languages, cultures, history, and politics of Asian and African regions.

A. Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies
The Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies is a specialized research and education institution at Kyoto University focused on the societies, cultures, and environments of Asia and Africa.
B. Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies
The Institute of Indology and Central Asian Studies is an academic department specializing in the languages, cultures, histories, and religions of South Asia and Central Asia.
C. Institute of Japanese Studies
The Institute of Japanese Studies is an academic department dedicated to the research and teaching of Japanese language, culture, history, and society.
D. Institute of Oriental Studies
The Institute of Oriental Studies is an academic department dedicated to the research and teaching of Asian and Middle Eastern languages, cultures, histories, and societies.
E. Institute of Regional Studies
The Institute of Regional Studies is an academic and research center at the University of Peshawar focused on the study of regional issues, politics, and socio-economic developments.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic institute ⓘ educational organization ⓘ faculty ⓘ
academicDiscipline	Oriental studies ⓘ area studies ⓘ
affiliation	Moscow State University ⓘ
alternativeName	IAAS MSU ⓘ linked to: MSU Institute of Asian and African Countries of Moscow State University ⓘ
continentFocus	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cultural studies ⓘ history ⓘ linguistics ⓘ political science ⓘ regional studies ⓘ
focusesOn	African studies ⓘ Asian studies ⓘ Oriental studies ⓘ
hasAcademicFocus	languages of Africa ⓘ languages of Asia ⓘ political systems of Africa ⓘ political systems of Asia ⓘ societies of Africa ⓘ societies of Asia ⓘ
hasParentOrganization	Lomonosov Moscow State University ⓘ linked to: Moscow State University
hasType	university institute ⓘ
isInEducationalSystem	higher education in Russia ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	Moscow ⓘ Moscow State University campus ⓘ linked to: Moscow State University
offersProgram	graduate education ⓘ postgraduate education ⓘ undergraduate education ⓘ
operatedBy	Moscow State University ⓘ
partOf	Moscow State University ⓘ
regionServed	Eurasia ⓘ Russia ⓘ
researchArea	African cultures ⓘ African history ⓘ African languages ⓘ African politics ⓘ Asian cultures ⓘ Asian history ⓘ Asian languages ⓘ Asian politics ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MSU → hasInstitute → Institute of Asian and African Studies ⓘ

Vladimir Zhirinovsky → educatedAt → Institute of Asian and African Countries ⓘ

linked to: Institute of Asian and African Studies

UofK → hasInstitute → Institute of African and Asian Studies ⓘ