Affiliation : University of Lodz    Head of the Institue : professor Jolanta Sierakowska-Dyndo    Date of establishment : 1932    Field : Oriental Studies    Tel : (48-22) 826-36-83    Fax : (48-22) 826-36-83    Addres : Krakowskie Przedmieście , 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa ,    Email : j.sierakowska-dyndo@uw.edu.pl    Url : http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl    More : In years 1990-1999 new units of Institute of Oriental Studies are founded; Institute of Oriental Studies consists of 12 departments and one centre: - Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies - Department of Assyriology and Hittitology - Department of South Asian Studies - Department of Egyptology - Department of Hebrew Studies - Department of Iranian Studies - Department of European Islam Studies - Department of Japanese and Korean Studies - Department of African Languages and Cultures - Department of Chinese Language - Department of Middle East Studies - Department of Turkish Studies and Inner Asian Peoples - Centre of East European Studies Today the academic staff of Faculty of Oriental Studies employs over 150 members and educates about 1000 students 23 Jan. 2008 Institute of Oriental Studies legally transformed into Faculty of Oriental Studies based on Act no.332 by Senate of University of Warsaw (Monitor UW no. 1 dated 23.01.2008)