CZECH SINOLOGIST APPOINTED MEMBER OF IsMEO

By J. Kolmas

The Italian Institute for the Middle and Far East (IsMEO) has decided to
appoint Professor Augustin Pal t, doyen of Chinese Studies in the Czech
Republic and former vice-director of the Oriental Institute of the then
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, as 'Corresponding Member' of the
Institute.

"We feel sure," writes Professor Gherardo Gnoli, Director of the IsMEO in
his letter to Professor Pal t, "that by such an appointment your relations
with our Institute and with the Italian culture will be further
strengthened and tightened. We hope therefore, that you will accept to
become a member of our Institute and give us your precious collaboration,
also in this new capacity, thus helping the IsMEO to attain its
institutional aims."