Congress I
Date
01-11 September 1873
Venue
Paris, La Sorbonne (Theology Room)
Call for contributions 
Proceedings
Table of contents 
Thematic sections
Japanese Studies; Chinese Studies; Indo-Chinese and Tartarian Studies; Studies on Oceania (South Pacific); Egyptian Studies; Studies in Assyriology and Semitic Archaeology; Semitic Studies; Iranian Studies; Dravidian Studies; Sanskrit Studies; Buddhist Studies; Armenian and Neo-Hellenic Studies; General Studies about Orientalism; several idioms.
Portuguese delegation 
Local commissioner to the International Commission
Charles Lucas, architect, delegate of the Portuguese Committee
Speaker
Joaquim Possidónio Narciso da Silva (national delegate, royal architect, and founder of the Archaeology Museum in Lisbon), Les études orientales chez les Portugais. – Essai bibliographique
Subscribing members
António da Silva Túlio, in representation of the Portuguese National Library and member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon
António Silveira, student at the École des Mines in Paris
Augusto Soromenho, professor of History at the Curso Superior de Letras and member of the Academy of Sciences
Counsellor António José Viale, member of the Academy of Sciences
Constantino de Freitas Jaime Moniz, State Minister and director-general of the Ministry of Public Instruction
Cunha Rivara, secretary-general of the State of India, Goa
D. Augusto, duke of Coimbra, Infant of Portugal
D. Manuel Bernardo de Sousa Eanes, bishop of Macau
D. Luís, king of Portugal and the Algarves
Francisco Martins de Andrade, numismatics conservator at the Portuguese National Library in Lisbon
Guilherme de Vasconcelos Abreu, bachelor in Mathematics from the University of Coimbra
Inácio de Vilhena Barbosa, member of the Academy of Sciences
João José de Mendonça Cortês, State Minister and professor at the University of Coimbra
Joaquim Possidónio Narciso da Silva, royal architect and founder of the Archaeological Museum in Lisbon
Jorge-César de Figanière, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Lisbon
José da Silva Loureiro, consul-general of Portugal in Nagasaki, Japan
José Isidoro Viana, physician in Lisbon
José Maria Silva Leal, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences
José Tavares Macedo, Minister of the Navy and member of the Academy of Sciences
The Marquis of Ávila e Bolama, president of the Peers’ Chamber and vice president of the Academy of Sciences
Viscount of São Januário
Dona Ana Bernex Serpa Pimentel
Dona Carlota, Viscountess of Meneses
Dona Maria, Viscountess of Rio Maior
Dona Isabel, Viscountess of Rio Maior
Dona Maria Inês Correia da Silva Leal
Dona Maria Teresa de Mascarenhas, lady-in-waiting to Queen D. Maria Pia
The Countess of Lavradio
The Countess of São Miguel
Institutions
Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon
National Library of Portugal
Royal Association of Portuguese Civil Architects and Archaeologists
University of Coimbra
Note
[to be provided soon...]
References
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VASCONCELOS ABREU, Guilherme de. 1874. Exposição Feita Perante os Membros da Commissão Nacional Portugueza do Congresso Internacional dos Orientalistas Convocados para Constituirem uma Associação Promotora dos Estudos Orientaes e Glotticos em Portugal. Lisboa: Typographia Luso-Britannica de W. T. Wood.
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