Dear Reader,
the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC) was held in Strebersdorf, near Vienna (Austria), in 1980. One Japanese scholar, Ikegami Jirō, who at that time already could look back on a history of more than 20 years since his first participation in a PIAC meeting, wrote a detailed report about this Meeting. His report is especially valuable in light of the many changes that took place during the Meeting, and which are not visible from the original programme. By the way, another 20 years later, Ikegami Jirō was awarded the Indiana University Prize for Altaic Studies, colloquially known as the PIAC Medal, in 2002.
Oliver Corff
Secretary General
July 5, 2025.