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Sorbian-oriented research is institutionally represented by the Serbski institut in Bautzen/Budyšin (Sorbian Institute) and the Institute for Sorbian Studies  (Institut für Sorabistik) at the University of Leipzig. The Sorbian Institute includes the Sorbian Central Library and the Sorbian culture archive. The institute cooperates with partners in Germany and with universities in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Russia. The institute also cooperates with the International Slavists Committee, the European Research Institute for Culture in Bonn and the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages in Dublin (Mercator 2016: 48). “The Sorbian Institute edits Lětopis , a scientific journal that appears twice a year and additionally has special editions” (Mercator 2016: 19).  The main Sorbian scientific society is Maśica Serbska (spelled Maćica Serbska in Upper Sorbian), founded in Bautzen/Budyšin in 1847. With its 120 members in both Lower and Upper Lusatia, voluntarily active in scien