I libri di Ca’ Foscari

150 Years of Oriental Studies at Ca’ Foscari

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Abstract

Since its establishment in 1868, Ca’ Foscari University’s educational vocation has been marked by its attention to the study and teaching of Oriental languages. Inheriting the legacy of Venice as a commercial and cultural gateway to the East, the development of Oriental studies has been envisioned as one of the most important and peculiar missions of this University as a national educational institution. This volume revisits the history of the teaching and research on Middle, Central, South-Asian and East Asian languages and civilisations at Ca’ Foscari, and of this University’s relationships with the East, offering some insights and information about the evolution of these disciplines, the main protagonists and the multiple connections that have tied and still tie Ca’ Foscari with the Oriental world.

Keywords Hebrew • Aramaic • Diglossia • History of Venice • Relations between Italy and Republican China • Chinese Studies • Near Estern Studies • Lebanon • Textual criticism • Italian philology • Mario Sabattini • International students • Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio • Semitic Philology • Silkworms breeding • Sindh • Eastern languages • Arturo De Luciano • Italian sinology • Prehistoric sites • Scholars’ education and fields of research • Teaching approaches • Arabian Studies • Chiang Kai-shek • Colloquial Arabic • South Asian Studies • Change • Indology • History of the Department • Japanese Studies • Japanese language instruction • Marco Polo Studies • Ca’ Foscari University • Ca’ Foscari • Armenian Studies • Lionello Lanciotti • Islamic Studies • Las Bela • Armenians in Venice • Italy • Orientalism • Austen Henry Layard • Arabic language • Learning needs • Mongolian Studies • Ancient and modern Semitic languages • Alberto De’ Stefani • Nallino • Japanese cartography • Radiocarbon chronology • Disciplinarity • Social sciences • Italian-Japanese relations • Venetian Royal High School of Commerce • Asian Studies • Silk Road Studies • Jewish history • Travel literature • Indus delta • China • History • Venice • Jewish Studies • Ca’ Foscari Alumni

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-252-9 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-252-9 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-253-6 | Published Oct. 21, 2018 | Language it, en

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