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

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 en, it

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