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

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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