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

Thema codes GTB • JNB • 1DST-IT-NVE

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

Subseries 1868-2018: storie di un ateneo

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