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

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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