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

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 | Pubblicato 21 Ottobre 2018 | Lingua en, it

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