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

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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