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