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