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

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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