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

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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