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

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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