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

Thema codes GTB • JNB • 1DST-IT-NVE

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 it, en

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