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

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 en, it

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