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