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

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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