I libri di Ca’ Foscari

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Volume 8 | Review | 150 Years of Oriental Studies at 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 Italian sinology • Travel literature • Ca’ Foscari • History of the Department • Arabic language • International students • Japanese Studies • Islamic Studies • History • Venice • Change • Teaching approaches • Arturo De Luciano • Textual criticism • Ca’ Foscari Alumni • Sindh • Jewish Studies • Radiocarbon chronology • Silk Road Studies • Italian philology • Nallino • Silkworms breeding • Semitic Philology • Austen Henry Layard • Lebanon • Indus delta • Chinese Studies • Prehistoric sites • Italy • Arabian Studies • Alberto De’ Stefani • Relations between Italy and Republican China • Ancient and modern Semitic languages • Japanese cartography • Jewish history • Marco Polo Studies • Colloquial Arabic • Learning needs • Las Bela • Mongolian Studies • Ca’ Foscari University • Japanese language instruction • History of Venice • Venetian Royal High School of Commerce • Disciplinarity • Eastern languages • Indology • Mario Sabattini • Aramaic • Chiang Kai-shek • Armenian Studies • Orientalism • Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio • Scholars’ education and fields of research • Social sciences • Near Estern Studies • Lionello Lanciotti • South Asian Studies • Italian-Japanese relations • Armenians in Venice • China • Asian Studies • Diglossia • Hebrew

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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