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

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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