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

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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