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