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

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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