Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 58 | 2022
Research Article | ‘Demonstrating on the Outside’ and ‘Reviving on the Inside’. The Oriental School of Rome and the Reorganisation of Oriental Studies in Italy
Abstract
This paper aims to retrace a piece of the history of Oriental Studies in Rome and, more broadly, in Italy in the first years of the 20th century. Starting from unpublished documents, it chronicles the events related to the establishment of the Oriental School at the University of Rome (1904) and the subsequent reorganisation effort its professors – directed by I. Guidi – had hoped for. This attempt was the occasion for F.L. Pullé, in his role of member of the High Council for Public Education, to draw up a detailed report on Italian Oriental Studies which put forth a series of concrete proposals for a more general renewal of this field. In addition to allowing a better understanding of the history of Roman – and, more generally, Italian – Oriental Studies, the events recounted herein are emblematic of a broader effort, sustained by the same Orientalists since the mid-nineteenth century, to give a recognisable identity and a unitary orientation to a diverse group of disciplines.
Submitted: Feb. 21, 2022 | Accepted: April 5, 2022 | Published June 30, 2022 | Language: it
Keywords Ignazio Guidi • Lodovico Nocentini • Francesco Lorenzo Pullé • History of Oriental Studies in Italy • History of Italian Culture • Celestino Schiaparelli • Post-Unification Italy • Graziadio Isaia Ascoli • Oriental School at University of Rome • Angelo De Gubernatis
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‘Demonstrating on the Outside’ and ‘Reviving on the Inside’. The Oriental School of Rome and the Reorganisation of Oriental Studies in Italy |
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Crisanti Alice |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari |
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Research Article |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2022/1/dimostrare-al-di-fuori-e-ravvivare-al-di-dentro-la/ |
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This paper aims to retrace a piece of the history of Oriental Studies in Rome and, more broadly, in Italy in the first years of the 20th century. Starting from unpublished documents, it chronicles the events related to the establishment of the Oriental School at the University of Rome (1904) and the subsequent reorganisation effort its professors – directed by I. Guidi – had hoped for. This attempt was the occasion for F.L. Pullé, in his role of member of the High Council for Public Education, to draw up a detailed report on Italian Oriental Studies which put forth a series of concrete proposals for a more general renewal of this field. In addition to allowing a better understanding of the history of Roman – and, more generally, Italian – Oriental Studies, the events recounted herein are emblematic of a broader effort, sustained by the same Orientalists since the mid-nineteenth century, to give a recognisable identity and a unitary orientation to a diverse group of disciplines. |
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Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale |
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Vol. 58 | June 2022 |
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2022-06-30 |
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2022-04-05 |
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2022-02-21 |
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2385-3042 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2022/01/016 |
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yes |
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Angelo De Gubernatis |
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Celestino Schiaparelli |
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Francesco Lorenzo Pullé |
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Graziadio Isaia Ascoli |
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History of Italian Culture |
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History of Oriental Studies in Italy |
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Ignazio Guidi |
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Lodovico Nocentini |
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Oriental School at University of Rome |
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Post-Unification Italy |
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