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