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

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 | Pubblicato 21 Ottobre 2018 | Lingua it, en

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