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

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 en, it

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