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