I libri di Ca’ Foscari

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

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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