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

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 | Published Oct. 21, 2018 | Language it, en

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