I libri di Ca’ Foscari

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Volume 8 | Review | 150 Years of Oriental Studies at 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 History of the Department • South Asian Studies • Austen Henry Layard • Ancient and modern Semitic languages • Japanese Studies • Asian Studies • Diglossia • Jewish Studies • Silkworms breeding • Social sciences • International students • Relations between Italy and Republican China • Alberto De’ Stefani • Near Estern Studies • Ca’ Foscari • Travel literature • Disciplinarity • Radiocarbon chronology • Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio • Semitic Philology • Change • Scholars’ education and fields of research • Indology • Prehistoric sites • Venetian Royal High School of Commerce • Chinese Studies • History • Las Bela • Nallino • Colloquial Arabic • Mongolian Studies • Textual criticism • Arturo De Luciano • Armenians in Venice • Indus delta • Hebrew • Ca’ Foscari Alumni • Japanese language instruction • Italy • Ca’ Foscari University • Mario Sabattini • Arabian Studies • Islamic Studies • Jewish history • Learning needs • Lebanon • Sindh • Venice • Eastern languages • Armenian Studies • Aramaic • Arabic language • Marco Polo Studies • Lionello Lanciotti • Orientalism • Japanese cartography • Italian philology • History of Venice • Italian sinology • Silk Road Studies • Teaching approaches • Italian-Japanese relations • China • Chiang Kai-shek

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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