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

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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