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

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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