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

Thema codes GTB • JNB • 1DST-IT-NVE

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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