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

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 en, it

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