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

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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