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

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 it, en

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