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

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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