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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 Jewish Studies • Arabic language • Teaching approaches • Alberto De’ Stefani • Hebrew • Japanese cartography • Lebanon • Lionello Lanciotti • Marco Polo Studies • Textual criticism • Diglossia • Chinese Studies • Ca’ Foscari Alumni • Colloquial Arabic • Ca’ Foscari • Eastern languages • Radiocarbon chronology • Scholars’ education and fields of research • Silk Road Studies • Japanese Studies • Learning needs • Social sciences • Austen Henry Layard • Arabian Studies • International students • Ca’ Foscari University • Nallino • Italian philology • Islamic Studies • Italian sinology • Mongolian Studies • Semitic Philology • South Asian Studies • China • Relations between Italy and Republican China • Prehistoric sites • History • Disciplinarity • Travel literature • History of the Department • Venetian Royal High School of Commerce • Japanese language instruction • History of Venice • Arturo De Luciano • Sindh • Asian Studies • Armenian Studies • Silkworms breeding • Jewish history • Italian-Japanese relations • Las Bela • Armenians in Venice • Change • Chiang Kai-shek • Indology • Near Estern Studies • Venice • Aramaic • Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio • Indus delta • Mario Sabattini • Italy • Orientalism • Ancient and modern Semitic 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 | Pubblicato 21 Ottobre 2018 | Lingua en, it

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