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

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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