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

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 it, en

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