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

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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