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...guess you can characterize my move towards China as a passion that started after I had already made the decision that I wanted to study a foreign culture and language, but had not made a decision until I really got into it," Di Cosmo says. "Same thing for Inner Asia, by the way; as I tasted it, I became hungry for more! Isn't it how it usually happens...
...Cosmo, a native of Italy, became fascinated by ancient cultures and texts in high school, where he studied ancient Greek and philosophy, among other subjects. At the University of Venice, he chose to major in Oriental Studies...
...started studying Arabic, Russian and Chinese," recalls Di Cosmo, who now teaches Manchu, the language of the last imperial Chinese dynasty, along with his Inner Asian history classes. "But then I realized I couldn't study both Arabic and Chinese, so I dropped Arabic. I studied Chinese literature, language and history...
...research for his final dissertation on the Qing dynasty, Di Cosmo spent one year at the University of Nanjing in China, where his interest in Inner Asia and the nomadic groups that inhabited it grew...
However, no one would accuse Di Cosmo of locking himself in the library...