SORIENTE ANTONIA

Name: Antonia Soriente
Nationality: Italian
E-mail: asoriente@unior.it

My main research field is the description and the documentation of Kenyah and Punan languages of Borneo for which I have collected extensive documentation. I also engage in research on Indonesian contemporary literature and culture.

2022 Full Professor of Indonesian language and literature at Università di Napoli L’Orientale - Napoli.
2013 Member of the Doctoral School in Asian African and Mediterranean studies at Università di Napoli L’Orientale
2018 Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Project Maritime Cultural Resource of Indonesia: Contemporary boatbuilding in Tana Beru. Università di Napoli L’Orientale and Universitas Indonesia.
2017-2020 Member of the Research Project CRISEA (Competing Regional Integrationin South-East Asia) Horizon 2020
2017-2020 Member of the Research Project A Research on Varieties of Malayic Languages coordinated by Atsuko Utsumi - Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
2013-present Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, TUFS Tokyo
2013-2017 Member of the international project on lexicography and textual analysis of the terms of Peace
2017-2020 Member of of the international Research Project "A Research on Varieties of Malayic Languages"
coordinated by Atsuko Utsumi (Meisei University and Tokyo University of Foreign studies)
2017-2020 Member of the international project European Commission Horison 2020 "Competing Regional Integration in Southeast Asia: the search for legitimacy (CRISEA)" coordinated by EFEO
2007-2011 Member of the international project of textual analysis on emotions and states of mind
2009-2015 Guest scholar for Linguistic research for the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology- Department of Linguistics
2010-2013 Member of the international research project coordinated by Asako Shiohara, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies "Descriptive Studies on Indonesian Languages: Their Diversity and Similarity"
2000-2009 Linguistic researcher for the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology- Department of Linguistics

Research and Other experiences

2019-2021 Fieldtrips in Tana Beru (Bulukumba-South Sulawesi) for the the Interdisciplinary Research Project “Maritime Cultural Resource of Indonesia: an international joint project.
2013-2019 Instructor for Language documentation workshop at Universitas Hasanuddin, Universitas Artha Wacana, Universitas Negeri Manado, Universitas Mulawarman, Universitas Udayana Bali organized by Tokyo University of foreign studies and Universitas Atma Jaya

2004-2018 Linguistic fieldtrips of an average of three weeks each year in Kalimantan Timur and Kalimantan Utara (Kenyah, Kayanic, Punan and Penan communities)
1993-1996 Member of the interdisciplinary Research Project ‘Culture and Conservation in Kayan Mentarang – Kalimantan’ directed by Bernard Sellato and financed UNESCO and WWF Indonesia (1993-1995). Fieldtrips in Kalimantan Timur (Kenyah communities)
Organization of Conferences and workshops

2022 Organization of VII CUCS Conference (University Network for Cooperation)
2019 Organization of the 4th ITASEAS Conference (Italian Association of South-East Asian Studies)
2016 Organization of the 3rd ITASEAS Conference (Italian Association of South-East Asian Studies
Conference)
2014 Organization of ISMIL 18 Conference (The Eighteenth International Symposium On Malay/Indonesian Linguistics)
2011 Coordination and organization of the Second conference on Italian Sout East Asian Studies (ITASEAS)’

Editorial/scientific board

Scientific Board of ItaliAsean. Roma
Editorial Board of Jurnal Bahasa Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur.
Board of ISMEO (Associazione internazionale di studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente) Roma.
Editorial Board of RISE (Relazioni internazionali e International political economy del Sud-Est asiatico)
2015 Board of ICAL International Conference on Austronesian linguistics
2013 Editorial board of NUSA: Linguistic studies of languages in and around Indonesia. Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia and ILCAA at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Tokyo
2013 Scientific board of Asiasphere. Atmosphere Libri. Roma

Membership of Scientific Organizations

Italian Association of South East Asian Studies (ITASEAS)
European Association of South East Asian Studies (EUROSEAS)
Società italiana di Glottologia (SIG)
Associazione italiana di Linguistica Italiana (AItLA)
Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente (ISMEO) Roma
ItaliAsean, Roma
International Association for the study of Indonesian Oral Traditions ATL (Asosiasi tradisi Lisan)
Borneo Research Council (BRC)
Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia (MLI)

Languages Italian, English, Indonesian/Malay, French, Kenyah, Penan