CURRICULUM VITAE

 

ANTONIA SORIENTE

 

Personal

 

Name                        Antonia Soriente

Nationality                Italian

Personal Address     via Portaromana 194- 84015 Nocera Superiore SA tel. 081-5174144

                                 cell. +39 3476207680

Business Address     University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ Piazza San Domenico Maggiore

                                 Napoli - Italy

E-mail                       asoriente@unior.it

 

Education

 

1995- 2003          PhD in Historical Linguistics with dissertation: "A classification of the Kenyah languages in East Kalimantan and Sarawak" Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

1991-1995           Master  in Linguistics (Dialectology) at Universitas Indonesia.

1982-1988           BA in foreign languages with thesis on Indonesian Linguistics. Istituto Universitario Orientale Napoli - Italy

 

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

 

Academic and research positions

 

2015-present       Academic staff for Università di Napoli “L’Orientale” Napoli. Associate Professor of Indonesian language and literature.

2013- present      Member of the Doctoral School in Asian African and Mediterranean studies at Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”.

2017-2020           Member of the Research Project CRISEA (Competing Regional Integrationin South-East Asia) of  European Commission - Horizon 2020 coordinated by EFEO.

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, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

2009-2014           Academic staff for Università di Napoli “L’Orientale” Napoli.  Assistant Professor in Indonesian language and literature.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

2013-present        Member of the international project on lexicography and textual analysis of the terms of Peace “Le mots

                            de la paix – Terminology of Peace” coordinated by Sylvie Denoix and Michele Bernardini.

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 (École Française d'Extrême-Orient).

2007-2011           Member of the international project of textual analysis on emotions and states of mind coordinated by Prof. Paolo Santangelo.

2009-2015           Guest scholar for Linguistic research for the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology- Department of Linguistics (Jakarta Field Station).

2010-2013           Member of the international research project coordinated by Asako Shiohara of Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, 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 (Jakarta Field Station) for the project of Jakarta Indonesian Child Language Acquisition. Research on Bilingualism. Research on Figurative Language. Documentation and Description of Kenyah and Penan languages.

2004-2009           Visiting Professor of Indonesian language and literature at the Literature Faculty of Università di Napoli “L’Orientale” Napoli

2000-2001           Instructor of General Linguistics for the Post graduate course of Applied Linguistics at Universitas Atmajaya, Jakarta.

1999-2000           Lecturer of Italian Language and Culture at the Literature Faculty of  Universitas Negeri Jakarta.

1995-1999           Lecturer of Italian Language and Culture at the Literature Faculty of  Universitas Indonesia.

 

Research and Other experiences

 

2017                         Instructor for Language documentation workshop at Universitas Artha Wacana, Kupang                                                    organized by Tokyo University of foreign studies and Universitas Atma Jaya Jakarta. (4-6                                                        October 2017).

2016                         Instructor for Language documentation workshop at Universitas Artha Wacana, Kupang                                                    organized by Tokyo University of foreign studies and Universitas Atma Jaya Jakarta. (28-30                                        November 2016).

2015                         Instructor for Language documentation workshop at Universitas Negeri Manado, Manado                                                               organized by Tokyo University of Foreign studies (6-8 August 2015).

2014                         Instructor for Language documentation workshop at Universiti Malaysia Sabah organized by                                             Tokyo University of foreign studies and and Universiti Malaysia Sabah. (11-12 August 2014).

2014                         Instructor for Language documentation workshop of the lnguages of Kalimantan at                                                                          Universitas Mulawarman Samarinda organized by Tokyo University of foreign studies (19-21                                               August 2014).

2013                         Instructor for Language documentation workshop held at Universitas Udayana Bali organized                                           by Tokyo University of foreign studies (5-6 August 2013).

2015                         Official translator for Italian and Indonesian for the State visit of the President of Italian Republic to Indonesia

2006                         Bali Workshop on language documentation organized by the Wolkswagen Foundation 11 July-                                         2 August 2006).

 

2004-2018                Linguistic fieldtrips of an average of three weeks each year in Kalimantan Timur and Kalimantan Utara (Kenyah, Kayanic, Punan and Penan communities)

1993-1995                        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).

1993                         Linguistic fieldtrip in Kalimantan Timur (5 months) (Kenyah communities)

1995                         Linguistic fieldtrip in Kalimantan Timur (2 months) (Kenyah communities)

1997                         Linguistic fieldtrip in Sarawak (2 months) (Kenyah communities)

1991-2010                Interpreter and translator from and to Indonesian and Italian in Indonesia

 

Conference papers

 

Invited speaker

 

2019                Universitas Atma Jaya Jakarta-PKBB. “Italy and Indonesia. How much do they know each other? A Literary perspective”.

 

2019                Language documentation 7 University of Bolzano 11-13 February 2019 “Documenting variation in Punan  Kalimantan – Indonesia.  Experiences and reflections”.

 

2018                1^st International Conference on  natural resources and sustainable development. Universitas Sumatera Utara - Medan.  “Sustainability at stake in Borneo. The contribution of the the study on Kenyah and Punan languages and cultures.”

2018                1^st International Conference on Local Wisdom Incolwis Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta. “A multi-disciplinary approach in the study of languages, cultures and local wisdom. Experience from the Kenyah and Punan of Kalimantan Utara”.

2018                Workshop CRISEA at Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi.  “Generations of workers” Impact of 'development' in two Punan villages in Kalimantan-Indonesia.

 

2018                A Research on Varieties of Malayic Languages. II Workshop at TUFS Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. "Towards a characterization of the language spoken in Kalimantan Utara: Middle Indonesian, Common Indonesian or Regional Indonesian? Notes on morphosyntax".

2017                A Research on Varieties of Malayic Languages. I Workshop at TUFS Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. "The Indonesian language of interethnic communication in the Province of Kaltara, Kalimantan".

2017                International conference on Local Wisdom Universitas Sumatra Utara. "From Orality to Literacy. Empowering the Punan Tuvu’ community of North Kalimantan with a book on language and literature"

2017                International simposium on teaching Indonesian as a foreign language. Yogyakarta. Pengajaran bahasa Indonesia di Italia: Anak tiri di antara bahasa Asia. Tantangan, kendala dan harapan ke depan.

 

2017                International conference on Indonesia-Malaysia Relations (PAHMI 11) Universitas Indonesia. Borderland people of Borneo. Oral Literatures and the case study of the Punan Tuvu’ of North Kalimantan. Reflections on history, language identity and cultural contact in Borneo.

 

2016                International Seminar and workshop. Documenting Minority Languages: Theory and Practice. Universitas Kristen Arta Wacana, Kupang. “Language documentation and empowerment of local communities. Experiences in Borneo”.

 

2016                Kongres Bahasa Daerah Nusantara, Bandung. “Bahasa Kenyah dan Punan di Kalimantan Dewasa Ini: Tantangan dan Upaya Penyelamatan Peran dokumentasi bahasa dalam upaya pelestarian bahasa daerah di Kalimantan Utara.”

2016                Seminar nasional tradisi lisan Universitas Dwijendra, Denpasar “Kearifan lokal dan nilai budaya dalam sastra lisan Kenyah dan Punan di Kalimantan. Perspektif linguistik”.

2016                Konferensi internasional Masyarakat Linguistik Indonesia, KIMLI- Universitas Udayana Bali. “Language documentation and Oral Literature in the Punan Tuvu’ community of North Kalimantan.  Petualangan  Unjung dan Mbui Kuvong. Reflections on history, language identity and cultural contact in Borneo.

2015                Seminar Internasional Bahasa Dan Sastra Austronesia Dan Non-Austronesia VII – Universitas Udayana Denpasar, ”Language Classification in Borneo: the Position of Merap”.

 

2015                Diversity linguistics: Retrospect and Prospect. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Antrhopology, Leipzig. “A new look at the Kayanic branch: data from Merap”.

2013                International Asia Folklor Congress. Yogyakarta. Tradisi lisan Punan. Rekonstruksi Simbol identitas  di Borneo.  (Punan Oral tradition. Reconstruction of symbols of identity in Borneo).

 

2011                Songs of Memory Safeguarding Cultural Heritage at the Turn of the 21st Century  
Ateneo de Manila. “Documentation of oral traditions in the Kenyah and Punan communities of Borneo”

 

Conference papers

2019                AITLA XIX (The nineteen Conference of the Italian Association for

Applied Linguistics, University of Cagliari. “National language versus

Local languages Indonesia: globalization and localism in tension in North Kalimantan.

 

2018                The Twelfth International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies (CHAGS 12), Universiti Sains Malaysia USM, Penang. “What can languages tell us about the Punan ethnolinguistic groups?  A look into language variation among  the Punan of North Kalimantan”