Research: Language and identity in Okinawan literature from the Meiji period to the first post-war period (working title)
Abstract:
The project aims to analyze the relationship between Ryukyu literature and identity focusing on the qualitative and quantitative use of local language, and analyzing characters and contexts in which the works take place. It will be examined literary works ranging from the Meiji period to the Second World War in order to deepen the understanding and analysis of how authors perceive themselves, their homeland and the new century.
Fields of interests: japanese language, sociolinguistics, modern literature, Okinawa, minority literature, Japan
Education
11/21 - today: PhD candidate in Civilizations of Asia and Africa, Sapienza University of Rome.
Research project: Language and identity in Okinawan literature from Meiji period to 1945;
09/2020: Master’s Degree in Oriental Languages and Civilizations at Sapienza University of Rome with the thesis entitled: "The linguistic varieties of the Japanese archipelago: the case of Ryukyu".
03/2017: Bachelor’s degree in Oriental Languages and Civilizations at Sapienza University of Rome with the thesis entitled: "Salaryman" (2005) by Kazunobu Takagi: the work ethic in Japanese companies.
Awards and Honors
01/2024: Subject expert in Japanese Studies (L-OR/22), Sapienza University of Rome.
Training Courses
24/01/2023 – 26/01/2023: Course in “Internalization of archivistic studies in Japan”, Ōita-ken Ritsu Sentetsu Shiryōkan (Ōita, Giappone). The course was aimed at studying medieval material from the Sentetsu Shiryōkan and training in methods of conservation of ancient paper;
05/2022: Course in Peer Mentoring, Sapienza University of Rome;
11/2021: Course in “Soft Skills for PhD students”, Sapienza University of Rome.
Publications
Farinaccia, Gloria (2023), “La nostalgia del furusato: dialogo tra la letteratura giapponese e quella di Okinawa
nella costruzione idilliaca del passato”, in Prayer, Mario (a cura di) (2023), Percorsi in Civiltà dell’Asia e dell’Africa
III. Quaderni di studi dottorali alla Sapienza, pp. 93-112.
Research missions abroad
05/11/2023 – 29/11/2023: Tokyo (Giappone). I have visited the National Diet Library and Waseda Library;
21/01/2023 – 04/02/2023: Tokyo and Ōita (Giappone). I have visited the National Diet Library and Ochanomizu Joshi Daigaku Library and attended the training course organised by Ōita-ken Ritsu Sentetsu Shiryōkan about archivistic studies.
20/11/2022 – 25/11/2022: Leiden (Paesi Bassi), in particular the Leiden University Library;
26/09/2022 – 03/10/2022: Sendai (Giappone), participation in the 7th Annual Hasekura International Japanese Studies Symposium “Naraku: Discord, Dysfunction, Dystopia”.
Contributions
09/2023: AISTUGIA (Associazione Italiana Studi Giapponesi) - XLVI Convegno di Studi sul Giappone.
Title: “Idetity and inferiority complex: Okinawa in Horobiyuku Ryūkyū Onna no Shuki by Kushi Fusako”;
09/2022: 7th Annual Hasekura International Japanese Studies Symposium: “Naraku, Discord, Dysfunction, Dystopia”, Tohoku University (Sendai, Giappone).
Title: “The search for an identity and the recollection of the past in prewar Okinawan fiction”.
University Service
05/2022 – 10/2022: Students’ Tutor, Sapienza University of Rome;
01/2018 – 04/2018: Students’ Advisor and Orienteering Instructor, Sapienza University of Rome;
05/2016 – 11/2016: Internship as Cultural Mediator in elementary school (I. C. Alberto Manzi, Rome, Italy).