Phd in CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA AND AFRICA

email: stefano.romagnoli@uniroma1.it
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building: Edificio Marco Polo
room: 320

Education

- Sapienza University of Rome, Italy – PhD in Civilizations of Asia and Africa (2013)
- Hitotsubashi University, Japan – MEXT Research Student (2008-2010)
- Sapienza University of Rome, Italy – MA in Oriental Languages and Cultures (2009)
- Sapienza University of Rome, Italy – BA in Oriental Languages and Cultures (2006)

Previous appointments

- Sapienza University of Rome, Italy – Visiting Assistant Professor [Rtd-A] (2018-2021)
- Unisalento, Italy – Adjunct Faculty (2011-2016)

Fellowships

- Japan Foundation Research Fellow (2015). Research title: “The representation of Soviet Union by Japanese intellectuals”
- Sapienza University of Rome, Italy – Postdoctoral Researcher (2017-2018). Research title: “Narration Strategies of the War Experience and Admissions of Responsibility in Post-War Japanese Women's Writing, 1945-1951”.
- Sapienza University of Rome, Italy – Postdoctoral Researcher (2013-2015). Research title: “Japanese Intellectuals and the Encounter with the Other in Japanese Wartime Literature”.

Research Grants

As Principal Investigator:
- Project “Narrating Illness in Contemporary Japan: Tracing the Boundaries, Social Impact, and Marketability of a Genre”, funded by Sapienza University of Rome Research Grant (2022-2024)
- Project “Travel in Japanese Literature: Texts, Trajectories, and Society”, funded by Sapienza University of Rome Research Grant (2019-2023)

As Research Team Member:
- Project “Cosa c'è da ridere nel teatro orientale? Umorismo e società dal Medio Oriente al Giappone”, funded by Sapienza University of Rome Research Grant (2021-2024). P.I. prof. Matilde Mastrangelo
- Project “La Guerra fredda in Asia Orientale. Una prospettiva comparata e multidisciplinare”, funded by Sapienza University of Rome Research Grant (2020-2023). P.I. prof. Valdo Ferretti
- Project “Letteratura, performance e mass media in Giappone”, funded by Sapienza University of Rome Research Grant (2017-2019). P.I. prof. Matilde Mastrangelo

Research Interests
My research interests primarily concern the representation of otherness and issues relating to social identities in war and travel literature. I am also interested in the intersection between performance and politics, particularly in modern and pre-war Japan.