Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and The Ethnographic Collection

Curriculum Vitae


  • Academic career

    • 2019
    Professor (“Professore a contratto”) at the C.I.E.E. – Global Institute, Rome, Italy

    2018
    Contributor for the project “Music of the World”, ‘Roma Tre’ University, Rome, Italy

    2017
    Post-doctoral fellow‚ ’Roma Tre’ University, Rome, Italy

    From 2016
    Associate Member of the Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE), EHESS, Paris, France

    2015
    Ph.D. in “Storia e analisi delle culture musicali” (History and analysis of musical cultures), University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’

    2010/11
    Javanese gamelan music student at the University of Art and Culture (Seni dan Budaya) ‘PPPPTK’, Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    2009/10
    Embassy of Italy, Hanoi, Vietnam. Internship

    2009
    National Museum of Oriental Art ‘G. Tucci’, Rome, Italy. Internship

    2008
    Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’

    2007
    Archive of Ethnomusicology of the National Academy of S. Cecilia, Rome, Italy. Internship

    2005
    Bachelor of Arts in Aesthetics of Music, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’

  • Scholarships

    • 2021
    Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researcher (2021)

    2011/14
    Ph.D. scholarship, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’

    2010/11
    Fieldwork grant, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’

    2010/11
    Darmasiswa scholarship, Ministry of Education, Republic of Indonesia

    2007
    Fieldwork grant, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’

  • Conferences & Seminars (selection)

    • “Is there a relation between the scenes depicted on the Dong Son bronze drums and the secondary mortuary ritual of the Jarai people (Central Highlands of Vietnam)?”. “4th ITASEAS Conference 2019”, 24.05.2019, Procida, Italy.

    “Dalla ricerca sul campo al giradischi: realizzazione di due incisioni discografiche sui rituali funerari nel Sudest asiatico”. “Seminari Internazionali di Etnomusicologia”, 28.11.2017, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy.

    “Musical and religious interactions in the Central Highlands of Vietnam”. “Musiche (e musicologie) del XXI secolo. Processi di trasformazione nelle musiche di tradizione orale.” Fondazione ‘G. Cini’, 25-28.01.2017, Venice, Italy.

    “Some musical aspects of the Kwangkay secondary mortuary ritual of the Dayak Benuaq (East Kalimantan)”. “3rd ITASEAS Conference 2016”, 21.06.2016, Procida, Italy.

    “Austronesian people beyond the Archipelago: an analysis of the bronze drums in relation to the secondary mortuary ritual of the Jarai”. “New research on Indonesian traditional and contemporary arts (music, dance, theatre, visual arts): an exchange between Indonesian and Italian perspectives”, 20.11.2014. Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale ‘G. Tucci’, Rome, Italy.

    “Celebration of Death\Reaffirmation of Life. An analysis of the Dong Son bronze drums in relation to the secondary mortuary ritual of the Jarai people of Central Vietnam”. “Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology (ISGMA)”, 09-13.09.2014, Berlin, Germany.

    “Sound and celebration of death: gong ensembles in the secondary mortuary rituals of the Jarai (Central Vietnam) compared with those of the Dayak Benuaq (East Kalimantan, Indonesia). Do they originate from the Dong Son culture?”. “International Conference for Asia Pacific Art Studies (ICAPAS)“, 14.11.2013, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

    “The Space of Gong Culture in the Central Highlands of Vietnam”. “European Seminar in Ethnomusicology (ESEM)“, 06.09.2013, Bern, Switzerland.

    “Animismo e Cattolicesimo negli Altipiani Centrali del Vietnam: dinamiche sincretiche musicali e religiose”. “Il suono e la sfera del sacro”, 10.05.2010, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy.

    “Jarai gong orchestras between tradition and modernity”. “First International Gong Conference“, 12.11.2009, Pleiku, Vietnam.