ANTONETTA LUCIA BRUNO

Antonetta L. Bruno is Full Professor in Korean Language and Literature (LOR-22) at Institute of Oriental Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Academic Responsible of international student mobility (R.A.M.) and President of Korean Research Center. She has been President of AKSE (Association of Korean Studies in Europe), Chairperson of Korea Foundation Fellowship Committee for EU. She has completed Ph.D. courses at Seoul National University, in Linguistic Anthropology and obtained Ph.D. at University of Leiden, The Netherlands. Her interests comprehends oral literature, linguistic anthropology, religions and popular culture. Most of the publications is focused on the exploration of Korean shamanic language, on Media in Korean culture (food, film, popular culture). She is author of The Gate of Words, Language in the Rituals of Korean Shamans. Sociolinguistic Perspective (CNWS, University Leiden Press, 2002), Cibo in Corea: In and Out (FrancoAngeli, 2018), “Making Korean identity with Italian Food in Korea”, in Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, vol 14, 2017, “Mŏkpang: Pay me and I'll show you how much I can eat for your pleasure”, in The Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema. Volume 9, 2016, Taylor & Francis On line.