Federico Tombari

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Address: Hyogo-ken, Kobe-shi --- JAPAN

Date of birth: --- 1990

Mother tongue: Italian
Additional languages: English (advanced); Japanese (advanced)

Education ---------------------------------------------------------------
Oct 2016 - Present PhD course in Intl Cooperation Studies Kobe University (Japan)
Advisor: Prof. Nishitani Makiko.
Oct 2015 Sep 2016 Master degree in Intl Cooperation Studies Kobe University (Japan)
Thesis: Power and Hegemony Nexus.
Advisor: Prof. Nishitani Makiko.
Sep 2012 Mar 2015 Master degree in International Relations Ca Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
Thesis: Italy and Japan from the Defeat to the Rejoining of the IR System.
Advisors: Prof. Basosi Duccio, Prof. Caroli Rosa.
Grade: 110/110.
Oct 2013 Aug 2014 Exchange program Kobe University (Japan)
Aug 2013 Sep 2013 Intensive course of Vietnamese language Hanoi University (Vietnam)
Apr 2012 Jun 2012 Intensive course of Japanese language Kochi Prefectural University (Japan)
Sep 2009 Nov 2012 Bachelor of Language, Cultures and Society Ca Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
of Eastern Asia (Japan)
Thesis: Japanese Negationism: analysis of What really happened in Nanking by
Tanaka Masaaki.
Advisor: Prof. Caroli Rosa.
Grade: 110/110.
Sep 2005 Jun 2009 Scientific high school diploma Liceo Scientifico A. Volta (Riccione, RN, Italy)

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Work Experience -----------------------------------------------------
Oct 2017 - Present Teaching Assistant Kobe University (Kobe, Japan)
(International Relations)
Oct 2016 Mar 2017 Research Assistant Kobe University (Kobe, Japan)
(Transnational Relations)
Oct 2015 - Present Italian Language Teacher Kobe Shinbun Cultural Center (Kobe, Japan)
KCC (Kobe, Japan)
NHK Cultural Center (Himeji, Japan)
Tsukaguchi Cultural Center (Tsukaguchi,
Japan)
Evita no Mori (Nishinomiya, Japan)
Private Lessons (Kobe and Osaka, Japan)
Jan 2016 - Present Freelance photographer
Oct 2015 Sep 2016 Bartender Andys Imagine bar (Kobe, Japan)
Jun 2016 Interpreter (Italian Japanese) Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo (Japan)
Interpreter during the European Higher Education Fair (EHEF) in Kyoto (June 11, 2016).
Apr 2016 Interpreter (Italian Japanese) Union Industry Co., Ltd. (Amagasaki, Japan)
Interpreter and assistant for the Lonati family visiting Japan.
Oct 2013 Aug 2014 Italian Language Teacher Kobe Shinbun Cultural Center (Kobe, Japan)
NHK Cultural Center (Himeji, Japan)
Tsukaguchi Cultural Center (Tsukaguchi,
Japan)
Private Lessons (Kobe and Osaka, Japan)
Apr 2012 Jun 2012 Italian Language Assistant Language School La Vita (Kochi, Japan)
2010 Translation (Italian Japanese) Ca Foscari University (Venice, Italy)
Contribute to the "Itadict Project" lead by Prof. Marcella Mariotti of Ca Foscari
University, to create a free Japanese-Italian database inspired from the structure and
main characteristics of Jim Breen's " JMdictEDICT" (1991).
May 2006 Sep 2015 Summer Job (May-Sep) as Bath-attendant Stella Marina Resort (Cattolica, RN, Italy)

Awards and Affiliations --------------------------------------------

From 2017 Member of AAS
Association for Asian Studies
From 2017 Member of JAIR
Japan Association of International Relations.

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From 2016 Member of Centro di Cultura Italia-Asia
Italy-Asia Cultural Center Association.
From 2015 Member of Ca Foscari Alumni
Association of Ca Foscari University former students.
From 2012 Member of AISTUGIA
Italian Association for Japanese Studies.
Nov 2010 Italian representative for the KLTI competition in Seoul
Italian representative for the International competition called by the Korea Literature
Translation Institute (KLTI) in Seoul (South Korea) with the essay on the poet Ko Un;
winner of a journey prize in Seoul hosted by the KLTI.
Apr 2010 National winner of the 2nd "Read the contemporary Korean authors" competition
National winner of the 2nd "Read the contemporary Korean authors" competition of
Korean literary criticism with the critical essay on the work of Ko Un (nominated several
times for the Nobel prize for literature) with comparisons with the Italian classics.
Title: In solitudine accendo la luce - critical essay on the Korean poet Ko Un"

Publications -----------------------------------------------------------
May 2016 Chapter in an edited volume
Tombari, F. (2016). "Chapter 9: The Monster X Strikes Back". In Novielli, M.R., & De
Angelis, E. (Eds.) J-Movie: il cinema giapponese dal 2005 al 2015 (78-86). Macerata:
Edizioni Simple. [J-Movie: Japanese cinema from 2005 to 2015] (In Italian)
A review of a recent Japanese monster movie through the lens of geopolitical studies.

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