Research areas	Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Religious Studies (Japan, Italy)
Keywords	Religion and Spirituality, Discrimination, Anthropology of Space, Religious Healing, Embodiment, Perception, Affect, Emotions, Senses, Social Memory, Anthropology of Death, Anthropology of Tourism, Post-Human Anthropology, Digital Anthropology
Themes	I am an Italian socio-cultural anthropologist with a main interest in religion and spirituality. My main field is contemporary Japan, but I have carried out ethnographic research also in Italy and Austria. My research has focused on experiences with spirits and social suffering, especially in relation to the perception of space and place (particularly places related to death and the afterlife), rumors and discrimination, construction of social memory and “tradition”, tourism and commodification, spirit possession, exorcism and religious/spiritual healing. From a theoretical perspective, I focus on the anthropology of the body, bodily perceptions, affect and emotions, as well as construction of identity and digital anthropology.
Major publications	https://researchmap.jp/De-Antoni-Andrea
Professional societies/Research and synergic activities	Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS), Student Group Coordinator (2008 – 2010), Newsletter Main Editor (2010 - 2017), EAJS Liaison Officer (2017 - Present), Secretary General (2025 - Present) European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) - Elected Council Member (2017 – Present) Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ), Executive Committee Member (2017 - 現在) Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (日本文化人類学会) Japan Society for Tourism Studies (日本観光学術学会) International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Italian Association for Japanese Studies (AISTUGIA) Italian School of East Asian Studies (ISEAS) Research Coordinator
Teaching Areas	Undergraduate courses Cultural practice A Graduate courses (Master's program) Seminar of Cultural Anthropology 3A - 3B Theories of Cultural Practice 1 Graduate courses (Doctor's program) Seminar of Cultural Anthropology 3A - 3B Undergraduate courses open to all departments Cultural Anthropology I-E2 Topics in Cultural Anthropology I-E2
Background	2021 - Present: Program-Specific Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies. 2020 – 2021：Visiting Scholar, National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka). 2019 – 2020：Visiting Scholar, The University of Vienna, Dept. of Social and Cultural Anthropology. 2014 – 2021: Associate Professor (socio-cultural anthropology, religious studies), Ritsumeikan University, College/Graduate School of International Relations. 2013 - 2022: Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Vienna, Dept. of Social and Cultural Anthropology. 2013 - 2014: Research Fellow, Kyoto University, Institute for Research in Humanities. 2012 - 2014: Adjunct Lecturer, Ritsumeikan University, Doshisha University. 2010 - 2012: Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University, Institute for Research in Humanities. 2010: Ph.D., Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Doctoral School in Languages, Cultures and Societies. 2007 - Present: Research Affiliate, Italian School of East Asian Studies (ISEAS) 2004 - 2010: Research Assistant, Tutor, Adjunct Lecturer, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Dept. of East Asian Studies. 2003: MA/BA (Diploma di Laurea) in East Asian Languages and Cultures (Honours), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Dept. of East Asian Studies.