Mélanie Vandenhelsken Meinhartsdorfergasse 8/1, 1150 Wien Tel:

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1 C.V. Mélanie Vandenhelsken Meinhartsdorfergasse 8/1, 1150 Wien Tel: Citizenship: French Main areas of research Anthropology, specialist of Sikkim (20 years of research), in particular Bhutia religious institutions and practices, Gurung religious practices and cultural dynamics, ethnic politics. Current research and employment: Research project Social grouping, ethnicity and state in Sikkim. Constructions of social groups and interethnic relationships in a Himalayan State of India (FWF project P21886-G17) Directed by Univ.-Doz, Dr. Guntram Hazod Institute for Social Anthropology - Austrian Academy of Sciences February 2010 to February I. Academic career : Associate member to the Centre de recherche sur les civilisations chinoise, japonaise et tibétaine (UMR CNRS 8155), Paris : Member of the Centre d études et de recherches comparatives en ethnologie (CERCE, EA 3532), Montpellier 3 University : Part Time University Lecturer, University Paul Valéry, Montpellier3 (between 80 and 200 hours teaching depending on years): - Lectures English and ethnology (in Bachelor level), Introduction to the method of enquiry in ethnology (Master Science and Technique Patrimony ), Ethnicity and identity (2 nd year of Bachelor Degree) - Practical on introduction to the classical texts of ethnology and to the practice of fieldwork (1st year of Bachelor Degree) : Project co-leader Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim, Inde : Full time Temporary Attaché for Teaching and Research, University Lille 1 (192 hours of teaching per year): - Lectures Economic Anthropology and History of Anthropology (3rd year of Bachelor Degree) - Practical on introduction to the classical texts of ethnology and to the practice of fieldwork (1st year of Bachelor Degree) 1

2 : Member of Centre d études et de recherches sociologiques et économiques (UMR CNRS 8019), Lille 1 University. II. Education 1989: High School Diploma in Economy, Lycée Montaury, Nîmes, France. 1991: General Studies Diploma of Sociology and Ethnology, University of Provence U1, Aix-en- Provence. 1992: Bachelor of Ethnology, University of Provence U1, Aix-en-Provence. 1994: Master s Degree of Ethnology, Himalayan field. With Distinction: Very Good. University of Nanterre, Paris : First Year of PhD in Ethnology and comparative Sociology, Himalayan field, University of Nanterre, Paris : Unilingual Diploma of Tibetan Language and Civilizations (D.U.L.C.O.), National Institute of Eastern Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Paris. December 2002: Doctor s Degree in anthropology: Le monastère bouddhique de Pemayangtse au Sikkim (Himalaya oriental, Inde) : un monastère dans le monde. With distinction Honorable. Supervised by Prof. Brigitte Steinmann, University Paul Valéry, Montpellier 3. III. Fieldwork - September 1996 to September 1997 and September 1998 to September 1999: 2 times 12 month of fieldwork in India (Indo-French scholarship from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Delhi). Subject: The implications of the Sikkimese Royal Buddhist Monastery of Pemayangtse (Himalaya oriental, India) in the local society. - Affiliation to the French Centre for Human Sciences, Delhi, to the International Academy of Indian Culture, Delhi and to the Sikkim Institute of Higher Nyingma Studies, Gangtok, Sikkim. - Collaboration with the local specialised institutes (Sikkim, Siliguri, Calcutta). - Fieldwork in Pemayangtse area, West Sikkim. - Summer 2005: 2 months of fieldwork in Sikkim (Indo-French Program of Cooperation in Social Sciences, Maison des Sciences de l Homme, Paris, and Indian Council for Social Science Research, Delhi, with the support of the Centre for study of the Tibetan Religions, ESA 8047, CNRS/EPHE). Subject: Society and religion in Pemayangtse area, Sikkim (India) - June 2006-April 2008: residence in Sikkim and research in affiliation to the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok. Co-direction of the Research Project Sikkimese Monasticism : 5 months of fieldwork. Preliminary fieldwork for the research project Social grouping, ethnicity and state in Sikkim. 2

3 - March-April 2012: 2-months fieldwork for the research project Social grouping, ethnicity and state in Sikkim. Enquiries in various sikkimese ministries, following of the associations activities, and village study. Collaboration with the French Centre for Human Sciences, New-Delhi, and the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim. IV. Papers in conferences and workshops International conferences 2003: Political issues of the dpang lha gsol ceremony s revival in Sikkim. 10th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies. Wolfson College, Oxford, United-Kingdom. 2005: Monastic lives and lineage belonging in the Buddhist Monastery (nyingmapa) of Pemayangtse (Sikkim, Inde). International Workshop: Monastic Life in the mirror of kinship. Towards a comparison of the different forms of Monastic life: Maison de l archéologie et de l ethnologie, Université Paris X, Nanterre. 2007: The recent relationships of Sikkimese Nyingmapa monasteries with the outside: a source of transformations of religious practices rooted in the locality? International Seminar, La transformation des rituels dans l aire tibétaine à l époque contemporaine: École Pratique des Hautes Études UMR 8155, Paris Collège de France. 2010: Ethnic categories in Sikkim, or the tribalisation at work. 12 th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Vancouver. 2010: The enactment of tribal unity at the periphery of India. The political role of a new form of the Panglhabsol Buddhist ritual in Sikkim. Fifth Biennial International Conference of the Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies, Sikkim University, Gangtok. 2011: Gurungs, ethnic association and the state in Sikkim: opposition and consent in the making of ethnicity. International Conference: Rethinking the Himalaya: The Indo-Tibetan Interface and Beyond: Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota. 2011: The true Gurungs are in Pokhara: Nepalese origins and Sikkimese indigeneity. International Conference: Nepali Diaspora in the Globalised Context: Shillong University, Meghalaya, India (and panel discussant). 2012: Migratory spaces and the construction of autochthony in Sikkim (India, East Himalayas). International Symposium: Shaping Heritage-Scapes: Processes of Patrimonialiaation in a Globalised World: University of Lausanne. 2012: Parcours migratoires et construction d une autochtonie au Sikkim (Himalaya oriental, Inde). International Conference (in absentia): Les cultures du déplacement. Mobilités et requalifications des lieux et des territoires : University of Nîmes, University of Montpellier 3, CNRS Languedoc- Roussillon. 3

4 2012: Usages politiques de l ethnographie au Sikkim (Himalaya oriental, Inde). International Seminar: Georges Condominas et l enquête ethnographique. De l espace du terrain à la contextualisation des données: Maison Asie Pacifique and IrAsia (CNRS, Marseille, France). 2015: The return to Buddhism of Sikkimese Gurungs, or the dialogue between religious fluidity and compartmentalization. International conference, Reimagining India s North East: Networks, Narratives and Negotiations: Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia (and panel chair). Workshops 1999: The relations between Religion and Politic in Sikkim, case study of the Monastery of Pemayangtse: questions and problematic. AJEI (Workshop for Young Indian Studies), Delhi : Centre for Human Sciences, Delhi and French Institute of Pondicherry. 2008: The staging of ethnic unity in Sikkim (Himalayas, India). The example of a State controlled Panglhasol ritual. Workshop: Néo-ritualisations et construction des identifications collectives: Centre d Etudes et de Recherches Comparatives en Ethnologie, Montpellier. 2010: Problems and aspects of collective identity and belonging in Sikkim (eastern Indian Himalayas). Institute for Social Anthropology Research Forum, Vienna. 2011: Negotiating Gurung Identity with and against the State in Sikkim. Workshop: Performing Identity: Ethnicity and Ethno-nationalism in North-east India: Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, and Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Georg- August-University Göttingen, Germany (and panel chair). 2011: The construction of ethnicity in Sikkim today, or tribalisation at work. Centre for Human Sciences, New Delhi. 2011: The Gurung ethnic association in Sikkim: political object and space for agency? Annual meeting of the International Advisory Board (Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka and Chris Hann), Institute for Social Anthropology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. 2011: The true Gurungs are in Pokhara: Nepalese origins and Sikkimese indigenity. Nepal Study Day 2011: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities and Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. 2012: The Gurung Association, the Gurungs and the State: Negotiations for the Making of Ethnic Boundaries in Sikkim. Nepal Diasporas Workshop (in absentia): David Gellner, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (March): Identification et luttes pour l accès à la citoyenneté des Gurungs du Sikkim. Seminar of the research team, Représentations et pratiques de la citoyenneté (Stéphanie Tawa Lama and Christophe Jaffrelot): Centre d Études de l Inde et de l Asie du Sud, Paris (April): Bouddhisme et État au Sikkim du 17e siècle à nos jours. Les formes d'imbrication du domaine religieux bouddhique et de l administration de l État au cours du temps. Ateliers 4

5 Anthropologie comparée du bouddhisme : Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière (Centre d Asie du Sud-Est) et Nicolas Sihlé (Centre d Études Himalayenne) 2013 (December): Becoming tribal and access to citizenship in Sikkim (Northeast India). The transformation of backwardness and tribalism into resources for political action. Atelier Risks, Ruptures, and Uncertainties: Dealing with Crisis in Asia's Emerging Economies: Institute for Social Anthropology and Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Feb.): Sikkim Bhutia Oral Addresses to Deities: Dialogue and Power of Buddhism and Folk religions in a Himalayan Tibetan Community. ISA Research Forum. V. Collective responsibilities : administrative direction of the Association: Atelier de rencontres et de recherches comparatives en ethnologie - Bistrot des ethnologues, Montpellier (organisation of conferences of anthropology for large audience) and : administrative task kinked to teaching position in University of Montpellier 3, and of University of Lille 1. - Since 2010: at the Institute for Social Anthropology: Administration of a research project (financial administration, production of reports, organisation of cooperation and of fieldwork). Administrative tasks of the research institute: representation of the team for the international evaluation, making of the scientific argument for the 4-years program of the institute; book orders for the Institute s members. Organisation of International Guest Lectures at the Institute for Social Anthropology: 2011: Dr Anna Balikci-Denjongpa, research coordinator at the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok. 2011: Dr Satyabrat Sinha, assistant professor Sikkim University (Peace and Conflict Department). Workshop organised in collaboration with the South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies (Prof. Martin Gaenszle), Vienna University. 2014: Marine Carrin, Centre d Anthropologie Sociale, CNRS (Toulouse, France) : main organizer of the conference Negotiating Ethnicity: Politics and Display of Cultural Identities in Northeast India (Austrian Academy of Sciences: Institute for Social Anthropology and Phonogrammarchiv; Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies of the University of Vienna; and Indian Embassy in Austria), held in Vienna 4, 5 and 6th of July 2013 VI. Language skills French: mother tongue English: professional proficiency 5

6 German: beginner; Nepalese: read, spoken; Tibétain : read; Memberships in academic organisations - Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies - Association Française des Anthropologues - Association of Buddhist Studies - European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) 6