Thursday, November 1, 2018
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Haines Hall Room 352

Dr. Francoise Pommaret, is Director of Research at the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research, France) and Adjunct Professor at Institute of Language and Culture (ILCS), Royal University of Bhutan. She has been associated with Bhutan in different capacities since 1979 and has published numerous scholarly articles and books on different aspects of Bhutanese culture including the definitive guidebook Bhutan, a Cultural Guidebook. She is currently involved in the documentation of the Bhutan cultural atlas www.bhutanculturalatlas.org and is working on the interface between deities, local powers and migrations in Bhutan. Dr. Pommaret has lectured intensively in numerous academic institutions around the world and has been guest-curator for several exhibitions. She has been advising the Bhutan Foundation on our cultural heritage projects including restoration of Wangduechhoeling Palace. Françoise Pommaret grew up in the Congo. She received her MA in the history of art and archeology from the Sorbonne and completed her studies in Tibetan at INALCO. Her doctoral thesis on "People who come back from the netherland in the Tibetan cultural areas" received the prix Delalande-Guérineau from the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. She has worked in Bhutan since 1981 and worked with the Bhutan Tourism Corporation between 1981 and 1986, after which she participated in educational and cultural projects in Bhutan. She has been consultant for UNESCO as well as guest-curator for exhibitions. She lectures around the world on aspects of Bhutanese history and culture.

Sponsor(s): Center for Buddhist Studies, Anthropology