Charles Albert Edward Ramble (born 1957) is an anthropologist and former University Lecturer in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies at the Oriental Institute, Oxford University. Since 2009 he has been Professor and Directeur d'études (Histoire et philologie tibétaines) at the Ecole pratique des hautes études (EPHE, Sorbonne), Paris. Between 2006 and 2013 he was elected president of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) and convened the 10th seminar of IATS at Oxford in 2003.
Dr. Ramble spent over 15 years in Nepal and Tibet, and has published several books and articles related to his main research interests: pilgrimage, the Bön religion, Himalayan civil religion and social history, and historical ethnography and social history of Nepal’s Mustang district. He is married to the French anthropologist Dr Anne de Sales (CNRS Nanterre), who also specializes on Nepal; together they have two adult daughters.
Publicationsedit
1980 "Recent books on Tibet and the Buddhist Himalaya", Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford 11(2).
1982 "Status and death: mortuary rites and attitudes to the body in a Tibetan village", Kailash 9, 333-59.
1983 "The founding of a Tibetan village: the popular transformation of history", Kailash 10(3-4), 267-90.
1985 "Buddhist people of the north Nepal borderland", in S. J. Locke (ed.): The Buddhist Heritage of Nepal, Kathmandu: Dharmodaya Sabba.
1987a (with M. Vinding) "The 'Bem-chag village record and the early history of Mustang District", Kailash 13(1-2), 5-48.
1987b "The Muktinath Yartung: a Tibetan harvest festival in its social and historical context", L'Ethnographie 83(100-101), 221-25.
1990a "The headman as a force for cultural conservation: the case of the Tepas of Nepal", in N.K. Rustomji and C. Ramble (eds): Himalayan Environment and Culture, Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
1990b "How Buddhist are Buddhist communities? The construction of tradition in two lamaist villages", Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford 21(2), 185-97.
1992-93 "A ritual of political unity in an old Nepalese kingdom", Ancient Nepal nos. 130-133.
1993a "Rule by play in southern Mustang", in Charles Ramble and Martin Brauen (eds): Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalaya, Zurich: Ethnological Museum of the University of Zurich.
1993b *"Reflections of a plant-hunter in Nepal: an interview with Dr. Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha", European Bulletin of Himalayan Research no. 5.
1993c "Whither, indeed, the tsampa-eaters?" Himal September–October 1993.
1994a "Civic authority and agrarian management in southern Mustang: remarks on a nineteenth-century land-tax register from Kagbeni", Ancient Nepal no. 135.
1994b "Writings in Monochrome", Himal July–September 1994.
1995 "Gaining ground: representations of territory in Bon and Tibetan popular tradition." The Tibet Journal Spring 1995.
1995 (with C. Seeber) "Dead and living settlements in the Shod-yul of Mustang", Ancient Nepal no. 138.
1996a "Patterns of places", in A.-M. Blondeau and E. Steinkellner (eds): Reflections of the Mountain: essays on the history and social meaning of the mountain cult in Tibet and the Himalaya, Wien: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
1996b "Mustang, the ancient kingdom of Lo", Asian Art and Culture 9(3), Fall 1996 (special issue on the Himalayas).
1997a "The Creation of the Bon Mountain of Kongpo", in A.W. Macdonald (ed.): Mandala and Landscape, Delhi: D.K. Printworld.
1997b "Tibetan pride of place; or, why Nepal's Bhotes are not an ethnic group", in D. Gellner and J. Pfaff (eds): Politics and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom, London: Harwood
1997c "Se: notes on the distribution of an archaic ethnonym in Tibet and Nepal", in S. Karmay and Ph. Sagant (eds): Les Habitants du Toit du Monde, Paris: Société d'Ethnologie, Nanterre.
1998a "The classification of territorial divinities in Pagan and Buddhist rituals of South Mustang", in A.-M. Blondeau (ed.): Tibetan Mountain Deities, their Cults and Representations, Wien: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
1998b (with John Harrison) "Houses and households in Southern Mustang", Ancient Nepal no. 140, 23-37.
1998c (with John Harrison) "Watermills in Mustang: notes on architecture, function and management", Ancient Nepal no. 140, 39-52.
1998d "The Mustang villages of Kag, Te and Khyinga: an introduction to history, ethnicity and the idea of place", Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Archäologie, Band 18, Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 147-82.
1999 "A literary biography of Michael Aris", European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 17, 103-16.
2000 "The secular surroundings of a Bonpo ceremony: games, popular rituals and economic structures in the mDos-rgyab of Klu-brag monastery (Nepal)." In S. Karmay and Y. Nagano (eds): New Horizons in Bon Studies. Proceedings of a conference held in Osaka, August 1999. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2001a "Art without artists: Robert Powell’s Mustang collection." In M. Oppitz (ed.), Robert Powell: Himalayan Drawings. Zurich: Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich.
2001b (With P. Boyer) "Cognitive templates for religious concepts: cross-cultural evidence for recall of counter-intuitive representations." Cognitive Science 25 (4).
2001c "Household organisation and hierarchy in Kagbeni: the limits to cultural revival in a changing society." In P. Pohle and W. Haffner (eds): Kagbeni—Contributions to the Village’s History and Geography. Giessen: Giessener Geographische Schriften 77.
2001d "The old sector system of Kagbeni: notes on the history of land use and social organisation." In P. Pohle and W. Haffner (eds): Kagbeni—Contributions to the Village’s History and Geography. Giessen: Giessener Geographische Schriften 77
2002a The Victory Song of Porong. In K. Buffetrille and H. Diemberger (eds), Territory and Identity in Tibet and the Himalayas. Leiden: Brill.
2002b Temporal disjunction and collectivity in Mustang, Nepal. Current Anthropology 43, supplement, August–October.
2003a (With M. Kind) Bonpo monasteries and temples of the Himalayan region. In S.G. Karmay and Y. Nagano, eds, A Survey of Bonpo Monasteries in the Himalaya. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology.
2003b (With N. Gutschow) "Up and down, inside and out: notions of space and territory in Tibetan villages of Mustang, Nepal." N. Gutschow, A. Michaels and C. Ramble (eds): Sacred Landscape in the Himalaya. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
2005 (with Geshe Gelek Jinpa et al.). Sacred Landscape and Pilgrimage in Tibet: in Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bön. New York: Abeville Press.
2006 "Sacral kings and divine sovereigns: principles of Tibetan monarchy in theory and practice." In D. Sneath (ed.): Power, Place and the Subject in Inner Asia. Bellingham/Cambridge: Western Washington University.
2007 The Navel of the Demoness: Tibetan Buddhism and Civil Religion in Highland Nepal. New York: Oxford University Press.
2008 Tibetan Sources for a Social History of Mustang, Nepal. Volume 1: the Archive of Te. Halle: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies.
2010a "History from below: an introduction to three archival collections from Mustang, Nepal." In H. Diemberger and K. Phuntso (eds): Ancient Treasures, New Discoveries. Halle: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies.
2013a "The contractor, the duke, the prime minister and the villagers: exploitation and resistance in nineteenth-century rural Nepal." In T. Lewis and B.M. Owens (eds): Sucāruvādadeśika: A Festschrift Honoring Professor Theodore Riccardi. Kathmandu: Himal Books.
2013b "The complexity of Tibetan pilgrimage." In M. Deeg (ed.): Buddhist Pilgrimage in History and Present Times. Lumbini: Lumbini International Research Institute.
2013c "Hidden Himalayan transcripts: strategies of social opposition in Mustang (Nepal), 19th–20th centuries." In C.
2013d Ramble, P. Schwieger and A. Travers (eds): Tibetans who Escaped the Historian’s Net: Contributions to the Social History of Tibetan-speaking Regions. Kathmandu: Vajra Books.
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Oriental Institute Oxford University Since 2009 he has been Professor and Directeur d etudes Histoire et philologie tibetaines at the Ecole pratique des hautes etudes EPHE Sorbonne Paris Between 2006 and 2013 he was elected president of the International Association for Tibetan Studies IATS and convened the 10th seminar of IATS at Oxford in 2003 Dr Ramble spent over 15 years in Nepal and Tibet and has published several books and articles related to his main research interests pilgrimage the Bon religion Himalayan civil religion and social history and historical ethnography and social history of Nepal s Mustang district He is married to the French anthropologist Dr Anne de Sales CNRS Nanterre who also specializes on Nepal together they have two adult daughters Publications edit1980 Recent books on Tibet and the Buddhist Himalaya Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford 11 2 1982 Status and death mortuary rites and attitudes to the body in a Tibetan village Kailash 9 333 59 1983 The founding of a Tibetan village the popular transformation of history Kailash 10 3 4 267 90 1985 Buddhist people of the north Nepal borderland in S J Locke ed The Buddhist Heritage of Nepal Kathmandu Dharmodaya Sabba 1987a with M Vinding The Bem chag village record and the early history of Mustang District Kailash 13 1 2 5 48 1987b The Muktinath Yartung a Tibetan harvest festival in its social and historical context L Ethnographie 83 100 101 221 25 1990a The headman as a force for cultural conservation the case of the Tepas of Nepal in N K Rustomji and C Ramble eds Himalayan Environment and Culture Shimla Indian Institute of Advanced Study 1990b How Buddhist are Buddhist communities The construction of tradition in two lamaist villages Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford 21 2 185 97 1992 93 A ritual of political unity in an old Nepalese kingdom Ancient Nepal nos 130 133 1993a Rule by play in southern Mustang in Charles Ramble and Martin Brauen eds Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalaya Zurich Ethnological Museum of the University of Zurich 1993b Reflections of a plant hunter in Nepal an interview with Dr Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha European Bulletin of Himalayan Research no 5 1993c Whither indeed the tsampa eaters Himal September October 1993 1994a Civic authority and agrarian management in southern Mustang remarks on a nineteenth century land tax register from Kagbeni Ancient Nepal no 135 1994b Writings in Monochrome Himal July September 1994 1995 Gaining ground representations of territory in Bon and Tibetan popular tradition The Tibet Journal Spring 1995 1995 with C Seeber Dead and living settlements in the Shod yul of Mustang Ancient Nepal no 138 1996a Patterns of places in A M Blondeau and E Steinkellner eds Reflections of the Mountain essays on the history and social meaning of the mountain cult in Tibet and the Himalaya Wien Verlag der osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1996b Mustang the ancient kingdom of Lo Asian Art and Culture 9 3 Fall 1996 special issue on the Himalayas 1997a The Creation of the Bon Mountain of Kongpo in A W Macdonald ed Mandala and Landscape Delhi D K Printworld 1997b Tibetan pride of place or why Nepal s Bhotes are not an ethnic group in D Gellner and J Pfaff eds Politics and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom London Harwood 1997c Se notes on the distribution of an archaic ethnonym in Tibet and Nepal in S Karmay and Ph Sagant eds Les Habitants du Toit du Monde Paris Societe d Ethnologie Nanterre 1998a The classification of territorial divinities in Pagan and Buddhist rituals of South Mustang in A M Blondeau ed Tibetan Mountain Deities their Cults and Representations Wien Verlag der osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1998b with John Harrison Houses and households in Southern Mustang Ancient Nepal no 140 23 37 1998c with John Harrison Watermills in Mustang notes on architecture function and management Ancient Nepal no 140 39 52 1998d The Mustang villages of Kag Te and Khyinga an introduction to history ethnicity and the idea of place Beitrage zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Archaologie Band 18 Mainz Verlag Philipp von Zabern 147 82 1999 A literary biography of Michael Aris European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 17 103 16 2000 The secular surroundings of a Bonpo ceremony games popular rituals and economic structures in the mDos rgyab of Klu brag monastery Nepal In S Karmay and Y Nagano eds New Horizons in Bon Studies Proceedings of a conference held in Osaka August 1999 Osaka National Museum of Ethnology 2001a Art without artists Robert Powell s Mustang collection In M Oppitz ed Robert Powell Himalayan Drawings Zurich Volkerkundemuseum der Universitat Zurich 2001b With P Boyer Cognitive templates for religious concepts cross cultural evidence for recall of counter intuitive representations Cognitive Science 25 4 2001c Household organisation and hierarchy in Kagbeni the limits to cultural revival in a changing society In P Pohle and W Haffner eds Kagbeni Contributions to the Village s History and Geography Giessen Giessener Geographische Schriften 77 2001d The old sector system of Kagbeni notes on the history of land use and social organisation In P Pohle and W Haffner eds Kagbeni Contributions to the Village s History and Geography Giessen Giessener Geographische Schriften 77 2002a The Victory Song of Porong In K Buffetrille and H Diemberger eds Territory and Identity in Tibet and the Himalayas Leiden Brill 2002b Temporal disjunction and collectivity in Mustang Nepal Current Anthropology 43 supplement August October 2003a With M Kind Bonpo monasteries and temples of the Himalayan region In S G Karmay and Y Nagano eds A Survey of Bonpo Monasteries in the Himalaya Osaka National Museum of Ethnology 2003b With N Gutschow Up and down inside and out notions of space and territory in Tibetan villages of Mustang Nepal N Gutschow A Michaels and C Ramble eds Sacred Landscape in the Himalaya Wien Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2005 with Geshe Gelek Jinpa et al Sacred Landscape and Pilgrimage in Tibet in Search of the Lost Kingdom of Bon New York Abeville Press 2006 Sacral kings and divine sovereigns principles of Tibetan monarchy in theory and practice In D Sneath ed Power Place and the Subject in Inner Asia Bellingham Cambridge Western Washington University 2007 The Navel of the Demoness Tibetan Buddhism and Civil Religion in Highland Nepal New York Oxford University Press 2008 Tibetan Sources for a Social History of Mustang Nepal Volume 1 the Archive of Te Halle International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies 2010a History from below an introduction to three archival collections from Mustang Nepal In H Diemberger and K Phuntso eds Ancient Treasures New Discoveries Halle International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies 2013a The contractor the duke the prime minister and the villagers exploitation and resistance in nineteenth century rural Nepal In T Lewis and B M Owens eds Sucaruvadadesika A Festschrift Honoring Professor Theodore Riccardi Kathmandu Himal Books 2013b The complexity of Tibetan pilgrimage In M Deeg ed Buddhist Pilgrimage in History and Present Times Lumbini Lumbini International Research Institute 2013c Hidden Himalayan transcripts strategies of social opposition in Mustang Nepal 19th 20th centuries In C 2013d Ramble P Schwieger and A Travers eds Tibetans who Escaped the Historian s Net Contributions to the Social History of Tibetan speaking Regions Kathmandu Vajra Books External links edithttps www ephe fr ecole nos enseignants chercheurs charles ramble Professor Charles Ramble Alumni University of Cambridge Charles Ramble curriculum vitae Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Ramble amp oldid 1170706737, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
