Dr Gabrielle VAN DEN BERG
Associate Professor
Institute for Area Studies
Contact
Leiden University, FGW/LIAS, Witte Singel 25, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA
31-71-5272023
Objects of Research
Oral traditions of Badakhshan
History of Central Asia
Persian literature of Central Asia
Historical Periods
Projects Management
Turks, Texts, Territory - Imperial Ideology and Cultural Production in Central Eurasia
NWO (Dutch Scientific Organisation)
2016-2021
project short presentation
Central Asia Initiative
Leiden University Asian Modernities & Traditions; Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society
2015 -
project short presentation
Erasmus Mobility Plus
Erasmus & Leiden University
2016-2020
project short presentation
Teachings
History of Central Asia & Afghanistan
Leiden University
Leiden University
Publications
[book] Minstrel Poetry from the Pamir Mountains. A Study on the Songs and Poems of the Ismailis of Tajik Badakhshan, Reichert Verlag, 2004
Ongoing Publications
[book] Minstrel Poetry from the Pamir Mountains. A Study on the Songs and Poems of the Ismailis of Tajik Badakhshan, Reichert Verlag, 2004
Research Themes
‘asabiyyaautobiographydastansepicsethnic history‘ethnicity’funerary ritualsghazalgnosis & gnosticismgrammarhistorical ethnographyhistorical novelhistoriographykhalifas (Isma‘ili)legitimacy (political and/or religious)maddahs & maddah-khwanimetricsmountain-dwellersmusicmusical instrumentsmystical pathsoral tradition & creationpaintingpilgrimagespirs (Isma‘ili)poetryprayersqasidaregionalismreligion (‘popular’)rhyming proseritualsruba‘irulershipsaints & sainthoodsongswedding & wedding rituals