In praise of death : history and poetry in medieval Marwar (South Asia)
Kamphorst, J.
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Kamphorst, J. (2008, June 18). In praise of death : history and poetry in medieval Marwar (South Asia). Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/12986
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R E S U M E J A N E T K A M P H O R S T
tiwarykamphorst@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
1998-2004 Ph.D. Research School CNWS (Leiden University).
1990-1996 M.A. Languages and Cultures of South and Central Asia (Leiden University).
1984-1987 B.A. School for Journalism (Utrecht).
WORK EXPERIENCE
1994-2008 Freelance translator Dutch-English (and vice versa) and Hindi- English/Dutch for international translation bureaus.
1988-2008 Freelance consultant and writer for Dutch and English publications, most recently for the NGO Dagar (India).
1999-2004 Ph.D. Researcher. Research School CNWS, Leiden University.
Archival research, anthropological fieldwork and translation of Rajasthani and Hindi sources to English. Teaching South-Asian History, Religion and Language classes. Contributions to academic seminars in Europe and India.
1997-1998 One-year fellowship (Research School CNWS Leiden) for archival and anthropological research in India.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Forthcoming 2008. “The Poetry of Militarized Masculinities (South Asia)”.
Birkbeck College Seminar Masculinity as a Historical Category. London:
University of London.
2006. “Rajasthani Battle Language”. In T. Damsteegt (ed.), Voices from South Asia: Language in South Asian Literature and Film. Zagreb:
Bibliotheca Orientalica, 33-78.
2004. “The deification of South Asian Epic Heroes: Methodological Implications”. In J. Jansen and H.M.J. Maier (eds.), Epic Adventures. Heroic Narrative in the Oral Performance Traditions of Four Continents. Literatur Forschung und Wissenschaft Band 3. Muenster: LIT Verlag, 89-97.
2003. “Sacrificial heroism in medieval Marwar”. In T. Damsteegt (ed.), Heroes and Heritage: The Protagonist in Indian Literature and Film.
Leiden: Research School CNWS, 184-205.
2002. “Oral and Written Traditions in Rajasthan”. in: W.M. Callewaert (ed.), Devotional Literature in South Asia. Early Literature in New Indo- Aryan Languages. Manohar. New Delhi: Manohar, 18-22.
