Nationality French Name Jean Berlie | Awards Legion of Honour | |
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Other names 韓林HanlinKomlanJohan BerlieJean A. Berlie Alma mater EHESSNice UniversityParis UniversityEcole d'Hydrographie Education School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences Books The Burmanization of Myanmar's Muslims | ||
Jean Berlie (also named Jean A. Berlie, Johan Berlie, Komlan in African Ewe, or 韓林, Hanlin in Chinese) is a French socio-anthropologist specialising in Asia and China.
Contents
- Background
- Academic career
- Scholarly societies
- Lingnan University
- Cultural Institute of Macau
- International Institute for Asian Studies
- Jinan University
- Macao Foundation
- References
Background
Berlie was born in Misahohé, near Kpalimé, Togo in 1936, from a family of French colonial administrators.
He was in the French merchant navy until 1960 when he joined the French Navy as a Fusilier Marin, where he later became a Naval Aviation pilot, then Capitaine de Corvette. In 1969 he became an airline pilot, working with Dassault, Balair, Air Inter, and Air France.
He has visited more than 100 countries in Asia, Pacific, Africa, Europe, Americas, India, and most provinces of China, both in his earlier careers, and for his anthropologist studies. He speaks more than 15 languages.
Berlie has been awarded with the French Légion d'honneur.
Academic career
During his pilot career, Berlie studied anthropology under the supervision of Lucien Bernot and Georges Condominas, famous French anthropologists. He was also a visiting scholar at Oxford University in 1996.
Berlie was awarded with a PhD in anthropology at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris University (France) in 1985, and with a PhD in anthropology at Nice University (France) in 1997.
Scholarly societies
Lingnan University
Teaching South-East Asian political science in 1992 at the Lingnan University, Hong Kong (China).
Cultural Institute of Macau
Scholarship at the Cultural Institute of Macau, from 1995 to 2000 in Macau (China). A study of the Chinese of Macau and the Macanese. In July 2009 a conference was presented on this subject at the Albergue Foundation, Casa de Misericordia, in Macau.
International Institute for Asian Studies
Scholarship at the Leiden University "International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)" of Leiden (the Netherlands) in 2006. A public lecture was presented in Leiden on the Rohingya of Arakan.
Jinan University
Visiting professor at the Institute of South-East Asian Studies of Jinan University from 2009 to 2010 in Guangdong (China). Teaching political science, economics, and society.
Macao Foundation
Scholarship at the Macao Foundation from 2010 to 2011 in Macau (China). A study of the Chinese of Macau. Identity, case studies, life stories, and prospects.