Anouck CARSIGNOL
Biography
Anouck Carsignol obtained her PhD in International Relations (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva) in 2009, and a DULCO in Hindi in 2007 (INALCO, Paris). She joined the CSH for a post-doc in 2010-2011. Her main research areas focus on the processes of identity formation in diaspora, nation-building, multiculturalism, politics of memory and commemoration, and digital mobilization.
At the CSH, she collaborated with Ingrid Therwath on a study of the Indian diaspora in the French Réunion island, with a particular emphasis on the history of the migration and settlement, the building of a ‘Malbar’ identity, and the geo-strategic and economic potential of such a community for both France and India.
She is currently a member of the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherche sur l’Inde, l’Asie du Sud et sa diaspora (CERIAS), UQAM, Montreal, where she works on the religious and socio-political aspects of the South Asian diaspora in North America and in the Indian Ocean.
Publications
- « The Construction, Mobilization and Limits of South Asianism in North America », South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (SAMAJ), 10, 2014 (en ligne).
- « L’Inde et la production de l’indianité à Maurice », Purushartha, 32, 2014, pp.47-74.
- L’Inde et sa diaspora: influences et intérêts croisés à l`île Maurice et au Canada, Paris, Genève, Presses universitaires de France, the Graduate Institute Publications, 2011,
- « ‘South Asianism’: Militantisme politique et identitaire en ligne », E-Atlas Diaspora, Paris, Editions de la FMSH, avril 2012 (en ligne).
- « La diaspora, instrument de la politique de puissance et de rayonnement de l’Inde à l’île Maurice et dans le monde », EchoGéo, 10, automne 2009 (en ligne).
