Albertus Wilhelmus (Bert) van den Hoek
Curriculum vitae
| 1951 | born in Apeldoorn on September 2 |
| 1969 | final examinations gymnasium in Utrecht |
| 1976 | MA social anthropology, Leiden University |
| 1978-1980 | fieldwork in Nepal |
| 1989 | BA Sanskrit and cultural history of South Asia (with J.C. Heesterman) |
| 1990-1992 | coordinator of the Documentation Centre of South Asia, Leiden University |
| 1992-1994 | fieldwork in Nepal |
| 1994-1996 | research fellow at the Centre of Non-Western Studies (CNWS), Leiden University |
| 1997-1998 | fieldwork in Nepal |
| 2000-2001 | fieldwork in Nepal |
| 2001 | died in Mumbai on December 1 |
Special activities and positions
- Co-worker with the Tribhuvan University (Nepal) and the Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies
- Fund raiser for the restoration of the Vajrayogini temple in Sankhu (Nepal)
- Editor of the South Asia Newsletter
- Co-director of the film Sacrifice of serpents: the festival of Indrayani, Kathmandu (1997), 1992-1994
Sources
- Shrestha, B.G. and Han F. Vermeulen, “In memoriam Bert van den Hoek (1951-2001).” European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 20-21 (2001): 151-163, including a bibliography.
- Heesterman, J.C. et al., “Preface” to: A.W. van den Hoek, Caturmāsa: celebrations of death in Kathmandu, Nepal, ed. by J.C. Heesterman et al., Leiden (CNWS publications 133), 2004, pp. ix-xiii.
- Vermeulen, Han F. and B.G. Shrestha, “Publications of A.W. (Bert) van den Hoek.” In: A.W. van den Hoek, Caturmāsa: celebrations of death in Kathmandu, Nepal, ed. by J.C. Heesterman et al., Leiden (CNWS publications 133), 2004, pp. 165-168.
Publications on South Asia
1979 “The Goddess of the northern gate: Cellattamman as the ‘divine warrior’ of Madurai.” In: M. Gaborieau and A. Thorner (eds), Asie du sud: traditions et changements: [actes du VIe colloque européen sur les études modernes concernant l’Asie du Sud], Sèvres, 8-13 juillet 1978 , Paris, pp. 119-129.
1990 “Hindu ritueel en westerse planning: een Nepalees offerritueel in vergelijkend perspektief.” Antropologische Verkenningen 9,3: 16-31.
– “Does divinity protect the king? Ritual and politics in Nepal.” Contributions to Nepalese Studies 17,2: 147-155.
– “CNAS and CEDA: two centres of Asian studies in Nepal.” South Asia Newsletter 5: 22-24.
– “Report on the 11th conference on modern South Asian studies.” CNWS Newsletter 3: 10-11.
– “De afkondiging van de Nepalese grondwet 1990.” Nepal Nieuws 1990,3: 2-7.
– “Eindelijk een nieuwe grondwet.” Nepal Nieuws 1990,4: 2-8.
1991 “Report on the VIIIth world Sanskrit conference.” South Asia Newsletter 7: 41-42.
– “Nepalese verkiezingen brengen politieke duidelijkheid.” Nepal Nieuws 1991,2: 2-9.
– “Hongerstaking sterft een zachte dood.” Nepal Nieuws 1991,3: 2-5.
– “Een kijkje in het parlement.” Nepal Nieuws 1991,3: 6-7.
– Interview by B.G. Shrestha, “Vikāsa va saṃskṛti rakṣyā nitāṃ nāpaṃ juimā.” Ināp 9,44: 3 and 7. – The interview was conducted in English and trsl. into Nepālbhāṣā (Newari).
1992 & D.H.A. Kolff, M.S. Oort (eds), Ritual, state and history in South Asia: essays in honour of J.C. Heesterman, Leiden (Memoirs of the Kern Institute 5).
– “Fire sacrifice in Nepal.” In: A.W. van den Hoek, D.H.A. Kolff, M.S. Oort (eds), Ritual, state and history in South Asia: essays in honour of J.C. Heesterman, Leiden (Memoirs of the Kern Institute 5), pp. 532-555.
– & B.G. Shrestha, “The sacrifice of serpents: exchange and non-exchange in the Sarpabali of Indrāyaṇī, Kathmandu.” BEFEO 79: 57-75.
– & B.G. Shrestha, “Guardians of the royal goddess: Daitya and Kumār as the protectors of Taleju Bhavānī of Kathmandu.” Contributions to Nepalese Studies 19,2: 191-222.
– “Locale verkiezingen locaal beschouwd.” Nepal Nieuws 3,3: 4-10.
– “Nepali, Sanskrit en de etnische talen.” Nepal Nieuws 3,3: 11-18.
– “Sanskrit education: an outsider’s view.” The Independent Weekly 2,28: 2.
1993 “Kathmandu as a sacrificial arena.” In: Peter J.M. Nas (ed.), Urban symbolism, Leiden-New York (Studies in Human Society 8), pp. 360-377.
– “Les divinités protègent-elles le roi? Rituel et politique au Nepal.” L’Ethnographie 89,1: 19-28. – trsl. from the English 1990 by X. Blaisel.
– Review of: P. Atkinson, The ethnographic imagination: textual constructions of reality, London 1990. Social Anthropology 1,3: 356-357.
1994 “The death of the divine dancers: the conclusion of the Bhadrakālī pyākhaṃ in Kathmandu.” In: M. Allen (ed.), Anthropology of Nepal: peoples, problems and processes, Kathmandu, 374-404.
1995 & B.G. Shrestha, “Education in the mother tongue: the case of Nepālbhāṣā (Newari).” Contributions to Nepalese Studies 22,1: 73-86.
1996 “Gender and caste in the perfect Buddhist gift: the Samyak Mahādāna in Kathmandu, Nepal.” Contributions to Nepalese Studies 23,1: 195-211. – Also published in 1999.
1997 Film with Dirk Nijland and Bal Gopal Shrestha, Sacrifice of serpents: the festival of Indrayani Kathmandu. – An ethnographic videofilm (108 min.).
1998 & Erik de Maaker, D. Nijland and Bal Gopal Shrestha, “Film South Asia 1997.” IIAS Newsletter 16: 16.
1999 “Gender and caste in the perfect Buddhist gift: the Samyak Mahādāna in Kathmandu, Nepal.” In: H. Tambs-Lyche (ed.), The feminine sacred in South Asia: le sacré au féminin en Asie du Sud, New Delhi, pp. 46-62. – Orig. publ. in 1996.
– “De IHI-ceremonie.” Samachar 8,4: 2.
2000 “Gathammugah: de uitdrijving van de geesten in Kathmandu.” Samachar 9,3: 1-3.
2002 “Gathammugah: de uitdrijving van de geesten.” Chautari 9: 8-9. – Abridged version of 2000.
2004 Caturmāsa: celebrations of death in Kathmandu, Nepal , ed. by J.C. Heesterman, Bal Gopal Shrestha, Han F. Vermeulen and Sjoerd M. Zanen, Leiden (CNWS publications 133).