Harald Tambs-Lyche
Harald Tambs-Lyche (born 1946) is a Norwegian ethnologist and social anthropologist.
Harald Tambs-Lyche | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
| Spouse | Marine Carrin |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Alma mater | University of Bergen |
| Thesis | Power and Devotion: Religion and Society in Saurashtra (1992) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropology |
| Sub-discipline | Ethnology Social anthropology |
| Institutions | Professor emeritus of ethnology at the University of Picardy Jules Verne |
| Main interests | Caste system in India Ethnicity History of social stratification in India |
Tambs-Lyche earned a doctorate degree from the University of Bergen in 1992 with a doctoral thesis on the research subject of 'religion and society' in the Saurashtra region of India's Gujarat. He worked at the University of Bergen as a lecturer of social anthropology and retired as a professor of ethnology from the University of Picardy Jules Verne. His research interests includes the history of social stratification and the caste system in India.
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