Coordonnées professionnelles

Professional contact information

nicolas.salemgervais[at]gmail.com

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Education

• 2015 - Began a Bachelor’s in Siamese, INALCO
• 2013- PhD obtained (10 December 2013, INALCO, highest honors).
• 2008 - 2012- PhD student and teaching assistant/lecturer at the INALCO. Dissertation: École et construction nationale dans l’Union de Myanmar. Directed by M. Franck and G. Delouche.
• 2006 - 2008 - Two years of intensive study of Burmese at the University of Foreign Languagesin Rangoun (YUFL), through theLavoisier program (passed the Advanced Proficiency level, with honors).
• Master’s in Burmese at the INALCO (suma cum laude). Thesis: Construction nationale de l’Union de Myanmar – Travail sur un corpus de manuels scolaires. Directed by M. Franck and M.-H. Cardinaud.
• Master’s in Geography (Paris1/Paris7). Thesis: Le Myanmar entre construction nationale et intégration régionale (suma cum laude). Directed by M. Franck, N. Fau, C. Taillard.
• 2004 - 2006:
  • Bachelor’s in Burmese, Teaching French as a Foreign Language emphasis at the INALCO (cum laude)
  • Bachelor’s in Lao at the INALCO (cum laude)
  • Master’s in GeographyThesis: Les associations laotiennes en France intervenant dans leur pays d’origine (suma cum laude). Directed by L. Faret, C. Choron-Baix

Professional experience

• 2014- Associate Professor, INALCO, Burmese section.
• 2008 - 2014 -Teaching assistant / lecturer, taught courses in Burmese and Geography of Thailand and Burma at the INALCO (see “Teaching” section) / Various translations from Burmese (OFPRA, notary documents, journalism…).
• 2006 - 2007- In charge of the class entitled “Conversations et débats” at the Rangoon Alliance Française (level B1, 4 months).

TEACHING, ADMINISTRATIVE AND RESEARCH-RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES

Teaching

• Since 2014- “Initiation à la langue écrite” 1^st year Bachelor’s level, “Grammaire du birman” 1^st and 2^nd year Bachelor’s level, “Textes littéraires en birman” 2^nd year Bachelor’s level, “Poésie et Jatakas” 3^rd year Bachelor’s level, “Chroniques, romans” 3^rd year Bachelor’s level, “Langue de la presse” 3^rd year Bachelor’s level, “Nouvelles birmanes” 3^rd year Bachelor’s level Burmese (INALCO)
• Since 2013- Class entitled “Géographie de la Thaïlande et de la Birmanie,” 2^nd year Bachelor’s level Burmese and Siamese (INALCO)
• 2012 - 2014- “Initiation à la langue écrite,” “Textes d’application” and “Birman oral / birman écrit,” 1^st year Bachelor’s level - “Version,” 2^nd year Bachelor’s level Burmese (INALCO)
• Since 2009 - “Thème” class, 2^nd year Bachelor’s level Burmese (INALCO)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• In preparation (2015-16)- « The return of ethnic languages in Myanmar’s government schools : opportunities and challenges », with R. Metro, currently being written.
• 2013- « Schooling and the teaching of minority languages in the Union of Myanmar », presentation on the teaching of minority languages in Myanmar, Euroseas, Lisbonne, 2013.
• 2012- « De grands changements et de grands défis », article on Myanmar in the Encyclopédie de l’état du monde 2012.
• 2012- « A textbook case of nation-building: The discursive evolution of state and non-state history curricula under military rule in Myanmar », co-authored with R. Metro in The Journal of Burma Studies, Vol. 16 n°1.
• 2010- « L’Union de Myanmar racontée aux enfants – Etude thématique du discours sur la nation à travers les manuels scolaires », in Péninsule n°61.