Curriculum Vitae Martin Ramstedt

Full Name
Martin Ramstedt

Academic Degree
Dr. phil.

Nationality
German

Place & Date of Birth
Frankfurt a. M., Germany; March 2, 1962

Marital status
Married to Angelika Meissner since July 25, 1997

School Education
1968 - 1981
Elementary school in Salzgitter, gymnasium in Wolfenbüttel and München, Germany

Academic Education
1981 - 1988
Magister Artium-program at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany:
Cultural Anthropology (13 semesters), Folklore Studies (11 semesters), Prehistory (7 semesters), Social Psychology (5 semesters), Indian Studies (4 semesters)

1988
Magister Artium (M.A.) in Cultural Anthropology:
Thesis: ‘Die Traditionellen Darstellenden Künste im modernen Bali - Kontinuität und Wandel’ [‘The Traditional Performing Arts in Modern Bali - Continuity and Change’]

1988 - 1996
Dr.-Phil.-program at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany: Cultural Anthropology, Folklore Studies, Social Psychology

25 Feb. 1997
Doctorate in Cultural Anthropology (Dr. phil.) (magna cum laude)

Dissertation: ‘Weltbild, Heilspragmatik und Herrschaftslegitimation im vorkolonialen Bali - Eine Analyse des höfischen Diskurses’ [‘World View, Soteriology, and Legitimacy of Rule in Pre-Colonial Bali - an Analysis of the Court Discourse’]

Stipends, Grants & Fellowships
1988 - 1990
Doctoral stipend (Promotionsstipendium) from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (Study Foundation of the German People)

1990
Grant for a lecture-trip to the U.S.A. from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Society)

1991
Grant for a lecture-trip to the U.S.A. from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Society)

1992
Stipend for a three-month-visit to the Leiden University, The Netherlands, from the European Erasmus Program

1997
Oskar-Karl-Forster-Grant as a contribution to the publication of the dissertation

1997

Grant for a lecture trip to Surabaya, Indonesia, from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Society)

Dec. 1997 - Nov. 2000
European Science Foundation research fellowship at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden, The Netherlands

1999
Grant from the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek / NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) to support the convention of the International IIAS-Seminar on Hinduism in Modern Indonesia.

Dec. 2000 - Feb. 2001
Senior visiting fellowship at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden, The Netherlands

Field Research
1986
Two-month-fieldwork in Jakarta and Bali in connection with the topic of his MA thesis, supervised by Dr. I Made Bandem, Director of the Indonesian Academy for Dance (Akademi Seni Tari Indonesia) in Denpasar

1988
Two-month fieldtrip to Bali for the study of Old Javanese with Drs. I Nengah Medera, Lecturer for Sanskrit, Old-Javanese and Balinese at the Universitas Udayana in Denpasar, Bali, and gender wayang with I Nyoman Sumandhi, M.A., Lecturer for various genres of Balinese music at the Secondary School for Indonesian Music (Sekolah Menengah Karawitan Indonesia) in Batubulan, Bali

1989/1990
Eight-month-field-research in Java and Bali in connection with the topic of his dissertation, funded by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (Study Foundation of the German People), supervised by the Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (Indonesian Institute for Science) in Jakarta, the Universita Udayana in Denpasar, and the Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia (High School for the Arts of Indonesia) in Denpasar

1993|
One-month-fieldtrip to the village of Sangkaragung in Northwest-Bali to carry out preparations for a project involving the recording of gamelan jegog, a Balinese bamboo-ensemble

1995
One-month audio- and visual documentation of the Balinese bamboo-ensemble gamelan jegog

1998
Two-month-fieldtrip to Surabaya, Bali and Jakarta in connection with his research project Diversity in Peril? Hinduism in Modern Indonesia, financed by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands

Oct. 1998 - Febr. 1999
Four-month-field research in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Bali, and South Sulawesi in connection with his research project Diversity in Peril? Hinduism in Modern Indonesia, supervised by the Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (Indonesian Institute for Science) in Jakarta, the Universitas Bhayangkara (Police University) in Surabaya, and the Universitas Hindu Indonesia in Denpasar, financed by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands

1999
Two-month-field research in Java and Bali in connection with his research project Diversity in Peril? Hinduism in Modern Indonesia, financed by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands

1999
Five-week-field research in India (Dehli, Kuruksetra, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Meerut, Madras, Puttaparthy, Kanchipuram, Mahabalipuram) in connection with his research project Diversity in Peril? Hinduism in Modern Indonesia, financed by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands

July 2000|
One-month-field research in Bali in connection with his project Diversity in Peril? Hinduism in Modern Indonesia, financed by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands

2000
Two-month-field research in Bali, Java, and Kalimantan in connection with his project Diversity in Peril? Hinduism in Modern Indonesia, financed by the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands

Since Nov. 2001
Fieldwork in different locations and circuits in the Netherlands in connection with his research project "Detraditionalization" and the Normalization of New Forms of Religiosity in Contemporary Dutch Society at the Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Professional Experience
1984 - 1988
Student-assistant at the Institut für deutsche und vergleichende Volkskunde (Institute for German and Comparative Ethnology) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

1986 - 1988
Academic adviser of the Puppet-Theater-Museum Kaufbeuren, Germany

July - August 1986
Participation in an excavation project of the Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (Bavarian Archaeological Bureau), Germany

1988 - 1995
Free-lance tour leader of study tours to Indonesia

1988 - 1997
Free-lance translator, writer and editor

1992
Six-month-on-the-job-training as assistant-editor for the publisher Topic-Verlag in Karlsfeld / München, Germany

1995 - 1996
Free-lance assistant-editor for the publisher Museums Agentur, Verlag Dr. Christian Müller-Straten in München, Germany

1997
Free-lance editor for the publisher zeiX Image digital publishing in München, Germany

2001
Free-lance writer for the Encyclopedia of Asia, published by Berkshire Reference Works in Great Barrington, Ma., U.S.A.

Further Activities
1981 - 1989
Member of the Balinese gamelan group "Cara Bali" in München, Germany;
leader: Andras Varsanyi

1986 - 1992
Member of the Javanese gamelan Study Group at the Musikinstrumentenmuseum (Museum for Musical Instruments) in München, Germany

Since August 2002
Chair of the Stichting Nederlands Centrum voor het Volkspoppentheater (Foundation Dutch Center for Folk Puppet-Theater)

Academic Activities
Research Positions
Dec. 1997 - Nov. 2000
European Science Foundation research fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies in Leiden, The Netherlands, and affiliated fellow at the Nordic In-??stitute for Asian Studies in Copenhagen, Denmark; research project: Diversity in Peril? Hinduism in Modern Indonesia

Dec. 2000 - Feb. 2001
Senior visiting fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies, editing the volume ‘Hinduism in Modern Indonesia - Hindu Dharma Indonesia between Local, National, and Global Interests’

Nov. 2001 - Oct. 2006
Post-doctoral researcher at the Meertens Instituut, a Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences institute specialized in the documentation of and research on Dutch language and culture; project: Detraditionalization and the Normalization of New Forms of Religiosity in Contemporary Dutch Society

Teaching
1998 (SS) Seminar for undergraduate students on ‘Hinduism in ancient and modern Indonesia’ at the Institute of Ethnology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany, twelve sessions

1998/ 99 (WS) Guest lecturer for the Doctoraal Bijvak, Indonesië-Overzicht Colleges, Leiden University, Department of Cultural Anthropology/ Sociology of Non-Western Societies, The Netherlands; one seminar for undergraduate students on ‘Hinduism in Modern Indonesia’

Activities as Academic Adviser
1998 - 1999
Academic Adviser for the establishment of a doctoral program at the Universitas Bhayangkara (Police University) in Surabaya, Indonesia

1999 - 2000
Academic Adviser for the establishment of a new program ‘Applied Studies of Languages for Business Communication/ Bahasa Indonesia’at the University for Applied Sciences in Konstanz, Germany

Since July 2000
Academic adviser and guest lecturer for the establishment of a doctoral programme at the Sekolah Tinggi Agama Hindu Negeri, (State College for the Study of the Hindu Religion), Denpasar, Indonesia

Fall 2002
Reviewer for the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek /NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) and the Dutch organization for Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek van de Tropen / WOTRO (Scientific Research of the Tropics)

Languages
German, English, Dutch, French, Indonesian, Old-Javanese, Balinese, Latinum

Scientific Memberships
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
American Academy of ReligionAmerican Anthropological Association
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Volkskunde
European Association for Southeast Asian Studies
Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
International Society for Balinese Studies

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