Christian Bromberger (Born in 1946, Paris) is a French professor of

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

and an expert of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian studies at the

University of Provence The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I (french: Université de Provence) was a public research university mostly located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. It was one of the three Universities of Aix-Marseille and was part of the Academy of ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. He is a specialist in studying the culture of Gilan in the Northern side of

and also the head of the French Association of Iranian Studies. Bromberger has conducted field research in the

foothills Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topograp ...

of Gilan and has a major role in the establishment of the Guilan Rural Heritage Museum being a member of the museum's Board of Experts. Fluent in

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, and Gilaki languages, Bromberger is the author of numerous articles written in the ''Encyclopædia Iranica'' about Gilan.

Life and education

After studying French classical literature, Bromberger completed his studies in

. In 1990 he received his doctorate from the

University of Aix-en-Provence Aix-Marseille University (AMU; french: Aix-Marseille Université; formally incorporated as ''Université d'Aix-Marseille'') is a public research university located in the Provence region of southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II o ...

, France, with a briefing on Gilan and at the same time he became the chairman of the Association for the Adaptation of Antarctic

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

in the

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(affiliated with the CNRS National Center for Scientific Research). His studies were both in the core French anthropology -

Claude Lévi-Strauss Claude Lévi-Strauss (, ; 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair of Social Anthro ...

Structuralism In sociology, anthropology, archaeology, history, philosophy, and linguistics, structuralism is a general theory of culture and methodology that implies that elements of human culture must be understood by way of their relationship to a broader ...

and

André Leroi-Gourhan André Leroi-Gourhan (; ; 25 August 1911 – 19 February 1986) was a French archaeology, archaeologist, paleontology, paleontologist, paleoanthropology, paleoanthropologist, and anthropology, anthropologist with an interest in technology and a ...

Cultural Studies Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...

. Therefore, his works are mainly an innovative combination of both

studies. Since the 1970s, he has been working on a regular basis in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

, and southern part of France. He was selected by several universities outside

as a visiting professor and also has been elected as a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France since 1995. Heritage Council (Ministry of Culture) as well as the scientific responsibility of the Museum of

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an and

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, which is currently taking shape in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

(France). In February 2006, he was elected to the management of the French Association of Iranian Studies in Iran. His research, published in more than 170 works (collections, articles, and collaborations in collections), are on the basis of the method of expression and the appearance of collective identities in

(especially in Gilan province) and in the southern regions of Europe (Provence, Languedoc, Piedmont, Campania, Italy, and ...). Bromberger has also done a series of studies about how people are fascinated by association football teams and games, including its rivalries, in several cities around the world such as

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

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, and

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

. In addition, a number of his writings, which have a more general approach, are aimed at refining the methods, concepts, and themes of anthropology, especially in the studies of contemporary problems in the

Western societies The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to the various nations and states in the regions of Europe, North America, and Oceania.

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