Bernard Saladin D'Anglure
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Bernard Saladin D'Anglure | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 1936 France |
| Died | (aged 88) |
| Occupation(s) | Anthropologist, ethnographer |
Bernard Saladin d'Anglure (May 1936 – 13 February 2025) was a Canadian anthropologist and ethnographer. His work primarily concerned itself with the Inuit of Northern Canada, especially practices of shamanism and conceptions of gender. As an anthropological theorist, he studied under the structuralist Claude Lévi-Strauss, but became most recognized for his innovative methodology and elaboration of the concept of the "third sex". He spoke French, English and Inuktitut fluently. He was Professor Emeritus (Retired) at the Université Laval.[1]
D'Anglure was born in France in May 1936. At the age of 19, d'Anglure came to Canada through a bursary from the Fondation Nationale des Bourses Zellidja, and travelled throughout Northern Quebec, spending several weeks in the settlement of Quaaqtaq, Nunavik.[2]
Upon his return, he began a master's degree in anthropology at the Université de Montréal, receiving the degree in 1964. D'Anglure completed a Ph.D. in ethnology from the École pratique des hautes études de Paris in 1971. During his graduate work, he travelled to Canada to act as an assistant to noted French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss in Nunavik, Quebec.[1]
Returning to Canada in 1971, he gained a permanent position as professor of Anthropology at the Université Laval as well as the directorship of the Department, which he held until 1974.[3] His work at the Université has remained centred on Nunavik and Baffin Island—particularly the community of Igloolik, Nunavut—and Inuit shamanism.
In 1977, he founded Études Inuit Studies, a bilingual international journal concerning the ethnography, political structures and hard scientific study of the peoples of the Arctic. He was the founder of the biennial Inuit Studies Conference as well as the Inuit and Circumpolar Studies Group, which has contributed significantly to Arctic social sciences in Canada.[1] D'Anglure received the Government of Canada's Northern Science Award in 2001.[4]
He held the office of Professor Emeritus (Retired) at the Université Laval.
Saladin D'Anglure died on 13 February 2025, at the age of 88.[5]
