Associate Research Scientist, South Asian Studies Council, Yale Research Associate, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Ph.D., Descriptive and Comparative Linguistics, Leiden University; B.A., Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Mark is an anthropologist and linguist trained in the UK and the Netherlands. His scholarly focus is on the Himalayan region, in particular Nepal, northern India, Bhutan and cultural Tibet. Mark teaches at Cambridge and Yale universities, where he also directs two international research projects. Mark’s research interests include the documentation of endangered languages and mapping global cultural diversity; language policy and the role of mother tongue instruction in education; and issues relating to the access and ownership of anthropological materials from ethnographic museums when they circulate online or are returned to source communities in digital form. For more information please visit http://markturin.commons.yale.edu
Mark can be reached at mark.turin@yale.edu and is always happy to hear from students and fellows who are interested in endangered languages and cultural diversity.