PÉdron Colombani Sylvie

Biography

Sylvie Pédron Colombani is a senior lecturer in the department of sociology at the University of Paris West Nanterre La Défense. She teaches courses to students from L1 to M2: “Introduction to Sociology”, “Sociology and Anthropology”, “The Transformation of Contemporary Societies”, “Introduction to Cultural Sociology”, “Space and Society in Latin America”, “Comparative Sociology”, “New Religious Movements”, “A Socio-Anthropological Approach to Latin America”. She is also responsible for an anthropology course on the contemporary Mayan world at the INALCO (National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations / l’Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales).

Research Interest

Socio-anthropology of religion, rituals, migration, anthropology of the contemporary Mayan world