Dr. Helene Kringelbach

Associate Professor

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Biography

Hélène Neveu Kringelbach is an Associate Professor of African Anthropology at University College London, with a shared appointment in the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS). Her current research focuses on the complexities surrounding 'mixed' marriage between Senegal and France, particularly emphasizing the impact of European immigration policies on transnational marriage and family relationships. She also explores themes of memory, colonialism, and the negotiation of difference within families. From September 2019 to December 2022, she served as Vice-Dean for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in UCL’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Dr. Neveu Kringelbach holds a D.Phil. in Anthropology from the University of Oxford, awarded in 2005. She obtained her MSc in Social Anthropology, also from Oxford, in 2000, graduating with Distinction. Before joining UCL in 2015, she held several lecturing positions at the University of Oxford within the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography and the African Studies Centre. Hélène’s academic background is complemented by a graduate degree in Business Studies from ICN Business School in Nancy, France, where she spent time as an exchange student at Copenhagen Business School.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2015-08-01 — Present

University College London • London, United Kingdom

Associate Professor of African Anthropology.

Vice-Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

2019-09-01 — 2022-12-01

University College London • London, United Kingdom

Served as Vice-Dean for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

Lecturer

2005-01-01 — 2015-01-01

University of Oxford • Oxford, United Kingdom

Held positions as a departmental lecturer and researcher in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, and the African Studies Centre.