# Section II: Chapter 6  
Catherine SERVAN-SCHREIBER, researcher at the CNRS, passed away on November 6, 2021. An anthropologist specializing in medieval Indian literature, she was a member of the Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (CEIAS). Her wideranging research interests included oral traditions in North India, itinerant singers, the history of books and printing, Indian diasporas in France and the Indian Ocean, Islam in India, as well as French literature and Indian languages in Mauritius.