Dr. Laura De Vos

Biography

Laura De Vos teaches courses and advises research projects in Indigenous Studies and American Studies within the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at Radboud University. Her research, supported by RICH, focuses on North American Indigenous social movements and international solidarity movements. She co-authored a book titled 'Voorbij Winnetou en Pocahontas', which highlights the voices of seven leaders involved in Indigenous sovereignty struggles in North America from the 1960s to the present day. In collaboration with Dr. Reetta Humalajoki from the University of Turku, she investigates the relationships between European and North American Indigenous social movements. Laura obtained her PhD in the English Department at the University of Washington, where she volunteered with the Quinault Indian Nation on various projects. She also holds an MA in English Literature with a focus on Linguistics and Cultural Management from the University of Antwerp. Furthermore, she initiated the creation of a Graduate Certificate in American Indian Indigenous Studies at the University of Washington. Her scholarly work has been published in journals such as Transmotion and Settler Colonial Studies, and she received the 2020 Beatrice Medicine Award for her article 'Spiralic Time and Cultural Continuity of Indigenous Sovereignty: Idle Marrow Thieves'.

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