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Viola Franziska Müller is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in WUR's Economic Environmental History group. She received her PhD in History from Leiden University in 2020. In addition to her PhD, she holds a Master of Arts (Research) in History with a focus on Migration and Global Interdependence from Leiden University, which she completed with honors in 2015, and a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of Cologne in 2012. Viola's research investigates the impact of slavery on labor and migration in the Americas, emphasizing the political economy and the daily struggles of ordinary people while integrating legal, political, social, and environmental history. Recently, she has been a visiting researcher at Georgetown University in 2024 and has held various academic positions across prestigious institutions, including the University of Bonn and Utrecht University. Her book, "Escape City: Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban South," published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2022, won the 2023 Willie Lee Rose Prize for southern history. Additionally, in 2023, she was awarded an NWO Veni grant for her project exploring labor coercion capitalism in the Americas from 1840 to 1914. Viola also serves as Book Review Editor for the Journal of Global Slavery and is involved with several editorial advisory boards.
Wageningen University & Research • Wageningen
Researcher in the Economic Environmental History group.
Utrecht University • Utrecht
Taught courses related to history.
Georgetown University • Washington, D.C.
Conducting research in residence.
Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies • Bonn
Conducted research on slavery.
European University Institute • Florence
Engaged in advanced research.
Brown University • Providence
Conducted advanced research in history.
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