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Lisa Brooks

リサ・ブルックス

Risa Burukkusu

Profile

Gender
Female
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Vermont (Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe) → Amherst, Massachusetts (teaches at Amherst College)

Career

Occupations
historian, writer, professor
Active Years
1995-
Affiliations
Harvard University (former), Amherst College (current)
Memberships
Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe (state-recognized)

Education

Goddard College
Degree: B.A.
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: United States
Boston College
Degree: M.A.
Year of Graduation: 1995
Country: United States
Cornell University
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 2004
Country: United States
Doctoral degree

Awards

Bancroft Prize
2019
Work: Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War
Organization: Columbia University / affiliated trustees
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War

2018 history / Native American studies

A reassessment of King Philip's War that centers Indigenous perspectives, kinship, and conceptions of land, offering a narrative history that traces interactions from the colonial period.

Native American historykinshipland and spacememory and recovery

The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast

2008 history / regional studies

Reconstructs Native spatial practices and land stewardship in the Northeast, aiming to recover Indigenous conceptions of space through archival and geographic analysis.

land userecovery of spaceregional history

Bibliography

  • Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War (2018)
  • The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast (2008)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly yet narrative-driven prosedetailed analysis grounded in primary sources
Recurring Motifs
land and spacefamily and kinshipmemory and historical recovery

Legacy

Known for re-evaluating North American colonial history from Indigenous perspectives, Brooks has had influence in both academic and public spheres. Her Bancroft Prize-winning Our Beloved Kin received significant recognition in the field of history.

Trivia

  • Member of the Missisquoi Abenaki Tribe and of Polish heritage.
  • Taught at Harvard University before becoming a professor at Amherst College.
  • Education: Goddard College (B.A. 1993), Boston College (M.A. 1995), Cornell University (Ph.D. 2004).