Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
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
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goddard College | — | — | B.A. | — | United States |
| Boston College | — | — | M.A. | — | United States |
| Cornell University | — | — | Ph.D. | — | United States |
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
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bancroft Prize | Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War | — | Columbia University / affiliated trustees | 受賞 |
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 studiesA 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 studiesReconstructs 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).