Isabelle St-Amand

Isabelle St-Amand is an Assistant Professor and Queen’s National Scholar at Queen's University's Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Her research focuses on comparative Indigenous literary criticism, francophone Indigenous literatures, and Indigenous-settler relationships. She has led SSHRC-funded projects on Indigenous cinema and holds a PhD from Université du Québec à Montréal.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Literary Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal (2012)
• M.A. in Humanities, Concordia University
• B.A. in Translation, Concordia University

Research Interests:

• Indigenous filmmaking methodologies
• Oral knowledge in Indigenous literatures
• Collaborative research with Indigenous communities
• Theories of events in settler colonial contexts

Awards:

• SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of Manitoba)
• Queen’s National Scholar

Teaching & Grants:

• Developed CÉRIUM's Indigenous literatures summer institute
• Instructor for courses on Indigenous cultural politics and settler colonialism
• Recipient of internal/external funding for research projects

Labs/Teams:

• Organized international conferences on Indigenous cinema
• Collaborates with Kahnawake Indigenous communities