Anne Heith

Biography

I was a full time researcher at Tromsö university 2008-2011 as a member of the Border Poetics group (project title: Tornedalian Textual Landscapes). I have also been a guest researcher at the Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala university and done research on Tornedalian and Sami literature, culture and mobilization. In 2014 I received funding from Umep university for research about Sami elements in Umeå 2014. I also received finding from the faculty of Humanities for research related to Tornedalian and Sami culture. This year I hav received funding from CeSam for Sami research. I hav received funding from RJ (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond) 2016-2017 for full time research about post colonialism and Laestadianism (RJ Sabbatical).

Research Interest

indigenous studies; Sami studies; Tornedalian studies; postcolonial studies, critical whiteness studies