DE MEDTS Georges

Doctor under PRAG contract (AMU PhD graduate)

Doctor under PRAG contract (AMU PhD graduate)

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Research

North American cinema and cultural studies, Indigenous cinema in the US and Canada

Centuries of study

20th and 21st century

Formal education

BA in English as a foreign language (Université Côte d’Azur, formerly known as Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis : 2013-2016), Spanish minor

MA in English as a foreign language (Université Côte d’Azur, formerly known as Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis : 2013-2016)

PhD project on Indigenous studies, titled Self-representation and visual sovereignty in Indigenous cinema in the United States and Canada (ongoing, supervisor: Pr. Sébastien Lefait, Aix-Marseille Université: 2020-2024)

Experience

Native adjunct professor in French as a foreign language (Hartwick College, Oneonta, État de New York, États-Unis: 2018-2020)

Member of the American Indian Workshop (2021-)

Non-Tenured Teaching and Research Associate (Aix-Marseille Université : 2022-2024)

Articles

De Medts, G. (2023). “Alternative Indigenous Narratives and Gender Constructions in
Sydney Freeland’s Drunktown’s Finest” (2014). Transmotion. Online.

De Medts, G. (2024). “Plants, old knowledge and bright future in Naturally Native
(1999) by Valerie Red-Horse and Jennifer Wynne Farmer”. Minnesota Press. Online. (upcoming publication)