Cécile Heim

Cécile Heim is a doctoral candidate at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Her PhD project focuses on re-imaginations of law, violence, and justice in Indigenous fiction and her research interests are Indigenous studies, decolonial studies, feminist theory, critical legal studies, and critical ethnic studies. She is the author of “Neoliberal Violence: Colonial Legacies and Imperialist Strategies of the Contemporary Western Adventure” published in the Journal of Popular Culture. She has also presented at international conferences, such as the annual meetings of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Association, the Northeastern Modern Language Association, the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, and the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association.