Harald Prins |
A native of the Netherlands, Dr. Harald E.L. Prins is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology (emeritus) who taught at universities in the United States and Europe. After obtaining his doctoraal degree and serving as an assistant professor of comparative history at Radboud University, he came to New York in 1978 as a List Fellow at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School for Social Research. Two years later, he earned a Certificate in Advanced 16mm Film Production from Parsons School of Design, New York.
He conducted research in numerous countries in northwestern Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America, but especially in the Wabanaki homeland. He served as Principal Investigator for the National Park Service, guest curator at the Abbe Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, and expert witness before the U.S. Senate, as well as in U.S. and Canadian federal courts.
Committed to human rights and public anthropology, he has applied his scholarly research in support of Indigenous nations seeking to recover cultural traditions and restore or secure recognition of their ancestral and treaty rights.
Dr. Prins is the multiple award-winning author of books, documentary films, and numerous articles and book chapters published in approximately ten languages.
