Giselle Bernard
gisellebernard.bsky.social
Giselle Bernard
@gisellebernard.bsky.social
PhD Researcher at the European University Institute History Department
@eui-history.bsky.social
Women's and Queer Histories
https://www.eui.eu/people?id=giselle-bernard

Co-convenor of the EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social
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Our researcher Cynthia Sadler defends her #PhD thesis on the practices of women loving women in #18thcentury Paris 👉 loom.ly/Hh6PNqE

Interested in Cynthia's research? Read this #MyEUIResearch interview 👉 loom.ly/aPUTm3o

📚🎓 #QueerHistory #CulturalHistory
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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The Queer Feminist Studies WG, an interdisciplinary research group based at the @eui-eu.bsky.social, is co-organising an International Conference titled "QUEER FRAGMENTS: BREAKING, REPARING, TRANSFORMING" (Florence, 4-5 June 2026)!
Find attached our CfP: you have time until 9 January to apply!
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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🦄Queer Alert🦄
The EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group, together with Storie di sessualità e genere from Università di Padova, is organising a two-day "InterQueer" workshop in Padova, on 29-30 January 2026.
👉Find the call for papers here: gender.eui.eu/wp-content/u...
October 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Enjoying Sant Jordi (Day of Books) in sunny Fiesole in the best of companies, Eli Clare's Brilliant Imperfection and @rmesch.bsky.social's Before Trans🌹📖Thank you so much @euilibrary.bsky.social for the rose & books!
April 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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In response to today's Supreme Court ruling, we'd like to encourage you to pre-order @elierlick.bsky.social's book, Before Gender.

Discover the trailblazing lives of 30 trans people who will change everything you've been told about transgender history: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526192714/
Manchester University Press - Before Gender
Before Gender - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Before Gender by Eli Erlick
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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As part of the LGBT+ History Month Italia, the Queer and Feminist Studies and the Interviewing and Oral History Working Groups jointly organised a wonderful one-day workshop with Professor Tamara Chaplin.
April 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Co-organising this with the wonderful @gisellebernard.bsky.social @zsofia-v.bsky.social @ricbul.bsky.social

You can join some of the workshop via Zoom!
A queer history of modern France

On 7 April at 10.00 CEST, join a workshop with Tamara Chaplin on her recent book on female same-sex intimacy in modern French history 👉 loom.ly/D-u5XnA

Organised by our @eui-qfg.bsky.social working group

📣 #QueerHistory #FrenchHistory
March 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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You can support Budapest Pride by joining the 2025 march this summer (28 June): www.facebook.com/events/72648...

by donating: budapestpride.hu/en/regular-d...

and by signing their petition: budapestpride.hu/aktualis-pet...
March 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The Queer and Feminist Working Group strongly opposes the recent Hungarian ban on Pride ❌ We stand in solidarity with LGBTQ+ communities 🏳️‍🌈 Please support Budapest Pride!

Itt(hon) vagyunk!
March 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Exciting to receive my first academic publication on paper through the post!
It was a pleasure contributing to this volume on gender, creativity & retreat, revisiting the writings of V. Woolf, contemporary writers Leïla Slimani, Deborah Levy and @emcke.bsky.social and reflecting back on lockdowns.
March 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM