Mathias Kulpinski
Présentation
Bio :
I am a historian of sensory experiences, gender relations, life-narratives, and state policies in the twentieth century. My research is situated within the social, cultural, and material history of modern Britain and Western Europe, focusing on the intersection of identity, sensory experience, and technological change. My PhD thesis, Working-class masculinities in twentieth-century Britain: An autobiographical inquiry, which was supervised by Clarisse Berthezène (University Paris Cité) and Ben Griffin (Girton College, Cambridge), utilized life-writing to investigate shifting class and gender identities, while the Burnett collection got me interested in the affective and micro-historical approaches I now wish to develop further. I am preparing a book that presents affective histories of working-class masculinities in twentieth-century Britain, and I am working on one article about working-class soundscapes and another one on the use of a hermeneutic of care in historical research. My current project, “The Engineered Haven: Domestic Comfort, Technology and Sensory Experience in 20th-Century Western Societies,” is a multi-scalar and transnational history of the engineered home in the modern West.
Formation :
- Doctorat en Langue et cultures des sociétés anglophones sous la direction de Clarisse Berthezène (UPC) et Ben Griffin (Cambridge, Girton College) : « Working-class masculinities in twentieth-century Britain: An autobiographical inquiry ».
- Master Histoire et Civilisation. Mémoire sous la direction de Philippe Minard (EHESS, ENS) : « Un Parmi Tant d’Autres : Les Autobiographies de la Classe-Ouvrière Londonienne à la fin du XIXème Siècle ».
Ouvrages
Autres publications
- Septembre 2024, avec Bérengère Darlison, « Pratiques mémoriales chez les hommes et les femmes politiques anglo-américains depuis les années 1990 », Ecrire L’histoire, N°24.