Marie-Jo Bonnet
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1949 (age 76–77)
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| Born | Marie-Josèphe Bonnet 1949 (age 76–77) Deauville, France |
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| Alma mater | Paris Diderot University |
| Thesis | Les relations amoureuses entre les femmes du xvie au xxe siècle (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michelle Perrot |
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| Discipline | Women's history, Art history |
Marie-Josèphe Bonnet (born 1949 in Deauville) is a French specialist in the history of women, history of art, and history of lesbians. She has also published books in the history of the French resistance and occupation.
Academic career
Bonnet obtained a BA in history at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University, and went on to get her Master and PhD from Paris Diderot University. Working with Michelle Perrot[citation needed] she published her thesis, Romantic Relations between women of the 16th and 20th centuries (French: Les relations amoureuses entre les femmes du xvie au xxe siècle), in 1995.[1]
As a doctor of history, Bonnet has taught art history at Columbia University and Carleton University (in Paris), and hosted several radio and television programs for France Culture France Inter, and France 2. As an art historian, Bonnet has written several books and various articles, participating in conferences about the theme of art, women artists, and the representation of women in art. Bonnet has never had a permanent academic position in France, despite being one of the first professionally trained historians working in LGBT history.[2]
