Anne Quinchon-Caudal

Anne Quinchon-Caudal is a Lecturer specializing in the history of racial thinking in German-speaking countries during the 19th and 20th centuries. She holds an Accreditation to Supervise Research (2024) for her work titled 'What is German?' Body and Mind in the Discourses of the German Right (1870s-1940s).'

Her research focuses on the relationship between soul and body within the Lebensreform movement, völkisch movements, and National Socialist ideology. She examines how racial theories evolved and were institutionalized in German political thought, particularly analyzing the intellectual foundations of Nazi ideology and its historical antecedents.

Quinchon-Caudal's publications reveal a consistent scholarly trajectory examining the extreme right in Europe, with particular attention to Adolf Hitler's ideological formation. Her recent book Before 'Mein Kampf'. The Formative Years of Adolf Hitler (2023) represents a significant contribution to understanding Hitler's early political development before his most famous work.

As a researcher with an Accreditation to Supervise Research, she is qualified to direct doctoral candidates in her field of expertise, supervising advanced research on German political history and the intellectual foundations of right-wing extremism.