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Elissa Mailänder is an Associate Professor of Contemporary History at Sciences Po and Deputy Director of the Centre interdisciplinaire d'études et de recherches sur l'Allemagne (CIERA). She is affiliated with the Sciences Po Centre for History (CHSP) and the Marc Bloch Centre (CNRS/MEAE). Her research focuses on the history of violence, gender and sexuality, material culture, and everyday life under Nazi Germany.
- 1992-1997: MA in Comparative Literature and Romance Language/Literature, University of Vienna
- 1997-1999: MA in Germanic Studies, University Paris-Sorbonne
- 2007: PhD in Contemporary History and Historical Anthropology, EHESS Paris/University of Erfurt
Her research examines the intersection of violence, gender, and intimacy in Nazi Germany, including SS guards' roles in concentration camps and heterosexual relationships under fascist regimes. She explores material culture and transnational violence frameworks, with a recent project on 'Performative Transgressions in Armed Conflict' analyzing military trophy photography.
Her 2020-2021 publications focus on Nazi-era violence, sexuality, and intimate histories. Key themes include perpetrator behavior, gender norms, and visual/media analysis. She supervises doctoral projects on topics like pregnancy in concentration camps, Wehrmacht homosexuality, and anti-Nazi resistance materialities.
