Florys Castan-Vicente

Florys Castan-Vicente is a Lecturer-researcher at the University of Paris-Saclay, affiliated with the Faculty of Sports Sciences and the CIAMS-SCOS research unit (Complexité, Innovation, Activités Motrices et Sportives - Sciences du Corps, de l'Organisation et des Sociétés). Her academic work bridges sports history, gender studies, and feminist theory with a particular focus on French contexts from the late 19th century to contemporary periods.

Her research centers on the intersections between women's physical activities and feminist movements throughout history. She has extensively studied the network of 'sports feminists' present from the first feminist generation, examining how sportswomen and feminists were interconnected. Her work also explores female leaders in international sports organizations like Marie-Thérèse Eyquem and Alice Milliat, and their roles in international relations. She investigates professionalism from a gender perspective, focusing on high-level sportswomen such as Suzanne Lenglen and Violette Morris, analyzing their gender performances and challenges to societal norms. Her research extends to contemporary sports like roller derby, which emerged during the third feminist wave.

Castan-Vicente's scholarly output demonstrates consistent focus on gender dynamics in sports history, with publications spanning from 2009 to 2023. Her work reveals a trajectory from historical biographical studies to contemporary gender analysis in sports, with particular attention to how medical discourse has shaped women's participation in sports and how feminist movements have navigated these constraints.

Scientific Recognition:

• Recipient of the Jean Maitron Prize in 2008 for her historical research

Her collaborative work with scholars like Anaïs Bohuon demonstrates strong research partnerships across gender studies and sports history. While specific grant information isn't detailed in the available sources, her extensive publication record in prestigious journals suggests successful research funding. Her work appears in journals such as Sport in History, 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire, and STAPS: Revue internationale des sciences du sport et de l'éducation physique, as well as in edited volumes from major academic publishers.

Castan-Vicente's research contributes significantly to understanding how sports have served as both sites of gender constraint and arenas for feminist resistance and innovation throughout modern French history.