Justine Brisson wins the 4th Imec - Olivier Corpet Research Fellowship for Publishing History

Justine Brisson has won the 4th Imec - Olivier Corpet Research Fellowship for Publishing History for her project entitled « Guillaume Dustan, éditeur-édité : politique du geste éditorial au tournant du XXIe siècle ».

In this research project, she proposes to study the place of Guillaume Dustan in the literary history of contemporary publishing, at the crossroads of literature, media and homosexual cultures. Based on the unpublished collection held at Imec, the study examines the author's dual role as ‘publisher-published’ through his work in the gay section at Balland (1999-2003) and his meta-literary reflections on publishing and media coverage.

The project focuses on a period in the late 1990s when Guillaume Dustan became the mediator of his own work and anticipated certain aspects of the digital revolution. By placing Dustan within a broader editorial and community network, this work aims to contribute to a cultural history of contemporary publishing and to the memory of homosexual literature.

Justine Brisson (Sciences Po) defended her thesis entitled « Une histoire du neutre. Politique et langage, de Paul Valéry à Guillaume Dustan », on 1 December 2025, under the supervision of Astrid von Busekist (Sciences Po) and Tiphaine Samoyault (EHESS).

Find out more:

• Announcement of the award of the 4th Imec – Olivier Corpet scholarship for publishing history (in French)
• See Justine Brisson's thesis
• PhD in Political Science, Specialization in Political Theory