Karine Bergès

Karine Bergès has been a professor of contemporary Spanish civilisation at the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) since 2019.

Her work, carried out within the IMAGER research unit, focuses on the political and social history of contemporary Spain, as well as the history of women and gender. She co-leads the CREER research team and is an active member of several scientific collectives dedicated to feminist studies and new Spanish historiographies. A former senior lecturer at CY Cergy Paris University (2005-2019), Karine Bergès held positions of responsibility there, notably as gender equality officer.

At UPEC, she was Vice-Dean for Research (2020-2022) and since 2022 has held the position of Vice-President for “Science with and for Society”. She teaches in the field of Hispanic studies at bachelor’s and master’s level and co-directs the Spanish teacher-training programme, working with the Créteil teaching academy

Her career also includes lectures at Sciences Po Paris, Sciences Po Lyon, ENS Lyon and several Spanish universities.

Her commitment to higher education and research was recognised by her appointment as Chevalier in the Order of Academic Palms in 2017, followed by her promotion to Officier in 2025.