Sandra Gayol

Invited researcher of the 2026 DEA Programme | In residence at Maison Suger in October and November 2026
Mme GAYOL Sandra

Sandra Gayol is a researcher at the CONICET and a professor at the National University of General Sarmiento (UNGS). She holds a PhD in History from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS). As specialist in the social and cultural history of Argentina and Latin America in the 19th and 20th centuries, her research focuses on political emotions, citizenship, and death. She is the author of several influential works, including Una pérdida eterna (2023), Muertes que importan (2018), and Honor y duelo en la Argentina Moderna (2008). She has also supervised numerous researchers and doctoral students through international academic networks.

The project

TitleLe regard français sur l'Amérique du Sud : AFP, péronisme et guerre froide dans l'espace médiatique sud-américain (1944-1957)

Hosting institution: Institut d’histoire du temps présent (IHTP)

Selective Bibliography

  • Gayol, S., Una pérdida eterna. La muerte de Eva Perón y la creación de una comunidad emocional peronista, Buenos Aires, FCE, 2023
  • Gayol, S. & Kessler, G., Muertes que importan. Una mirada sociohistórica sobre los casos que marcaron la Argentina reciente, Buenos Aires, Siglo XXI, 2018
  • Gayol, S., Honor y duelo en la Argentina Moderna, Buenos Aires, Siglo XXI, 2008
  • Gayol, S., Sociabilidad en Buenos Aires. Hombres, honor y cafés: 1862-1910, Buenos Aires, Ediciones del Signo, 2000
Published at 1 June 2026