Nouvelles Questions Féministes

Nouvelles Questions Féministes (NQF), whose title means New Feminist Questions, is a French-language academic journal devoted to feminist scholarship and the critical analysis of gender relations. It is published on a biannual basis by Éditions Antipodes and combines the conventions of peer-reviewed research with an explicitly feminist intellectual and political orientation. The journal is associated with both French and Swiss feminist research networks and is currently based at the University of Lausanne and the Laboratoire interuniversitaire en Études Genre (LIEGE), or Inter-university Laboratory for Gender Studies. The journal was founded in 1981 by a collective of feminists that included Simone de Beauvoir, Christine Delphy, Claude Hennequin and Emmanuèle de Lesseps. Its creation followed a split within the editorial collective of Questions féministes, an earlier feminist publication. The dispute concerned, among other issues, the interpretation of women's participation in heterosexuality. NQF therefore emerged not simply as a new periodical, but as the continuation of a significant strand of French feminist theoretical work after an internal debate over editorial and political positions. Since 2001, the journal's French and Swiss editorial board has been headed by Christine Delphy and Patricia Roux. Their association reflects the publication's cross-border character and its links to materialist, sociological and interdisciplinary approaches to feminism. The journal provides a venue for scholarly articles and related forms of feminist analysis, contributing to debates about gender, power, social structures and the production of knowledge. Its publication model is that of a specialist research journal rather than a mass-market consumer brand. NQF's principal offering is its recurring sequence of journal issues. The publication is available through its official French-language website and through online access provided by Cairn.info. It is also abstracted and indexed in Scopus, indicating recognition within major scholarly information and citation systems. The journal's audience includes researchers, students, academics, libraries and readers engaged with feminist theory, gender studies and related social-science fields. As a publication identity, Nouvelles Questions Féministes is positioned at the intersection of feminist intellectual production and academic publishing. Its historical importance derives from its role in sustaining and developing feminist debates in the French-speaking scholarly world, while its institutional links in Switzerland support a broader francophone and international research presence. The available reference material does not identify a corporate parent, public listing, financial figures or a single commercial owner beyond its publication by Éditions Antipodes.

Nouvelles Questions Féministes was established in 1981 by a collective of feminists including Simone de Beauvoir, Christine Delphy, Claude Hennequin and Emmanuèle de Lesseps. Its formation followed a schism within the editorial collective of Questions féministes. The disagreement involved the interpretation of women's participation in heterosexuality and led to the creation of a successor publication carrying a new title and editorial identity. From its foundation, the journal developed as a French-language feminist publication combining theoretical debate with the circulation of research on gender and women's social position. Its identity was shaped by the feminist intellectual movements of the period and by the effort to maintain a dedicated forum for feminist analysis within academic and political discussions. Rather than operating as a general-interest magazine, it functioned as a specialist journal for sustained engagement with feminist theory and research. The publication later acquired a distinctly French-Swiss institutional dimension. Since 2001, its French and Swiss editorial board has been headed by Christine Delphy and Patricia Roux. The journal is currently based at the University of Lausanne and LIEGE, the Laboratoire interuniversitaire en Études Genre, also known in English as the Inter-university Laboratory for Gender Studies. This base links the journal to university-based gender research while preserving its independent publication identity. NQF is published twice a year by Éditions Antipodes. Its distribution and scholarly visibility extend beyond its institutional base through the journal's official website and online access via Cairn.info. The publication is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, giving its articles exposure within international academic discovery and citation infrastructure. The available material does not provide a complete account of individual issue themes, circulation, subscription figures or changes in publisher, so those aspects are not specified here.

• 2001

  French-Swiss editorial leadership established

  [1]Nouvelles Questions Féministesen.wikipedia.org

  Christine Delphy and Patricia Roux began heading the journal's French and Swiss editorial board.

• 1981

  Journal founded

  [1]Nouvelles Questions Féministesen.wikipedia.org

  Nouvelles Questions Féministes was established by a feminist collective including Simone de Beauvoir, Christine Delphy, Claude Hennequin and Emmanuèle de Lesseps.

• Indexed in Scopus

  [1]Nouvelles Questions Féministesen.wikipedia.org

  The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus.

A French-language, peer-reviewed feminist research journal with a cross-border French-Swiss editorial identity and a focus on feminist theory, gender studies and critical analysis of social relations.

• Peer-reviewed academic journal · 1981

  Nouvelles Questions Féministes

  The journal's core product is a twice-yearly French-language publication devoted to feminist scholarship. It provides a specialist platform for theoretical, empirical and interdisciplinary work concerned with feminism, gender relations and the social organization of women's lives. Issues are produced by Éditions Antipodes and are available through the journal's website and online through Cairn.info.

1. 1Nouvelles Questions Féministesen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Official website of Nouvelles Questions Féministesnouvellesquestionsfeministes.ch