Joana Masó Illamola

PI's research project

Francesc Tosquelles's Forgotten Legacy

Joana MASÓ is Associate Professor of French Literature at the University of Barcelona and researcher at ADHUC-Theory, Gender and Sexuality Research Centre and the UNESCO Chair ‘Women, Development and Cultures’. Her research has been recognised with the ICREA award (2025-2030). She has translated texts on contemporary French criticism and philosophy by Hélène Cixous, Jacques Derrida, Catherine Malabou, Jean-Luc Marion and Jean-Lucaia Nancy, and has published articles and editions on some of these authors. Among others, she has edited the following books: La llengua m'és l'únic refugi, d'Hélène Cixous (Lleonard Muntaner, 2009), Jacques Derrida's texts on art and aesthetics Penser à ne pas voir: Écrits sur les arts du visible 1979-2004 with G. Michaud (La Différence, 2013) and Les Arts de l'Espace. Écrits et interventions sur l'architecture(La Differénce,2015). She has co-directed the collection ‘Ensayo’ at Ellago Ediciones. She is now working as a curator of contemporary art exhibitions and coordinates the research project ‘El llegat oblidat de Francesc Tosquelles’ (2017-2024). With the essay Tosquelles. Curar les institucions, she received the essay award Ciutat de Barcelona, Història i Humanitats 2021, the Associació Catalana de Crítica d'Art 2021 award for the research category and the Estudis Literaris Serra d'Or 2022 award. She has published monographs on the artistic and literary avant-garde, from dada to surrealism: Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. La artista que dio cuerpo a la vanguardia (2024) y Nusch Eluard. Sous le surréalisme, les femmes (2024).