Book

Book cover titled 'Trans* Geschichten der Moderne' by Jonah I. Garde, about gender transformation in the 20th century and colonial spirits, published by transcript Queer Studies.

Trans* Geschichten der Moderne:
“Geschlechtsumwandlung” im 20. Jahrhundert und ihre kolonialen Geister

Trans* Geschichten der Moderne (transcript, 2025) explores how trans* histories are entangled with modernity and colonialism in early-20th-century Austria. The book offers an in-depth analysis of how ‘sex change,’ both as an idea and a medical practice, was reshaped in the early 20th century by modern medicine and biology, mass popular culture, as well as colonial discourses. The book’s geographic focus not only highlights Austria’s distinct historical context but also underscores its centrality in global discussions on the coloniality and modernity of sex and its mutability. In doing so, the book raises important questions about how our perspective on trans* historiography—its content and subjects—changes when colonial histories and their haunting legacies are placed at the center of that endeavour.

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Selected Articles and Chapters

Artwork featuring multiple women, including one standing confidently in the foreground with her hand on her hip, and other women sitting or standing behind her, in a watercolor style with warm tones and casual clothing.

“Between the Bar and the Clinic:
Trans* Visual Histories in Mysterium Des Geschlechtes.”

In Weimar’s Queer Visual Cultures, edited by Birgit Lang, Ina Linge, and Katie Sutton, 217–36. University of Toronto Press (2026).

Cover of Transgender Studies Quarterly, Volume 8, Issue 2, May 2021, titled 'The Europa Issue,' featuring three individuals in masks and costumes, one with pink hair and a pink jacket, holding a cigarette, in front of a gray background.

“Provincializing Trans* Modernity: Asterisked Histories and Multiple Horizons in Der Steinachfilm”

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly 8.2 (2021): 207–22.

Cover page of Femina Politica magazine, issue 02/2023, titled "Trans* Ungleichzeitigkeiten und Trans* Feminismen," featuring red and white text and a black and white logo.
Cover page of Femina Politica magazine, issue 02/2023, titled "Trans* Ungleichzeitigkeiten und Trans* Feminismen," featuring red and white text and a black and white logo.

“Menschenrechte, ‚biologische Fakten‘ und binäre Geschlechter: Koloniale Geschichten der transantagonistischen Gegenwart.”

Co-authored with Yv Nay.
Femina Politica – Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft 32.2 (2023): 38–50.

Book cover titled 'Bildung. Macht. Diversitat.' with subtitle 'Critical Diversity Literacy in Higher Education,' authored by Serena O. Daniw, Sarah M. Flip, Julia Kínosylvy, and Georges Pfiendhood (H.G.), published by transcript, focuses on education, diversity, and social practice.

“Ansätze für trans*formative Pädagogiken.”

Co-authored with Simon N. Harder.
In Bildung. Macht. Diversität: Critical Diversity Literacy im Hochschulraum, edited by Serena O. Dankwa, Sarah-Mee Filep, Ulla Klingovsky, and Georges Pfruender, 211–24. transcript (2021).

Upcoming Publications

Garde, Jonah I. “Imposter Formations: On Bogus Pasts, Unreliable Narrators, and Trans History’s Phony Archives.” In Queer and Trans Approaches to German Studies, edited by Kyle Frackman and Ervin Malakaj. DeGruyter, forthcoming.

Wolff, Christopher, and Jonah I. Garde. “Archives and Trans Cinema.” In The Handbook of Global Trans Cinema, edited by Douglas Vakoch, Paige Macintosh, and Ester Jiresch, forthcoming.

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