Pierre Marie Andre Delpu

Pierre Marie Andre Delpu is a Ramón y Cajal Fellow (tenure-tracked professor and researcher) at the Universitat de València, affiliated with the Department of Modern and Contemporary History within the Faculty of Geography and History. He specializes in 19th-century political and cultural history, with a focus on Southern Europe, particularly Spain and Italy.

His research centers on political martyrdom, public death rituals, and revolutionary memory. He examines how martyrdom functioned as a political tool across liberal and democratic movements, analyzing its sacralization, commemoration, and role in national identity formation. His work integrates transnational and comparative methodologies, linking Southern Europe with broader European and transatlantic contexts.

The trends in his recent publications reveal a consistent engagement with themes such as martyr construction, funerary politics, liberal sacralization, and popular mobilization. His articles span disciplines including history, memory studies, religion, and political culture, with a strong emphasis on archival and textual analysis.

Scientific Awards and Recognition:

• Ramón y Cajal Fellowship – a prestigious, nationally funded, tenure-tracked research and teaching position in Spain.

Research Leadership and Grants:

• Principal Investigator of AMAPOL. Aspects du Martyre Politique (Europe méridionale 1800–1939), hosted by Casa de Velázquez (2023–2025).
• Former postdoctoral fellow at Casa de Velázquez (2020–2021), Madrid Institute for Advanced Study (2021–2022), and FRS-FNRS (Belgium, 2022–2024).

He has held visiting positions at New York University, École française de Rome, University of Tampere, and several Spanish and Argentine universities.

Labs and Research Groups:

• Member of GRIS19 – Grup de recerca sobre el segle XIX: Reforma i Revolució a Europa i Amèrica (1763–1918), a research group focused on 19th-century reform and revolution.
• Active in interdisciplinary networks related to memory studies, revolutionary history, and political culture.