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Nicolas Delalande
Full Professor, Assistant Director for Research at the Centre for History
Centre for History (CHSP)
Research Interest(s): Political history of the State and Social Inequalities (19th-20th Centuries), History of Political Economy (Credit, Debt, and Taxation), Transnational and Global History
Discipline(s): History
Research Group(s): Government. Institutions, Knowledge, Norms
Biography
Nicolas Delalande is a professor at the Centre for History at Sciences Po. He supervises PhD theses in the fields of political, economic, and social history, and teached at all levels of Sciences Po's curriculum (History of the 20th and 21st Century; History of inequalities; history of capitalism.
His research focuses on the history of the state, on citizenship, inequalities, and solidarity practices in modern and contemporary Europe. His current research project explores the history of collective obligations in democratic times, paying particular attention to the tensions between rights and duties in the making of citizenship over the last two centuries (CIVICOB, projectf funded by Sciences Po's Scientific Advisory Board, 2025-2027).
With David Todd, he convenes the monthly research seminar entitled "Histories of economic life" (https://www.sciencespo.fr/histoire/fr/recherche/seminaires/seminaire-des-axes-et-des-domaines/histoires-de-la-vie-economique/).
He is the coeditor of the "History" series at the Presses de Sciences Po (with Claire Andrieu and Sylvie Thénault), and he is also a coeditor of an essay collection published by Le Seuil ("Le Compte à rebours").
Main Publications:
- Struggle and Mutual Aid. The Age of Workers’ Solidarity, New York, Other Press, 2023 (https://otherpress.com/product/struggle-and-mutual-aid-9781635420104/)
- With Blaise Truong-Loï, Histoire politique du XIXe siècle, Paris, Presses de Sciences Po, 2021 (https://www.cairn.info/histoire-politique-du-xixe-siecle--9782724637755.htm)
- With Nicolas Barreyre (dir.), A World of Public Debts. A Political History; Palgrave MacMillan, 2020.
- La Lutte et l’Entraide. L’âge des solidarités ouvrières, Paris, Seuil, coll. « L’Univers historique », Paris, Seuil, coll. « L’Univers historique », 2019 (https://www.cairn.info/la-lutte-et-l-entraide--9782021389524.htm).
- Patrick Boucheron (ed), with Nicolas Delalande, Florian Mazel, Yann Potin et Pierre Singaravélou, Histoire mondiale de la France (Seuil, 2017 ; édition Points Seuil et édition illustrée, 2019). English version: France in the World. A New Global History (New York, Other Press, 2019).
- Les Batailles de l’impôt. Consentement et résistances de 1789 à nos jours, Paris, Seuil, coll. « L’Univers historique », 2011.
Thesis Supervision
- Vianney GRIFFATON : Worktime, industrial discipline, spare time : a social and political history of the struggle for the reduction of work in France (1880s-1930s).
- Rébecca MATHIOT : A History of Contemporary Worlds – Equality, Hierarchies and Emancipation in the 20th and 21st Centuries.
publications
- Nicolas Barreyre, Nicolas Delalande. The Words of Public Debts: A Political Repertoire. Nicolas Barreyre; Nicolas Delalande. A World of Public Debts: A Political History, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.513-539, 2020, Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance (PSHF), 9783030487935. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-48794-2_20⟩. ⟨hal-05171276⟩
- Nicolas Delalande. Lutter en commun (Mondes Sociaux). 2019, ⟨10.58079/u9d5⟩. ⟨hal-05048989⟩
- Lionel Zevounou, Silyane Larcher, Nicolas Delalande. Nicolas Delalande, « Marronnages, les questions raciales en revue. Entretien avec Silyane Larcher & Lionel Zevounou », La Vie des idées , 9 juin 2023. ISSN : 2105-3030.. 2023. ⟨hal-04125077⟩
- Nicolas Delalande, Blaise Truong-Loï. Histoire politique du XIXe siècle. Presses de Sciences Po, pp.422, 2021, 9782724637755. ⟨hal-03366946⟩
- Nicolas Delalande, Eric Monnet, Laure Quennouëlle-Corre. Que reste-t-il des « Trente Glorieuses » ?. 2020. ⟨hal-03392624⟩
- Nicolas Delalande, Eric Monnet, Laure Quennouëlle-Corre, Laurent Warlouzet. Que reste-t-il des « Trente Glorieuses » ?. Histoire@Politique : revue du Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po, 2020, 42, pp.1-19. ⟨10.4000/histoirepolitique.631⟩. ⟨halshs-03091820⟩
- Nicolas Barreyre, Nicolas Delalande. A World of Public Debts. A Political History. Springer, pp.608, 2020, Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance, 9783030487935. ⟨hal-03376284⟩
- Nicolas Delalande. The Financial Challenges of Total War: Britain, France, and Their Empires in the First World War. Nicolas Barreyre; Nicolas Delalande. A World of Public Debts, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.261 - 286, 2020, 9783030487935. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-48794-2_11⟩. ⟨hal-03366727⟩
- Axelle Brodiez, Émilien Ruiz, Nicolas Delalande, Emmanuel Bellanger, Charlotte Vorms, et al.. Écrire pour le (grand) public sans renoncer aux pairs : trois expériences de revues en ligne. Le Mouvement social, 2020, Écrire autrement ? L'histoire sociale en quête de publics, 4 (269-270), pp.149-164. ⟨10.3917/lms.269.0149⟩. ⟨hal-02878925⟩
- Nicolas Delalande, Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel, Pierre Singaravélou, Marie-Bénédicte Vincent (Dir.). Dictionnaire historique de la comparaison. Éditions de la Sorbonne; Éditions de la Sorbonne, 2020, ⟨10.4000/books.psorbonne.87055⟩. ⟨hal-03955399⟩
- Nicolas Delalande, Michael Behrent. Inequality's Bright Future. Books and Ideas, 2019. ⟨hal-03567023⟩
- Nicolas Delalande. Finance et démocratie sont-elles irréconciliables ?. 2019. ⟨hal-03471378⟩
- Nicolas Delalande. Le bel avenir des inégalités. Books and Ideas, 2019. ⟨hal-03567083⟩
- Nicolas Delalande. La lutte et l'entraide. Editions Seuil, pp.368, 2019, L'univers historique, 9782021389524. ⟨hal-03205587⟩
- Patrick Boucheron, Nicolas Delalande, Florian Mazel, Yann Potin (Dir.). France in the World. Other press, 2019, 978-1-59051-941-7. ⟨halshs-02942676⟩
- Patrick Boucheron, Nicolas Delalande. Récit national et histoire mondiale : Comment écrire l’histoire de France au XXIe siècle ?. Histoire@Politique : revue du Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po, 2017, 1 (31), pp.17-26. ⟨10.3917/hp.031.0017⟩. ⟨hal-03567633⟩
- Nicolas Delalande. Une France cholérique. Patrick Boucheron. Histoire mondiale de la France, Editions Seuil, pp.468 - 471, 2017, 9782021336290. ⟨hal-03435059⟩
- Nicolas Delalande. Nouvelle donne. Patrick Boucheron. Histoire mondiale de la France, Editions Seuil, pp.616 - 620, 2017, 9782021336290. ⟨hal-03435054⟩
- Nicolas Delalande. Le pouvoir mis à nu. Patrick Boucheron. Histoire mondiale de la France, Editions Seuil, pp.758 - 762, 2017, 9782021336290. ⟨hal-03306720⟩
- Nicolas Delalande. La mesure du monde. Patrick Boucheron. Histoire mondiale de la France, Editions Seuil, pp.516 - 519, 2017, 9782021336290. ⟨hal-03306717⟩
- Patrick Boucheron, Nicolas Delalande. Récit national et histoire mondiale. Comment écrire l’histoire de France au XXIe siècle ?. Histoire@Politique : revue du Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po, 2017, 31 (1), pp.17-26. ⟨10.3917/hp.031.0017⟩. ⟨hal-03238933⟩
- Patrick Boucheron, Nicolas Delalande, Florian Mazel, Yann Potin (Dir.). Histoire mondiale de la France. Patrick Boucheron; Nicolas Delalande; Florian Mazel; Yann Potin. Seuil, pp.790, 2017, 9782021336290. ⟨hal-01519839⟩
- Dominique Albertini, Nicolas Delalande. Impôts : «Le seul exemple de remise à plat est la Révolution». Liberation.fr, 2013. ⟨hal-03568658⟩
- Nicolas Delalande, Romain Huret. Tax Resistance: A Global History?. Journal of Policy History, 2013, 25 (3), pp.301-307. ⟨10.1017/S0898030613000122⟩.