Gerard Pamplona Molina is doing his doctoral thesis at Pompeu Fabra University, where is also part of Grup d'Estudi de les Institucions i Societat a la Catalunya Moderna (segles XVI-XIX), and he teaches in the degrees of Humanities, Political Science, and Global Studies. Recently, he is a professor of Current World at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). He has done research stays in institutions such as the University of St Andrews, Sorbonne Université & Universitat de les Illes Balears.

As part of the consolidated groups of research -GEISCAM & GEICP/SGR 2017- his line of research focuses on the creation of the modern state, war as a mechanism for the consolidation of state power, the strategies of social and political repression and coercion, and, finally, the strategies of assimilation and control by the states, with special attention on the case of Spain and the Crown of Aragon in the 18th century. In addition, he has also studied the Francoist concentration camps during the Spanish Civil War (Lleida: Pagès editors, 2022), and the emergence and consolidation of political Catalanism between the 19th century and today in Catalonia (València: Afers, 2021). 

Furthermore, he is involved as an international analyst for some media, also participates as a researcher in peace projects with the Universidad Santo Tomás (Bogotá), and as an advisor to the Colombian government in the historical memory laws.

Books:

1. Pamplona, Gerard. El passat fosc del turó. El camp de concentració franquista del Castell de Lleida. Lleida: Pagès Editors, 2022. ISBN: 978-84-1303-326-6.
Schorlarly Publishers Indicators (SPI): Top 30 history

2. Baiges, Montse and Pamplona, Gerard. Modernitat i progrés. Evolució ateneística i associativa de les Terres de Ponent (1850-2020). Valencia: Editorial Afers, 2021. ISBN: 978-84-16260-97-3. SPI: Top 40 history

Main publications in indexed journals:

1. Pamplona, Gerard. ‘‘Militarización, destrucción urbana y asimilación forzada de ciudades de la Corona de Aragón (1707)‘‘. Revista de Historia Moderna: Anales de la Universidad de Alicante 41 (2023): 419-444.

      SCOPUS: Q2 FECYT: Q1 ICDS: 10

2. Pamplona, Gerard. ‘‘Dominación militar borbónica del reino de Aragón. Estrategias para controlar y someter la población de las fronteras orientales (1705-1710)’’. Studia Historica: Historia Moderna 44 (2023): 339-364.

      JCR: Q2; SCOPUS: Q2; FECYT: Q1 & ICDS: 10

3. Pamplona, Gerard. ‘‘El tratado de alianza franco-bávaro. Consecuencias del Tratado de Versalles de 1701 para el Electorado de Baviera e impacto de la ocupación imperial (1704-1714)‘‘. Cuadernos Dieciochistas 23 (2022): 213-233. ISSN: 1576-7914.

      SCOPUS: Q2; ICDS: 9.8; CIRC: B Ciencias Humanas & CARHUS 2018: D

4. Pamplona, Gerard & Terrado, Lluis. ‘‘Represión austracista en la frontera del Reino de Aragón durante las primeras fases de la Guerra de Sucesión de España. El caso de Areny de 1707‘‘. Cuadernos de Historia Moderna 46 (2022): 201-226. ISSN: 0214-4018.

      SCOPUS: Q2 & ICDS: 10.0  & CIRC: B Ciencias Humanas