Adrien Delmas is a specialist in the medieval and early modern history of Southern Africa. He holds a PhD from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (2010) and has published, among other works, Written Culture in Colonial Context (Brill, 2012), Les voyages de l’écrit. Culture écrite et expansion européenne à l’époque moderne (Honoré Champion, 2013), Towards a History of Archaeology from South Africa (SAAB, 2019) and Cuba & Africa, 1959-1994 (Wits University Press, 2021).
He was director of the French Institute of South Africa in Johannesburg (2012–2016) and of the Centre Jacques-Berque in Rabat (2018–2022). After serving as head of the Africa Programme in Sciences Po (2022–2024), he is presently Director of Studies of Sciences Po Bachelor.