Biography

Rubén Pérez Trujillano (1991) holds a Law Degree from the Universidad de Granada (2014) and a Master on Constitutional Law from the Universidad de Sevilla (2015). He received his PhD in Legal History in 2019 from the Universidad de Sevilla. He has taught at the Universidad de Sevilla, University of Sheffield, and Universidad Internacional de La Rioja. He received the Memorial Blas Infante Prize in 2016.

He researches and publishes mainly on the legal and political history of contemporary Spain. He is currently studying the relationship between judicial practices and political power as part of the research project ‘Constitutionalism and Justice: Bureaucracy, Army and Rule of Law during the Spanish Second Republic in Peace and War (1931-1939)’.

Research fields

• History of justice
• Constitutional history
• History of political and legal thought
• History of colonialism

Selected publications

• Pérez Trujillano, Rubén. “Los nacionalismos en el banquillo: la represión de los movimientos nacionalistas y autonomistas durante la Segunda República,” Ayer 135 (2024): 159–185. [link] 🔓
• Pérez Trujillano, Rubén. “Las reformas judiciales del primer bienio republicano (1931-1933),” Historia Constitucional 25 (2024): 399-466. [link] 🔓
• Pérez Trujillano, Rubén. Jueces contra la República: el poder judicial frente a las reformas republicanas. Madrid: Editorial Dykinson / Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2024. [link] 🔓
• Pérez Trujillano, Rubén. Ruido de togas. Justicia política y polarización social durante la República (1931-1936). Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2024. [link]

Main projects

• Individual project ‘Constitutionalism and Justice: Continuities and Ruptures between Social Movements, Bureaucracy and Army during the Spanish Second Republic in Peace and War (1931-1939)‘ — Hosted by the IHC and funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (2022.08421.CEECIND). 2024-2030
• Postdoctoral project “Interwar Constitutionalism, Labour Market and Justice: Continuities and Ruptures between Social Movements and Bureaucracy during the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1936)” — Hosted and funded by the IHC, with funds from the Foundation for Science and Technology (UIDB/04209/2020). 2021-2022
• Researcher in the group “Seminario Permanente de Estudios Contemporáneos” — Coordinated by Ángel Luis López Villaverde (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha) and funded by the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.