Dr. Esther Elizalde Marquina

Degree in Humanities from the University of Navarra (2005) and PhD in Art History from the same university (2012). She was a student intern in the department of History of Art in the last years of the degree program, which she joined as a staff researcher in training (Professor teaching assistant), becoming part of the faculty of the Chair of Heritage and Art of Navarre.

In 2014 she was in charge of the administrative office technical office of the International Conference on: Fortified Heritage: Management and Sustainable Development held in Pamplona (15-17 October), organized by theFortius project : tourist and cultural evaluation of the fortified heritage of Pamplona and Bayonne. She has also been a member of its Scientific committee .

Previously, she worked as an intern during the 1st phase of the research project : "20th century architecture in Spain, Gibraltar and the French regions of Aquitaine, Auvergne, Languedoc-Rousillon, Limousin, Midi-Pyrénés and Poitiou-Charente", funded by the Community Initiative INTERREG III B Southwest and sponsored by the Iberian DOCOMOMO Foundation.

During the 2006-2007 academic year, she enjoyed a training scholarship in the Museum Service of the General Administration of Culture and Tourism of Navarra in the area of artistic and cultural activity of the Museum of Navarra, where she coordinated the exhibitions: "Rafael Moneo. Museums. Auditoriums. Libraries" and "Pío Baroja'sreport ".

Civil and military architecture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are two of the topics to which he devotes his preferential lines of research , as he has made clear in various publications, national and international conferences. In June 2011, the qualifying jury of the XXXV Contest of Historical Archaeological research "award Manuel Corchado", organized by the Spanish association of Friends of the Castles in Madrid, awarded him a second prize for his work: "The recovery of the Citadel of Pamplona in the twentieth century", published in the journal of the same association.

Likewise, his doctoral thesis : "Evolución del recinto amurallado de Pamplona, 1808-1973: entre la mejora, el derribo y la recuperación patrimonial", directed by Dr. D. José Javier Azanza López, was published by the City Council of Pamplona in December 2012, with the degree scroll: Pamplona place fuerte 1808-1973. From demolition to symbol of identity of the city.

In 2014 he participated in the collective work El patrimonio fortificado pirenaico (s. XVI-XIX) also published by the City Council of Pamplona, with the inventory of 44 fortifications located in the Pyrenees and under the degree scroll: "Recorrido por las Principales Fortalezas Pirenaicas (s. XVI-XIX)". At present, apart from his research work within the Chair, he continues his professor work in the extra-university field.