David Aceituno

David Aceituno Silva is a Chilean historian and academic, specialized in contemporary Chilean history, civic education, didactics of history and digital history.

He serves as Academic Secretary and associate professor at the Institute of History of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV).

Scholar career Aceituno obtained his undergraduate degree in history, Geography, and Social Sciences from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, where he later joined the faculty. Then he completed a PhD in history at the University of Valladolid in Spain and undertook further research collaboration with the University of Salamanca.

In April 2021, Dr. Aceituno, together with Pablo Rubio Apiolaza, edited the volume Chile 1984–1994: Encrucijadas in the Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy, published by the Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaíso (PUCV).

In 2023, he was interviewed by international media such as France 24, where he analyzed the evolution of Chile's historical memory in the context of the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 coup d’état.

His academic work has also been cited by European institutions such as Revista Millars or the universities of Salamanca and Valladolid, which recognizes his contributions to civic reasoning and the digital turn in historical education.

Selected works Aceituno Silva, D. & Rubio Apiolaza, P. (eds.) (2020). Chile 1984-1994: Encrucijadas de la transición de la dictadura a la democracia. Valparaíso: Ediciones Universitarias de Valparaíso. Aceituno Silva, D. (2021). “Memoria, horror y reconciliación en el Chile post-Pinochet.” Presented at the Institute of History, PUCV. Aceituno Silva, D. (2023). “Golpe de Estado e historia pública: la batalla por las narrativas.” CUHSO (Universidad Católica de Temuco). Aceituno Silva, D. (2024). “Citizen reasoning online and the economy of attention. Current and future challenges for history teaching in Chile and Latin America.” Educación y Humanismo, Universidad Simón Bolívar.