Georges Dumézil
On 26 February 1988, Delumeau was elected a member of the "Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres" in the chair of Georges Dumézil. He was given his "épée d'académicien" on 27 September 1989 by . During the ceremony, speeches were made by Nicole Lemaître, Alain Cabantous, Michel Mollat du Jourdin, Wolff and himself. He was a candidate for the Académie française in 2002.