PhD Candidate
Global
I am a student in the Ph.D. in History Program at the University of California, Berkeley, where I am also a member of the Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory. I am interested in exploring the intersection between sensory perceptions, urban space production, and food commodification during the late 19th century, particularly in Germany and Austria.
Before coming to Berkeley, I earned a B.A. in History at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Research Interests
- History of the Senses
- History of the Production of Space
- Urban History
- Food & Drinks History
- Consumption and Production
- Commodity Fetishism and Reification
- Theory of History
Selected Publications & Conferences
Eating, Identity and Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference, “The Idea of Heimat as Rural Synchronicity in German Culinary Nationalism (1871-1950),” National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2025 [In Spanish]
“Tasting in Candy Shops-Bakeries in Mexico City during the Nineteenth-Century.” Cuadernos de Nutrición, vol. 47, no. 4, July-August 2024, p. 135-140. [In Spanish]
Practices, Appropriations and Meanings of Public Space in Historical Perspective International Conference, “The Elitization of Gustatory Perception in Mexico City’s Coffee Houses (1870-1890),” National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2024. [In Spanish]
“Mexican-Style Snails. An Unusual Case of Cultural Syncretism.” Food and Foodways Series, AHA Perspectives Daily, American Historical Association, 2023. https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/mexican-style-snails-an-unusual-case-of-culinary-syncretism-august-2023/
25th Annual Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Graduate Conference, “Shop Windows and Variety: The Configuration of the Gustative Imaginarium for Upper Classes through Sweetshops and Bakeries in Mexico City (1850-1920),” Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2022
2nd International Congress on Connections and Dimensions of Urban Space, “Shop Windows as a Sensorial Intermediary in Mexico City’s Candy Shops and Bakeries (1850-1920),” National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2021 [In Spanish]
“Gourmetization and Heritage in Mexican Cuisine: What About the Nourishment of the Population?” Revista Ciencias. Revista de Cultura Científica. Faculty of Sciences/National Autonomous University of Mexico, no. 136, April-June 2020 [In Spanish]
Academic Honors & Fellowships
Fritz Thyssen Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, German Historical Institute Washington, 2025
Gabino Barreda Medal for University Merit, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2023
Brian Bertoti Best Paper Prize Award for Outstanding Historical Scholarship, Virginia Tech, 2022
