PhD Candidate
Late Modern Europe
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 of sensory perceptions, urban space production, and food commodification in late 19th century Germany and Austria. I aim to approach these topics from a transnational perspective, particularly with connections to Latin America.
As a historian of urban space practices and their corresponding historical sensoriality, I am also a participant in the research group "Practices, Knowledges and Representations in the Historical Production of Urban Space", based at the Historical Research Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Education
B.A. in History, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Research Interests
- History of the Senses
- History of the Production of Space
- Urban History
- Food & Drinks History
- History of Consumption/Production
- Commodity Fetichism
- History of Capitalism
- Theory of History
Selected Publications & Conferences
The Production of Urban Space Conference, "A Place to Drink Coffee." The Model of the Viennese Coffeehouse as a (Produced) Space of Taste Commodification (1866-1900)." Historical Research Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2026
8th West Coast Germanist Workshop, Thyssen Roundtable, "Sensing and Tasting in German, Austrian, and Mexican Coffeehouses (1860-1910): Archival Visit Report." University of Colorado, Boulder, 2026
“Hygiene Criteria as Markers of Gustative and Spatial Difference Between Public and Private Sales of Sweets in Mexico City (1872–1910).” Global Food History, September 2025, 1–26. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/20549547.2025.2564042
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 Coffeehouses (1870-1890),” National Autonomous University of Mexico, 2024. [In Spanish]
“Mexican-Style Snails. An Unusual Case of Culinary 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),” School of Architecture, 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. National Autonomous University of Mexico, no. 136, April-June 2020 [In Spanish]
Academic Honors & Fellowships
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, 2026
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
