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Welcome!

I am a Mexican writer, archivist, and Ph.D. Candidate in History at the University of Texas at Austin, where I am also a CONTEX doctoral fellow. Inspired by Mexican history and the changes in information management in the digital world, in my work I explore the history of the General Archive.

My dissertation project tentatively titled Mexico’s House of Memory: The General Archive in the Long 19th Century, 1790 – 1910  is an exploratory history of this institution and its representation in history. Through an analysis of its material, social, and cultural conditions of development, my research delves into the fundamental questions of why modern nations need archives, how and who have assembled them, and how their objectives and accessibility have changed over time.

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Why study archives?

The digital context

The revolution in digital communication technologies has transformed the methods of historical analysis and archival sciences alike. To study archival history is to address the history of information management technologies and of the communities that developed and applied them. 

Access to information

Since 1948, the right to access information has become a fundamental human right, universally guaranteeing access to information concerning the management of public affairs. Archives the world over are central characters in the implementation, up-keeping, and restriction of this human right. Studying their structures and history is, therefore, a commitment to activist ideals advocating for access to information and data privacy.

Social justice

From a human rights standpoint, the access to archives is a fundamental characteristic for the implementation of transitional justice processes. Archives, as evidence of action, are sites where the past and contemporary global political struggles can be analyzed, questioned, and reframed. 

Lack of scholarly attention 

Critical archival scientists contend that historians since the 19th century have sexualized archives by portraying them as passive and feminized entities. This tradition led to a lack of historical attention to archives and archival practices, neglecting their active and assertive role in shaping the discipline of history and the State. Archival history challenges these assumptions, presenting archives as historic entities in their own right.

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Writing

Here you can find the links to my published writing. 

(In addition to academic writing, I also write essay and fiction which I hope to publish someday).

Book reviews

La alhaja más preciosa. Historia de la Biblioteca de la Real Universidad de México by Manuel Suárez Rivera, (1761-1815), Historia Mexicana, 2025

Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend, Not Even Past, 2021

From Angel to Office Worker: Middle-Class Identity and Female Consciousness in Mexico, 1890-1950 by Susie S. Porter, Not Even Past, 2021 

The Afterlives of Terror: Facing the Legacies of Mass Violence in Postrevolutionary France, by Ronen Steinberg in Not Even Past, 2021

Public engagement

Here, you will find links and accompanying details of my efforts to disseminate the influence of my research beyond academic borders. So far, these include podcast participation, seminars, and recorded digital workshops.

Access the recordings by clicking on the images below

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CV

Access a full version of my CV here.

Education

2020 - Present

Ph.D. in History
University of Texas at Austin

CONTEX doctoral fellow
Comprehensive Exams (May 5, 2023): Exceptional Pass
Master of Arts in History - Candidacy in process

2018 - 2019

M.A. in Gender Studies
Central European University

Completed a specialization in Research Design in Women’s Studies with Distinction
Thesis: The Invention of a Concept for the Murder of Women: A Historical Study on the Development of Feminist Knowledge Production

2013 - 2017

Bachelor's in History
Universidad Iberoamericana

Awarded “Academic Excellence Scholarship” for outstanding academic performance

Email

Mail 

University of Texas at Austin. 128 Inner Campus Dr. B7000, GAR 1.104, Austin, Texas 78712-1739

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