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Historian of the Iberian Atlantic world with research interests in constitutions, law, empire, visual culture, and the institutional history of the Americas.Historiador del mundo atlántico ibérico con intereses de investigación en constituciones, derecho, imperio, cultura visual e historia institucional de las Américas.
I am a historian of the Iberian Atlantic world focused on legal culture, visual media, and colonial and postcolonial governance across the Americas.Soy historiador del mundo atlántico ibérico, enfocado en cultura jurídica, medios visuales y gobernanza colonial y postcolonial en las Américas.
My research examines the development of constitutional law, democratic institutions, and political thought in Latin America and the United States. I approach constitutions not as abstract blueprints but as instruments through which societies organize economic life, build states, and wage war.Mi investigación examina el desarrollo del derecho constitucional, las instituciones democráticas y el pensamiento político en América Latina y Estados Unidos. Abordo las constituciones no como planos abstractos, sino como instrumentos mediante los cuales las sociedades organizan la vida económica, construyen estados y hacen la guerra.
By tracing how constitutions intersect with fiscal systems, military structures, and relations with Indigenous peoples, my work offers a comparative account of institutional development that reveals the interconnections shaping the Americas as a single field.Al rastrear cómo las constituciones se intersecan con los sistemas fiscales, las estructuras militares y las relaciones con los pueblos indígenas, mi trabajo ofrece un relato comparativo del desarrollo institucional que revela las interconexiones que dan forma a las Américas como un solo campo.
I approach the Iberian Atlantic as a field where law, literature, and visual forms converge, showing how legal frameworks, economic systems, racial formations, and imperial structures worked together to organize, represent, and contest power.Abordo el Atlántico ibérico como un campo donde convergen el derecho, la literatura y las formas visuales, mostrando cómo los marcos legales, los sistemas económicos, las formaciones raciales y las estructuras imperiales trabajaron juntas para organizar, representar y disputar el poder.
Based in Mexico City, I am completing my book manuscript Tempest-Tossed: Charles A. Beard and the Rise of American Civilization while developing a digital humanities project with my sister, an award-winning animator, aimed at producing animated historical narratives and teaching resources for universities and scholarly outreach.Radicado en la Ciudad de México, estoy completando mi manuscrito Tempest-Tossed: Charles A. Beard and the Rise of American Civilization mientras desarrollo un proyecto de humanidades digitales con mi hermana, una animadora galardonada, orientado a producir narrativas históricas animadas y recursos didácticos para universidades y divulgación académica.
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Teaching Assistant, Newcastle University
Introduction to Latin America, 2021–2024. Lectured on Latin American history, politics, and society from the colonial period to independence.
Introduction to History, Culture, and Society of the Iberian Peninsula, 2022–2024. Seminar leader for a comparative module examining the histories of Spain and Portugal from the early modern period to the twentieth century, with attention to Atlantic and global connections.
Undergraduate Tutor, University of Edinburgh
American History 2, 2013–2016. Seminar instructor for an undergraduate survey of U.S. history from the colonial period to the early twenty-first century. Led weekly discussions and assessed written work.
Graduate Seminar Instructor, Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Historiography of the Constitution of the United States, Spring 2023. Taught an intensive 20-hour seminar course on the origins of the U.S. Constitution of 1787.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
UK Professional Recognition for Teaching in Higher Education. No. PR311455. Awarded January 2025.
Political Analyst, Mexican Senate
2002–2003. Conducted policy analysis and systematic media monitoring on legislative and political developments.
Independent Researcher
2017–2019. Developed a new research agenda in the comparative history of Latin America grounded in the early constitutional histories of Chile and Argentina.
Based in Mexico City, I am completing my book manuscript while developing a digital humanities project with my sister, an award-winning animator, aimed at producing animated historical narratives and teaching resources for universities and scholarly outreach.