Vita
Current Position
Profesora Investigadora Titular B, UNAM (Full Professor Researcher)
Area: Indigenous Art of the Americas, Theory and Methodology.
Research Interests
Pre-Columbian Art of the Americas; Visual culture of the Ancient Mesoamerica and of the Early Colonial period; Materiality of Art; Indigenous American Games and Sports; Sacrificial practices and Body treatment; Image concepts and aesthetics in Middle American historiography (XX-XXI century).
Academic Appointments
| since 1990 |
Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Professor Researcher, Art History, Indigenous Art of America, Pre-Columbian Art, Theory and Methodology. |
Education
| 1998 - 2010 |
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France, PhD Historical Anthropology |
| 1997 - 1998 | École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France, D.E.A. (Diplome des Études Approfondies) Historical Anthropology |
| 1991 - 1997 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, M.A. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UNAM, Art History, Pre-Columbian Art |
| 1983 - 1987 | Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, B.A. Fine Art Studies, Materiality of Art Studies |
Awards / Grants
| 2024 | Acknowledgement Most Consulted Article, CEMCA Centre d’Études Mexicaines et Centraméricaines |
| 2024 - 2025 | Sabbatical Leave Abroad Scholarship Grant Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, UNAM |
| since 2015 | Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, CONACHYT, level I Grant |
| 2014 | Recipient of the Alfonso Caso Award of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, INAH for Best Book |
| 1998 - 2003 | Doctoral Studies Scholarship Grant Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, UNAM |
| 1997 - 1998 | Sabbatical Leave Abroad Scholarship Grant Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, UNAM |