Sessional Lecturer (Fall 2023)
Sidney Smith, Room 3080
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Cultural and Intellectual
- Gender, Sex, and Sexualities
- Latin America and Caribbean
Biography
Juan Carlos Mezo is a historian of sexuality and culture in the transnational Americas. His research and teaching focus on Mexican, Latin American, LGBTQ+, and Indigenous history. His current book project examines the relationship between transnational gay liberation politics, periodicals, and visuality across the Americas from the early 1970s to the mid-1990s. He is also working with David Fernández, Rare Book Librarian at Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, to create a digital exhibition that surveys the history of Mexico through its cultural production.
Education
PhD, University of Toronto (2022)
MA, University of Toronto (2016)
Licenciatura en historia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (high distinction, 2014)
Awards
- 2022 Mary H. Beatty Fellowship School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
- 2020 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
- 2020 CONACYT Graduate Scholarship Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology
- 2015 Gabino Barreda Medal Universidad National Autónoma de Mexico
- 2015 C.P. Stacey-Connaught Graduate Fellowship Department of History, University of Toronto
- 2013 CEAL Scholarship Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Santander Bank
Publications
- “Consuming the Mexican Body: Gender, Race, and the Nation in Macho Tips, 1985-1989.” ( : 2020)
- “Desnudos sudamericanos: masculinidad, homoerotismo, y el trazo de una identidad queer a través del cuerpo del hombre.” (Granada, Spain: Universidad de Granada Press : 2020)
- “Contested Images: Debating Nudity, Sexism, and Porn in The Body Politic (1971-1987).” ( : 2019)