I received my B.A. in Hispanic Language and Literatures, along with a graduate specialization in Art History, from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), and my M.A. and Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University. I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores-Morelia, UNAM, and a Research Fellow at the Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales Orales (UNAM). I am also a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNII).

My research lies at the intersection of literary studies, art history, and cultural history. I work on the early modern and modern Hispanic world, with particular interests in acoustics, material culture, urbanism, visual culture, and the history of ideas. My recent projects examine the material histories and cultural lives of objects, print and popular culture in New Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as the urbanization of the Americas and the acoustic organization of colonial cities.

My work has appeared in Hispanic Review, Bulletin Hispanique, Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica, Revista Hispánica Moderna, and other journals, as well as in publications by Iberoamericana-Vervuert, UNAM, and Universidad Iberoamericana. I have also published essays and criticism in Criticismo and Letras Libres. My work has received support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Harvard University, UNAM, Mexico’s National Council of Humanities, Sciences, and Technologies (CONAHCYT), and other institutions.

For inquiries regarding my research or potential collaborations, please contact me at cantoni@lanmo.unam.mx