Juan Carlos Mezo González‍
Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University
4825 Mount Royal Gate SW  Calgary, AB T3E 6K6 CA
Office EA3178
jmezogonzalez@mtroyal.ca‍  ‍‍  ‍

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in History, University of Toronto (2022)
Collaborative Graduate Specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies

M.A. in History, University of Toronto (2016)
Collaborative Graduate Specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies

Licenciatura en Historia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2014)
Equivalent to Honors B.A.
Awarded the Gabino Barreda Medal for best academic record in graduating cohort

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2013)
Exchange Student in the Department of History

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS‍

Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University (2025-Present)

Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Postdoctoral Fellow, York University (2024-2025)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of Toronto (2022-2023)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Mount Royal University‍
Texts and Ideas: The Idea of Time — GNED1202 (2026)

2SLGBTQAI+ Liberation: Local and Global Journeys — WGST2207 (2026)

Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies — WGST1172 (2025 & 2026)

Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture — WGST2239 (2025)

University of Toronto
The Criminalization of Protest in Latin American History — HIS389 (2023)

History of Sexual Diversity in Latin America — HIS389 (2023)

LGBT Liberation: Archives, Periodicals, and Visual Culture — HIS496 (2022)

Revolutions and Nations in Latin America — HIS390 (2020)
 

Latin America: The National Period — HIS292 (2020)

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University of Guelph
Republican Latin America — HIST*2920 (2022)