Alex Hidalgo

Alex Hidalgo, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Latin American History at Texas Christian University's AddRan College of Liberal Arts. His research focuses on Mesoamerican ethnohistory, print culture, and cartography, with particular attention to colonial Mexico's indigenous knowledge systems. Hidalgo earned his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona (2013), MA from San Diego State University (2006), and BA from United States International University (1997).

He teaches courses such as 'History of Museums and Collecting' and 'Secrets of Nature in the Iberian World,' emphasizing experiential learning and archival methodologies. His work has been recognized with the James Alexander Robertson Prize (2023) for groundbreaking scholarship on post-Aztec oral traditions. Hidalgo's recent research explores illicit antiquities trade networks and the preservation of colonial Latin American materials through collaborative roundtable initiatives.