Poster announcing the launch of Claudio Palomares-Salas's book Mexican Canto Nuevo: Music, Politics, and Resistance at FILIBRO Canada 2025, hosted by the Mexican Embassy and 成人大片 on October 4 at Saint Paul University in Ottawa.

 and 成人大片 invite you to the book launch of Mexican Canto Nuevo: Music, Politics, and Resistance by Mexican-Canadian writer Dr. Claudio Palomares (Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at 成人大片).

11:45 am - 12:30 pm
鈥婦ate: Saturday, October 4, 2025
223 Main Street, Ottawa (Saint Paul University)

鈥婦r. Palomares' books will be at the stand of the


Claudio Palomares-Salas, PhD 鈥 Academic and Musician
Originally from Mexico, Claudio Palomares-Salas is an Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at 成人大片. His academic and creative work links literature, music, and cultural studies, with a focus on Latin America and its diaspora.

He is author of Mexican Canto Nuevo: Music, Politics, and Resistance (Oxford University Press, 2025), The Spatiality of the Hispanic Avant-Garde (Brill, 2020), and the novel El lugar m谩s triste para so帽ar (Lugar Com煤n, 2014). His scholarly articles have appeared in various international journals and explore topics ranging from 20th- and 21st-century Spanish and Latin American literature to the 鈥淣ueva Canci贸n鈥 movements in Mexico and Latin America (1960鈥1980s), transatlantic avant-garde movements (1910鈥1920s), and the experiences of Latin American diasporas in the U.S. and Canada.

Beyond academia, Palomares-Salas is also a professional drummer. He has toured and recorded with artists across Mexico, the United States, Canada, and beyond, actively contributing to the musical scenes in Montreal and internationally.
 

 
Originario de M茅xico, Claudio Palomares-Salas es profesor asociado de Estudios Latinoamericanos en la Queen鈥檚 University. Su trabajo acad茅mico y creativo une la literatura, la m煤sica y los estudios culturales, con un enfoque en Am茅rica Latina y sus di谩sporas.

Es autor de Mexican Canto Nuevo: Music, Politics, and Resistance (Oxford University Press, 2025), The Spatiality of the Hispanic Avant-Garde (Brill, 2020) y de la novela El lugar m谩s triste para so帽ar (Lugar Com煤n, 2014). Sus art铆culos acad茅micos han sido publicados en diversas revistas internacionales y abordan temas como la literatura espa帽ola y latinoamericana de los siglos XX y XXI, los movimientos de la Nueva Canci贸n en M茅xico y Am茅rica Latina (d茅cadas de 1960 a 1980), los movimientos vanguardistas hisp谩nicos transatl谩nticos (d茅cadas de 1910 y 1920) y las experiencias de las di谩sporas latinoamericanas en Estados Unidos y Canad谩.

M谩s all谩 del 谩mbito acad茅mico, Palomares-Salas es tambi茅n un baterista profesional. Ha realizado giras y grabaciones con artistas en M茅xico, Estados Unidos, Canad谩 y otros pa铆ses, contribuyendo activamente a las escenas musicales de Montreal e internacionales.