Alva Lai Shin Castellón

Alva Lai Shin Castellón

Historian from the University of Guadalajara, currently serves as director of the company Mémora. Documentary and historical consulting. Since 2005, he has worked professionally in the classification, cataloging and creation of databases of public and private collections of archives (libraries and historical collections), including the Archive of the Royal Audience of Guadalajara (considered as a World Heritage Site since 2011). Humanity by UNESCO), the institutional archive of ITESO AC and the private archive of Ing. Jorge Matute Remus. In parallel, he has contributed in the research and writing of projects that aim to rescue the institutional and cultural memory of the region. From 2005 to 2007 he participated in the research on the history of the various university careers at ITESO, privileging the oral and social history of the alumni. Also, from 2012 to 2013, in co-authorship, he researched and wrote a biography about Engineer Jorge Matute Remus, in which his idea of ​​the city and his projects on urban public transport in Guadalajara is evidenced.