Cintia Martínez Velasco
Research Interests
MAIN RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS
· Feminist philosophy
· Gender theory
· Decolonial philosophy
· Critical theory in Latin America
Teaching
Now Teaching
Introduction to Latin American Philosophy (PHIL 342) / Fall 2022)
242 Susan Campbell Hall
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Northwestern University
Philosophy Department, Graduate & Undergraduate
Instructor: Critical Theory in Latin America, Spring 2020 (taught in English)
Instructor: Latinx and Latin American Feminism, Winter 2019 (taught in Spanish)
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
Philosophy Department, Undergraduate
Professor: Gender, Violence and Community Ethics, Semester 2021-1 and 2021-2
Professor: Feminist Epistemology and Debates on Identity, Semester 2022-1
Professor: Decolonial Clues to Understand Femicide, Semester 2021-2 and 2021-1
Professor: Feminist and Decolonial Epistemologies, Semester 2019-2
Professor: Marxism and Feminism, Semester 2019-1
Professor: Philosophical Debates on Feminism, Semester 2018-2
Teaching Assistant Ontology & Metaphysics (2): Hegel, Semester 2007-2
Teaching Assistant Ontology & Metaphysics (1): Kant, Semester 2007-1
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Faculty of Higher Studies Acatlán
Humanities Department, Undergraduate
Projects
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2022-Present
Member of the Seminar "Crisis and Contradiction. Contemporary Marxisms" Metropolitan Autonomous University
2022- Present
Organizer of the project “Critical Feminisms of Colonialities” organized by Museo de la Mujer Women Museum, México (National Autonomous University of Mexico) and University of Oregon. Every month, the project invites a specialist in Gender & Latin thought/activism. (Streaming at http://www.museodelamujer.org.mx/)
2021
Member of the project Epistemic Injustices, Social Practices of Oppression and Privilege in the Invisibilization of Knowledge Production in Mexican Women.
This project brings together scholars working on the intellectual production by women in Mexico (philosophical production). The purpose is to produce scientific texts, as it is part of a program series called Support Program for Innovation and Technological Research Projects (PAPIIT, in Spanish) (to be approved).
Grants: PAPIIT Project, National Autonomous University of Mexico
2020
Assistance and support for the translation management of the book Crítica de la Razón Latinoamericana, written by Santiago Castro-Gómez in collaboration with Columbia University Press. This was part of the Critical Theory in the Global South project.
Grants: Andrew W. Mellon Fellow
2019-2020
Member of the Critical Theory in the Global South project, coordinated by Penelope Deutscher, Northwestern University, Chicago.
This project aimed to create an academic network with participating universities such as Berkley University, Catholic University of Peru, Pontifical University of Chile, UNITREF-Argentina, Rutgers University, Yale University, Goethe University, Oregon University, among others. The project looked for common academic knowledge in the Global South, and for that, we reviewed study programs, performed lectures, workshops, book translations, academic exchanges, among others.
Grants: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
2019
Co-coordination with Dr. Rosaura Martínez and Gemma Argüello for the project Violence in America, Philosophical Reflections on Intersectionality, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Discussion and research seminar to explore the most recent appearance of authoritarian bias in Latin American politics. We focused on studying new religious conservatisms, and we periodically organized lectures with guests specialized on the subject.
2014
Member of the Bartolomé de las Casas Group, coordinated by Santiago Castro-Gómez, Saint Thomas University, Bogotá, Colombia. Research seminar on conceptual history and Latin American genealogy with the objective of discussing and analyzing contemporary debates of Latin American authors with congresses and lectures.
Speeches
LECTURES, PARTICIPATIONS, AND TALKS (SELECTION)
July 2021
Keynote speech: Chiasmic Identities and Femicide
History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, International Association of Women Philosophers, Paderborn University, Germany
July 2021
Organizer and moderator: “Emerging Associations in Latin America” workshop
Organizer and moderator: “Violence and Gender: Reflections in Mexico” workshop
History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, International Association of Women Philosophers, Paderborn University, Germany
May 2021
Discussion: Racialization, Identity, and Miscegenation
Literature and Reading Promotion, National Autonomous University of Mexico
March 2021
Interview: Housework, Marxist-Feminist Approaches
Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) Cuajimalpa campus, Cultural Promorion
March 2021
Discussion: Debate on Housework
Time of Women Festival, Mexico City Secretariat of Culture
February 2021
Lecture: Decolonial Keys to Understand Feminism
Loyola University Education System
October 2020
Presentation of the English translation of the book Crítica de la Razón Latinoamericana. The translation was part of the Critical Theory in the Global South Project, Columbia University Press.
Introduction to the English-speaking public with a critical discussion of Chapter IV of the book. 5
Critical of Latin American Reason by Santiago Castro-Gómez as part of the “Critical Theory in Critical Times” workshop, CUNY Hunter College, Paris VIII University, University of California-Riverside, Pennsylvania State University, Fordham University, Emory University, Loyola University, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Pontifical Xavierian University, University of Los Andes.
June 2019
Talk: Notes on Feminism for the 99%
V Ibero-American Congress on Philosophy, University City, National Autonomous University of Mexico
March 2019
Lecture: Decolonial Feminisms in America
Teachers of the Spaniard Exile, Scopes and Current Challenges of Feminism, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University of Mexico
February 11 and 12, 2019
Talk: Patriarchy as Producer of Goods in the Modern Colonial System
Moderator at the keynote speech: Beyond the Logic of Parallel Movements: The New Feminist Wave as a Class Formation, by Cinzia Arruzza from New School of Social Research
International Congress on Feminism and Marxism Today, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Center for Gender Research and Studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City.
November 2018
Talk: Reflections for an Ontology of Sexed Bodies
XXV International Colloquium on Gender Studies, Feminist Research Today, CIEG-UNAM
November 2018
Keynote speech: Different Approaches to the Analysis of Today’s Patriarchy
First Colloquium of Women Philosophers, Vasconcelos Library
October 2018
Talk: Gayle Rubin and Kinship. From the Feminine Question in Marx to a Marxist Feminism
Long Live Marx!, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Sciences and Humanities, CEIICD-UNAM
August 2018
Talk: Visible Identities, Contributions to an Ontology of Sexual and Racialized Bodies
XVII Symposium of the International Association of Women Philosophers, University Tsinghua, Beijing, China
April 2018
Lecturer: Discussion on Feminism and Marxism, Critical Alliances
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University of Mexico
March 2018
Lecturer: Discussion on Why We Strike?
Center for Gender Studies and Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico
September 2017
Talk: Visible Identities, a Post-positivist Reflection on Gendered Bodies
Events on Gender, Ethics, and Politics, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University of Mexico
September 2016
Talk: Ontology of Power, Universality and Democracy in the book Revoluciones sin sujeto by Santiago Castro-Gómez
Cultural Studies Seminar, Autonomous University of Querétaro
June 2016
Talk: Philosophical Discussions on Post-structuralist Feminism
International Association of Women Philosophers, 16th Symposium, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
November 2014
Lecture: Performativity and Gender
Discussion with the Image, Performance, Art, and Gender, National Pedagogical University, Bogotá, Colombia
November 2014
Lecture: Feminism and Deconstruction
VIII Tomasino Forum on Philosophy, Bogotá, Colombia
October 2014
Keynote speech: Branches of Contemporary Feminism
XVI Forum on Philosophy, Gender, Diversity, and Critical Contemporaneity, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia
August 2014
Talk: Hegemony, Historicity, and Identity, the Ernesto Laclau-Judith Butler discussion
V Colombian Congress on Philosophy, Medellín, Colombia
May 2014
Talk: A Decolonial and Epistemological Turn. Latin America, from Manichaeism to an Archealogical-Geneological approach.
La Idea Congress, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago Chile
September 2013
Lecture: Judith Butler and Post-feminism
Contemporary Thinking Seminar, Series of Conferences, National Autonomous University of Mexico
April 2012
Talk: Franz Fanon and the Black People Issue
Third Colloquium on Contemporary Philosophy, Faculty of Higher Studies Acatlán, Mexico City
October 2011
Talk: Analects in the Philosophy of Liberation by Enrique Dussel
International Symposium of Philosophy “Philosophy and Violence”, Toluca
Education
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Philosophy (Political Philosophy), with Distinction (cum laude), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico, 2019.
MA in Philosophy (Political Philosophy), with Distinction (cum laude), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico, 2013.
BA in Philosophy, with Distinction (cum laude), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico. Coursework completed in 2008. Degree awarded in 2010.
COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION
Research internship, Philosophy Department, The City University of New York, New York City, New York, March-April, 2018.
Teaching and research internship, Saint Thomas University and Xavierian University, Bogotá, Colombia, February-December, 2014.
Student internship in Philosophy, Comparative Literature Ph.D. Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August-December, 2011.
Appearances
Office room: 242 Susan Campbell Hall
Office hours: by appointment Monday 4:00-600 pm