Please join Keynote Speakers, Dr. Mariana Ortega and Dr. Manuel Vargas at the 7th LatinX Conference. This event is sponsored by the Temple University Department of Philosophy, the College of Liberal arts and the Center for the Humanities, the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium and the American Philosophical Association. 

Mariana Ortega (Pennsylvania State University) is a leading theorist of Latina/x feminisms. Her main areas of research and interest are Women of Color Feminisms, in particular Latina Feminisms, 20th Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology (Heidegger), Philosophy of Race, and Aesthetics. Her research focuses on questions of self, identity, as well as visual representations of race, gender, and sexuality. She has published in various journals including The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, International Philosophical Quarterly, Critical Philosophy of Race, Hypatia, Radical Philosophy Review, and philoSOPHIAHer work, including 'In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self', emphasizes the importance of lived experience and embodiment in human understandings of social identity. She is known for her commitment to mentoring of people of color, especially Latinx people and for founding the Latina/x Feminisms Roundtable, which fosters intellectual exchange amoung Latina/x people both inside and outside of the academy. 

Manuel R. Vargas' (University of California, San Diego) research focuses on the overlap of moral, psychological, and legal issues concerning human agency and freedom. He also writes about contemporary Latinx philosophy and the history of Mexican philosophy. Vargas is the author of 'Building Better Beings: A Theory of Moral Responsibility' (OUP, 2013), which won the American Philosophical Association's Book Prize in 2015.