- Research Professor, General Coordinator, Open University
- Email: mvsonna@up.edu.mx
She holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires and is a member of the National Research System (Mexico, SECIHTI). Born in Argentina and based in Mexico, she has extensive teaching experience at universities in both countries, where she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in areas such as History of Ancient Philosophy, Ethics and Philosophy, and Gender. Her research focuses on the reception of Ancient Philosophy in contemporary thought and on the history of the philosophy of pregnancy and motherhood. She is the author of the book El Platón de Gilles Deleuze [Gilles Deleuze’s Plato] (2019) and Las mujeres en la Antigüedad: Partos, Maternidades y nacimientos [Women in Antiquity: Childbirth, Motherhood, and Birth] (2020). She has received several fellowships and grants (CONICET, DGAPA-UNAM, Universidad Panamericana). Her work encompasses teaching, research, and the dissemination of philosophical knowledge.
Research Areas:
- History of Ancient Philosophy and Gender Studies
- Socratic Philosophies
- French Theory
Research projects:
- Xenophon's Economic Thought and Its Influence (2026),
- 2023–2024 Research Promotion Project. Universidad Panamericana. “Women and the Feminine in Ancient History: Contributions to a New Philosophical and Historiographical Approach.” Principal Investigator: María Elena García Peláez Cruz; Associate Researchers: Luis Xavier López Farjeat, Valeria Sonna.
- PIP (CONICET 2022–2024) Anthropological Studies of Socratic Philosophies. Directed by Dr. Claudia Mársico and Dr. Rodrigo Illarraga.
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