Jorge Sanchez Perez is an assistant professor in the University of Alberta’s Department of Philosophy, a position he has held since July 2022. He is an academic philosopher and a trained lawyer interested in social epistemology, Indigenous philosophy and moral and legal philosophy. Originally from Peru, he completed his LLB at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and a master’s degree in philosophy at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, both in Lima, Peru. He then obtained a master’s of science in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2021, he received his PhD from McMaster University.
Prior to accepting a pos…
Jorge Sanchez Perez is an assistant professor in the University of Alberta’s Department of Philosophy, a position he has held since July 2022. He is an academic philosopher and a trained lawyer interested in social epistemology, Indigenous philosophy and moral and legal philosophy. Originally from Peru, he completed his LLB at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and a master’s degree in philosophy at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, both in Lima, Peru. He then obtained a master’s of science in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2021, he received his PhD from McMaster University.
Prior to accepting a position at the U of A, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy project, which is based out of Simon Fraser University; and supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). At the time, he was also appointed a lecturer at SFU, and taught classes on Indigenous philosophy. He is continuing his work on the project, which aims to develop methodological tools to allow Western philosophy to engage with Indigenous thought.
Jorge has received various research awards, such as the Research Funds Awards for Young Scholars, Universidad de Lima (2015–2016); the McMaster University’s International Student Excellence Award (2016–2018), and recently has won the Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Research Fund (2023-2024) of the University of Alberta, to conduct fieldwork in Peru.
Jorge is currently working on two manuscripts. The first one is an analysis of the limits of Latin American Philosophy in light of Indigenous views and the political project of Mestizaje. His second manuscript focuses on the reconstruction of Indigenous Andean philosophical views from the late 16th-century Huarochrí Manuscript. His research also deals with issues of race beyond the dominant debates, which are often grounded in the social experiences of individuals living in the United States. Going forward, he plans to work on a project that would develop a global theory of justice that properly engages with Indigenous philosophical views from around the globe.
