Maria Érbia Cássia Carnaúba, a Brasilian philosopher, was a beloved member of the Marcuse Society, whose conferences she began attending in 2011, in Philadelphia, at the University of Pennsylvania, during the Occupy protests. Maria Érbia earned her undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho in 2007, and the Master's degree in Philosophy from Universidade Estadual de Campinas in 2012. From 2014 to 2015, she had a research fellowship at the State University of New York (SUNY). She taught philosophy in secondary schools and in higher education. Maria Érbia was awarded the Ph.D. degree in Philosophy from the Graduate Program in Philosophy at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 2017. Her dissertation is entitled "Critical Theory and Utopia."

To remember and celebrate her life, and in appreciation of her intellectual contributions, the following materials have been collected:

• UNICAMP tribute

• Advisor's note

• UNICAMP Critical Theory Group statement

• Marilia M. Pisani, "Vida e morte, progresso e utopia em Herbert Marcuse" (2019)

Tragically, the young Brazilian philosopher Carolina Blasio da Silva also died in the automobile accident that took the life of Maria Érbia Cássia Carnaúba. In 2020, the Brazilian Network of Female Philosophers gave Carolina and Maria Érbia the In Memoriam Filosofas Award:  "Our tribute to two philosophers who remain in our memory, with the regret of not being able to witness the development of their work." 

NINTH BIENNIAL CONFERNCE / 2021                       

Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona, USA

• • Sergio Bedoya Cortés (Universidad Libre de Colombia, COLOMBIA)

  • Greg Gabrellas (Society for Psychoanalytic Inquiry, USA)

  • Maor Levitin (York University, CANADA)

  • Christie Offenbacher (Society for Psychoanalytic Inquiry, USA)

  • Fernando Huesca Ramón (Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, MEXICO)

TENTH BIENNIAL CONFERNCE / 2023                      

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University

Frankfurt, GERMANY

• • Anonymous (York University, CANADA)

  • Nathalia Nascimento Barroso (Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, BRASIL)

  • Daniele Cargnelutti (Universidad de Guanajuato, MEXICO)

  • Christian Garland (King's College, UK)

  • Maor Levitin (York University, CANADA)

  • Bogdan Ovcharuk (York University, CANADA)

  • Gabriel Ramponi (Universidade Federal do ABC, BRASIL)

  • Eduardo Altheman Camargo Santos ( University of São Paulo, BRASIL)

ELEVENTH BIENNIAL CONFERNCE / 2025                    

York University

Toronto, CANADA

• • Ana Leticia de Souza Candido da Silva (Universidade Estadual de Maringá, BRASIL)