Foucault News

News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

127th Modern langauge Association (MLA) Annual Convention
The convention will begin on Thursday, 5 January, and end on Sunday, 8 January 2012.

This session may be of interest

40. Using Foucault
Thursday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Willow A, Sheraton

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society

Presiding: Lynne Huffer, Emory Univ.

1. “Eros, Ecstasy, and the Limits of Foucault,” William Junker, Univ. of Chicago

2. “The Archaeology of Biopower: From Plants to Animals in The Order of Things,” Jeffrey T. Nealon, Penn State Univ., University Park

3. “Inhuman Reproductions: Foucault and Feminist Philosophies of Matter,” Rebekah Sheldon, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

4. “Foucault the Rhetorician: Postcolonial Discourse and The History of Sexuality,” Jiyoung Ryu, Graduate Center, City Univ. of New York

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