Michel Foucault (1926 – 1984): les arts & les lettres/arts & humanities in the 21st Century
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies & Collège de France Symposium
L’Institut d’études avancées de Paris
17 quai d’Anjou, Paris 75004
June 12 – 13, 2014
Art and architectural history, visual culture, literary studies, media and film studies and aesthetics have all “partaken” of Foucauldian theories, but a comparative exploration of Foucault’s significance has been lacking. If the reception of Foucault has focused on single disciplines and discrete areas of thought, it has also differed across specific linguistic and/or geo-political lines. This colloquium seeks to map the philosophy of Foucault as it impacts the future of the arts and humanities across cultures, institutions and practices.
Participants
Catherine M. Soussloff,
Art History, Visual Art & Theory, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dana Arnold
Architectural History & Theory, Middlesex University, UK
Sophie Berrebi
Art History, University of Amsterdam
Edward Dimendberg
Film and Media Studies, University of California, Irvine, U.S.A.
Françoise Gaillard
Literary Criticism, Art and Intellectual History, Université de Paris VII
Sima Godfrey
French Literature, University of British Columbia, Canada
Fréderic Gros
Philosophie politique, Université de Paris XII
Anton Lee
Art History, University of British Columbia, Canada
Ilka Kressner
Hispanic and Italian Studies, University at Albany, SUNY
Frédéric Pouillaude
Philosophie de l’art, Université de Paris-Sorbonne
Marisa C. Sánchez
Art History, University of British Columbia, Canada
Ariana Sforzini
Philosophie politique, Université de Paris XII
Michael Sheringham
French Literature, Oxford University, UK
T’ai Smith
Art History, Visual Art & Theory, University of British Columbia, Canada
Elisabetta Villari
DIRAAS, Università degli Studi di Genova
Foucault News 