Foucault News

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

Two Decades of Climate Governmentality Studies Introduction Florian Steig, Eva Lövbrand, Angela Oels, Jonathan Barnes, Diana Eriksson Lagerqvist, Marie Fischer, Jennifer Gabrys, Aarti Gupta, Maarten Hajer, Phoebe Hamilton Jones, Maria Jernnäs, Cecilia Oliveira, Jeroen Oomen, Johannes Stripple, The Show Must Go On? Revisiting the Script of International Climate Cooperation Ten Years After Paris. Global Environmental …

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Lala Hajibayova, Seungmin Lee, Authorship in the age of artificial intelligence, Journal of Documentation, Volume 81, Issues 5–6, 2025, pp. 1401-1414. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2025-0109. Abstract: Purpose In this paper, the evolving boundaries between human- and machine-generated content are examined through the lens of Foucault’s (2002) conceptualizations of authorship and associated ethical considerations in the interest of ensuring quality …

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Mark K. George, How Deuteronomy Created “Israel” Technologies of the Self, Government, and Writing, Routledge, 2026 Description In this book, Mark K. George argues that the goal of Deuteronomy is not merely to provide ancient Judah with another set of laws but to write “Israel” itself into existence. He reads Deuteronomy as a manual for …

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Marita Rainsborough, Foucault Today. New Perspectives in Philosophy and Cultural Studies, [Transcript]. 2025 Michel Foucault is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Marita Rainsborough examines the current relevance of his work with reference to the post- and decolonial theories of Achille Mbembe, Homi Bhabha and Walter D. Mignolo in a …

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CALL FOR PAPERS The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle University of Cyprus June 3-6, 2027 We seek submissions for papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, as well as studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking. There is additional interest this year in work that addresses questions of colonialism; thinking at the margins, …

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Doris Brothers, Jon Sletvold, Psychoanalytic Explorations of Embodied Relational Knowing, Routledge, 2026 Description This book offers groundbreaking insights into relational theory, exploring the patient’s and the analyst’s longings to know, be known and not known in psychoanalytic relationships, and the embodied nature of the healing process. Recognition of the patient’s unknowable uniqueness, which is not …

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Patrick Chambon, Herculine Barbin, précédé de La Vie des hommes infâmes, Roman graphique, Les Mondes renversés, 2026 Adaptée au cinéma, au théâtre et à l’opéra, l’histoire singulière d’Herculine Barbin n’avait encore jamais fait l’objet d’un essai graphique. Le 8 novembre 1838, Herculine Barbin « naît » femme. Une vingtaine d’années plus tard, une décision de …

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A Century of Foucault – Deakin University Graduate Symposium September 8, 2026 Department of Philosophy, Deakin University Tower 2 level 12/727 Collins St Melbourne 3008 Australia This event is available both online and in-person. See Zoom details at the bottom of this post. Details This year marks the centenary of the birth of Historian/Philosopher Michel …

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Denise Mifsud, Paul Campbell and Richard Niesche (2026). School leadership and artificial intelligence: A framework for critical and reflexive engagement and enactment. Management in Education, First published online August 18, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1177/08920206261475462 Abstract Recent advances in digital technologies and generative artificial intelligence are creating significant challenges for education systems and school leaders around the world. …

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