THE FOUCAULT CENTURY (1926-2026) Forum at the 50th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Graduate Studies and Research in Social Sciences (ANPOCS) Online and at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil · October 2, 8, and 9, 2026 Forum conducted in Portuguese Enquiries: Professor Marcos César Alvarez, Department of Sociology, University of São …
Giorgi Vachnadze, Technology is Politics by Other Means. Reading Gil Duran’s “The Nerd Reich”, The Biopolitics of Artificial Intelligence blog, 25 August 2026 […] The Foucauldian Diagram Start with Clausewitz: war is the continuation of politics by other means. Foucault took this formulation and reversed it in his Society Must Be Defended lectures: politics is …
Foucault Centenary: Colloquium and Workshop Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 31 August – 4 September 2026 PDF of full program As part of the international commemorations of the centenary of Michel Foucault’s birth, two academic events will take place in Rio de Janeiro from 31 August to 4 September 2026, bringing together researchers, doctoral students and …
Stephen Ball, Interview with Professor Stephen J. Ball about ethics of intellectual work by Jefferson Mainardes, Práxis Educativa, Ponta Grossa, v. 21, e27091, p. 1-8, 2026 https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.21.27091.062 Open access Interview also available in Portuguese Stephen J. Ball is a British sociologist of education, recognised worldwide as one of the leading figures in the fields of …
Tiancheng Xia, & Yuanjing Wu (2026). A Genealogical Critique of Medicalization: From Conrad Back to Foucault. Acta Bioethica, 32(2), 193–205. https://actabioethica.uchile.cl/index.php/AB/article/view/84796 Abstract Foucault’s genealogy is widely applied in discussions of medicalization. Critics such as Conrad have adopted Foucault’s power-knowledge analysis as a crucial tool for critiquing it. However, these critiques often tend to view medicalization …
Jessamine Giese, Marie White and Megan Gibson. 2026. “Leading from Outside the ‘Hierarchical Box’: Enacting the Educational Leader Role in Early Childhood Teams” Education Sciences 16, no. 8: 1306. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16081306 Abstract Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is significantly shaped by policy and an enduring focus on quality. While policy governs service provision, it is …
Julie Assouly & Esther Heboyan (eds.) “Elsewhere” in American Cinema. How Hollywood Represents the World, Bloomsbury, 2026 Description The foreign ‘elsewhere’ has long been depicted in American cinema as a site of fascination and fantasy, shaping how Western audiences view the world. ‘Elsewhere’ in American Cinema explores how these portrayals have also created enduring stereotypes …
Ian Hunter, Spiritual Exercises in Kantian Philosophy: An Interview with Ian Hunter by Rex Butler, Journal of the History of Ideas blog, 17 August 2026 Ian Hunter is an emeritus professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is an intellectual historian who has published various studies …
