Foucault News

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

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
For two inter-linked, consecutive workshops under the theme of Subjects and Practices of Resistance to be held 9-11 September 2013 at University of Sussex. The first workshop (9-10 Sept) is on Discipline(s), Dissent and Dispossession and the second on Counter-Conduct in Global Politics (10-11 Sept).  The workshop convenors…

Call for papers Hofstra University LGBT Studies Program and the Hofstra Cultural Center in New York present Hofstra’s Sixth Annual LGBT Studies Conference Michel Foucault 2014: Beyond Sexuality Thursday and Friday, March 27 and 28, 2014 PDF of Call for Papers Keynote Speakers: Dr. Roderick Ferguson, Professor of American Studies; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; and …

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CFP – Journal materiali foucaultiani Butler/Foucault: undoing norms, reworking subjects PDF of call for papers Foucault’s analyses on sexuality have had a huge influence on Judith Butler’s theories on gender and sexual identities. Both Foucault and Butler’s work have played an eminent role within the feminist debate of the last decade, especially in the Anglo-Saxon …

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Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies welcomes proposal submissions for Volume 29 (for publication in 2015). The journal editors are interested in proposals across the range of cultural and media studies, such as: the relationship between media texts and wider questions of culture; contemporary issues in popular culture and consumption; publics and nations; and …

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Translators wanted For the next volume of Pli, The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, which will be dedicated to the thought, influence, and intellectual context of Jean Hyppolite, we are currently looking for translators for texts from French. One of the texts concerns Hyppolite and Foucault; the others concern Hyppolite and Michel Henry. If you might …

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Call for Papers: Architecture and Culture, vol. 1, issue 1/2 Architecture and Culture, the new international, peer-reviewed journal of the Architectural Humanities Research Association (AHRA), investigates the relationship between architecture and the culture that shapes and is shaped by it. The inaugural double issue of the journal is entitled Discipline and Dissidence. Our aim is …

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Appel à contribution « Des jardins autres » Journée d’Étude de l’École Doctorale « Europe Latine – Amérique Latine » (ED 122) Prévue le vendredi 17 mai 2013. Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 Centre Bièvre – 3ème étage 1 rue Censier 75005 Paris L’importance et la pertinence renouvelées de la notion d’espace et du thème écologique dans les …

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Call for Stream Proposals London Conference in Critical Thought Royal Holloway, University of London June 6th and 7th, 2013 Building on the success of the inaugural conference, the 2013 London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT) will offer a space for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas for scholars who work with critical traditions and concerns. It …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Najeeb Jan is seeking panelists for the 2013 Los Angeles meeting of the AAG. Please note since this is a panel discussion, you will not need to submit an abstract. If you are interested in joining the panel discussion please email Najeeb Jan (najeeb.jan@colorado.edu) Foucault after Agamben: Rethinking the Language of…