Foucault News

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

Call for Papers Pli, The Warwick Journal of Philosophy: Jean Hyppolite Man is consciousness and universal self-consciousness (this proposition must not be inverted by expressing universal self-consciousness in terms of man). The manifestation of this universal self-consciousness is no longer the State, but authentic language, which is the dwelling place [demeure] of Being. It is …

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CALL FOR PAPERS The thirteenth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle at McGill University Montreal, Canada April 18-20, 2013 Papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, as well as studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking, are welcome. This year’s conference also includes two special sessions: A discussion of Foucault’s text I, Pierre Rivière; A …

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Journées d’étude du 25 et 26 octobre 2012 Les critiques de la raison au XXème siècle Université Paris-Est Créteil France Pdf Word document Appel à communication On connait le mot fameux – et souvent mal compris – de Heidegger : « la pensée ne commence que lorsque nous avons éprouvé que la Raison, tant magnifiée depuis …

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Call for papers: Panel on Ethnographies of Neoliberal Governance Part of the 7th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis. The conference for 2012 is titled ‘Understanding the Drama of Democracy. Policy Work, Power and Transformation’. The International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis has travelled through Europe. After visiting Birmingham, Amsterdam, Essex, Kassel, Grenoble and Cardiff, …

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CFP: Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion Deadline: Saturday, December 31 Conference Venue: Ryerson University Toronto, Canada See Immanentism and Religion below for Foucault Details We invite submissions from scholars and graduate students based in Canada and abroad on the topic of Continental Thought and Religion. The general theme of the conference is meant to …

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Call for papers The twelfth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle Canisius College Buffalo, NY, USA March 30-April 1, 2012 Papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, and studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking, are all welcome. We will aim for a diversity of topics and perspectives in the program selection. Please send a …

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The Centre for Studies in Otherness invites papers for the e-journal issue Otherness: Essays and Studies 2.2. Otherness: Essays and Studies, a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary e-journal, publishes research articles from and across different academic disciplines that examine, in as many ways as possible, the concepts of otherness and alterity. We particularly appreciate dynamic cross-disciplinary study. We …

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