Foucault News

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

Call for Papers Reassessing Power: Foucault’s Legacy in Historical and Contemporary Research This panel is a part of 5th Congress of Young Science Gdansk, Poland, July 17-19, 2025 Moderator: Alessandro di Ludovico, PhD, University of Rome La Sapienza Scientific supervisor: Alessandro di Ludovico, PhD, University of Rome La Sapienza; Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco …

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Gouverner les âmes et les corps « Cahiers d’études du religieux. Recherches interdisciplinaires » * * * Abstract Ce dossier thématique des Cahiers d’études du religieux a pour objet d’interroger la pertinence du concept foucaldien de gouvernementalité en sciences religieuses. Plus précisément, on se demandera s’il s’agit là d’un concept opératoire pour décrire la relation …

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Dossier: Foucault, 40 años después: Foucault desde el Sur Global (No. 41) EN EL MARCO DEL WORLD CONGRESS: FOUCAULT 40 YEARS AFTER Dossier: Foucault desde el Sur Global (No. 41) Dossier: Foucault from the Global South (No. 41) Coordinadores / Coordinators: Hugo David Tavera Villegas Bertha Bermúdez Tapia FECHA LÍMITE DE ENVÍO: 17 DE FEBRERO …

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Call for Papers 10th International Workshop on Historical Epistemology:Intersections of Psychological Research and Psychotherapeutic Practices 27-29 March 2025 IMGWF, Universität zu Lübeck Organized by: EpistHist Research Network on the History and the Methods of Historical Epistemology https://episthist.hypotheses.org/ Opening lecture: Hans-Jörg Rheinberger Ten years ago, the Research Network on the History and Methods of Historical Epistemology, …

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Call for Abstracts: Michel Foucault and Phenomenology The Southern Journal of Philosophy Workshop March 27-28, 2025, The University of Memphis PDF of call for abstracts Keynote Speakers: Philippe Sabot, Elisabetta Basso, Christophe Bouton How is Michel Foucault’s thought related to the tradition of phenomenology? Studies addressing this question have been overshadowed by scholarship that considers …

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FOUCAULT STUDIES SPECIAL ISSUE: CALL FOR PAPERS Critique beyond criticism: Crisis and potentials of critique in critical times PDF of call for papers Special issue editors Sverre Raffnsøe, Copenhagen Business School Daniele Lorenzini, University of Pennsylvania Dorthe Staunæs, University of Aarhus Martina Tazzioli, University of Bologna Submission deadlines: Abstract: January 1st, 2025 Article: July 1st, …

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CALL FOR PAPERS The twenty-third annual meeting of the Foucault Circle Stockholm, Sweden June 26-29, 2025 We seek submissions for papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, as well as studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking. Paper submissions require an abstract of no more than 750 words. All submissions should be formatted as a …

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PHILOSOPHY TODAY An International Journal of Contemporary Philosophy Call for Papers Special Issue: Foucault’s Concept of Experience Special issue editors Vilde Lid Aavitsland (University of Louisville) Leonhard Riep (Goethe University Frankfurt) PDF of call for papers Experience is a key concept in Foucault’s work, yet its centrality has long been overlooked. In many of his …

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PDF of program and other details Foucault and Marx Ambivalences, Legacies, and Future Struggles International Symposium 18–19 October 2024 University of Vienna, Austria The symposium aims to explore the tense relationship between Foucault and Marx and, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Foucault’s death in 2024, to put it into perspective with regard …

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Foucault – 40 Years After Rethinking Foucault’s Historical Ontology of Ourselves: Subjects, Subjectivation, Self-Practices University of Innsbruck, Austria June 21-22, 2024 (June 21: online) Abstracts: April 1, 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS Foucault’s 1984 discussion of Kant’s 1784 “What is Enlightenment?” emphasizes the historical ontology of ourselves as our most noble task. Forty years after Foucault’s …

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