Foucault News

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

CALL FOR PAPERS The seventeenth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle Los Angeles, California March 23-25, 2017 (hosted by Loyola Marymount University) We invite individual papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work. Studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking are all welcome. We will aim for a diversity of topics and perspectives. Abstracts should be …

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CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference GOVERNMENT OF SELF, GOVERNMENT OF OTHERS Ethical and political questions in the late Foucault IFILNOVA / EPLab, Lisbon, 6th-7th March 2017 Organizers Marta Faustino, Gianfranco Ferraro, Luís de Sousa The Laboratory of Ethics and Political Philosophy of IFILNOVA invites submissions for its international conference “Government of Self, Government of Others. …

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The 2016 conference of the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP) will take place at Deakin University’s Burwood Campus, December 7-9 2016. The ASCP aims to provide a broad intellectual forum for academics and postgraduates working in the European philosophical tradition. Its annual conference is the largest event devoted to European philosophy in Australasia. The …

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APPEL À CONTRIBUTIONS / CALL FOR PAPERS Deuxièmes Journées d’études / 2nd Workshop Epistémologie Historique: une histoire du présent Historical Epistemology: a history of the present 19-20-21 mai 2016 Ecole doctorale de Philosophie ED 280, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Institut des sciences Juridique & Philosophique de la Sorbonne – UMR 8130 Centre de Philosophie Contemporaine …

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Foucault @ 90 International Conference 22nd-23rd June 2016 University of the West of Scotland Ayr Campus, Scotland, UK Further information and registration PDF conference flyer Call for Papers This year marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of the French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-84). This interdisciplinary conference aims to reflect on the work of Michel …

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Carte Semiotiche Annali 4 – Call For Papers in Italian, English, French and Spanish PDF with full details LE IMMAGINI DEL CONTROLLO. Visibilità e governo dei corpi La redazione di Carte Semiotiche vi invita ad inviare proposte di contributo in italiano, inglese, francese o spagnolo (max. 2000 caratteri spazi inclusi o 500 parole) corredate di …

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CALL FOR PAPERS The sixteenth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle Sydney, Australia June 29-July 2, 2016 (hosted by the University of New South Wales) PDF of Call for papers We invite individual papers and roundtable proposals (4-5 panelists) on any aspect of Foucault’s work. Studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking are all welcome. …

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Continental Thought & Theory. A Journal of Intellectual Freedom Call for Papers Inaugural Issue Both the ideal and pursuit of intellectual freedom are important components underpinning this journal. The unrestricted expression of ideas is a desire and challenge facing us all. Particular fields of Continental theory have attempted to embrace and pursue this ethic as …

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American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Conference March 17-20, 2016 — Harvard University Panel: The New Security State: Surveillance, Counter-Surveillance, and Strategies of Resistance Organizers: Carlos Rojas (Duke University) and Belinda Kong (Bowdoin College) Full panel description and submission guidelines can be found here: Deadline for paper submissions is Sept 23 2015 Papers with a foucauldian …

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Faire l’histoire du pouvoir “psy” après Foucault Further info. Journées suisses d’histoire 2016 Bureau du congrès Section d’histoire, Faculté des Lettres Université de Lausanne Anthropole, Bureau 5156 CH-1050 Lausanne Les travaux sur les disciplines psychiques se rangent en deux catégories : les démarches critiques du pouvoir « psy* » (psychiatrie, psychanalyse, psychologie, psychothérapie) d’une part, …

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