Foucault News

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

CFP: “Speech and Politics” with Miranda Fricker Sciences Po’s 12th Graduate Conference of Political Theory Submission deadline: January 31, 2026 Conference date(s): May 27, 2026 – May 28, 2026 Call for papers Key words: Attentiveness, listening, discourses, representation, political language, democracy, margins The relationship between speech and politics has recently become the object of renewed …

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CFP: *50 Years of The History of Sexuality* Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference, 2026 Gender & Sexuality Research Cluster Organizers: Toby Anne Finlay, York University (tfinlay@yorku.ca); Chris Tatham, University of Guelph. Dates Call for Abstracts: December 3, 2025 – January 26, 2026 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Michel Foucault’s The …

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Le thermomètre de Foucault Journée d’étude 9 Janvier 2026 09:00 – 18:00 École normale supérieure – PSL 29 rue d’Ulm 75005 2e étage, salle Théodule Ribot, U209 Grégoire Chamayou (CNRS-ENS Paris), Frédéric Keck (CNRS-EHESS Paris) et Jean-Claude Monod (CNRS-ENS Paris) Dans sa généalogie des savoirs biopolitiques, Michel Foucault a beaucoup parlé des milieux mais peu …

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Colloque international Néolibéralismes, néofascismes, néo-populismes. Spectres de Foucault (Paris) All details at this link Du 10 Décembre 2025 au 12 Décembre 2025 Comprendre pourquoi Michel Foucault fait retour inévitablement dans les généalogies contemporaines des néolibéralismes, c’est s’employer à ressaisir la pertinence du diagnostic du présent qui fut la sienne en 1979 lorsqu’il diagnostiqua le sens …

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Call for papers XIV MICHEL FOUCAULT INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM: 50 YEARS OF THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY May 26 to 29, 2026 Federal University of Bahia, in Salvador, Brazil. Instagram contact: foucaultnabahia@gmail.com _______________________________________________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS AND REGISTRATION OF APPLICANTS: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS IN THEMATIC SYMPOSIUMS AND PANELS 1. OVERVIEW The XIV Michel Foucault International Colloquium: 50 Years …

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Feminist Re-readings of Michel Foucault, Hybrid, 7–8 Nov 2025, Sciences Po, Paris Registration link for anyone who might wish to attend online   Friday, November 7, 2025 (room K011) 9:15–10:00 – Introduction Judith Revel (Université Paris Nanterre) & Frédéric Gros (Sciences Po) 10:00–10:30 – Coffee break (for speakers and audience) 10:30–12:00 – Panel 1: Building Feminist …

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Call for Presentations Addressing Interior Violences International Conference. The Department of Interior Architecture at HEAD – Genève explores the role of interior spaces in shaping contemporaneity. To that extent, it organizes a series of reflections and interventions that aim to learn, question and visibilize how interiors play a key role in the construction of violence …

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PDF of CFP in English PDF of CFP in Spanish Círculo de Estudios Foucaultianos Call for Papers II INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON MICHEL FOUCAULT 50 YEARS OF ‘SURVEILLANCE AND PUNISHMENT’ November 25 and 26, 2025 Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos [National University of San Marcos], Lima, Peru Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison …

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Call for papers: Psychoanalysis in Transition: New Queer Approaches in 21st-Century France Northeast Modern Language Association Convention 2026-03-05 to 2026-03-08 Gannon University Erie, Pennsylvania. USA Since the 1970s, LGBTQ+ Francophone authors and scholars have produced an expansive critique of psychoanalytic practices and thought. Despite their differing views, Guy Hocquenghem, Michel Foucault, Monique Wittig, Didier Eribon, …

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CALL FOR PAPERS The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana April 3-5, 2026 We seek submissions for papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, as well as studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking. This conference also celebrates the centennial of Foucault’s birth, so we also welcome …

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