Foucault News

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

Deleuze and Foucault’s Political Philosophy Conference PDF of full program 13 – 14 November 2015 Purdue University Organized by the Philosophy and Literature Interdisciplinary Program and the Department of Philosophy with the generous support of a Global Synergy Grant from the College of Liberal Arts Organizers: Nicolae Morar, Thomas Nail , Daniel W. Smith The …

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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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Jornadas Internacionales “Foucault y la cuestión del derecho” Faculty of Philosophy Complutense University of Madrid 3-4 December 2015. RESÚMENES Márcio Alves: “Direito e análise da política em Foucault” Silvia Castro García: “Breve arqueología del derecho a la última palabra” Jorge Dávila: “Foucault y la problematización de la relación Ética – Derecho” MarcoDíaz Marsá: “Sobre “Derecho …

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Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On Dates: Friday 11 September 2015 – Saturday 12 September 2015 Location: The Galleries of Justice, NG1 1HN Nottingham Trent University. Programme 40 years after it was first published in French, the impact of Michel Foucault’s seminal text Discipline and Punish on theories of incarceration, discipline and power …

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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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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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Theatre, Performance, Foucault!  One-day symposium hosted by the Theatre, Performance and Philosophy working group of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA)  Saturday, 4th July 2015 King’s College London K0.31 Small Committee Room, Strand London UK WC2R 2LS Registration site Welcome 9:30-10am Welcome, registration and tea/coffee Session 1: Theatre/Foucault/Theatre 10am – 11:30am Mark Robson (University of …

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Rencontre doctorale du Centre Michel Foucault 14/15/16 octobre 2015. IMEC. Caen L’Association pour le Centre Michel Foucault propose pour la sixième année une école doctorale visant à réunir les doctorants travaillant sur, avec et autour de la pensée de Michel Foucault. L’objectif est comme les années précédentes de mettre en relation, le plus agréablement possible …

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The “International Congress of Critical Applied Linguistics” will take place in Brasília, Brazil, at the University of Brasília, from Monday, October 19th, 2015, to Wednesday, October 21st, 2015. The event is organized by research groups from the University of Brasília and the State University of Londrina. Contributions on the following themes are welcome: (i) Language …

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Foucault au Collège de France : une aventure intellectuelle et éditoriale DU JEUDI 11 JUIN (19 H) AU JEUDI 18 JUIN (14 H) 2015 (Colloque de 7 jours) DIRECTION : Frédéric GROS, Luca PALTRINIERI ARGUMENT : Les leçons de Michel Foucault au Collège de France, prononcées entre 1971 et 1984, constituent une somme théorique indépassable …

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