Foucault News

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

Last Call for Abstracts MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 1-3 September 2015 ‘Resistance and Power beyond Foucault’ Convener: Guilel Treiber, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven (Guilel.Treiber@hiw.kuleuven.be) The nature of political power is changing. The state is no longer the only, or even the main player in the complex mechanisms of power structures at the beginning …

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Call for Papers After Biopolitics The Center for Critical and Cultural Theory at Rice University will be hosting the 29th Annual (SLSA) Society for Literature, Science and the Arts Conference. November 12-15, 2015 at the BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) located within the Houston Medical Center and Rice University. Keynote Speakers: Viciane Despret Mark Dion POTENTIAL …

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Videos on youtube of lectures referring to Foucault Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, [Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju] University of Belgrade is the only scientific research institutions in Serbia which deals with research in the field of philosophy and social theory in a systematic and long-term way. As part of its scientific activities, …

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JORNADAS“Discurso y poder: Foucault, las ciencias sociales y lo jurídico”. (A 40 años de la publicación de Vigilar y castigar).1º, 2 y 3 de Julio 2015Universidad Nacional de Lanús Especialistas que han confirmado su asistenciaDr. Alejandro J. Alagia (UBA), Dr. Ignacio Anitua (Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas y Sociales “Ambrosio L. Gioja” – UBA), Dr. Nicolás …

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CFP: Conference: Discipline and Punish – Today November, 5th to 7th Bremen, Germany Update October 2025. Link above is to the archived page on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. This conference is about how we can use and develop Foucault’s analysis from Discipline and Punish now, 40 years after its publication. We invite you to …

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Journée d’étude « Foucault, la sexualité, l’Antiquité : 30 ans après » organisée par Sandra Boehringer et Daniele Lorenzini Amphi Buffon, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Paris 11 avril 2015, 9h-18h PDF of program   The history of sexuality is one of the last major projects launched by Michel Foucault. The History of Sexuality is a momentous undertaking that …

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Prospects for an Ethics of Self-Cultivation Conference 2: ‘Modern Appraisals of the Hellenistic Legacy’ 29 June–1 July 2015 Monash University Prato Centre, Italy See facebook page Call for Abstracts Philosophical interest in the ethical ideal of self-cultivation has increased in recent years as philosophers have sought alternatives to deontological and utilitarian theories. This interest has …

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Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Ecole Doctorale de Philosophie CALL FOR PAPERS  Workshop Historical Epistemology: beginnings and current issues  22-23 May 2015 PDF of Call for papers We hereby invite contributions by graduate students and young researchers for the two-day workshop “Historical epistemology: beginnings and current issues”, which will take place at the University of Paris …

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