Foucault News

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

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For two inter-linked, consecutive workshops under the theme of Subjects and Practices of Resistance to be held 9-11 September 2013 at University of Sussex. The first workshop (9-10 Sept) is on Discipline(s), Dissent and Dispossession and the second on Counter-Conduct in Global Politics (10-11 Sept).  The workshop convenors…

Article in national newspaper  O GLOBO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Karine Rodrigues, PUC-Rio debate palestras de Michel Foucault no Brasil 40 anos depois Filósofo francês causou frisson em ciclo de conferências realizada em plena ditadura, na Gávea Livro sobre o evento de 1973, “A verdade e as formas jurídicas” vai ser relançado em colóquio realizado …

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Call for papers Hofstra University LGBT Studies Program and the Hofstra Cultural Center in New York present Hofstra’s Sixth Annual LGBT Studies Conference Michel Foucault 2014: Beyond Sexuality Thursday and Friday, March 27 and 28, 2014 PDF of Call for Papers Keynote Speakers: Dr. Roderick Ferguson, Professor of American Studies; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; and …

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Colloque international  Foucault / Wittgenstein : subjectivité et politique vendredi 7 & samedi 8 juin 2013 9h30 – 18h  Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne 17 rue de la Sorbonne, 75005 Paris salle Cavaillès (1er étage, esc. C) Programme pdf Argumentaire À partir de deux traditions philosophiques distinctes, Michel Foucault et Ludwig Wittgenstein ont chacun proposé une …

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Max Weber and Michel Foucault: possible convergences International Conference Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – São Paulo, Brazil 20th to 24th May 2013 Weber and Foucault 2013_Final Programme Pdf May, 20th, Monday 10h-12h a.m. Opening Session: Colin Gordon, “’Plato in Weimar: public philosophy in the last lectures of Weber and Foucault”. Coord.: Maria Helena Oliva …

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Spinozan Genealogies of Political Community UNSW, Morven Brown 310, 9.30am July 25, 2013 An international workshop organised by the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales Supported by the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry at the University of Sydney Spinoza’s idea that ‘the right of the individual is co-extensive …

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Journée d’études Généalogies du dire-vrai Michel Foucault, l’aveu, le gouvernement 27 mars 2013 Matinée – Président : Paolo Napoli (EHESS) pdf of flyer Program pdf Organisé par m/f Materiali foucaultiani 9h30 Introduction à la Journée 10h00  Frédéric Gros (Université Paris-Est Créteil) Préhistoire de l’aveu 10h45  Orazio Irrera (Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7) La vérité en tant …

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One-Day Conference Critica e saperi assoggettati: Uno sguardo foucaultiano sui movimenti attuali Interventions by Giso Amendola, Sandro Chignola, Ottavio Marzocca, Sandro Mezzadra, Judith Revel, Gigi Roggero, Anna Simone, Martina Tazzioli, Adelino Zanini Friday, March 8, 2013, 9.30 am Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Strada Maggiore 45, aula Jemolo pdf flyer program Programma Mattina ore 09.30 …

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Les intermittences du sujet. Écritures de soi et discontinu (1913-2013) Evénement Du 21 mars 2013 au 6 avril 2013, Créteil, Paris, Mulhouse Colloque international organisé par l’EA 4395 LIS – Université Paris-Est Créteil EA 4400 Etudes de la modernité – Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle EA 4363 ILLE – Université de Haute-Alsace Dates 21 …

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