Foucault News

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

Call for Papers Michel Foucault: Ethnography and Critique Convenors: Orazio Irrera & Martina Tazzioli Bergamo, June 5-7, 2014 Deadline: February 17, 2014 Conference Website and contact details [Editor: Link Updated 16 April 2026 to page archived on Wayback Machine] Since the Sixties, Michel Foucault had described his work in ethnographic terms, stressing that for him …

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Conflict, Revolt and Democracy in the Neoliberal World Thursday, November 7 2013 BST – Friday, November 8 2013 Conference website [Update 5 April 2026. Link above to the page archived on the Wayback Machine] Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics, and Ethics, University of Brighton Grand Parade Brighton United Kingdom Keynote speakers: Wendy Brown University of …

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Crisis & Critique of the State Interdisciplinary Goldsmiths Graduate Conference 2013 Friday, October 25 2013 – Saturday, October 26 2013 Goldsmiths, University of London London United Kingdom Keynote speakers: Sara Farris Goldsmiths College, University of London Massimiliano Tomba University of Padua Bob Jessop Lancaster University The conference is free and open to all. If you …

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CALL FOR PAPERS The fourteenth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle University of Malmö Malmö, Sweden June 5-8, 2014 We seek submissions for: 1). Papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, as well as studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking; 2). Round table discussions comprised of four or five panelists: European and North American …

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Call for Papers  Origins of Truth: Foucault’s Lectures on the Will to Know  November 8-9, 2013 A conference presented by the Foucault Society and Stony Brook University Department of Philosophy Location: Stony Brook Manhattan 387 Park Avenue South New York, NY Keynote: Todd May, Clemson University: “The Will to Know” Guest Speaker: Eduardo Mendieta, Stony …

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Free 1 Day Conference Foucault and Education: retrospect and prospect 29 January 2014, ICOSS, University of Sheffield [Editor: Update 14 March 2026. Link above is to the archived page on the Wayback Machine.] Conveners: Ansgar Allen & Wilfred Carr; Keynotes: Erica Burman & Stephen Ball Hosted, sponsored and funded by the international journal Pedagogy, Culture …

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Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
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…