Foucault News

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

Foucault Circle 2012 conference Canisius College Buffalo, NY Further information All sessions will be held on the main floor of the Montante Cultural Center, located at Main and Eastwood Streets on the Canisius College campus. Friday evening, March 30th Reception – Time and location TBA Saturday, March 31st 9-10:45 – Power and Resistance Moderator: Pär …

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Call for papers: Panel on Ethnographies of Neoliberal Governance Part of the 7th International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis. The conference for 2012 is titled ‘Understanding the Drama of Democracy. Policy Work, Power and Transformation’. The International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis has travelled through Europe. After visiting Birmingham, Amsterdam, Essex, Kassel, Grenoble and Cardiff, …

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Critical Theories Villanova University’s 17th Annual Conference in Philosophy Conference date: Friday, March 30 2012 – Saturday, March 31 2012 Conference Venue: Department of Philosophy, Villanova University Villanova, United States Submission deadline: Wednesday, February 1 2012 Keynote Speaker: Nancy Fraser As the “Occupy X” movements spread across the United States and resistance movements continue in …

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Foucault and the Courage of Truth: A Roundtable Goldsmiths, University of London (UK) Education Building, Room 109 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 13, 2012 Professor Arnold I. Davidson (University of Chicago) is joined by Judith Revel (Université Paris 1 Pathéon-Sorbonne) Miguel De Beistegui (University of Warwick) Orazio Irrera (Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot) in …

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CFP: Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion Deadline: Saturday, December 31 Conference Venue: Ryerson University Toronto, Canada See Immanentism and Religion below for Foucault Details We invite submissions from scholars and graduate students based in Canada and abroad on the topic of Continental Thought and Religion. The general theme of the conference is meant to …

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From the materiali foucaultiani site HISTOIRE DE LA FOLIE : CINQUANTE ANS APRÈS Jeudi 15 décembre 2011, 9h30-17h30 Université Paris-Est Créteil – 61, av. du Général de Gaulle, Créteil, bâtiment i, salle 222 – Conference flyer (pdf) Matinée Président de séance : Frédéric Gros (Université Paris-Est Créteil) 09h30 Daniele Lorenzini et Arianna Sforzini : Introduction …

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“Rethinking the Self: Transnational and Transdisciplinary Bioethical and Biopolitical Concerns” Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, April 10-12, 2012. Keynote speakers include Prof. Beverley Skeggs, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, and Dr. Jenny Slatman, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. This international and interdisciplinary symposium addresses how cultural, medical and political understandings of the self …

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127th Modern langauge Association (MLA) Annual Convention The convention will begin on Thursday, 5 January, and end on Sunday, 8 January 2012. This session may be of interest 40. Using Foucault Thursday, 5 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Willow A, Sheraton Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society Presiding: Lynne Huffer, …

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Histoire de la folie – Institut suédois 26 Novembre 2011 16h Institut suédois 11 rue Payenne F-75003 Paris + 33 1 44 78 80 20 Conférence, débat, projection et lectures. A l’occasion de la parution d’Un succès philosophique. L’histoire de la folie de Michel Foucault (PUC/IMEC) et de Le Beau danger (éditions de l’EHESS), l’Institut …

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