Foucault News

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

Reading Michel Foucault in the Postcolonial Present: A Symposium Bologna, Italy, March 3-4, 2011. Hosted by the University of Bologna Funded by the Finnish Academy Description Neoliberalism is superficially understood as a theory of political economic practices proposing that human well-being can best be advanced by the development of entrepreneurial freedoms within an institutional framework …

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From the Portail Michel Foucault Forum Internacional de Estudos Foucauldianos O cristianismo em Michel Foucault 25/11/10 – 26/11/10 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA Centro de Comunicação e Expressão Auditório Henrique Fontes O objetivo do evento é examinar de que maneira e de que cristianismo trata Michel Foucault, desde a publicação dos três volumes de História …

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From the Portail Michel Foucault Congreso “Michel Foucault un pensador poliédrico” en el MUVIM de Valencia. El 15, 16 y 17 de noviembre. MuVim, Museu Valencià de la Il.lustració i de la Modernitat. Calle Quevedo, 10 – 46001 València. Tel.:963 883 730. Más inf.: http://www.muvim.es Michel Foucault un pensador poliédrico. Su pensamiento no es un …

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From the Portail Michel Foucault L’ART DE GOUVERNER du Friday 22/10/10 au Saturday 23/10/10 Journées d’études organisées à l’Université de Créteil, Site du mail des Mèches, Bâtiment d’Economie les 22 et 23 Octobre 2010 Vendredi 22 Octobre : Accueil et petit-déjeuner à 9h30 – Salle 015 Problèmes de philosophie politique, sous la présidence de Pierre …

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American Comparitive Literature Association 2011 Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, March 31st – April 3rd, 2011 “World Literature / Comparative Literature” Seminar: Foucault and/on Literature Seminar Organizer: Philip Goldstein, U of Delaware-Wilmington, Philip Goldstein, U of Delaware-Wilmington Summary The question of how the work of Michel Foucault bears on the study of literature has been controversial. …

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Call for Papers: The Green Apparatus? Political Technologies of the Sustainable City Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 12-16th April 2011, Seattle, USA. Session organized by Stephanie Wakefield (CUNY Graduate Center) and Bruce Braun (University of Minnesota) “Nature is the new civic ideal.” —Alexandros Washburn, Director of Urban Design for the NYC Department of City …

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Call for Papers – ‘French Theory : reception in the visual arts in the United States between 1965 and 1995′ (Brussels, May, 2011) Summary There are many American artists, active in the second half of the twentieth century, whose practice and theory have been infuenced by philosophy, literary studies and social sciences. In this regard, …

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On Hacking’s ‘Style(s) of thinking’ A two day workshop University of Capetown 26th – 28th March 2011 Keynote Speaker: Professor Ian Hacking Call for abstracts Deadline for abstract submission (500-1000 words): 1st December 2010 Focus This workshop, which coincides with Professor Hacking’s 75th birthday, aims to explore aspects of his extended body of work. Although …

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Seminar: Samuel Beckett and the Encounter of Philosophy and Literature Call for Papers Deadline: 2010-09-30 Conference Date: April 7-10, 2011 Conference Venue: Hyatt New Brunswick, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Deadline for Abstract Submission: Sept. 30, 2010 (300-500 words) Notification of acceptance of papers by 5th of October, 2010. Deadline for Final Paper Submission: March …

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