Foucault News

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

O Colóquio Foucault Presente 40+ acontecerá para celebrar a vida e a obra de um dos maiores intelectuais do Séc. XX. Na perspectiva de como a filosofia foucaultiana demanda uma análise do presente, o Colóquio tem por objetivo refletir e debater as possibilidades e os sentidos de seu legado, segundo alguns usos conceituais e metodológicos …

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GLOBAL FOUCAULT Divergences and Agreements in Italian Thought Lisbon, 6-7 June 2024 (in person & online) Orgs.: Gianfranco FERRARO, Greg BIRD, Giovanbattista TUSA Universidade Aberta, Centro de Estudos Globais – Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/91692099038 More info: https://foucault40.info/lisboa | https://globalfoucault.wordpress.com/ Contact: globalfoucault@gmail.com n the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Foucault’s death, the Differenças italianas …

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PDF of program and other details Foucault and Marx Ambivalences, Legacies, and Future Struggles International Symposium 18–19 October 2024 University of Vienna, Austria The symposium aims to explore the tense relationship between Foucault and Marx and, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Foucault’s death in 2024, to put it into perspective with regard …

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Press release PDF Event Announcement https://www.ocadu.ca/event/foucault-art-histories-and-visuality-21st-century OCAD University is pleased to host the academic symposium Foucault: Art, Histories, and Visuality in the 21st Century, organized by Dr. Anton Lee, NSCAD University and Dr. Catherine M. Soussloff, UBC & University of California Santa Cruz, in collaboration with Dr. Charles Reeve, OCAD University. The French philosopher Michel …

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Foucault, writing and the contemporary university: a grim celebration Institute of Education, UCL, London 10.00am to 4.00pm Wednesday 19th June 2024 (Coffee, tea and biscuits available from 9.30am) Room: 106 Roberts Building, UCL Main Campus Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE Presenters include Patrick Bailey, Alice Bradbury, Bronwen Jones, Sarah Kerr, Adam Lang, Francesca Peruzzo, and …

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Foucault – 40 Years After Rethinking Foucault’s Historical Ontology of Ourselves: Subjects, Subjectivation, Self-Practices University of Innsbruck, Austria June 21-22, 2024 (June 21: online) Abstracts: April 1, 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS Foucault’s 1984 discussion of Kant’s 1784 “What is Enlightenment?” emphasizes the historical ontology of ourselves as our most noble task. Forty years after Foucault’s …

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Scholarly Conference: Call for Proposals Foucault: Art, Histories, and Visuality in the 21st Century OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) University, Toronto/Tkaronto, Canada May 29 & 30, 2024 Deadline: January 22, 2024 The French philosopher Michel Foucault’s (1926–84) work has had a major effect on scholars of art and visuality since Les Mots et …

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