Foucault News

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

Foucault 4/13: LIVESTREAM You can also find it at this link This will also be available as a recording after the event October 26, 2015, 6:15pm Linda Zerilli, University of Chicago Anna Lvovsky, Columbia University Alondra Nelson, Columbia University Moderators: Bernard E. Harcourt, Columbia University Jesús R. Velasco, Columbia University Linda Zerilli, Alondra Nelson, and …

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Livestream of Seminar 3 of Foucault 13/13 This will also be available as a recording after the event October 12, 2015, 6:15pm Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Studies (Princeton) and EHESS Axel Honneth, University of Frankfurt & Columbia University Nadia Urbinati, Columbia University Moderators: Bernard E. Harcourt, Columbia University Jesús R. Velasco, Columbia University

Programme École Doctorale de l’Association pour le Centre Michel Foucault IMEC PDF flyer 14, 15 et 16 octobre 2015 Contacts : Arianna Sforzini : arianna.sforzini@univ-paris-est.fr ; 0781684341 Judith Revel : jrevel@u-paris10.fr ; 0667320713 Mercredi 14 octobre : Train Paris Saint Lazare-Caen, départ 8h45 Arrivée Caen : 10h53, transfert à l’IMEC Déjeuner Après-midi, première séance Clara …

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Update on the Foucault 13/13 series Foucault 2/13: The Live Stream –28/09/15 at 6:15 EST (2015). Broadcasting from New York The live stream has now been posted as recorded content. Etienne Balibar and François Ewald discuss Foucault’s second annual lectures at the Collège de France, Penal Theories and Institutions (1971-1972) TODAY at 6:15 EST.  Please tune …

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The Neoliberalism Controversy and Saint Foucault Professor Mitchell Dean Copenhagen Business School PDF flyer WHEN Tues 15 December 2015 3pm – 5pm WHERE Room 116 Sir Llew Edwards Building (14) The University of Queensland St Lucia campus There is currently something of a controversy concerning Michel Foucault and neoliberalism, sparked by a book of that …

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Unpacking Foucault The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought, Directed by Professor Bernard E. Harcourt, Set to Host a Major Series of Seminars Reassessing the Famed French Philosopher Media Contact: Public Affairs, 212-854-2650 or publicaffairs@law.columbia.edu New York, August 6, 2015—More than 30 years after his death, French philosopher Michel Foucault continues to influence contemporary thinkers …

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The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought and The Society of Fellows in the Humanities at Columbia University present Michel Foucault’s Collège de France Lectures (1970-1984): 13 Years at the Collège, 13 Seminars at Columbia Reading the Foucault Collège de France Lectures with Seyla Benhabib, Homi Bhabha, Judith Butler, Veena Das, François Ewald, Didier Fassin, …

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Partha Chatterjee, Governmentality in the East, lecture delivered 27 April, 2015, at the University of California, Berkeley. There is a complete audio of the lecture on the site (Program in Critical Theory) Foucault’s genealogy of governmentality as described in Security, Territory, Population is entirely West European. What would a genealogy of modern state practices look …

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Foucault and May 1968 Published on 18 Jun 2015 François Ewald (CNAM), Bernard Harcourt (Columbia Law School, Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought), and Jesús R. Velasco (LAIC Chair, Columbia University) delve into the influences and effects of Michel Foucault’s lectures at the College de France, Penal Theories and Institutions (1971-1972). The panelists explore how …

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