Foucault News

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

Institut français de recherche sur le Japon Published on Jun 18, 2018 Conférence donnée à la Maison franco-japonaise le 21 mai 2018 Conférenciers : Mathieu POTTE-BONNEVILLE (ENS Lyon, Institut français), Patrice MANIGLIER (univ. Paris Nanterre) Modérateur: Mathieu CAPEL (UMIFRE 19- MFJ) Dans la préface qu’il rédige en 1972, pour la réédition de son Histoire de …

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Book Symposium on Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi’s Foucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment, Society for contemporary thought and the Islamicate world (SCTIW) 3/21/2017 “Foucault and Iran” by Banu Bargu (New School for Social Research) 3/23/2017 “Rescuing the Revolution from Its Outcomes” by Anthony C. Alessandrini (Kingsborough Community College / CUNY Graduate Center) 3/28/2017 “Foucault: Against …

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Foucault in Ireland 24 March 2017 Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Attendance is free but you are required to register A symposium focused on the engagement of the ideas of Michel Foucault by scholars working on the island of Ireland. It begins with a roundtable on the recent works on Foucault by …

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Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
Introduction: The Making Visible of Carceral Politics Marijn Nieuwenhuis, University of Warwick This symposium contains a rich collection of contributions based on the screening of the French documentary film Sur les Toits (“On the Roofs”). On a Wednesday in May 2016 I invited the film’s independent maker, Nicolas Drolc, and…

The “Biological Turn” in Law – A Critical Appraisal This symposium is a cooperation between UNSW Law, the Initiative for Bio-Legalities, the School of Social Sciences, and the Biopolitical Studies Research Network, UNSW. Date: Friday, 23 October, 2015 Venue: Staff Common Room, Level 2, UNSW Law Building RSVP: http://thebiologicalturninlaw.eventbrite.com.au This symposium is interested in pursuing …

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Call for Papers Theatre, Performance, Foucault! TaPRA Theatre, Performance, and Philosophy working group interim event – a one-day symposium Date: 4th July 2015 Location: King’s College London Further info Michel Foucault was not only one of the most controversial and provocative thinkers of the 20th Century, he was also one of its most inventive and …

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PDF of flyer DePaul University Humanities Center & the Department of Philosophy Foucault and the legacy of the prisons information group (GIP) MAY 8th, 2015 Richardson Library 115 2350 N. Kenmore Chicago, IL 60614 Scholars Symposium 1:00-1:10 Opening Remarks Kevin Thompson, DePaul University 1:10-1:30 “The Dialectic of Theory and Practice” Bernard Harcourt, Columbia University 1:30-1:50 …

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