Foucault News

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

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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New Foucault: A Symposium Friday, 9 November 2012 Building 2.G.04 and 3.G.55, Bankstown Campus of The University of Western Sydney, Australia web page The influence of Michel Foucault’s work through the Humanities and social sciences has been sustained across more than three decades, but earlier orthodox understandings and glosses, focused on major texts and central …

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Governing Human Beings in the Age of the Brain: A Symposium with Nikolas Rose Presented by the Centre for the History of European Discourses at the University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia Wednesday, November 16 2011 1.30pm to 5.30pm Social Sciences and Humanities Library Conference Room, Level 1 Duhig Building (Bldg 2), St Lucia …

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Politics Beyond the Biopolitical Subject A Symposium Brisbane, Australia, December 8-9, 2011 Hosted by Griffith University Funded by the Finnish Academy The theory of biopolitics has, in the years since Michel Foucault first deployed the concept, taken a decidedly affirmative turn. No longer is biopolitics theorized simply to expose the violence done to human beings …

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