Foucault News

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

Announcing the official launch of the Inventory of the Library of Michel Foucault and Daniel Defert La bibliothèque de Michel Foucault et de Daniel Defert du 285 rue de Vaugirard Announcement in French and English Description Michel Foucault moved in with Daniel Defert at 285 rue de Vaugirard (Paris 15th arrondissement) at the beginning of …

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William Tilleczek Receives the 2024 Leo Strauss Award for “Powers of Practice: Michel Foucault and the Politics of Asceticism”, Political Science Now, August 9, 2024 The Leo Strauss Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in political philosophy. Citation from the Award Committee: Dr. Tilleczek’s …

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Highly Cited Researchers (h>100) according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles, Ranking Web of Universities, Tenth Edition The data for this edition was collected during the first week of April 2019 of a BETA list of the public profiles of the most highly cited researchers (h-index larger than 100) according to their declared presence …

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Centre Michel Foucault Présentation Le Centre Michel Foucault est une association fondée le 31 mai 1986 à l’initiative de chercheurs internationaux qui ont accompagné le développement du travail et de la pensée de Michel Foucault. Initialement créé pour rassembler documents, archives et travaux liés à l’œuvre de Foucault, pour faciliter et coordonner des recherches se …

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The transformative effect of university-level learning inside prisons | Times Higher Education Features Prisoners rarely get tertiary lessons, let alone have undergraduates study alongside them, but the results can be profound. Helen Lock reports. March 15, 2018 PDF if you can’t access online Extracts […] HMP Isis is located in south-east London, not far from …

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Announcing the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs In December 2016, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a three-and-a-half year, $1,525,000 grant to the University of California, Berkeley and $1,020,000 to Northwestern University to establish the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (ICCTP). The task of this international consortium is to document, connect, and support …

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The Philosophy Research Initiative at Western Sydney University will be running a new MA in Continental Philosophy from 2016 (to replace Honours, which will no longer be available from 2016). Members of the group have special expertise in Kant and post-Kantian German thought from Hegel to Nietzsche, the traditions of 20th-century French and German philosophy …

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Petition in French and English See petition website for other languages and to add your signature Yes to the institution of the “Michel Foucault and the Philosophy of the Present Chair” at PUC São Paulo Both São Paulo’s Cardinal, Odilo Scherer, and the Bishops of his archdiocese, recently announced that they do not authorize the …

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20th Century Continental Philosophy Ph.D. Programs Editor’s note: This is a very new project which has just gone up on the web. Contributions are invited! This wiki’s goal is to provide an unranked yet searchable list of Ph.D. (and terminal M.A.) programs that have strengths in 20th (and early 21st) century continental philosophy throughout the …

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