Foucault News

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

Foucault, Political Life and History – Workshop 5 Friday April 22nd 2015 11.00 – 16.00 London School of Economics Room CLM.1.02 , first floor, Clement House, The Aldwych We are very happy to confirm the programme for the next workshop. [10:15 approx] Dr Egle Rindzeviciute (Kingston University) : “System-Cybernetic Governmentality: Depoliticisation of Scientific Governance During …

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Un moment de l’histoire de la psychiatrie Mercredi 10 février 2016 , 9h-13h, Salle Beckett, 45 rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris Un moment de l’histoire de la psychiatrie. Autour de l’ouvrage Foucault à Münsterlingen. À l’origine de l’« Histoire de la folie », Paris, EHESS, 2015, éd. par Jean-François Bert et Elisabetta Basso Matinée d’étude organisée par le …

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Behrouz Ghamari – Foucault, Spirituality, And The Perils Of Universal History, Paper delivered at the Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism, July 2015 mp3 for download See also Soundcloud   Response by Jorge Daniel Vásquez and Megan Eardley The beginning of Friday’s session was marked by a radical commitment to putting the analysis of religion …

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Journée d’études à l’EHESS « Relire le Foucault de la Pléiade » 6 janvier 2016 École des Hautes études en sciences sociales amphithéâtre François-Furet 105 bd Raspail 75006 Paris PDF of programme En novembre 2015, Michel Foucault fait son entrée à la Pléiade. La question que nous allons nous poser, dans cette journée d’étude, est …

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International Workshop Program Biopolitics, Bioscience and Governmentality November 19th, 2015 Room “auditorio DEC”, Faculty of Engineering Diego Portales University (Vergara # 432, Santiago) See also this link Panel 1 (14:00 a 15:45 hrs): Claudio Maino and Álvaro Jiménez (Universidad Paris 5 (Descartes)): The challenges to think mental health in democratic societies: What can the biopolitical …

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Deakin University’s European Philosophy and the History of Ideas research group (EPHI) is pleased to be able to host the following workshop: Problematizing the ‘Problem’ in 20th Century French Thought PDF flyer Where: Deakin University, Melbourne City Campus, Level 3, 550 Bourke St., Melbourne. When: Thursday December 10, 2015, 8.30am-5.30pm Workshop theme: The workshop will …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
I attended and spoke at three workshops last week. First, at the Monash University study centre in Prato, Italy, on modern reappropriations of Hellenistic Ethics. I ran a reading seminar on Foucault’s reading of Artemidorus. The other sessions were by Susan James and Aurelia Armstrong on Spinoza’s Ethics; Daniel Conway and Keith…

Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought Columbia Global Centers/Europe École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales vous invitent à une Journée d’étude PDF of flyer Mardi 2 Juin 2015 Premières lectures, premières réactions, et pistes de recherches  Journée d’étude autours de M. Foucault, Théories et institutions pénales Cours au Collège de France 1972-1973 avec Étienne Balibar …

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Last Call for Abstracts MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 1-3 September 2015 ‘Resistance and Power beyond Foucault’ Convener: Guilel Treiber, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven (Guilel.Treiber@hiw.kuleuven.be) The nature of political power is changing. The state is no longer the only, or even the main player in the complex mechanisms of power structures at the beginning …

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Workshop “Actualités Foucault” Organised by Frédéric Gros, Daniele Lorenzini, Ariane Revel, Arianna Sforzini 5th and last meeting Wednesday 3 June 2015, 9:30-11:30 am “Michel Foucault : vérité et résistance de l’expérience” Agustin Colombo (Université Paris 8 & Université de Buenos Aires) Daniel Verginelli Galantin (UFPR & Université Paris-Est Créteil) Sciences Po, 199 bd Saint-Germain, 75007 …

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