Foucault News

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

[Editor] Today marks the centenary of Foucault’s birth on the 15th October 1926 in Poitiers, France. A number of events, celebrations and publications are marking the occasion, providing an opportunity for scholars, writers, artists, activists and others to demonstrate their engagement with Foucault’s enormous and diverse body of work and to draw attention to this …

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Clare O’Farrell: I have added the following statement to the About page on Foucault News. Statement about generative AI I do not support the outsourcing of research and writing to generative AI. This is sometimes (often) very hard to detect. If you notice posts on work that falls into this category, please let me know. …

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Open access directories A new resource page on Foucault News [Editor]: Accessing electronically published scholarly material can be difficult for those with no formal affiliation to a university – and this includes former long-standing staff members. Even people working within the system can run into problems of access for a variety of reasons. This is …

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