Monthly Archives: February 2016

I’m sorry to hear the news of the death of Michael Sheringham –  obituary in The Guardian. Michael Sheringham, who has died of prostate cancer aged 67, was a leading figure in the field of French studies in Britain, Ireland … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Foucault, la Sexualité, l’Antiquité sous la direction de Sandra Boehringer et Daniele Lorenzini Ont contribué à cet ouvrage : Jean Allouch, Thamy Ayouch, Sandra Boehringer, Claude Calame, Frédéric Gros, Daniele Lorenzini, Kirk Ormand, Olivier Renaut,…

Originally posted on Foucault News:
David Garland, Bars and stripes. Review of The Punitive Society. The Times Literary Supplement, 27 January 2016. The thinking and rethinking that led Michel Foucault to write his finest book. Le Collège de France, founded…

Originally posted on Christopher Watkin:
Today I was given a copy of this edition of the Magazine Littéraire from September 1977 (thank you Philip). Its centrefold is a diagram seeking to represent flows of influence between contemporary philosophers. The table provides a…

Originally posted on Eye on the World:
Writing for the sake of publishing work in journals is one of the hardest things academics do. There is the strain of putting everything together in a way you hope will convince the…

Originally posted on jeremygilbertwriting:
From February to June this year, I’ll be teaching on a free fortnightly course at Open School East in Dalston which will be be covering a number of key issues in contemporary cultural politics – race, gender, sexuality, technology, neoliberalism, music,…

Launch of the book: Extraterritorialities in Occupied Worlds with Zygmunt Bauman, Maayan Amir and Ruti Sela and Eyal Weizman. The event will be held at the Centre for Research Architecture, Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London, March, 16 – details here. The launch … Continue reading →