Category Archives: Conferences

Foucault on Prisons (and Elden on Schmitt) in Radical Philosophy open access to link to Nottingham conference

Posted on September 10, 2015 by stuartelden

From the good people at Radical Philosophy, in relation to tomorrow’s conference: A free two-day conference, ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On,’ begins tomorrow at Nottingham Trent University, rethinking the legacy of Foucault’s text today and RP contributor … Continue reading →

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Preparing for the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On’ conference

Posted on September 10, 2015 by stuartelden

Tomorrow I’ll be giving the opening plenary lecture to the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On‘ conference, organised by Sophie Fuggle and held at the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. My talk is entitled “Before the Punitive Society: The Inquiry … Continue reading →

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‘Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-pieds’, Historical Materialism conference, London, 5-8 November 2015

Posted on September 2, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ll be speaking about ‘Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-pieds’, at the Historical Materialism conference, to be held in London between 5-8 November 2015. Here’s the abstract: In his recently published lecture course from 1971-72, Théories et institutions pénales, Michel … Continue reading →

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My sabbatical rules for writing

Posted on September 1, 2015 by stuartelden

I’m hoping to complete the manuscript for Foucault: The Birth of Power over the next 12 months – a sabbatical year and summer. I’ll be based in London most of the time. I’m also hoping to make considerable progress on the … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault’s Collège de France Lectures (1970-1984): 13 Years at the Collège, 13 Seminars at Columbia

Posted on August 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault’s Collège de France Lectures (1970-1984): 13 Years at the Collège, 13 Seminars at Columbia Seyla Benhabib, Homi Bhabha, Judith Butler, Veena Das, François Ewald, Didier Fassin, James Faubion, Nancy Fraser, Frédéric Gros, Daniele Lorenzini, Nancy Luxon, Achille Mbembe, Paul … Continue reading →

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Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On – The Galleries of Justice, Nottingham, 11-12 Sept 2015

Posted on August 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Further details and programme for this conference – I’ll be giving the opening plenary talk on the recently published Théories et institutions pénales course. Places are free but limited and registration is required. Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On Friday … Continue reading →

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The week after completing a book – initial new work on Shakespeare and Foucault

Posted on July 17, 2015 by stuartelden

When I finished my first book, Mapping the Present, I remember asking a much more senior academic friend ‘what do I do now?’ His response was clear: ‘Write another one!’ This came back to me this week as I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Talks at three workshops – on Foucault and Artemidorus, Earth, and Foucault and Shakespeare – with links to some audio recordings

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

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 … Continue reading →

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Foucault Circle meeting at UNSW June 29-July 2, 2016 – call for papers

Posted on July 6, 2015 by stuartelden

The sixteenth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle will be held in Sydney, Australia, June 29-July 2, 2016 (hosted by the University of New South Wales). The Foucault Circle at UNSW will be held immediately before the Australasian Association of Philosophy … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade update 24 – other work while waiting for the reports, and the draft cover blurb

Posted on June 26, 2015 by stuartelden

This has been the period between submitting the Foucault’s Last Decade manuscript and waiting for reader reports. I’ve largely been doing other things – talks on terrain and urban territory; editing a Lefebvre translation and writing its introduction; writing a … Continue reading →

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