Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Chris Philo – ‘A great space of murmurings’

Chris Philo, “‘A great space of murmurings’: Madness, romance and geography”, Progress in Human Geography, online early (requires subscription). Prompted by the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Foucault’s famous book commonly known in English as Madness and Civilization, … Continue reading

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Becker on Ewald on Foucault on Becker

This is a really interesting idea – working paper and video (via Foucault News). In a series of lectures delivered in 1979 at the Collège de France under the title The Birth of Biopolitics, Michel Foucault conducted a close reading … Continue reading

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Between Deleuze and Foucault flyer

The conference I mentioned a few days ago has a flyer available here, with a new take on an iconic image.

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Between Deleuze and Foucault conference

Purdue University, College of Liberal Arts November 30 – December 1, 2012 An international conference exploring the relations between the work of Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) and Michel Foucault (1926-1984). Plenary Speaker: William Connolly, Johns Hopkins University Participants: Marco Altamirano, Purdue … Continue reading

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Foucault – Du gouvernement des vivants

Just received – really looking forward to this.

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Daniel Defert and the Foucault archives

Foucault News links to an interview with Daniel Defert on the Foucault archives and a separate piece with some more details: Il ne s’agit pas encore du trésor, mais déjà de sa cartographie : un inventaire de 63 pages décrivant le contenu … Continue reading

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Foucault after Agamben: Rethinking the Language of Biopolitics – call for panellists

Najeeb Jan is seeking panelists for the 2013 Los Angeles meeting of the AAG. Please note since this is a panel discussion, you will not need to submit an abstract. If you are interested in joining the panel discussion please email … Continue reading

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Foucault workshop in Maastricht

Government, Truth, Subject – Michel Foucault and the late lecture courses at Collège de France. A colloquium at the Jan van Eyck Academie. The colloquium is devoted to Foucault’s late lectures at Collège de France (Du gouvernement des vivants [unpublished], … Continue reading

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Foucault and the critique of our present – seminars

The first of a series of speakers under the overall theme of “Foucault and the critique of our present: Reworking the Foucauldian tool-box”, organised with the support of the Department of Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London. More details here. Alberto Toscano, “Sub-power … Continue reading

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Maastricht talk cancelled

Due to unforeseen circumstances I have had to withdraw from the talk I was scheduled to give on 7 November 2012 at the “Michel Foucault and the late lecture courses at Collège de France” conference at the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. … Continue reading

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