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‘Foucault before The History of Madness’, Sussex, 7 December 2018

I’ll be speaking at the University of Sussex on 7 December 2018 on ‘Foucault before The History of Madness – Lectures, Translations, Nietzsche’. The talk draws on the research i’ve been doing for The Early Foucault. The ‘translations’ are ones made by Foucault … Continue reading

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Books received – Canguilhem, Critique on Bataille, Derrida, Haghighi, Hewitt

The long-awaited volume V of Georges Canguilhem, Oeuvres complètes, Critique No 195-196 – the tribute issue to Georges Bataille from 1963; Jacques Derrida, Geschlecht III; Farzaneh Haghighi, Is the Tehran Bazaar Dead? Foucault, Politics, and Architecture (sent by the publisher) and Rachel Hewitt, Map of a Nation: A … Continue reading

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A tribute to the work of Paul Virilio – video

The Brooklyn Rail is proud to host a panel discussion and film screening in honor of Paul Virilio’s (1932-2018) life and the influence his work has had on a generation of thinkers. The evening will begin with a rare screening … Continue reading

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Foucault in California [A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death] – Heyday 2019

Foucault in California [A True Story—Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death] – Heyday 2019. This is the famous/infamous memoir of Simeon Wade, with a foreword by Heather Dundas. In The Lives of Michel Foucault, … Continue reading

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CFP: From Sense to Machinic Becoming – the 12th Annual Deleuze & Guattari Studies Conference Royal Holloway, University of London 8-10 July 2019

CFP: From Sense to Machinic Becoming – the 12th Annual Deleuze & Guattari Studies Conference Royal Holloway, University of London 8-10 July 2019 The year of the 12th Annual Deleuze & Guattari conference marks the 50th anniversary of three crucial … Continue reading

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Shakespearean Territories – slight publication delay

Shakespearean Territories was due to be published this week, but there is a slight delay – apparently due to the printer and to paper shortages in the US (this really is a thing). It should available very soon, hopefully in the … Continue reading

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Design Agency within Earth Systems – 26 October 2018, Architecture Association, London

Design Agency within Earth Systems – 26 October 2018, Architecture Association, London Further details here. I’ll be in discussion with Neil Brenner and Jose Alfredo Ramirez at the end of the event.

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Foucault, La Sexualité (Clermont-Ferrand 1964) and Le Discours de la sexualité (Vincennes 1969) – published

Foucault’s 1964 course from Clermont-Ferrand La sexualité together with the 1969 course from Vincennes Le discours de la sexualité has now been published – received a copy yesterday. This is the first of a planned seven volumes of material from before … Continue reading

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Georges Canguilhem, Œuvres complètes Tome V : Histoire des sciences, épistémologie, commémorations 1966-1995 – finally published!

Georges Canguilhem, Œuvres complètes Tome V : Histoire des sciences, épistémologie, commémorations 1966-1995 was originally due to appear in January 2018. It slipped many times – to March, May, September and finally October. A copy should now be on its way… … Continue reading

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Thinking with Jean-Luc Nancy – Oxford, 28-30 March 2019

Thinking with Jean-Luc Nancy – Oxford, 28-30 March 2019 – details and call for papers (English and French) Balliol College – University of Oxford (UK) Keynote Speakers: Jean-Luc Nancy (University of Strasbourg) and Emmanuel Falque (Catholic University of Paris) Organisers: Marie … Continue reading

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