Category Archives: Michel Foucault

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 The colloquium is devoted to Foucault’s late lectures at Collège de France (Du gouvernement des vivants [unpublished], … Continue reading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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Foucault’s Lectures on the Will to Know

Amazon have a page up for the English translation of Foucault’s Lectures on the Will to Know, scheduled for May 2013. The date may change, as have others in the past, but this is the first indication I’ve seen for … Continue reading

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Mark Poster (1941-2012)

Mark Poster, intellectual historian of French thought and theorist of media and information, died yesterday. I never met him or heard him speak, but he was important to me through his writings. Perhaps best known for his work on Baudrillard, Sartre, … Continue reading

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