The program <pdf> and meeting information <pdf> for our 2014 meeting are now available.
The Circle is looking for a new webmaster. If interested, please contact Dianna Taylor <dtaylor at jcu dot edu>.
The call for papers <pdf> for our 2014 meeting is now available. The Circle will meet from June 5-8, 2014, at the University of Malmö in Malmö, Sweden. Please send abstracts or panel submissions to program committee chair Edward McGushin (emcgushin@stonehill.edu) on or before January 2, 2014. Indicate “Foucault Circle submission” in the subject heading. Program decisions will be announced by early February.
The final program <pdf> for our 2013 meeting is now available.
The call for papers (pdf) for our 2013 meeting is now available. The Circle will meet from April 18-20, 2013, at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Please send an ABSTRACT (as a “.doc” attachment) of no more than 750 words by e-mail to program committee chair Erinn Gilson (e.gilson@unf.edu) on or before Friday, November 16th, 2012. Indicate “Foucault Circle submission” in the subject heading. Program decisions will be announced in mid-December.
The final program <pdf> for our 2012 meeting is now available.
The call for papers (pdf) for our 2012 meeting is now available. The Circle will meet March 30-April 1, 2012, at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. Please send a 1-2 page ABSTRACT of the paper, by e-mail. Abstracts should be submitted to the program committee chair: Dianna Taylor (dtaylor@jcu.edu) on or before Friday, November 19, 2011. Please indicate "Foucault Circle submission" in the subject heading, and include the abstract as a ".doc" attachment to your message. Program decisions will be announced in mid-December.
Also, please remember to join the Foucault Circle's Google Group.
The complete program for our 2011 meeting is now available!
The call for papers (pdf) for our 2011 meeting is now available. The Circle will meet March 25-27, 2011 at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta, Canada, hosted by Chloë Taylor and Cressida Heyes at the University of Alberta at Edmonton. To submit an abstract, please send a 1-2 page ABSTRACT of the paper, by e-mail to the program committee chair: Corey McCall (cmccall@elmira.edu) on or before Friday, November 19, 2010. Decisions will be made by mid-December.
Also, please consider attending our satellite session at the Eastern APA (December 27-30, 2010, Boston Marriott Copley Place and The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA) on Tuesday, December 28th.
GROUP SESSION III – 11:15 A.M. - 1:15 P.M.
GIII - 1. Foucault Circle 11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Chair: Sokthan Yeng (Adelphi University)
Speakers: Andrew Dilts (University of Chicago) “From ‘Entrepreneur of the
Self’ to ‘Care of the Self’: Neoliberal Governmentality and Foucault’s
Ethics”
Marcelo Hoffman (Marian University) “Population, Biopolitics and the Iranian
Revolution”
Samuel Talcott (University of the Sciences-Philadelphia) “Iterating la
Question des Lumières: Foucault, Knowledge of Life, and Ethics”
Finally, the Circle has created a Google Group for communication with members and other interested parties. The link for this group is <http://groups.google.com/group/foucaultcircle> and all are invited to join!
Details for the 2010 Meeting of the Circle (Morgan State University, April 9-11, 2010) are now available:
* 2010 Program (pdf)
* Information / Logistics (pdf)
The call for papers (pdf) for our 2010 meeting is now available. The Circle will meet from April 9-11, 2010, at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Papers are due for consideration on November 30th, and decisions will be made in December.
Also, please consider attending our satellite session at the Eastern APA (New York Marriott Marquis, New York, NY) on Tuesday, December 29th at 11:15am.
GVIII-3. Foucault Circle
11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
Topic: Putting Foucault to Work: Deploying Genealogy in Contemporary Inquiry
Chair: Colin Koopman (University of Oregon)
Speakers: Ladelle McWhorter (University of Richmond)
“A Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part I”
Todd May (Clemson University)
“A Genealogy of Neoliberalism, Part II”
Commentator: Brad Stone (Loyola Marymount University)
Papers will be available at http://www.foucaultcircle.org/ ahead of the session.
The program for our upcoming annual meeting is now available! See
the Program Page for the details of the papers to
be presented, and see the Logistical Information
page for all the details on where to stay and how to get to Depaul. If
you are planning on attending, please let Kevin Thompson, local organizer,
know by February 19th.
Pre-registration material (pdf) is
available. Kevin can be reached at
Also, a reminder: You can subscribe to the Foucault Circle calendar at: webcal://ical.mac.com/richard.a.lynch/Foucault.Circle.ics
Finally, as you no doubt have noticed, the website for the Foucault Circle has undergone a minor facelift. Please feel free to contact John Hartmann (hartmajr at siu dot edu) with comments or queries.