By Ann Stoler (Footnotes need to be linked) Before beginning, I want to thank Bernard and Jesus for conceiving of this project and for making possible the participation of so many of us long immersed in Foucault’s work, the gathering… Continue Reading
Ann Laura Stoler is Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies at The New School for Social Research. She has been at the New School for Social Research since 2004, where she was the founding chair of… Continue Reading
Partha Chatterjee is Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University. A political theorist, historian, and anthropologist he studied at Presidency College in Calcutta, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester.… Continue Reading
Robert Gooding-Williams is the M. Moran Weston/Black Alumni Council Professor of African-American Studies at Columbia University. He holds appointments in both the Philosophy Department and the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS), where he is a member of… Continue Reading
In preparation of the sixth seminar, we encourage you to visit the Foucault 13/13 blog. You will find articles introducing and discussing ‘Society Must Be Defended’ (1976), as well as reading suggestions. Please join in the conversation by commenting on the articles.… Continue Reading
Veena Das and Emmanuelle Saada discuss Foucault’s fifth lecture series at the Collège de France, Abnormal (1974-1975). Our dear colleague, Pierre Rosanvallon, was unable to join us as he returned to Paris in light of Friday’s shocking acts of violence. Please watch the video here. Please also read… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt, Daniele Lorenzini, and Jesús R. Velasco Michel Foucault, “Il faut défendre la société. Cours au Collège de France. 1975-1976, eds. Mauro Bertani and Alessandro Fontana (Paris: Gallimard/Le Seuil, 1997) _______________, “Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the Collège… Continue Reading
Dear friends and colleagues, We will begin today’s seminar at the Maison Française at 7pm in silence. We want to mourn for all those who have been struck by acts of warfare violence unleashed during the last week. We think… Continue Reading
By Emmanuelle Saada (Footnotes need to be linked) In Abnormal, Foucault studies “the emergence of the power of normalization, the way in which it has been formed, the way in which it has established itself without ever resting on a single institution… Continue Reading
Emmanuelle Saada is a historian and sociologist whose work engages in law, citizenship, and colonial empire. Professor Saada is Associate Professor of French and History at Columbia University. She has taught at the Institute of French Studies at New York… Continue Reading