Â鶹¹ÙÍø LGBT Studies Program
and the
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Cultural Center
present
Â鶹¹ÙÍø's Sixth Annual LGBT Studies Conference
Michel Foucault 2014: Beyond Sexuality
March 27-28, 2014
All events will take place in the
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Roderick Ferguson
Professor of American Studies; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; and African American and African Studies
University of Minnesota
Dr. Ladelle McWhorter
James Thomas Professor in Philosophy
Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexualities Studies
University of Richmond
Conference Co-Directors:
Ann Burlein, Associate Professor and Chair of Religion, Â鶹¹ÙÍø
Steven D. Smith, Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Â鶹¹ÙÍø
One of the more foremost and most widely read French philosophers of the 20th century, Michel Foucault is known especially for his three-volume History of Sexuality. This conference uses the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the publication of the final two volumes of that magnum opus as a jumping-off point for an evaluation of his work and the notion of a history of the present, with an eye toward the future: Where do we go from here, beyond Foucault, post-Foucault, without him?
Foucault died in the middle of a large project, the contours of which are only becoming visible to us now as his lectures are being published - a project that spun out between his critique of neoliberalism (and his own work on discipline) on the one hand and a turn to the ancient practices of the self and truth-telling on the other.
Symposium Schedule
| THURSDAY, MARCH 27 | |
|---|---|
| 10 a.m.-5 p.m. |
REGISTRATION AND COFFEE |
| 10:45 a.m. |
INTRODUCTION and WELCOME Bernard Firestone, Dean Â鶹¹ÙÍø College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, David Powell, Director of LGBT Studies at Â鶹¹ÙÍø and |
| 11 a.m.-Noon |
FOUCAULT AND ETHICS Michael Larson, Point Park University Aaron Weeks, The Graduate Center/CUNY |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | LUNCH (on your own) |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
FEMINISM AND FOUCAULT Dianna Taylor, John Carroll University Barbara Ellen Logan, University of Wyoming |
| 2:30-3 p.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 3-4:30 p.m. |
CLASSICS AND FOUCAULT Paul Christesen, Dartmouth College Andrew Scholtz, SUNY Binghamton Daniel Orrells, University of Warwick |
| 4:30-5 p.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 5-6 p.m. |
MEDICINE Leif C. Tornquist, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lindsey Whitmore, Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
| FRIDAY, MARCH 28 | |
| 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. | REGISTRATION Rochelle and Irwin A. Lowenfeld Conference and Exbibition Hall Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus |
| 8:45-9:30 a.m. | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
| 9:30-10:30 a.m. |
ART AND LITERATURE Ann M. Burlein, Â鶹¹ÙÍø Nicole Ridgway, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
| 10:30-11 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11 a.m.-Noon |
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND FOUCAULT Kent L. Brintnall, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Nicolae Morar, Pennsylvania State University |
| Noon-2 p.m. | LUNCH (on your own) |
| 2-3:30 p.m. |
KEYNOTE SESSION: FOUCAULT 2014 "What a Life Requires: Aesthetics of Existence and Black Queer Diasporic Formations" Roderick A. Ferguson, Professor of American Studies; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; and African American and African Studies, University of Minnesota "Sexuality and Moral Personhood After Foucault" Ladelle McWhorter, James Thomas Professor in Philosophy, |
| 3:30 p.m. | CLOSING RECEPTION |