Art and architectural history, visual culture, literary studies, media and film studies and aesthetics have all “partaken” of Foucauldian theories, but a comparative exploration of Foucault’s significance has been lacking.  If the reception of Foucault has focused on single disciplines and discrete areas of thought, it has also differed across specific linguistic and/or geo-political lines. This colloquium seeks to map the philosophy of Foucault as it impacts the future of the arts and humanities across cultures, institutions and practices.

Michel Foucault (1926 - 1984): les arts & les lettres/arts & humanities in the 21stCentury
 
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies & L’Institut d’études avancées de Paris


Programme

(Colloque in French and English) 

Day #1
12 June 2014 (Salle des Gardes)

9:00 – 9:30 Welcome
Gretty Mirdal, Institut d'études avancées de Paris

Introduction to the Conference and to Panel #1

Catherine Soussloff Art History, Visual Art & Theory/ Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia

• 9:30 – 10:00 Unreason and the Archaeology of Silence, Dana Arnold, Architectural History and Theory, Middlesex University London
• 10:00 – 10:30 Stitching Frames: Florian Pumhösl's "Textile Military Complex", T’ai Smith, Art History, Visual Art & Theory, University of British Columbia
• 10:30 – 11:00 The Shape of Evidence: Photographs, Documents and Monuments, Sophie Berrebi, Art History, University of Amsterdam

11:00 – 11:15 Discussion

11:15 – 11:45 Pause/Coffee Break

• 11:45 – 12:45 Foucault and archival dispositifs, Michael Sheringham, Keynote & Discussion, French Literature, All Souls College,University of Oxford

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break (Location TBA) All attendees are cordially invited.

• 14:30 – 15:00 Introduction de M. Foucault à Le rêve et l’existence de Ludwig Binswanger, Elisabetta Villari, Dipartimento di Italianistica, Romanistica, Antichistica, Arti e Spettacolo (DIRAAS) Universita degli Studi di Genova
• 15:00 – 15:30 Subject in Formation: Foucault's Beckett, Marisa Sanchez, Art History, Visual Art & Theory, University of British Columbia

15:30 – 15:45 Discussion

15:45 – 16:15 Pause/Coffee Break

• 16:15 – 17:15 Penser avec la littérature, Françoise Galliard, Keynote & Discussion, French Literary Criticism, Art and Intellectual History, Université de Paris VII
• 17:15 – 17:30 Observations Provisoires, Sima Godfrey, French, Hispanic & Italian Studies/ Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia

Day #2
13 June 2014 (Salle des Gardes)

• 9:30 – 10:00 Entre techniques du corps et techniques de soi : des outils foucaldiens pour penser la danse, Frédéric Pouillaude, philosophie de l'art, Universite de Paris-Sorbonne
• 10:00 – 10:30 Foucault’s Baudelaire, Sima Godfrey, French, Hispanic & Italian Studies/ Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia

10:30 – 10:45 Discussion
10:45 – 11:15 Pause/Coffee Break

• 11:15 – 11:45 Foucault on Shakespeare, Arianna Sforzini, institut d'études politiques de Paris, Université Paris XII
• 11:45 – 12:15 Critical Travels, Discursive Practices: Foucault in Tunis (1966-68), Ilka Kressner, Hispanic and Italian Studies, SUNY University at Albany

12:15 – 13:00 Discussion

13:00 – 14:15 Lunch Break (Location TBA) All attendees are cordially invited.

• 14:15 – 15:15 Le concept d'esthétique de l'existence, Frédéric Gros, Keynote & discussion, Institut d'études politiques de Paris,Université Paris XII

15:15 – 15:30 Pause/Coffee Break

• 15:30 – 16:00 The Photogenic Invention of Thought-Emotion: Duane Michals and Michel Foucault. Anton Lee, Art History, Visual Art & Theory, University of British Columbia
• 16:00 – 16:30 Is Every Camera a Panopticon?: Foucault, Photography, and Surveillance, Edward Dimendberg, School of Humanities, Film Media Studies/Visual Studies/German, University of California, Irvine

16:30 – 17:15 Summary & Discussion Chaired by Catherine Soussloff

17:30 Reception

All attendees are cordially invited.
Hosted by Centre Culturel Canadien and the Ambassade du Canada à Paris

• Catherine Bédard, Directrice-adjointe du Centre Culturel Canadien, Ambassade du Canada à Paris
• Jacques-Henri Gagnon, Responsable du Service Communication et Relations académiques, Ambassade du Canada à Paris

Special thanks to:

• Gretty Mirdal Directrice, Institut d'études avancées de Paris
• Janis Sarra UBC Presidential Distinguished Professor and Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
• Catherine Bédard Commissaire des expositions et Directrice-adjointe du Centre Culturel Canadien, Ambassade du Canada à Paris
• Jacques-Henri Gagnon, Responsable du Service Communication et Relations académiques, Ambassade du Canada à Paris
• Simon Luck, Coordinateur Scientifique, Institut d'études avancées de Paris
• Victoria Lam, Conference Coordinator, University of British Columbia

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