Dear FEAST list members,

I'm including, below, an announcement for a roundtable discussion on 
Michel Foucault's The Birth of Biopolitics, which is taking place 
tonight at Stony Brook Manhattan in New York City and will be followed 
by a reception sponsored by Stony Brook Manhattan's philosophy 
department.  The faculty panelists are all doing very interesting work 
on Foucault and on biopolitics from a variety of inter/disciplinary 
locations, including philosophy, sociology and women's studies, so it 
should be a good discussion.

I hope some of you in NYC will consider attending (and I apologize for 
sending this so close to  the event).  Advance registration is not 
necessary.

If you have any questions, feel free to send me an e-mail: 
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Thanks.

Best regards,

Shifra Diamond
Project Co-Director,  2008-09 Seminar Series on The Birth of Biopolitics
The Foucault Society, New York City
and
Doctoral Candidate
Human Sciences: Program in Language, Culture & Society
George Washington University
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The Foucault Society, New York City

presents

Michel Foucault's The Birth of Biopolitics: A Roundtable Discussion

Wednesday, May 20, 2009
6:30-10:00pm

Stony Brook Manhattan
387 Park Avenue South, Third Floor*
New York, NY 10016

*Enter at 101 East 27th Street. The entry is just beyond The Devon 
Shops, dire
ctly beneath a narrow Stony Brook Manhattan banner. Visitors 
will be asked to sign in and will be directed to the third floor.

Our roundtable brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars 
to discuss new critical perspectives on Foucault's lecture courses. 
We'll discuss Foucault's treatment of themes such as racism, war, 
ethics, and neoliberal subjectivity; reconsider his critiques of Marx, 
Husserl, Weber, and others; and situate his analysis in the context of 
contemporary theorists of biopolitics, such as Giorgio Agamben and 
Donna Haraway. Finally, we'll ask, how might Foucault's analysis of 
neoliberalism help us to form critiques of current political situations 
in the U.S. or internationally?

Pease join us for a lively conversation with faculty from the Foucault 
Society's 2008-09 Seminar Series on The Birth of Biopolitics, followed 
by a dessert reception sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Stony 
Brook University.

Moderator: Jeffrey Bussolini, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Panelists:
Samuel Binkley, Emerson College
Patricia Ticineto Clough, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Jonathan Cutler, Wesleyan University
Rafael de la Dehesa, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Trent H. Hamann, St. John’s University
Eduardo Mendieta, Stony Brook University, SUNY
Ananya Mukherjea, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Alan Rosenberg, Queens College, CUNY

For complete faculty bios, visit our website and click on the links     
 from ou
r newly updated home page, or go directly to:  
http://www.foucaultsociety.org/2009_seminar_series_facbios--rev.htm

The 2008-09 Seminar Series is funded by a mini-grant from the New York 
Council for the Humanities.

This event is open to the public.

Registration: $10. To register, send an e-mail to: 
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About the Foucault Society:
The Foucault Society is an independent, non-profit educational 
organization offering a variety of forums dedicated to critical study 
of the ideas of Michel Foucault (1926-1984) within a contemporary 
context. The Foucault Society is a 501 (c) (3) recognized public 
charity. As such donations are tax deductible under section 170 of the 
Internal Revenue Code.

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