Hofstra University LGBT Studies Program
and the
Hofstra Cultural Center
present
Hofstra'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, Hofstra University
Steven D. Smith, Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University
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 Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, David Powell, Director of LGBT Studies at Hofstra 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, Hofstra University 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 |
