Controversy good for History of Madness

YBP, a library services company, have listed Foucault’s the History of Madness as a bestseller in the history of science category.

SCOTUS: discipline and punish?

Quote from today’s Supreme Court ruling supporting a school’s right to restrict free speech:
Justice Thomas, also concurring, would rather make the broader holding that public school students have no free speech rights. (“In short, in the earliest public schools, teachers taught, and students listened. Teachers commanded, and students obeyed. Teachers did not rely solely [...]

Anniversary of Foucault’s death today

Just realized that today is the anniversary of Foucault’s death in 1984.
This is the link to the wikipedia entry.

Foucault music–any more like this?

From time to time I come across cultural events (movies, books, music etc.) inspired by or referring to Foucault.
Here’s the latest: (Please) don’t Blame Mexico have put out their “Michel Foucault EP.” They’re a French indie group who sing in English and sound a little like Belle and Sebastian. Review here.
Since these things are a [...]

Foucault Circle call for papers

(Corrected)
The Foucault Circle has issued a call for papers for its 2008 conference: fc08callforpapers.pdf (pdf).
Full text of pdf below:
CALL FOR PAPERS
The eighth annual meeting of the
Foucault Circle
Earlham College
Richmond, IN, USA
February 15-17, 2008
Papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, and studies, critiques,
and applications of Foucauldian thinking, are all welcome.
Please send a 1-2 page ABSTRACT of the [...]