CFP: Foucault Circle Annual Meeting

CALL FOR PAPERSThe twenty-fourth annual meeting of the

Foucault Circle

University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana

April 3-5, 2026

We seek submissions for papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, as well as studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking. This conference also celebrates the centennial of Foucault’s birth, so we also welcome biographical retrospectives and papers that set an agenda for the next century of Foucauldian thought.

Paper submissions require an abstract of no more than 750 words. All submissions should be formatted as a “.doc” or “.docx” attachment, prepared for anonymous review, and sent via email to the attention of program committee chair Anna Ahlgren ([email protected]) on or before November 1, 2025. Indicate “Foucault Circle submission” in the subject heading.Program decisions will be announced in December.

We expect that the conference will begin Friday afternoon and will conclude around lunchtime on Sunday. Presenters will have approximately 40 minutes for paper presentation and discussion combined; papers should be a maximum of 3500 words (20-25 minutes reading time).  Please note that conference presentations will be in person and in English.

Logistical information about lodging, transportation, and other arrangements will be available after the program has been announced.

For more information about the Foucault Circle, please see our website

http://www.foucaultcircle.org

or contact our Coordinator, Brad Elliott Stone

[email protected]