Upcoming Events

Over five weeks in the month of May and the beginning of June, an international group of scholars will engage the work of Michel Foucault at the intersection of ethics, power, and Christianity in the context of the 2018 Éditions Gallimard publication of Les Aveux de la chair and its 2021 translation as Confessions of the Flesh. Foucault’s work and biography are not without controversy and we invite both critical and charitable engagement from speakers and audience members.

This series of virtual talks will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00 Houston/12:00 NYC/18:00 Paris. Each session will last one hour, featuring a speaker’s paper for 30-45 minutes, and followed by open discussion. These twice-a-week talks will promote continuity as a series, without the constraints of a virtual marathon. Many of these talks will be recorded and will constitute an ongoing resource for viewers around the world.

This series is hosted by the Department of Religion at Rice University, with the support of the Rockwell Fund. We thank the Humanities Research Center at Rice University for their invaluable support. For more information, visit https://foucaultsconfessions.org/