Date: Wednesday June 25 and Thursday June 26 2014
Time: 9.30am-5pm
Venues: Wolfson Theatre and Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Various

25 June 2014 is the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault. ‘Governing Academic Life’ marks this anniversary by providing an occasion for academics to reflect on our present situation through our reflections on Foucault’s legacy – which could include critical reflections on that legacy. The focus of the conference, therefore, will be on the form of governmentality that now constitutes our identities and regulates our practices as researchers and teachers. However the event will also create a space for encounters between governmentality scholars and critics of the neoliberal academy whose critiques have different intellectual roots – especially Frankfurt school critical theory, critical political economy; feminism; Bourdieuian analyses of habitus, capital and field; and autonomist Marxism.

For the full programme please visit Governing Academic Life Programme.

For the full list of speakers please visit Governing Academic Life Speakers.

Entry requirements: the event is ticketed and pre-registration is required via the LSE e-shop. There is no charge for LSE staff or students, for further information please email info@governing-academic-life.org. Tickets are priced at £100 for the two-day event. There will be a number of fee waivers and reduced rates available for e.g. doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, other early career academics (especially those based in academic institutions outside of London), and scholars without an institutional affiliation. Applicants for concessions should send an email to info@governing-academic-life.org explaining why participation in the conference would be beneficial to them and/or other attendees, and attaching a short CV (no more than 2 pages).

For any queries email info@governing-academic-life.org or call 020 7955 7267.

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