Max Weber and Michel Foucault: possible convergences @ International Conference Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – São Paulo, Brazil 20th to 24th May 2013

Max Weber and Michel Foucault: possible convergences

International Conference
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – São Paulo, Brazil
20th to 24th May 2013

Weber and Foucault 2013_Final Programme Pdf

May, 20^th, Monday

10h-12h a.m.

Opening Session: Colin Gordon, “’Plato in Weimar: public philosophy in the last lectures of Weber and Foucault”. Coord.: Maria Helena Oliva Augusto (USP) and Fabiana A. A. Jardim (USP)

14h30-18h30

Roundtable – “Current interest on Max Weber and Michel Foucault: present, conduct of life and the government of self”

Sam Whimster (Global Policy Institute/ Käte Hamburger Kolleg)

Osvaldo López-Ruiz (CONICET – Argentina)

Maria Helena Oliva Augusto (USP)

Coord.: Daniel Pereira Andrade (FGV/SP)

May, 21, Tuesday

10h-12h a.m.

Intermediary Session: “Religious roots of modernity: moving beyond Weber and Foucault”. Coord.: Fabiana A. A. Jardim (USP)

14h30-18h30

Roundtable – “The religious origins of modernity in the works of Weber and Foucault”

Phillipe Chevallier (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)

Philippe Steiner (Université Paris – Sorbonne)

Mariana M. Côrtes (UFU)

Coord.: Ana Lúcia F. Teixeira (Unifesp)

May, 23, Thursday

14h-18h

Roundtable – “State: conduct of life and the government of others”

Colin Gordon (Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust)

Susana Murillo (Universidad de Buenos Aires)

Daniel Pereira Andrade (FGV/SP)

Fabiana A. A. Jardim (USP)

Coordenação: Osvaldo López-Ruiz

May, 24, Friday

9h30-12h30 a.m.

Roundtable – “Intellectual Démarche: perspectives and uses of history”

Árpad Szakolczai (University College, Cork)

Márcio A. Fonseca (PUC-SP)

Ana Lucia F. Teixeira (Unifesp)

Coord.: Mariana M. Côrtes (UFU)

14h30-16h30

Closing Session: “Ascetisme, confession and hermeneutics of the self”.

Coord.: Maria Helena O. Augusto (USP)

Location: Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, nº 315, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil.

Room 14 of  Philosophy and Social Sciences Building – FFLCH

Inscriptions will take place during the event. There will be simultaneous translation.

All the activities will be broadcasted by streaming.  Link will be available at the Post-Graduation Program on Sociology:  http://sociologia.fflch.usp.br/pos

 Promotion:

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (PPGS/FFLCH-USP)

Research Group on Government, Ethics and Subjectivity (GES)

Support:

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (FFLCH-USP)

Departamento de Sociologia (FFLCH-USP)

Faculdade de Educação (USP)

Departamento de Fundamentos Sociais e Jurídicos da Administração (FGV-EAESP)

Enquiries: Profa. Dra. Fabiana Jardim at fajardim@usp.br

From: Foucault News