New York City and Boston
Join Our Planning Committees!
Opportunities – Summer 2009
Upcoming Opportunities
Program Committee:
2009-10 academic year
Help us to
plan and organize Foucault Society events and programs for the 2009-10
academic year. Programs may
include a new seminar
series, a colloquium series, research group,
panels at national academic conferences, and/or other programs that the
committee suggests.
Committee members will decide on the topic
and format of programs, invite scholars to
present their research, write calls for papers and/or program
descriptions for grant proposals, and work out logistics for events
(including location and publicity).
Committee will meet monthly or as needed.
This is a great opportunity to think creatively about current
Foucault research, to meet other people doing work in this field, and
build up the "service" part of your c.v.
Grants Committee
Interested
in learning about the grant application process for non-profits and
academic organizations?
We expect to apply for another grant from the New York Council
for the Humanities, who supported our 2008-09 seminar series with a
mini-grant. We'll be
working on this over the summer, and welcome committee members who want
to contribute. This may be
a fairly time-intensive volunteer commitment, but, again, it's good the
for the c.v. Previous
grant-writing experience is welcome, but not necessary.
Other committee opportunities:
Outreach, Communications, and Fundraising
Immediate Opportunities
May 2009:
Roundtable Committee
We are
currently seeking volunteers to assist with the organization of our
May 20 roundtable on Foucault's The Birth of Biopolitics,
especially with publicity and logistics. If you are coming to
the event and would like to help us set up or work at the registration
table, or if you can volunteer to put up posters beforehand, we'd love
to add you to our team. As a committee member, you will also have
the opportunity to contribute questions for the roundtable and
communicate with invited faculty participants.
Committee members will be
acknowledged on the roundtable program.
Web Committee
We have
recently migrated the Foucault Society
website to a new hosting service and we are currently updating the site.
If you have web design or web
editing experience and you would like to contribute your skills and
expertise, please let us know.
Have other ideas?
Let us know what you'd like to do! All energetic, enthusiastic, creative people are welcome.
Contact
Shifra Diamond
or Mike Jolley at foucaultsociety2009@gmail.com.
About
the Foucault Society
The Foucault Society is an independent, non-profit educational organization offering a variety of forums dedicated to critical study of the ideas of Michel Foucault (1926-1984) within a contemporary context. The Foucault Society is a 501 (c) (3) recognized public charity. Donations are tax deductible under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.