Re: [Foucault-L] Foucault Graduate Studies Recommendations

Although he's not well known for it (yet), Kevin
Thompson at Depaul is an excellent Foucault scholar.
And the dept. at Depaul is generally very good in
Continental.

--- peter@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am currently beginning the application process to
> attend graduate school
> in the fall of 2007. Although I have not developed a
> specific graduate
> project, I do know that I would like to primarily
> study the works of
> Michel Foucault. I have consulted a few of my
> teachers regarding programs
> or professors at the MA- or PhD-level who primarily
> teach the texts of
> Michel Foucault, and I wanted to extend this
> question to you. If you have
> any recommendations for professors or departments
> with whom you think I
> would enjoy studying Foucault�s works, I would
> greatly appreciate your
> responses. My first language is English, although I
> am also fluent in
> Spanish and I am learning French. Icing on the
> academic cake would be if
> the department offered some instruction on any of
> the major writers that
> Foucault deals with in his works, such as Heidegger,
> Nietzsche, Kant,
> Marx, Sartre, de Sade, or Bataille, etc. � though
I
> prefer strong programs
> focusing on Foucault over weaker programs that
> include these other
> writers.
>
> Thank you for your help. I hope to hear from you
> soon.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Peter Mancina
>
>
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