Foucault and a Democratic Theory of Truth

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Linda Marie-Gelsomina Zerilli is the Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science and a faculty member in the College and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago; she previously served as the faculty director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Her work explores topics ranging from feminist thought to the politics of language, aesthetics, democratic theory, and Continental philosophy. Her publications include Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom (Chicago, 2005), A Democratic Theory of Judgment (2016), and A Democratic Theory of Truth (Chicago, 2025).

Chair: Patrick Boucheron, Collège de France

Patrick Boucheron is a historian specializing in medieval Italy, particularly urban and architectural history. He is a professor at the Collège de France, holding the Chair of the History of Power in Western Europe, 13th–16th Centuries. His work has focused in particular on the concepts of communal experimentation and political fictions, from a Foucauldian perspective. His books include The Power of Images, Siena 1338 (2018), Political Fictions: From the Middle Ages to the “Post-Truth” Present (2025), and The Black Death (2026).