Keynote Speakers

Michael Hardt

Michael Hardt received a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington in 1990. He teaches political theory in the Literature Program at Duke University.  He is a co-author with Antonio Negri of several books, including Empire (Harvard UP, 2000).  His most recent book is The Subversive Seventies (Oxford UP, 2023)

Judith revel

Judith Revel is a professor of contemporary French philosophy at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France. She also chairs the Scientific Council of IMEC (Institut Mémoires de l’édition contemporaine). A specialist in Michel Foucault, she now works more broadly on representations of history in twentieth-century thought. She pays particular attention to the question of transformations, which she treats as both epistemological and political.

Fabienne Brugère

Fabienne Brugère is a philosopher and professor at Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis. From November 2019 to December 2023, she was president of the Paris Lumières university alliance. She is a member of the editorial board of the journal Esprit. She has taught at the universities of Hamburg, Munich, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Bari and Quebec. From 2008 to 2013, she chaired the Sustainable Development Council of Bordeaux Métropole. She has published numerous books. Recent titles include L’Éthique du care [The Ethics of Care] (PUF, 2011; 5th edition, 2025), La Politique de l’individu [The Politics of the Individual] (Seuil, 2013), Désaimer [Unloving] (Flammarion, 2024), and Le Vol de la démocratie [The Theft of Democracy], co-written with Agathe Cagé (Flammarion, 2026).