International Conference on Biopolitics and Sexuality (ICBS 2026)
12th November 2026 · Sungai Petani, Malaysia
- Dates
- 12th November 2026
- Format
- In person
- Paper deadline
- 16th October 2026 (closed)
- Type
- Conference
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About ICBS 2026
The key intention of ICBS is to provide opportunity for the global participants to share their ideas and experience in person with their peers expected to join from different parts on the world. In addition this gathering will help the delegates to establish research or business relations as well as to find international linkage for future collaborations in their career path. We hope that ICBS outcome will lead to significant contributions to the knowledge base in these up-to-date scientific fields in scope.
Description provided by the organizer.
Call for papers: tracks
- Biopolitics
- Biology and politics
- Various definitions
- Michel Foucault
- Giorgio Agamben
- Biopolitical control
- Biopolitical body
- Bio-power
- Discipline and biopolitics
- Power and subject
- Race and biopolitics
- Sexuality and biopolitics
- Gender and biopolitics
- Security as biopolitics
- Neuropower
- Technology
- Biopoliticized state
- Biopolitical governmentality
- Extension of state power over both the physical and political bodies of a population
- Non-Foucauldian bio-power and biopolitics
- Foucauldian biopolitics
- New rationality
- Foucault’s methodology and key concepts
- Biopolitics in the context of power over life
- Two technologies of power
- From police to security
- Liberal governance and its biopolitics
- Philosophical implications of liberalism
- Pastoral power, welfare politics and medicine
- Neo-liberalism
- Policy of society
- Civil society
Important dates
| Paper submission deadline | 16th October 2026 |
| Conference | 12th November 2026 |
Venue and travel
Sungai Petani
Sungai Petani, Malaysia
Past editions
- 2026 New York, USA View listing
Frequently asked questions about ICBS 2026
When and where is ICBS 2026?
ICBS 2026 takes place 12th November 2026 in Sungai Petani, Malaysia.
Is ICBS 2026 in-person or virtual?
ICBS 2026 is listed as an in-person event in Sungai Petani. Check the official website for any online participation option.
What is the paper submission deadline for ICBS 2026?
The listed paper submission deadline is 16th October 2026. Confirm the current deadline on the official website before submitting.
Who organizes ICBS 2026?
Registration and submission details are on the official conference website.
Figures updated 26th October 2026.