Judith Butler

Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature and the co-director of the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. Prof. Butler is a leading American philosopher who has made significant contributions to the fields of feminist philosophy, queer theory, political philosophy and ethics. She is best known for her seminal work Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990). Her most recent book is Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism (2012). She was awarded the Theodor W. Adorno Award in 2012 for her work on political theory, moral philosophy and gender studies

Workshop with Professor Butler

Prof. Judith Butler
Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez, University of Bern, Moderator

Registration is required for the Distinguished Lectures Series Workshop featuring the invited speaker (for contact details, please see below). After a short introduction round of the participants, the workshop is structured in three parts. Part 1 allows participants to ask questions related to the speaker’s lecture. Part 2 serves discussing a text by the invited speaker that participants receive as preparatory reading to the workshop. Part 3 offers the opportunity to bring up topics of discussion related to one’s own research or interest.

Date: November 12th, 2013
Time: 9:30 – 12:15
Place: University of Bern, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room A-119

Organization:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez, thomas.claviez@ens.unibe.ch
For all organizational details, please contact dls@wbkolleg.unibe.ch

Registration Workshop:                       

dls@wbkolleg.unibe.ch