Throughout the '80s and '90s, in the days before Sept. 11, many people already believed America was at war. These were the Culture Wars, and fighting on the front lines were tenured humanities ...

Judith Butler and Ed Whelan have probably never met. And if they did, we may be quite certain that they would have very little use for each other. After all, what does the professor of comparative ...

The official Lego Web site asserts that the plastic snap-together blocks can “inspire students to use their creativity.” What it doesn’t say is that Lego blocks may also help students “understand ...

Two weeks ago, the University of California at Berkeley handed over the names of 160 faculty, students, and staff to the Trump administration as part of its investigation into “alleged antisemitic ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Judith Butler is a Professor for Comparative Literature and Critical Theory in the University of California, Berkeley with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first ...

JMEWS is the official publication of the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies. Its purpose is to advance the fields of Middle East women’s studies, gender studies, and Middle East studies ...

One of the boldest and most radical thinkers of our time, Butler (Bodies That Matter) examines the contemporary state of popular sovereignty, resistance, and other “concerted actions,” as Hannah ...