Judith Butler Lecture: Critique, Crisis, and the Problem of Violence Jan 24 Event DateEvent Date Jan 24, 2018, 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM Event LocationLocation Off Campus The Silver Screen Theater at the Pacific Design Center Share Tweet Share Export event Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California Berkeley, and is a prominent continental philosopher and gender theorist. She is the author of notable books, including Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity and Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? Reprising her role as our Theorist in Residence in Spring 2015, Butler will deliver two new public lectures in addition to teaching a seminar for our MA students. This event is free and open to the public.