The Judith Butler Deep Dive - Gender Politics Reading Group

The Gender Politics Reading Group is delighted to launch its inaugural 'Deep Dive' Event! The Deep Dive is series of 7 events, held over 6 weeks, designed to acquaint (or re-acquaint) academic staff and PGT students with the seminal works of a particularly notable feminist scholar. The Deep Dive will represent an unparalleled opportunity for time strapped academics to develop thoroughgoing and critical insights into feminist theory.

This year they will be exploring the work of Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. Butler's work has revolutionised our understanding of subjectivity and identity, particularly with regards to sex, gender and sexuality. The contemporary significance of their work has been made apparent by their recent mention, and publication, in mainstream media.

The exploration of Butler's work will occur through lectures and a reading list delivered and curated by Professor Moya Lloyd. Trained in the history of political thought, Professor Lloyd's research focuses on diverse aspects of contemporary political and social thought, including the body, gender, radical democracy, the human/human rights, the question of who counts, and the work of Judith Butler. She has written seven books, including 'Butler and Ethics' (EUP 2015).

This event will be hybrid: lectures will take place online, reading groups will take place in person (details provided following registration). There is scope for an online reading group if there is demand for this option (please email rebecca.hewer@ed.ac.uk).

This event series is in partner with GENDER.ED and CRITIQUE.

For more details, find out here.