Spring 2008 Commencement

Friday, May 16
2:00pm Zellerbach Hall

Judith Butler Elected to American Philosophical Society

Judith Butler is among the roster of new APS members for 2007. Butler is a Maxine Elliot Professor of Rhetoric, Comparative Literature, and Gender and Sexuality Studies. Her most recent book is Giving an Account of Oneself (Fordham University Press, 2005). She is currently working on essays pertaining to Jewish philosophy, focusing on pre-Zionist criticisms of state violence. More

Professor Emeritus Leonard Nathan dies at 82 http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/06/07_nathan.shtml

Professor Daniel Boyarin receives Best Book Award

The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004) has been awarded the 2005 American Academy of Religion Award for best book in historical studies.

"In order to give recognition to new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion, the American Academy of Religion offers Awards for Excellence. These awards honor works of distinctive originality, creativity, and importance, books that affect decisively how religion is examined, understood, and interpreted."

New Publications from Rhetoric Faculty

May, 2006: Michael Wintroub, A Savage Mirror: Power, Identity, and Knowledge in Early Modern France

January, 2006: Marianne Constable, Just Silences

July, 2005: Trinh T. Minh-ha, The Digital Film Event

June, 2005: Charis Thompson, Making Parents: The Ontological Choreography of Reproductive Technologies

November, 2004: Bridget Connelly, The Berkeley Literary Women’s Revolution: Essays from Marsha’s Salon

June, 2004:Seymour Chatman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Taschen

April, 2004: Judith Butler, Precarious Life: The Power of Mourning and Violence, Verso Books