November 8, 1984

Feminist philosopher Judith Butler from Wesleyan University lectured on “Bodies and Minds in Some French Feminist Thought,” as a Philosopher’s Holiday lecturer in the Josselyn House living room. Professor Butler’s work focused on queer theory, feminism, gender construction, political philosophy and ethics. Her 1984 Yale PhD dissertation, “Subjects of Desire: Hegelian Reflections in Twentieth-Century France,” was published under that title in 1987. Gender Trouble: Feminism and Subversion of Identity followed in 1990.