She said she expects more than 100 people to attend each seminar. For the lectures, the Seminar has attracted authors and scholars from as far away as the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. One foreign speaker the series will feature is sociology Prof. Bruno Latour, from Paris. Judith Butler, a University of California-Berkeley rhetoric professor, also will participate in the series. Butler recently came under fire from the Vatican for her views about gender roles.
Interdisciplinary discussion is important.
Such discussion should be encouraged, particularly during a time when discourse often ends in confrontation, she added. The University's Academic Enhancement Program is providing funding for the Theory Seminar. You may not reproduce the contents of this paper in any shape or form without the express written consent of The Cavalier Daily .