Mario Teló (Rhetoric, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies, and Comparative Literature Departments) was joined by Judith Butler (Comparative Literature Department) on Novemeber 6, 2024 for a Berkeley Book Chat presented by the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. A recording of the conversation is available.
Considering Judith Butler's “tragic trilogy” — a set of interventions on Sophocles's Antigone, Euripides's Bacchae, and Aeschylus's Eumenides — Mario Telò discussed how Butler uses and interprets Greek tragedy and, ultimately, how tragedy shapes Butler's thinking.
The Townsend Center presents a lunchtime series celebrating the intellectual and artistic endeavors of the UC Berkeley faculty. Each Berkeley Book Chat features a faculty member engaged in conversation about a recently completed publication, performance, or recording. The series highlights the extraordinary breadth and depth of Berkeley’s academic community.