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They founded the International Consortium of Critical Theory, funded by the Mellon Foundation, in 2015.
The consortium was not founded in 2015. UC Berkeley’s official Critical Theory site says the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs was established in 2016 through a Mellon grant.
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UC Berkeley’s official Critical Theory site states that the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (ICCTP) was “Established in 2016 through a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.” It also says Butler and Penelope Deutscher founded and co-directed the consortium during its first phase (2016–2020).
A Berkeley News report about the consortium’s launch likewise says the main Mellon grant that made the consortium possible was announced in February 2017, and explains that an exploratory grant in 2015 only funded initial planning efforts. So 2015 refers to planning support, not the founding year of the consortium itself.
That means the article’s statement that Butler founded the consortium “in 2015” is inaccurate; the consortium was established in 2016.
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- Affiliate Programs and Organizations | Critical Theory
Established in 2016 through a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (ICCTP)... The Consortium was founded and co-directed by Professors Judith Butler ... during its first phase (2016-2020).
- International critical theory consortium launches with Mellon Foundation help - Berkeley News
The consortium ... is made possible by a $1.5 million, three-and-a half-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A smaller Mellon exploratory grant in 2015 financed initial planning efforts...
2013: Officier, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, French Cultural Ministry
This honor is listed at the wrong rank. UC Berkeley’s official news release says Butler received the French **Chevalier** in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, not **Officier**.
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UC Berkeley’s official news release on the award says Butler “received the insignia of the French Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters” and further specifies that Butler “was awarded the diploma of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Cultural Ministry in 2013.”
So while 2013 is the year Berkeley gives for the diploma, the rank in the article is wrong: Butler was recognized as Chevalier, not Officier.
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- Judith Butler awarded French Chevalier for scholarly, societal contributions - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley's Judith Butler was awarded the insignia of the French Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters ... Butler was awarded the diploma of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Cultural Ministry in 2013.
Butler, Judith (2020). The Force of Nonviolence. New York: Penguin Random House.
This bibliographic entry gives the wrong publisher. The official book page shows *The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind* was published by **Verso**, not Penguin Random House.
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The official publisher page for Butler’s 2020 book identifies it as “The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind” and shows it on Verso Books with the hardback ISBN 9781788732765.
That ISBN matches the number listed in the article, but the article attributes the book to Penguin Random House. Since the matching ISBN belongs to the Verso edition, the publisher in the entry is incorrect.
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- The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind | Verso Books
The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind by Judith Butler ... Hardback ... 224 pages / February 2020 / 9781788732765
2025: American Council of Learned Societies, Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award
ACLS’s official 2025 honor for Butler was the **Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture**, not an award called the “Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award.”
Full reasoning
The official ACLS page for Butler’s 2025 recognition identifies it as “2025 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture: Judith Butler.” ACLS’s annual meeting materials and recap likewise describe Butler as delivering the 2025 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture.
So the article’s award title is not the name ACLS itself used. Butler did receive a major ACLS lifetime-achievement-style honor in 2025, but the official name was the Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture, not “Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award.”
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- 2025 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture: Judith Butler - ACLS
Judith Butler delivered the Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture at the 2025 ACLS Annual Meeting in Cambridge, MA on Friday, April 25, 2025.
- Highlights from the 2025 ACLS Annual Meeting
The meeting concluded with Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley, Judith Butler delivering the 2025 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture.