ALAIN BADIOU Professor of Philosophy, European Graduate School, former Chair of Philosophy, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France ETIENNE BALIBAR Professor of French, English and Comparative Literature, University of California-Irvine, USA DRUCILLA CORNELL Professor of Law, Women's Studies and Political Science, Rutgers University, USA J. HILLIS MILLER Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Studies, University of California-Irvine, USA JEAN-LUC NANCY Professor of Philosophy, University of Strasbourg, France JACQUES RANCIERE Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Paris-VIII (St Denis), France SLAVOJ ZIZEK International Director, Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK