| University of Tübingen |
| Michael Butter has been Professor of American Literary and Cultural History at the University of Tübingen since 2014. He received his PhD from the University of Bonn in 2007 and his Habilitation from the University of Freiburg in 2012. |
| He has been studying conspiracy theories for nearly 20 years. |
Relevant publications
(ed. with Katerina Hatzikidi, Constanze Jeitler, Giacomo Loperfido, and Lili Turza) Populism and Conspiracy Theory: Case Studies and Theoretical Perspectives (London/New York: Routledge, 2025)
(ed. with Peter Knight) Handbook of Conspiracy Theories (London/New York: Routledge, 2020)
The Nature of Conspiracy Theories (London: Polity, 2020)Plots, Designs, and Schemes: American Conspiracy Theories from the Puritans to the Present (Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2014)