H-Utopia, like the 25-year-old Society for Utopian Studies, is devoted to discussion of utopianism in all its forms, from literary expression to policy analysis to architectural criticism to activism. Our focus is on the forms, contents, and influence of utopian/dystopian thinking.
16th Annual International Conference of the European Utopian Studies Society, 1-4 July 2015, Newcastle University, UK.
FINAL DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 15 March 2015
Due to the high volume of interest we are extending the proposal deadline to 15 March.
http://conferences.ncl.ac.uk/utopianstudies/
“Man ceased to be a wild animal only when he built the first wall” (Yevgeny Zamyatin, We).
Another one, courtesy of Peter Fitting:
http://www.publicbooks.org/fiction/whats-the-matter-with-dystopia
X-Posted from the USS list (see www.utopianstudieseurope.org):
Utopists,
Light reading suggested by Peter Fitting:
http://gizmodo.com/oregon-was-founded-as-a-racist-utopia-1539567040
Drawing Together: Solidarities, Pictures, and Politics
10th Visual and Cultural Studies Graduate Conference
University of Rochester
April 17-18, 2015
Keynote speaker:
Jared Sexton, African American Studies and Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine
