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CFP: Dystopia and Utopia in Contemporary German Literature and Film [PAMLA, Virtual Panel] [15. April 2021]

Utopists,

Venue: Cappadocia University, Mustafapaşa Campus, 50420 Ürgüp/Nevşehir/Turkey (Virtual-Microsoft Teams)

Keynote speakers: Larissa Lai, Maggie Gee, Kim Stanley Robinson, Tom Moylan, Raffaella Baccolini, and Elizabeth Outka

Description:

“The abandoned towers in the distance are like the coral of an ancient reef- bleached and colourless, devoid of life. There still is life, however. Birds chirp; sparrows, they must be…Do they notice that quietness, the absence of motors? If so, are they happier?” (Atwood, 2009, pg. 3).

Utopists,

Just passing on news of a new book by our very own Carter Hanson of Valparaiso University.

His fine book, Memory and Utopian Agency in Utopian/Dystopian Literature, has just been published by Routledge.

Congrats, Carter!

Utopists,

H/t to Peter Fitting: enjoy this reading list of Verso books with a future-and-utopia orientation:

https://bit.ly/31ujfaO

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Dear Colleague,

Call for Papers on the theme "The Location of Utopia"

Utopists,

Enjoy this podcast on Italian Renaissance utopias from Peter Adamson's History of Philosopy Without Any Gaps site:

https://historyofphilosophy.net/italian-utopias

H/t to John Barberet for the link.