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THE SOCIETY FOR UTOPIAN STUDIES
2009 CALL FOR PAPERS

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34th Annual Meeting
Blockade Runner Hotel
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
October 29-November 1 2009

The Society for Utopian Studies invites you to submit abstracts for any of the following:

  • a paper (between 15-20 minutes)
  • a panel (usually of 3 papers)
  • an informal panel on a topic (e.g., 3 presenters, or a presenter and 2 or 3 respondents)
  • a presentation or performance of creative work on any topic related to utopia

Scholars and artists from all disciplines are encouraged to present on difficulties and opportunities afforded by the theme “utopian theory/utopian practice.” How do we understand the relationship between theory and practice in a field where the practice might seem improbable and the theory “merely theoretical.” How utopian can theory be if it cannot be put into practice? How utopian can practice be if it continually strays from theory? We also welcome papers on other aspects of the utopian tradition -- from the earliest utopian visions to the utopian speculations and yearnings of the 21st century, including art, architecture, urban and rural planning, literary utopias, dystopian writings, utopian political activism, theories of utopian spaces and ontologies, music, new media, or intentional communities.

Please send a 100-250 word abstract by May 10, 2009 to:
Claire P. Curtis
Department of Political Science
66 George St.
College of Charleston
Charleston SC 29424

Or e-mail submissions to curtisc@cofc.edu (please put "sus submission" in the subject line)

As you submit your abstract, please indicate if you have:
A. any scheduling restrictions
B. audiovisual needs (overhead projector; DVD/VHS player)
C. a need for a written letter of acceptance of your proposal, or whether an e-mail acceptance will suffice.

Changes in the time and date of your panel will not be possible after panels are scheduled; requests for AV will not be honored unless you submit them with your original abstract.

For inquiries about the program e-mail Claire Curtis at curtisc@cofc.edu

For information about registration, travel or accommodations, please contact the Conference Coordinator, Peter Stillman at stillman@Vassar.edu

The Blockade Runner Hotel is located in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, a barrier island just off the coast near Wilmington, North Carolina, and a 12 minute taxi ride from the Wilmington airport (ILM). The hotel's rooms front either the Atlantic Ocean, with a wide sandy beach, or an extended harbor and beyond that marshlands, with swimming, sailing, kayaking, and other water sports. Free parking is available for registered guests. In addition to the hotel restaurant, a few restaurants are within walking distance. A car affords access to more restaurants and to Wilmington, a small, flourishing city with diverse culinary and cultural offerings.


Past Meeting Programs & Minutes

33rd Annual Meeting in Portland: Maine 2008 Program

32nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario: 2007 Program

31th Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado: 2006 Program

30th Annual Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee: 2005 Program

29th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario: 2004 Program

28th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California: 2003

27th annual meeting in Orlando, Florida: 2002 Program and 2002 Minutes

26th Annual Meeting in Buffalo, NY: 2001 Program and  2001 Minutes

25th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C.: 2000 Program and  2000 Minutes

24th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX: 1999 Minutes


Society for Utopian Studies Conferences

2008 Portland: Naomi Jacobs; Shelton Waldrep

2007 Toronto: Peter Fitting; Phillip Wegner

2006 Colorado Springs: Brenda Tooley; Carrie Hintz

2005 Memphis: Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor; Doretta Cornell

2004 Toronto: Peter Fitting; Alex MacDonald

2003 San Diego: Paul Majkut; Naomi Jacobs

2002 Orlando: John Barberet; Peter Sands

2001 Buffalo: Lynda Schneekloth; Phillip Wegner

2000 Vancouver: Nancy Sloan Goldberg; Andrea Anderson

1999 San Antonio: Alex MacDonald; Peter Fitting

1997 Memphis: Jennifer Wagner; Peter Fitting

1996 Nashville: Nancy Sloan Goldberg

1995 Toronto: June Deery; Mickey Abrash; Peter Fitting

1994 Toronto: Kenneth Roemer; Peter Fitting

1993 St. Louis: Lyman Tower Sargent; Naomi Jacobs

1992 Baltimore: Carol Kolmerten

1991 Las Vegas: Felicia F. Campbell

1990 Lexington, KY: Susan Matarese

1989 Asilomar Conference Ctr.: Samson Knoll

1988 Emerson College: Lynn Williams

1987 Penn State Delaware County: Carol Farley Kessler

Pacific Grove, CA: Dennis Rohatyn

1986 Asilomar Conference Ctr.: Samson Knoll; Michael Orth

1985 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Mickey Abrash

1984 University of Missouri-St Louis: Lyman Tower Sargent

1983 Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Edward D. Wilson

1982 University of New Brunswick: William Prouty

1981 Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Nicholas Smith

1980 Pennsylvania State University: Arthur O. Lewis

1979 University of Colorado-Denver: Michael Cummings

1978 Pennsylvania State University: Arthur O. Lewis

1977 University of Michigan: Gorman Beauchamp; Alexandra Aldridge

1976 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Mickey Abrash

 

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