Civil Rights, Social Justice, and the Midwest
THE SOCIETY FOR UTOPIAN STUDIES 35th Annual Meeting
Hilton Milwaukee City Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
October 28-31, 2010
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Milwaukee in the 1960s and 1970s was a key site for civil rights marches, particularly around the open housing movement. From 1897 through much of the 20th Century, the city was governed by a succession of Socialist mayors, elected on their platform of practical, "sewer socialism." And Wisconsin itself and its Midwestern neighbors have long been home to experiments inintentional community.
We encourage papers, panels, presentations and performances on literary, political, social, and architectural aspects of the civil rights struggle, intentional communities, and practical socialism with a Midwestern focus for the 2010 conference. 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.
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Milwaukee has a rich array of museums, restaurants, theaters, parks, and universities for conference attendees to visit. The city boasts the first U.S. commission by Santiago Calatrava, at the world-class Milwaukee Art Museum; Frank Lloyd Wright buildings; an excellent opera company; microbreweries galore; award-winning chefs; 19th Century beer baron mansions; Lake Michigan, and more.
Please send a 100-250 word abstract by June 1, 2010 to:
Brian Greenspan
Department of English
1812 Dunton Tower
Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
Or e-mail submissions to: brian_greenspan@carleton.ca (please put "sus submission" in the subject line). As you submit your abstract, please indicate if you have any scheduling restrictions, audiovisual needs (overhead projector; DVD/VHS player), special needs, or a need for a written letter of acceptance of your proposal.
For information about registration, travel or accommodations, please contact the Conference Coordinator, Peter Sands, at: sands@UWM.EDU
Past Meeting Programs & Minutes
34th Annual Meeting in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina 2009 Program
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
2009 Wrightsville Beach: Peter Stillman; Claire Curtis
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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