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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:38:29 -0800
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From: Ken Pomeranz <kpomeran@benfranklin.hnet.uci.edu>
Subject: CFP: society for utopian studies
From: "P. Fitting" <fitting@chass.utoronto.ca>:
THE SOCIETY FOR UTOPIAN STUDIES
1997 MEMBERSHIP/ CALL FOR PAPERS
Founded in 1975, The Society for Utopian Studies is an
international, interdisciplinary association devoted to the study
of utopianism in all its forms with a particular emphasis on
literary and experimental utopias.
Scholars representing a wide variety of disciplines are active in the
association and approach utopian studies from such diverse backgrounds as
American Studies, Architecture, the Arts, Classics, Cultural Studies,
Economics, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Gender Studies,
History, Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Political
Science, Psychology, Sociology and Urban Planning.
The Society publishes the journal Utopian Studies and a newsletter, Utopus
Discovered, which contains information about upcoming conferences
and workshops, and details on publications in the field.
The twenty-second annual meeting of the Society will be held
in Memphis, Tennessee October 16-19, 1997. The Conference
Coordinators are Professors Peter Fitting of the University of
Toronto, Lyman Tower Sargent of the University of Missouri-St. Louis
and Jennifer Wagner of the University of Memphis. For information
about registration, travel and accommodations, please contact
Professor Wagner, Department of English, University of Memphis,
Memphis, TN 38152 (901-678-4329, e-mail jawagner@cc.memphis.edu).
If you wish to organize a panel or present a paper, please contact
Professor Sargent, Department of Political Science, University of
Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis MO 63121-4499 (314-516-5521; fax
314-516-5268; e-mail sltsarg@umslvma.umsl.edu). The Society's annual
meetings provide an ideal venue for intellectual interchange in a cooperative,
non-competitive, congenial, and convivial environment. At the
meeting the Society will present the Arthur O. Lewis Award for
the best paper by a junior scholar given at the previous annual
meeting and the Eugenio Battisti Award for the best article in
each volume of Utopian Studies. Membership in the Society
includes announcements regarding the annual meeting, Utopian
Studies, and Utopus Discovered. Dues are $45.00 for regular
membership, $20.00 for students, retired and unemployed. One can
become a Sponsor for $100.00, a Benefactor for $200.00 or a
Patron for $300.00.
For more information on the Society, see our web-site at
www.utoronto.ca/utopia
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MEMBERSHIP 1997
THE SOCIETY FOR UTOPIAN STUDIES
Name___________________________________________________
Preferred Address for Mailings
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Street_________________________________________________
City__________________________
State or Province ___________________ Zip or Post Code__________
Country_____________________ e-mail address_________________
Institutional Affiliation____________________
Special interests in utopian studies
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Are you willing to referee articles for Utopian Studies ________
Are you willing to review books for Utopian Studies ______
Make checks payable to: The Society for Utopian Studies
(Checks should be drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. dollars, or in
the U.K. in the equivalent amount in British pounds, made out to
Lyman Tower Sargent, or send an international money order).
Mail to:
Lyman Tower Sargent
Society for Utopian Studies
Department of Political Science
University of Missouri-St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499