Conference

Upcoming Conferences:

2024: October 17-19, Tulum, Mexico (Local Chair: Stephanie Peebles Tavera, Program Chair: K. Allison Hammer) #SUS2024

*The Society for Utopian Studies is an interdisciplinary academic organization that has been meeting annually since its founding in 1975. This year’s 47th annual conference takes place in Tulum, Mexico (originally called “Zama,” meaning “sunrise” in Mayan) from October 17 through October 20, with sessions from Thursday through Saturday (the 17th – 19th).

Past Meetings, Programs, & Minutes

2023: November 8-12, Austin, TX (Local Chair: Stephanie Peebles Tavera; Program Chair: Jill Belli) #SUS2023

2022: “make, unmake, remake,” November 10-12, Charleston, South Carolina (Local Chair: Claire Curtis; Program Chair: Carrie Hintz) #SUS2022

*2020 + 2021: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-person 2020 and 2021 Society for Utopian Studies conferences were cancelled (and rescheduled for 2022 and 2023, respectively).

2019: “Subaltern, Suburban, and Subterranean,” October 17-19, 2019, East Lansing, Michigan (Local Chair: Sonja Fritzsche; Program Chair: Elizabeth Schreiber-Byers) #SUS2019, 2019 Program, 2019 Minutes (DRAFT)

2018: November 1-3, Berkeley, California, “Disruption, Displacement, Disorder” (Local Chair Ellen Rigsby; Program Co-Chairs Andrew Byers and Elizabeth Schreiber-Byers) #SUS2018, 2018 Program, 2018 Minutes (DRAFT)

2017: November 9-12 , Memphis, TN(Acting Local Chair: Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor; Program Co-Chairs: Andrew Byers and Elizabeth Schreiber-Byers) #SUS2017, 2017 Program, 2017 Minutes

2016: October 26-30, St. Petersburg, FL (Conference Chair: John Barberet; Program Chair: Justin Nordstrom) #SUS2016 #More500, 2016 Program, 2016 Minutes

2015: November 5-8, Pittsburgh,PA (Conference Chair: Cliff Manlove; Program Chair: Clint Jones), #SUS2015, 2015 Program, 2015 Minutes

2014: Montréal, Québec (Conference Chair: Brian Greenspan; Program Chair: Pete Sands), 2014 Program, 2014 Minutes

2013: Charleston, South Carolina (Conference Chair: Claire Curtis; Program Chair: Dina Smith), 2013 Program, 2013 Minutes

2012: Toronto, Ontario: 4-7 October (Conference Chair: Peter Fitting; Program Chair: Lyman Tower Sargent), 2012 Program, 2012 Minutes

2011: State College, PA; October 20-23 (Conference Chair: Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor; Program Chair: Sonja Fritzsche): #SUS11, 2011 Program, 2011 Minutes

2010: 35th Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Peter Sands; Brian Greenspan), 2010 Program, 2010 Minutes

2009: 34th Annual Meeting in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina (Peter Stillman; Claire Curtis), 2009 Program, 2009 Minutes

2008: 33rd Annual Meeting in Portland, Maine (Naomi Jacobs; Shelton Waldrep), 2008 Program, 2008 Minutes

2007: 32nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario (Peter Fitting; Phillip Wegner), 2007 Program, 2007 Minutes

2006: 31th Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Brenda Tooley; Carrie Hintz), 2006 Program, 2006 Minutes

2005: 30th Annual Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee (Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor; Doretta Cornell), 2005 Program, 2005 Minutes

2004: 29th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario (Peter Fitting; Alex MacDonald), 2004 Program, 2004 Minutes

2003: 28th Annual Meeting in San Diego, California (Paul Majkut; Naomi Jacobs), 2003 Program, 2003 Minutes

2002: 27th annual meeting in Orlando, Florida (John Barberet; Peter Sands), 2002 Program, 2002 Minutes

2001: 26th Annual Meeting in Buffalo, NY (Lynda Schneekloth; Phillip Wegner), 2001 Program,  2001 Minutes

2000: 25th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C. (Nancy Sloan Goldberg; Andrea Anderson), 2000 Program,  2000 Minutes

1999: 24th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX (Alex MacDonald; Peter Fitting), 1999 Program, 1999 Minutes

1998: 1998 Program, 1998 Minutes

1997 Memphis: Jennifer Wagner; Peter Fitting, 1997 Program, 1997 Minutes

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