Now in its thirty-fourth year of publication, Utopian Studies: The Journal of the Society for Utopian Studies publishes scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects related to: utopia and dystopias; utopianism in any creative medium; utopian theory, including political and economic theory; and intentional communities. While retaining the journal’s unique interest in the history of utopia, dystopia, and their expressions in aesthetic and political movements, the new editors are eager to receive submissions offering contemporary theorizations and analyses of u/dystopian texts (broadly conceived), environments and movements from around the world.
We encourage essays that open new areas of scholarly research, and invite contributions touching on intersections of utopian thought, speculation, and possibility with any of the following: animal studies; Anthropocene studies; the arts and architecture; critical race studies; feminist studies; queer and trans studies; global studies; communications, social media, and new media; cartographies; communal studies; cultural studies; economics; education; environmental studies; digital environments; insularity and island studies; film studies; food studies; future studies; game studies; history; indigenous studies; global literatures; music and sound studies; philosophy and aesthetics; political science and theory; psychology; radical thought and movements; reader reception studies; sociology; technology studies; urban planning; and more.
Please visit the Journal’s website for more information, including submission guidelines.