The Society for Utopian Studies | peter sands | Friends Activity https://utopian-studies.org/members/psands/activity/friends Activity feed for peter sands's friends. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:49:22 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ce44d79139c5be5faaf903260f8026b2 Belli wrote a new post on the site 2026 Society for Utopian Studies Conference https://utopian-studies.org/conference2026/?p=1 Sun, 10 Aug 2025 21:26:21 -0400 Hello world!Welcome to Society for Utopian Studies. Check back later for updates.

]]> 0 5c1e6b31d81bfebced0e5b88c0e23242 Belli created the site 2026 Society for Utopian Studies Conference https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/7048 Sun, 10 Aug 2025 21:26:21 -0400 0 cc179726122c76a015ca2c2578db04be Belli created the site 2025 Utopian Studies Conference https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/6906 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:24:13 -0400 0 e063bbbd082c1102b1e6841e7ed18fbd Belli created the site 2024 Society for Utopian Studies Conference https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/5488 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:30:36 -0400 0 676fa7a9725436a026791cc55447e001 Belli created the site 2023 Society for Utopian Studies Conference https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/5368 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 03:44:04 -0400 0 82716ca5624926963f1a7e538521ced4 Belli's profile was updated https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/5338 Sat, 01 Oct 2022 03:23:06 -0400 0 9266392cc4b5376b6d9a6dc2ae16492a Belli wrote a new post on the site 2020 Society for Utopian Studies Conference https://utopian-studies.org/conference2020/?p=1 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:01:59 -0400 We write with an update about SUS 2020 in Charleston.  The Steering Committee has decided that we will cancel the in-person meeting this year.

We will be holding some virtual events in the fall.  W […]

]]> 0 8555a5ad61f73c24a4190c8fcd51e359 Belli and Carrie Hintz are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/2181 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:20 -0400 0 7263e5901ab8753f577dce6e21d0f9c0 Belli and Gib Prettyman are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/2130 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:06:31 -0400 0 92cfd1c92be759c3d3368b00dd269788 Belli and peter sands are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/2124 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:47:52 -0400 0 662fc5795ea38a6adab57aea94eae63a Belli and ncsteph are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/2122 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:18:55 -0400 0 c28ca38b2b67bbbec0bf3c3611c93220 Belli and Claire Curtis are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/2120 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:04:24 -0400 0 1073c43aca23aaec74e0eeceb4e5d389 Belli and Peter Fitting are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/2118 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:25:55 -0400 0 fc05e7742c6f1a78132fa9e8e6b3660f Belli and Alex Hall are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/2116 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:09:52 -0400 0 ca2193fc490986c49c607b297f138810 Belli changed their profile picture https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/1409 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:31:55 -0400 0 3988aed00ad8b0487a451d5ceaf1eda8 Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/%e2%80%9cshes-beautiful-and-shes-laughing%e2%80%9d-monstrous-women-in-sf-literature-and-film-bridgitte- Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:37:19 -0400 Course Description:

The Medusa figure, the cyborg, the nomadic subject are complex images in feminist theory.  Some figures represent the ways in which women have been othered over the centuries, and others […]

]]> 0 1f0a98174b2e79f9b798cd327dc8bcc1 Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/topics-in-american-studies-american-utopias-elizabeth-duclos-orsello/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:36:49 -0400 Course Description/Overview:

While discussions of and writings about utopia have permeated every culture on earth for millennia, both the history and the culture of the United States have been full of efforts […]

]]> 0 2372d96327e0e758f85b7e0a725e272e Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/american-utopian-expressions-kenneth-roemer/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:36:02 -0400 Nature/Goals of the Course:

The primary goal of the course is to offer a chronological introduction to various forms of expressing American utopian ideals.   (For a definition of a literary utopia, see below.  […]

]]> 0 fb26e464f554742dc2e1d6f7dc70285b Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/build-your-own-utopia-kenneth-roemer/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:35:46 -0400 Nature of the Course, Goals (outcomes), and Means:

“Build Your Own Utopia” is an interdisciplinary course designed to help students to clarify and evaluate their ideals as they improve reading, writing, and […]

]]> 0 f11d0f21b98b30f8b04edc9731d82481 Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/exploring-the-universal-theme-of-individuality-vs-conformity-the-resulting-end-products-utopia-vs-dysto Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:34:58 -0400 Course Description:

This course focuses on the reading and writing of expressive, expository, and persuasive essays.  Attention is given to effective expression, clear structure, adequate development, […]

]]> 0 4d8573285481a2b5df05c18b4d3a2e50 Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/plug-in-girls-and-robot-men-gendered-technology-in-science-fiction-film-and-literature-bridgette-barcla Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:34:20 -0400 Course Description:

Science fiction envisions “what ifs,” and that speculation is what makes it a superb site for consideration of gender alternatives.  In engaging with techno-science, science fiction […]

]]> 0 8d0ea12f15a28d70a61354829a38adfb Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/literature-and-allied-discourse-christopher-adamo/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:33:49 -0400 Course Description:

We examine, to the extent time permits, a trajectory of utopian literature from Plato’s Republic to the present.  We read these texts through the lens of classic philosophic speculations, […]

]]> 0 a1f7d4a679d04ca7032250b8d0b6bfbe Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/political-utopias-werner-christie-mathisen/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:32:52 -0400 Course Content:

The course offers an introduction to the genre and history of literary utopias and related forms of utopian thinking.  The
participants are invited to close reading and discussion of some of […]

]]> 0 1dc6b61e9de75eacaf5767ebd89376a3 Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/reality-through-the-utopian-looking-glass-kenneth-roemer-and-wilhelm-vosskamp-co-chairs/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:32:03 -0400 Description:

How does vicariously experiencing radically better (or worse) imaginary worlds change our perceptions of the past, present, and future?  The seminar will address this question with a highly […]

]]> 0 3b5e3aef78258fd9da03bf8ab903159c Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/shapes-of-utopia-kenneth-roemer/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:31:20 -0400 Nature and Goals of the Course:

Shapes of Utopia examines relationships between concepts of radically better (or worse) imaginary worlds and forms of expression.  “Very Selective Exploratory Investigations” […]

]]> 0 5c4d7888a62adfa4c978fd7464bf40b6 Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/social-dreaming-women-in-american-utopian-and-dystopian-texts-bridgitte-barclay/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:30:42 -0400 Course Description:

Because utopian literature expresses what an author desires, what the author feels is lacking in his or her own society, it is inherently a political and social critique.  This course […]

]]> 0 ce230d6165e7fc653850fbd2f426feda Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/topics-in-world-literature-utopias-and-dystopias-marlana-portolano/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:29:57 -0400 Course Rationale:

This course is a broad survey of the many types of utopias and dystopias in Western literature, from ancient times to the early 20th century, and a thorough exploration of the nature, […]

]]> 0 33d068adf4361b6c2aa31ed8001d21e9 Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/utopian-literature-delusional-distractions-or-essential-revelations-kenneth-roemer/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:27:19 -0400 Nature and Goals of the Course:

This is a particular type of selective survey of utopian literature.  It begins in a rather traditional way, posing questions about how concepts of “utopia” and “utopian […]

]]> 0 9dc97daf428278225d11e4145c1f5c7f Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/utopian-thought-method-and-social-design-tom-moylan/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:26:40 -0400 Syllabus:

Utopianism, social dreaming, can be both a fundamental component and a critical way of understanding the complex totality of economic, cultural, political, social, and personal life. As it projects or […]

]]> 0 6be783af914c2d210d83ee4a18e6d163 Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/special-topics-in-political-science-utopia-and-dystopia-mark-s-jendrysik/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:25:58 -0400 General overview:

This course provides an introduction to utopian and anti-utopian ideas in political theory.  Questions to be addressed include: the political causes and purpose of utopia and anti-utopia, the […]

]]> 0 13366c92e11d3288d6f9322677e3a7da Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/dialogues-with-utopia-richard-a-lynch/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:24:38 -0400 A utopia, it seems, is a perfect society, where everyone lives in harmony and happiness.  But utopia, literally, is no place.  So why is it that there have been so many different visions of utopia?  How is it that […]

]]> 0 e4616fd84bd9cd975537d858b28341b9 Belli wrote a new post on the site Teaching Utopia http://utopian-studies.org/teaching/2010/07/21/weird-tales-of-what-if-science-fiction-and-utopian-fiction-as-social-critique-bridgitte-barclay/ Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:23:31 -0400 Course Description:

This course will cover American science fiction, utopian, and dystopian literature and film, emphasizing themes dealing with the imagination of better worlds and worse worlds, including […]

]]> 0 bb34edc681dc52318b418ecf9b56dea8 Guangyi Li and Belli are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/165 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:58:41 -0400 0 fdd829da829a0478e6fe9f09cb4540ad Guangyi Li posted an update: A cartoon adaptation of the most famous Chinese utopia, […] https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/74 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:56:25 -0400 A cartoon adaptation of the most famous Chinese utopia, ”Peach Blossom Spring.” Subtitled for English-speaking audiences.

youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB0yNl7kdnE&feature=related
youku (more clear): http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA5NTc0NDQ0.html

]]> 0 b9fefecd227ac5eec62531b3bc332d18 Guangyi Li and Brian Greenspan are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/54 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:29:36 -0400 0 39a814918046df41029af0bd87ee2e53 Guangyi Li and Gib Prettyman are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/52 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:21:23 -0400 0 18c1c2daa745aa85fb2b157de5f0998a Guangyi Li and peter sands are now friends https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/49 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:24:57 -0400 0 40ad21ee447bb094ac6dd7f4da40c2df Guangyi Li became a registered member https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/47 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:44:33 -0400 0 f3a089d4e826f00729fffa66e1b93c55 Belli changed their profile picture https://utopian-studies.org/activity/p/26 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:05:43 -0400 0