{"id":238,"date":"2017-01-24T16:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T20:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/?p=238"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:02:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T21:02:48","slug":"cfp-42nd-meeting-of-the-society-for-utopian-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/cfp-42nd-meeting-of-the-society-for-utopian-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"CFP: 42nd Meeting of the Society for Utopian Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8220;Utopian Gracelands, Dystopian Blues, and the City on the Bluff&#8221;<\/h1>\n<h1>When: Nov 9-12, 2017<\/h1>\n<h1>Where: Doubletree By Hilton Memphis Downtown, 185 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN, USA<\/h1>\n<h1>Paper Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2017<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Society for Utopian Studies is pleased to be meeting once again in Memphis, Tennessee, and invites you to submit papers and proposals on the theme, \u201cUtopian Gracelands, Dystopian Blues, and the City on the Bluff.\u201d As an interdisciplinary society from its founding, we encourage scholars and practitioners from any academic field to join and participate, as well as architects, city planners, artists, musicians\u2014anyone whose work relates to utopian thought and possibility, and dystopian realities and visions. Members of intentional communities are also welcome to attend and\/or to present.<\/p>\n<p>Abstracts and proposals of up to 250 words are\u00a0due by 15 July 2017 for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a 15-20 minute individual paper;<\/li>\n<li>a full panel of up to four speakers, or an informal roundtable\u00a0of 3-6 presenters (encouraged!);<\/li>\n<li>a performance\u00a0of a creative work or presentation of an artwork or artifact;<\/li>\n<li>a visual\/audio presentation in the form of a poster and\/or demo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As we do every year, the Society invites papers on any topic related to the literature, history and theory of utopia in literature and practice. This broad umbrella covers dystopia, science fiction, speculative fiction, communal experiments and failures, film representations of any of the above.<\/p>\n<p>However, we especially welcome proposals related to our place-based conference theme: &#8220;Utopian Gracelands, Dystopian Blues, and the City on the Bluff.&#8221; The City of Memphis is famous for many things: its role in \u201cKing Cotton\u201d and the slave trade; its role in the Civil Rights Movement; its music of blues, soul, and jazz; its barbecue and catfish; and, of course, its river. Within walking distance of the Doubletree Downtown, you can visit iconic sites representing each of these: The National Civil Rights Museum; Beale Street, Sun Studios, and (a short drive from downtown) Elvis Presley\u2019s home, Graceland; the Rendezvous for barbecue; and you can\u2019t really miss the \u201cmighty\u201d Mississippi River.<\/p>\n<p>Less well known is the history of indigenous peoples from the Quapaw and Chickasaw Nations, who inhabited the area now known as Memphis on the Mississippi River bluffs, and forced to leave during the Indian Removals of the 1800s. Burial mounds are still visible within the city limits. (Other Tennessee tribes include the Shawnee, Yuchi, Cherokee, and Koasati).<\/p>\n<p>Memphis also claims its fame as the home of FedEx, and of America\u2019s first supermarket chain, Piggly Wiggly. \u00a0Memphis history thus provides a wide variety of possible approaches and topics related to utopian and dystopian thought and practice. We particularly invite papers related to any aspect of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Civil Rights and Utopian Political Movements: the history of utopian politics and political movement in Memphis and the South; \u201cthe Promised Land\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous Communities: Utopia and Dystopia, Before and After the European Arrival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Global Memphis: from riverboats to vapor trails; transnational exchanges (of cotton, slaves, culture, and packages)<\/li>\n<li>The Mississippi River in Song and Literature<\/li>\n<li>The Memphis Sound and the History of Contemporary Music<\/li>\n<li>African American Literatures and Histories<\/li>\n<li>Southern Intentional Communities<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous Literatures and Histories<\/li>\n<li>Graceland: Elvis Presley and\/or his famous home; but also the concept of grace, and its relation to utopian thinking or thematics. Another possible related topic: Celebrity<\/li>\n<li>Supermarkets and Consumer Utopias<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As noted above, non-theme related papers are always accepted! \u00a0Recent themes of interest at our meetings have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Science\/Speculative Fictions from around the world<\/li>\n<li>Digital Humanities\u2014given the longevity of Utopia and its many imitators, what forms of technology showcase this texts or other imagined or real-world utopias?<\/li>\n<li>Teaching\u2014pedagogical issues in teaching Utopia and similar works of utopian fiction, teaching dystopian works, theories of teaching speculative fiction<\/li>\n<li>Artwork\u2014presentations or displays of art and\/or analyses of utopian themes in the works of Memphis or Southern artists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>**DEADLINE: 15 July 2017 for 250-word abstracts and proposals**<\/p>\n<p>Please use our online forms for submissions by clicking on <em>Submit A Proposal<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0on our conference website, <a href=\"http:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/conference2017\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><em>http:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/conference2017<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For information about registration, travel or accommodations, please contact Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor at <a href=\"mailto:ja***@*su.edu\" data-original-string=\"NLE3J4CE06OiZTQ5I8U5wQ==231r4mFKmavIkPJTTfg353FOg==\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. 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Those looking for co-panelists are reminded that H-Utopia (<a href=\"https:\/\/networks.h-net.org\/h-utopiao\">https:\/\/networks.h-net.org\/h-utopia<\/a>) offers a platform for sending out panel CFPs.<\/p>\n<p>And for information on restaurants, local maps, transportation, and other information about the Memphis area, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphistravel.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.memphistravel.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AND DON\u2019T FORGET ABOUT THE SOCIETY\u2019S AWARDS. Nominate yourself, or someone else, as appropriate!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/arthur-o-lewis-award\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Arthur O. Lewis Award<\/a> \u2013 for younger scholars, revision of SUS conference paper. Deadline approaching: February 28, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/eugenio-battisti-award\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eugenio Battisti Award<\/a> \u2013 for the best article in Utopian Studies (journal) during 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/kenneth-m-roemer-innovative-course-design-award\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kenneth M. Roemer Innovative Course Design Award<\/a> \u2013 for creative course modules or \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 syllabi. Deadline: Sept 15, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/larry-e-hough-distinguished-service-award\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Larry E. Hough Distinguished Service Award<\/a> \u2013 for service to the Society<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/lyman-tower-sargent-award-for-distinguished-scholarship\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lyman Tower Sargent Award for Distinguished Scholarship<\/a> \u2013 for lifetime achievement in the field of Utopian Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Utopian Gracelands, Dystopian Blues, and the City on the Bluff&#8221; When: Nov 9-12, 2017 Where: Doubletree By Hilton Memphis Downtown, 185 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN, USA Paper Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2017 &nbsp; The Society for Utopian Studies is pleased &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/cfp-42nd-meeting-of-the-society-for-utopian-studies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3lSaF-3Q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utopian-studies.org\/utopusdiscovered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}