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[Please Cross-Post at will!] THE SOCIETY FOR UTOPIAN STUDIES 35th Annual Meeting Civil Rights, Social Justice, and the Midwest Hilton Milwaukee City Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin October 28-31, 2010 Milwaukee in the 1960s and 1970s was a key site for civil rights marches, particularly around the open housing movement. From 1897 through much of the 20th Century, the city was governed by a succession of Socialist mayors, elected on their platform of practical, "sewer socialism." And Wisconsin itself and its Midwestern neighbors have long been home to experiments inintentional community. We encourage papers, panels, presentations and performances on literary, political, social, and architectural aspects of the civil rights struggle, intentional communities, and practical socialism with a Midwestern focus for the 2010 conference. We also welcome papers on other aspects of the utopian tradition - from the earliest utopian visions to the utopian speculations and yearnings of the 21st century, including art, architecture, urban and rural planning, literary utopias, dystopian writings, utopian political activism, theories of utopian spaces and ontologies, music, new media, or intentional communities. * * * Milwaukee has a rich array of museums, restaurants, theaters, parks, and universities for conference attendees to visit. The city boasts the first U.S. commission by Santiago Calatrava, at the world-class Milwaukee Art Museum; Frank Lloyd Wright buildings; an excellent opera company; microbreweries galore; award-winning chefs; 19th Century beer baron mansions; Lake Michigan, and more. Please send a 100-250 word abstract by June 1, 2010 to: Brian Greenspan Department of English 1812 Dunton Tower Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6 Or e-mail submissions to: brian_greenspan@carleton.ca (please put "sus submission" in the subject line). As you submit your abstract, please indicate if you have any scheduling restrictions, audiovisual needs (overhead projector; DVD/VHS player), special needs, or a need for a written letter of acceptance of your proposal. For information about registration, travel or accommodations, please contact the Conference Coordinator, Peter Sands, at: sands@UWM.EDU ___________ Peter Sands Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies UW-Milwaukee English Department http://www.uwm.edu/~sands || http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/English 414.229.4416 || 414.229.2643 (fax) Editor, H-UTOPIA || http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~utopia/ ****************************************** Costica Bradatan, H-Ideas Online Editor [AY 2009-2010] Solmsen Fellow The Institute for Research in the Humanities University Club Building University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI 53703 http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/cbradata ******************************************
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