Utopian Studies

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First published in 1988, 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.

Utopian Studies is a peer-reviewed publication of the Society for Utopian Studies.

Editor
Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor, The Pennsylvania State University, US

Managing Editor
Kirsten Harris, University of Bristol, UK

Associate Editor
Christian P. Haines, The Pennsylvania State University, US

Assistant Editor
Stephanie Peebles Tavera, Texas A&M University, US

Book Review Editor
A. Elisabeth Reichel, Osnabrück University, DE

Editorial Assistant
Manuel Sousa Oliveira, Universidade do Porto, PT

Founding Editor
Lyman Tower Sargent, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri, St. Louis, US

Editorial Board
Miguel A. Ramiro Avilés, Universidad de Alcalá, ES
Raffaella Baccolini, Università di Bologna, IT
Antonis Balasopoulos, University of Cyprus, CY
Ildney Cavalcanti, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, BR
Edward Chan, Waseda University, JP
Laurence Davis, University College Cork, IE
Caroline Edwards, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Peter Fitting, Professor Emeritus, Innis College, University of Toronto, CA
Michael G. Kelly, Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies, University of Limerick, IE
Patricia McManus, University of Brighton, UK
Timothy Miller, University of Kansas, US
Tom Moylan, Professor Emeritus, University of Limerick, IE
Kenneth M. Roemer, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Arlington, US
Peter Sands, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, US
Kathi Weeks, Duke University, US
Phillip E. Wegner, University of Florida, US

Advisory Board
Merritt Abrash, Professor Emeritus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US
Jonathan Alexander, University of California Irvine, US
Bill Ashcroft, Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales, AU
Barnita Bagchi, Universiteit van Amsterdam, NL
Angelika Bammer, Emory University, US
Matthew Beaumont, University College London, UK
Artur Blaim, Uniwersytet Gdanski, PL
Gerry Canavan, Marquette University, US
S. D. Chrostowska, York University, CA
Nathaniel Coleman, Newcastle University, UK
Michael S. Cummings, University of Colorado at Denver, US
Zorica Đergović-Joksimović, University of Novi Sad, RS
Eóin Flannery, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, IR
Greg Forter, University of South Carolina, US
Vita Fortunati, Università do Bologna, IT
Justyna Galant, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej, PL
Carl Guarneri, St Mary's College of California, US
Michael Hardt, Duke University, US
Naomi Jacobs, Professor Emerita, University of Maine, US
Fredric Jameson, Professor Emeritus, Duke University, US
Lise Leibacher, University of Arizona, Tucson, US
Ruth Levitas, Professor Emeritus, University of Bristol, GB
Miguel Martinez Lopez, Universitat de València, ES
William J. Metcalf, Griffith University and University of Queensland, AU
Andrew Milner, Professor Emeritus, Monash University, AU
Dunja M. Mohr, Universität Erfurt, DE
Diane Morgan, University of Leeds, GB
Samuel Moyn, Yale University, US
Juan Pro, Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos de Sevilla/Instituto de Historia (EEHA/IH, CSIC), ES
Gerard Raulet, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, FR
Pierre Ronzeaud, Professor Emeritus, Université de Provence, FR
Richard Saage, Professor Emeritus, Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, DE
Mingwei Song, Wellesley College, US
Peter G. Stillman, Vassar College, US
Adam Stock, York St. John University, UK
Darko Suvin, Professor Emeritus, McGill University, CA
Patricia Ventura, Spelman College, US
Fátima Vieira, Universidade do Porto, PT
Sherryl Vint, University of California Riverside, US
Tim Waterman, University College London, UK
Darren Webb, University of Sheffield, UK

Utopian Studies is an interdisciplinary scholarly publication.
Types of contributions: The journal has five sections, accommodating a variety of possible contribution formats:

Full-length academic articles (7,500 words max): 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 For inquiries, please contact Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor (Editor) at .

Critical Forum: A set of essays that comprise a “dialog” around a particular theoretical question or issue. The Forum is typically organized as a discrete set of contributions (some of these groupings have started out as conference panels). This cluster of essays can run from 20,000 to 25,000 words total, comprising 4-6 contributions. For inquiries, please contact Christian Haines (Associate Editor) at .

Desire Lines (2,500 words max): This section features academic writing in a more personal mode. For inquiries, please contact Stephanie Peebles Tavera (Assistant Editor) at .

Conference Briefings: If you have attended a conference, workshop, or colloquium in the last year, we accept submissions of 1,000- to 1,500-word critical reflections on the event. For inquiries, please contact Manuel Sousa Oliviera (Editorial Assistant and Conference Briefings Editor) at .

Book Reviews: We publish book reviews of recent publications. Single-book reviews have 1,500 to 2,500 words; review essays (reviewing 2 or more books) up to 5,000 words. For inquiries, please contact Elisabeth Reichel (Book Review Editor) at .

To submit a manuscript to the editorial office, please visit http://www.editorialmanager.com/uts/ and create an author profile. The online system will guide you through the steps to upload your manuscript.
Submissions must follow the most recent edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. Please see the complete submission guidelines: here.

Books for review should be sent directly to the Editor:
Dr. Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor
Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)
339 Willard Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
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