<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Society for Utopian Studies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Society For Utopian Studies]]></description><link>https://societyforutopians.wixsite.com/sus-redesign/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:16:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.utopian-studies.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[University of Oregon Special Collections and University Archives]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those who would like to access any of the collections at the University of Oregon in Eugene, note that the hours are Mondays-Fridays, 10:00AM – 4:00 PM. In addition to transportation from Portland to Eugene, you will need to arrange for a visit in advance directly with the library (click on link for more information).]]></description><link>https://www.utopian-studies.org/post/university-of-oregon-special-collections-and-university-archives</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a683e2665a8c8dd285f98f6</guid><category><![CDATA[Conference Updates]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:35:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6a275d_d0a37d7d2aba48d492b0cbd6ce1b2573~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>societyforutopians</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call for Papers - Deadline July 15, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Individual paper/poster/other submission Pre-formed full session submission Conference Theme A common assertion in utopian studies and beyond recognizes the dialectics of utopia and dystopia. As Ursula K. Le Guin put it (expressing a widely held sentiment), if “[e]very eutopia contains a dystopia, every dystopia contains a eutopia”*: a dream of how things could be, combined with the realities of how things could be worse (or even how they are). Scholarship on the critical utopia and critical...]]></description><link>https://www.utopian-studies.org/post/call-for-papers-deadline-july-15-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a33145ace85b49c3c4e5615</guid><category><![CDATA[Conference Updates]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:41:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6a275d_25f1f3820148478786781e5b8932ffe5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_447,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>societyforutopians</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2026 Conference Keynote Speakers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keynote Speakers Friday, November 13, 2026, 6:30-8:00 PM Alex Zamalin (Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science and chair of Africana Studies, Rutgers University—New Brunswick) is the author of numerous books including Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism (Columbia University Press, 2019) which was named a 2020 Choice Outstanding Title by the American Library Association, his timely Antiracism: An Introduction (NYU Press, 2019), and his most...]]></description><link>https://www.utopian-studies.org/post/2026-conference-keynote-speakers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a330d8873364b8eee6d5b31</guid><category><![CDATA[Conference Updates]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:13:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6a275d_f771b4ad3a394dbd862c4ca65daebe6e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_194,h_259,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>societyforutopians</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>