Society for Utopian Studies

The Society for Utopian Studies (founded 1975) is a North American learned society devoted to the study of utopianism in all its forms, with a particular emphasis on literary and experimental utopias. The society meets once a year.^[1]

The society publishes Utopian Studies, a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal, containing scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects related to utopias, utopianism, utopian literature, utopian theory, and intentional communities. The journal's founding editor-in-chief was Lyman Tower Sargent.^[2] It also publishes a regular newsletter, Utopus Discovered.

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The society awards "The Lyman Tower Sargent Award for Distinguished Scholarship" at irregular intervals. Previous recipients have been:

• 2017: Phillip E. Wegner
• 2013: Vita Fortunati and Darko Suvin
• 2012: Ruth Levitas
• 2010: Ursula K. Le Guin and Peter Fitting
• 2009: Fredric Jameson
• 2008: Tom Moylan and Ken Roemer
• 2002: Gregory Claeys
• 1997: Lyman Tower Sargent

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