From the UPenn CFP List:
http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/62171
In More's Footsteps: Utopia and Science Fiction
full name / name of organization:
Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction
contact email:
journaleditor@sf-foundation.org
Call for Papers
In More’s Footsteps: Utopia and Science Fiction
Foundation #124 (summer 2016)
Next year marks the 500th anniversary of Sir Thomas More’s seminal work, Utopia. Although the text has been of importance within Renaissance Studies and political philosophy, it has also occupied a special place within science fiction for helping to popularize the notion of ‘the Great Good Place’ to which society should strive to perfect. Whether directly or indirectly, More’s text has been of huge significance for the utopian strand that runs through much science fiction.
We invite contributors to submit 6000-word articles on any aspect of More’s text and its relationship to modern and contemporary science fiction. Topics might include (but are not limited to):
• The political organisation of utopias
• Utopia and language
• Travel and exploration
• Economics and social organisation
• Utopia and religion
• Utopia and sexuality
• War
• The private versus the public
All submissions should meet the guidelines to contributors as laid out on the SF Foundation website. The deadline for submissions is 4th December 2015 and should be sent (with a note on university affiliation if applicable) to the regular email address: journaleditor@sf-foundation.org We will confirm our choice of articles by March 2016.
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