Ideals and Alternatives: Utopianism and Community in Literature. TOPICS include:
* The genres or history of Utopian literature (including dystopias, anti-Utopias, etc.)
* The literature of intentional communities
* Agitprop or other “political” literature
* Utopian aspects of literary or theoretical movements
* Representations or theories of Utopianism, political science, or philosophy
* Representations or theories of communities, sociology, or civilization
* Representations or theories of time, progress, or history

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The ACLA’s annual conferences have a distinctive structure in which most papers are grouped into twelve-person seminars that meet two hours per day for the three days of the conference to foster extended discussion. Some eight-person (or smaller) seminars meet just the first two days of the conference. This structure allows each participant to be a full member of one seminar, and to sample other seminars during the remaining time blocks.