AAAS Conference 2013 "American Utopias"

November 8-10, 2013, Schloßss Leopoldskron, Salzburg The 40th International AAAS Conference is organized by the Department of English and American Studies, University of Salzburg. The intention of the conference is to look back at the early American colonial endeavors of the Puritans who viewed the New World as a place to create a New Canaan, to revisit the utopian communities of the 19th century and to look ahead to visions of ecological and economic future worlds. Guest speakers are José Esteban Muñoz from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and Jaap Verheul from Utrecht University. Franz Kabelka reads from his recent short fiction collection Die Muschel. Workshops cover topics such as eco(dys)topias, early American utopias, African American utopias, corporate utopias, and transnational utopian connections. Registration required until November 6, 2013 FB Anglistik und Amerikanistik - Tel. Email: karin.wohlgemuth2 [a] sbg.ac (p) at