Utopian studies
Utopian studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that researches utopianism in all its forms, including utopian politics, utopian literature and art, utopian theory, and intentional communities. The term "utopia" was created by Sir Thomas More in a book with the same name in 1516. Utopian studies can be subdivided into three major parts: study of utopian works, communitarianism and utopian social theory. History. Denis Vairasse is mentioned among the earliest scholars in this field. His History of the Sevarambians contains one of the first thoughts on theoretical reflection on the concept of utopia: ""Those who have read  Plato’s Republic or the Utopia of Thomas More or Chancellor Bacon’s New Atlantis, which are in fact nothing more than the ingenious inventions [“imaginations”] of these authors, may think perhaps that this account of newly discovered countries, with all their marvels, is of a similar type [“sont de ce genre”]."" After the Summer of Love in 1960s, there was a significant increase in utopian works. The Society for Utopian Studies was founded in 1975 and the Utopian Studies Society was founded in 1988. Principal research institutions, journals, conferences, societies, awards. Research institutions: Societies: Journals: Conferences: Awards: Utopian studies