Utopian-Teacher-Scholar
Tom is a cultural studies and literary teacher and scholar who investigates utopianism in the form of literary and visual texts as well as political and social practices.
He is Glucksman Professor Emeritus in the School of English, Irish, and Communication and Adjunct Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Limerick. Moylan is the founder of the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies at the University of Limerick, where he is also one of the editors of the Ralahine Utopian Book Series.
Tom has published two monographs on utopian and dystopian fiction: Demand the Impossible: Science Fiction and the Utopian Imagination (1986) and Scraps of the Untainted Sky: Science Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia (2000). He has published numerous essays on utopia, dystopia, theology, pedagogy, and political agency. He is the co-editor of several volumes, including Not Yet: Reconsidering Ernst Bloch (with Jamie Owen Daniel), Exploring the Utopian Impulse (with Michael J. Griffin), and Dark Horizons: Science Fiction and the Utopian Impulse and Utopia Method Vision: The Use Value of Social Dreaming (with Raffaella Baccolini). Tom has also co-edited special issues of Utopian Studies on Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, Irish Utopias, and Utopia and Music.
He is the recipient of the North American Society for Utopian Studies Distinguished Scholar Award and the Science Fiction Research Association Pilgrim Award. His new book entitled Becoming Utopian: The Culture and Politics of Radical Transformation is forthcoming from Bloomsbury in autumn 2020.
CV available upon request.