IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
DO-DO-DO-DOOOOO 🎶

Last chance to submit your application to join the FSNNA Organizing Committee!
Applications close TOMORROW (Jan 31 2026)!!

For more info & to apply-> 🔗 forms.gle/6WT5BXkNMHjM...

#FanStudies #FandomStudies #MediaStudies

FSNNA 2026 Committee Application FSNNA held its first conference in October 2018 to gather fan studies scholars in one place to meet, share new research, and promote the study of fanworks and fan cultures. During the Covid-19…

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If you are interested in volunteering on the committee PLEASE make sure to fill out the form!!

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FSNNA 2026 Committee Application FSNNA held its first conference in October 2018 to gather fan studies scholars in one place to meet, share new research, and promote the study of fanworks and fan cultures. During the Covid-19 pandemi...

First-time applicants, students, indep. scholars, & members of underrepresented communities are all heavily encouraged to apply!

You can find more info & fill out an application here: forms.gle/6WT5BXkNMHjM...

#fanstudies #fandomstudies

What Heated Rivalry’s success reveals about fan fiction’s cultural staying power With origins as a Wattpad hockey romance, the show relies on the imaginative extension that defines fan work

Happy Heated Rivalry season finale to all who celebrate!

Also, re: #FandomStudies...

Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Fandom Studies 13.2 is out now!

Including ‘Anime merchandising and consumption: Character perfume as a case study’ by
Hengrui Luo.
#FandomStudies #CulturalStudies

Access the issue via Discover👉
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jfs/13/2

Dr Matt Hills (@matt-hills.bsky.social) is one of the most prominent voices in fandom studies. In early December he will give a talk on Doctor Who Magazine - all interested are warmly invited!

#doctorwhomagazine #fanstudies #fandomstudies #magazinestudies

Séminaire LPCM, Séance 6 – Vendredi 9 juin 2023, 16h-18h : « Fan Studies et fanfictions » Le séminaire de recherche mensuel de la LPCM, “Dans l’atelier des chercheur·se·s en littératures populaires et culture médiatique” vise à favoriser les rencontres et les échanges entre les chercheur·s...

For example, in France, the International Research Association in Popular Literature and Media Culture (PLMC) organized a seminar session in June 2023 dedicated to fan studies and fanfiction!
#fanfiction #fandomstudies #research
bit.ly/3LoKIFh

Séminaire LPCM, Séance 6 – Vendredi 9 juin 2023, 16h-18h : « Fan Studies et fanfictions » Le séminaire de recherche mensuel de la LPCM, “Dans l’atelier des chercheur·se·s en littératures populaires et culture médiatique” vise à favoriser les rencontres et les échanges entre les chercheur·s...

En France par exemple, l’Association internationale pour la recherche en littératures populaires et cultures médiatiques (LPCM) a organisé une séance de séminaire en juin 2023 dédiée aux fan studies et à la fanfiction !
lpcm.hypotheses.org/27297
#fanfiction #fandomstudies #fanfic #research

The Internet’s New Myths: How Fanfiction Became Scripture - Fanfiction is no longer just fan-made entertainment—it’s shaping digital mythology, redefining storytelling, and creating new-age “s

The Internet’s New Myths: How Fanfiction Became Scripture wiobs.com/the-internet... #Fanfiction #DigitalMythology #OnlineCulture #Storytelling #InternetTrends #FandomStudies

Two film posters of Selena and Real Women Have Curves.

Finishing up an essay on the legacy of Selena (1997) and Real Women Have Curves (2002).

#LatinxStudies
#FilmStudies
#FandomStudies
#PopCulture

The front cover of the "Experimental Issue" of the Shaver Mystery Magazine, a tattered newsprint publication. The cover images shows a drawing by Richard Shaver of several elaborately-dressed individuals in a luxurious environment, presumably a scene from the cavern world.

Looking forward to presenting on Richard S. Shaver, sf fandom's reaction to him, and how subcultures construct and preserve authority at the Popular Culture Association conference this week.

#shavermystery #fandomstudies #fanzines #sciencefiction #PCAACA2025 #raypalmer

Some light late night reading: Fake Geek Girls by Suzanne Scott

#fandomstudies #booksky

Ein CfP für einen Workshop zu Fan Fiction Archiven im März 2025 in Marbach! // CfP for a workshop on fanfiction archives in March in Marbach, Germany. Languages are German and English.

#Fanfiction #FandomStudies #DigitalHumanities

www.dla-marbach.de/fileadmin/re...

Student in my fandom studies class: "How did they do that [to get in touch with other fans] without social media?"
"There were resources."
#fandomartifact #fandomstudies #scifidaho #vemitchellcollection

And here is the somewhat related #FandomStudies starter pack go.bsky.app/HAsWa2g

Holding the book "Dickensland" in front of a graffiti of an urban scene

2 new volumes of #Dickensiana in our library: "Dickensland" by @victorianlondon.bsky.social will take you on a trip to #CharlesDickens's #VictorianLondon - the real & the fake, shaped by #LiteraryTourism & fandom

opac.sub.uni-goettin...

#Dickens #VictorianStudies #FandomStudies

Do I still count as an art historian? 🤔 At its best, it's the most INTER of disciplines!

#ArtHistory #BookHistory #HistoryOfScience #FandomStudies #CulinaryHistory

#CallForPapers: For edited collection on #Design and #FanStudies

#FandomStudies #PopularCultureStudies #CFP #Designers #Fandom

wp.lancs.ac.uk/fanstudies/call-for-chap...

moving on from this terrible book to Jenkins's Textual Poachers <3 The book that started it all. #fandomstudies #participatoryculture

Concerning last RT: "100 word story" = drabble. AFAIK is of fanfic origin, a standard format. #fandomstudies #crossingthedivide @fcnwrtr