On November 30, 2017 the University of Wollongong hosted the first Fan Studies Network Australasia conference. OTW staffer and Media Studies student Angelique Jurd went along, so here’s a behind-the-scenes look at what’s hot right now in Fan Studies. Keynotes
Going on right now: Fan Studies Network 2013 Symposium
Going on right now: Fan Studies Network 2013 Symposium The Fan Studies Network Symposium is taking place in Norwich right now and being live-tweeted at #FSN2013. Check out the program: 09:30 – 10:20: KEYNOTE Professor Matt Hills (Aberystwyth University) (Chairs:
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I’m in Seoul for the Third Mechademia Conference, which is taking place through Sunday at the Korean Film Archive and at Dongguk University. The theme of the conference is a mouthful: “World Renewal: Counterfactual Histories, Parallel Universes, and Possible Worlds,”
[META] The European Fandom & Fan Studies Conference in tweets
The European Fandom & Fan Studies Conference took place on November 10, 2012 at the University of Amsterdam. It was a relatively small one-day conference, but great in terms of content and people present. I was especially pleased to see
[META] Flow Conference 2012: Let the Conversations Continue
I returned last night from the Flow Conference, which exceeded my high expectations, and, of course, left me with an overwhelming list of book and article recommendations to sift through now that I’m back at home and within walking distance
[META] AdaCamp, Wikimania, and Console-ing Passions wrapup, part one: Fanworks as open source cultural goods
This is the first in a series of posts on fandom-related thoughts springing from three conferences I’ve attended in the past month, AdaCamp, WIkimania, and Console-ing Passions. All three consolidated into one great fandom and open source idea extravaganza for
[META] Media in Transition: Fannish Presence at an Academic Conference
This weekend, I’m in Boston, enjoying the seventh (and my first) Media in Transition conference at MIT. For me, the best part so far has been meeting some people I know from the OTW and other digital spaces — it’s