I am excited to present my paper on Anies Baswedan's journey to Kpop idolhood in his presidential candidacy at the Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA) later today!

It's time to kick off Day 2 of #FSNNA24! Links to our Zoom rooms are available on Discord. Also, check out the program or the recent recap email for reminders of the day's programming. Can't wait to see more exciting #fanstudies work today, starting in ~20 minutes!

🌟 Excited to share my talk at #FSNNA24 later today! 4–5:00 PM EDT for F1 panel #FSNNApanelf1. I'll be discussing Methodologies in Fan Studies through Digital and Physical Multi-sited Ethnography. Looking forward to chatting! 😉 Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA)

@‌RukminiPande Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA) #FSNNA24 uipress.uiowa.edu/series/fandom-…

I'm very happy to announce the publication of the first part of the Special Issue on Pop Culture, Fan Studies, and Creative Industries in the Brazilian Creative Industries Journal, an open-access journal from FEEVALE University from Brazil, edited by Simone Driessen and I.

For those who might have missed this exciting roundtable at #FSNNA24, a recording will be available on YouTube for conference participants!

Tomorrow, bright and early, my vampire self will somehow wake up for our “Generational Fandom” panel at #FSNNA24. (7AM here in Las Vegas.) It’ll be worth it to discuss Reita’s legacy, “appropriate” acts of grief, and transcultural #FanStudies. Hope to see you there.

#FSNNA24 attendees: Last chance to enter our raffle and win 20 fan studies books, shipped to you! DM our editor @‌meredithstabel on the conference Discord to enter. Must enter by 5 pm CST on 10/20/24.

This is why I study the fandom of the Romantic era - there was. Gothic fandom, Byron fandom etc - the ahistorical idea that fandom is a new, or dangerous, or unimportant phenomenon needs countering.

Thank you everyone who joined us for #FSNNA24 & the Monsters of Fan Studies! 🎉 We enjoyed hearing about your amazing work, seeing your conversations, & hearing feedback on this year's event 🤩 Can't wait to work on exciting new things for 2025! ~ FSNNA organizing team

If you enjoyed my presentation Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA), join me for a longer talk about fanfiction reviews (including more on digital methods) on Mon 28 Oct. Fan Studies Network

CFP: Gaming Fandom special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, papers due 1/1/25 See the full CFP here: journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/…

My book about race in fandom came out yesterday! If you like Les Mis, thoughts about racebent headcanons and analysis of Tumblr AUs, please tell your library to order a copy! bloomsbury.com/uk/constructio…

Journal of Fandom Studies 12.2-3 is out now! Including ‘Two cultures, one fandom: Comparisons of American and South Korean pop (K-pop) music fans’ by Heather Gahler And Eunjoo Choi. Fan Studies Network Fan Studies Network North America (FSNNA) intellectdiscover.com/content/journa…

Do you study #anime , #manga , #cosplay , or their fandoms? The Call for Papers for JAMS Volume 6 is LIVE! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/09… JAMS is full #openaccess, and Volume 6 will be published in December 2025!

We're also delighted to announce (a little belatedly) our new members - Chi, J, Su, and Yvonne! They're already hard at work behind the scenes, making sure you got that amazing CFP and setting up our conference in October Welcome, all!