It’s publication day for the truly amazing special video essay issue of MAI devoted to Doing Women’s (Global) Horror Film History. A completely monumental project conceived and led by the incredible scholar and person Professor Alison Peirse at Leeds University. maifeminism.com/introduction...
This week’s In Media Res might be of interest: it’s Star Trek Legacy and Fandom week with Paul Booth, Carrie Lynn Reinhard, @bridgetkies.bsky.social@careymillsapspears.bsky.socialmediacommons.org/imr/
How does Sir PatStew’s attitude toward Star Trek fandom compare to Shatner’s infamous “get a life,” and what does this tell us about fan relations? The subject of my blog post today for In Media Res…. mediacommons.org/imr/
📣TWC News! The AI & Fandom issue won't be moving forward, but submitted pieces are being considered for our general issue! In the meantime, our Sports & Fandom issue is still accepting Symposium submissions: journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...#TWC#OTW
I'm giving my first ever keynote at this Fan Studies and Design symposium organised by the Lancaster Fan Studies research group! I'll be talking about fan tourism and sustainability based on research funded by SIGN. Really excited to hear the other research being presented and make a zine too!
The Fan and Audience Studies SIG mentorship program is back! This program is for everyone from graduate students to the precariously employed to tenured professors. If you're interested in taking part, please fill out the form at forms.gle/UZnY92BsSUjd... by Thursday, February 29.
🚨📃New publication alert!📃🚨 This one was two years in the making, finding its origins in both a Conversation article and a subsequent Twitter thread via a couple of rejections and lots of great feedback from reviewers. Tl;Dr - Eurovision is political but that's potentially a good thing for fans.
