Call to all early-career scholars in computational fanfiction research who may want to attend DH Benelux 2026!

Listen! @christinegrandy.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about one of the books of the year “Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth-Century Britain” newbooksnetwork.com/race-on-screen

now with 100% more page, volume, and issue numbers:

New #FanStudies article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Formula 1: Drive to Survive as promotional tactic and American fan identity incubator Betsy Emmons Journal of Popular Television intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

Forthcoming new book ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Cypher Culture Conspiracy, Fandom, and the Messages That Were Not There by Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman #FanStudies lsupress.org/978080718775...

My book is almost here! In Critical Fandom, I examine fanfiction trends and author's reflections on their writing. How do fanfic authors critique their fandoms and the media they love (Legend of Korra, GOT, Black Panther, OFMD)? Coming in June 2026 through University of Iowa Press.

A fascinating review of Heather O. Petrocelli's 'Queer for Fear'! Read in full here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

Did you know? CP 2027 convenes in Amsterdam!

Curating the True Crime Corpse: Murderabillia, Fandom and Identity - Tia Price - Zoom Thu 17th September 2026 at 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/murder...

A few chapters on fandom in this new edited collection ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Legacy of Lara Croft: Studies of Culture, Fandom and Gender Edited by Natalie Le Clue #FanStudies www.emerald.com/books/edited...

~in case you missed it~ the lovely hosts of @mindthetagspod.bsky.social had me on this week to talk about the seven-figure deal to to pull to publish the AO3's most popular fanfic, the 500K-word Remus/Sirius (Harry Potter) story All The Young Dudes. As you could guess, my feelings were...negative. 😌

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Lee Ludvigsen, J. A., & Turner, M. (2026). Legacies of dialogue, risk and securitization: The renewed insecurity of citizenship–state relations in European football fandom. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 0(0). #FanStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

My article, “Rewriting the Warrior: Feminist Embodiment and Martial Arts in Anglophone Fanfiction by Indian Women”, has just been published in "Indraprasth: An International Journal of Culture and Communication Studies". www.academia.edu/165376866/Re... . #FanStudies #MartialArts #AsianStudies

Check out Equinox Hartman's "Friends, Fandom, Family: A Framework for a Future in Fan Studies" in #PracticingAnthropology at doi.org/10.1080/0888...#PracticingAnthropology#SfAA #OpenAccess

#TWC's issue 47 on Gaming Fandom is out! Read more at otw-news.org/ystt4tr6.

Closing the doors on #SCMS26… already counting down to what’s next. Wednesday, March 17 – Saturday, March 20, 2027 Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Please note: #SCMS27 will begin on a Wednesday

Intellect is pleased to present Journal of Fandom Studies 14.1! Including ‘The scapegoating of the Angry Video Game Nerd' by Matt Foy Fan Studies Network North America Fan Studies Network SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jfs/browse

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Ardana, S. G., & Christiana, M. (2026). Semiotic opportunism and the “Brand as fan”: corporate performances of fandom in the Taylor Swift “Orange Rush.” Social Semiotics, 1–21. #FanStudies doi.org/10.1080/1035...

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Queer fandom as a heterotopia: A netnography of Brazilian fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race #FanStudies www.scielo.br/j/rbgn/a/WvJ...

"A musician releases an electronic music album. A coder writes a horror game. An artist performs a gig, combining presequenced music with live sounds. These acts are perhaps unremarkable, yet what renders them theoretically significant is the platform...the Nintendo Game Boy." #TWC47 rb.gy/bzjo65

Some interesting chapters on fandom in this new edited collection ⬇️⬇️⬇️ From Koreanness to K-ness Contemporary Korean Culture and Society Edited By Seryun Lee #FanStudies www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Do you work on Ann Radcliffe? Do you work on women writers and producers of the Gothic and horror? Do you work on topics related to people of marginalised genders in the Gothic? Join us! Submit an abstract for our upcoming online conference! romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Woo, Chang Wan, et al. "The Cultivation of a Fandom: Relationship Cultivation Strategies in Fluid Fandom Organizations." Korean Journal of Communication, vol. 3 no. 1, 2026, p. 63-83. #FanStudies dx.doi.org/10.1353/kjc.....

I am also teaching (undergraduate) #FanStudies this year, for the first time officially! What should I not forget to include?

Author William McCarthy joins us to chat about the dynamics between idealistic Disneyland fans and the business interests of the Company. He wrote “Contested Kingdom: Fan Attachment and Corporate Control at Disneyland.” #FanStudies bleav.com/shows/the-sw...

Call For Papers – The Inaugural International Women’s Writing Association Conference Includes: * Women’s writing and fan fiction * The figure of the female author: celebrity, fans, and representations * Fan studies and female authorship * Fan fiction and fandom womenswritingassociation.com

New chapter in an edited collection on Rebooting Inequality ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Eventizing Premieres, Constructing Audiences, Performing Fandom Remaking One Day at a Time as a Cuban American Story Kristin C. Moran and Esteban del Río #FanStudies www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Author Mel Stanfill wrote a blog post for us, "What Can Fan Studies Teach Us About Attacks on Higher Education?" Mel's book "Professor Superstar: Fandom and Anti-Fandom of Academia" will be published on Wednesday! Read the post at press.umich.edu/Blog/2026/03...

ok y'all, i am officially teaching graduate #FanStudies in the fall. what do you feel like are the best books/articles published in recent years? bonus: what are the best pieces published specifically by grad students, to teach the last week?

Researchers, are you studying public discourse on social media? If you are, check out our all-new @Communalytic.org research platform, which features a suite of easy-to-use social media data collectors & analyzers. #AcademicSky #ComSky #DiscourseAnalysis #LibrarySky #PhDSky #PolCom #ResearchSky

For @popheist.com, I wrote about all the drama surrounding the Buffy revival - with some thoughts on fandoms, rumors, how folks can't let people be excited for things, and my own podcast fatigue popheist.com/buffy-reviva...

Forthcoming #FanStudies book ⬇️⬇️⬇️ The Elementary Structure of Fandom Abir Misra This book offers the first comprehensive sociological analysis of a Pan-Indian Fandom with a transnational footprint. www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Product/Misr...

Punk & Post-Punk is a peer-reviewed academic journal aimed at the international communities engaged with punk and post-punk subcultures. It explores the music, fashion, art, politics and culture of punk that were established during the mid-to-late 1970s. Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/GRbK50YriYM

it's PUB DAY for Professor Superstar: Fandom and Anti-Fandom of Academia! you can get it HERE for 30% off with code UMWEB30 press.umich.edu/Books/P/Prof... 1/

The world of Oz steps into the academic stoplight!🌟 The editors of Studies in Musical Theatre are welcoming contributions to their special issue on Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025), exploring its cultural impact, storytelling, evolving theme and more 🩷💚 networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

The KPop Demon Hunters travel craze: Why set-jetters are choosing Seoul www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...

"Feel the Force": The First 50 Years of Star Wars A PopCRN conference 4th-5th of May 2027 (really, would any other days do?) Free, online academic popular culture conference Submit here - unesurveys.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Register here - unesurveys.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Two weeks left to submit Expressions of Interest if you'd like to join me in guest editing a special issue on Global Disney Fandom #FanStudies

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Cook, T. (2026). Fan Burnout and the Multiverse. M/C Journal, 29(1). #FanStudies doi.org/10.5204/mcj....

New article in Journal of Destination Marketing & Management (JDMM) ⬇️⬇️⬇️ The impact of man-made disaster uncertainty on anime pilgrimage intentions: The mediating influence of special interest-driven motivators #FanStudies #FanTourism www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Jenkins, H. (2026). Virtual Travel, Imaginary Homelands, Pop Cosmopolitans, and Ethnic Enclaves. Emerging Media, 4(1), 149-171. #FanStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Friends in Edinburgh may be interested in this in-person event on March 25.

For the second year in a row we are also running an #undergraduate track as we continue our commitment to supporting emerging voices in #fanstudies. You can find more info in the same link as above, but make sure to submit to here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Submissions for the FSNNA 2026 #fanstudies conference are now open! Our theme this year is "Boundaries" ☑️Pick from: poster OR presentation (poster + talk) ✍️Due: Abstract, bio, keywords ⏰Deadline: Friday, May 8th, 2026 Full CFP & form here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CFP: Dark Sides and Criminal Uses of Digital and Intelligent Technologies 60th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) January 5–8, 2027, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii hicss.hawaii.edu

“It does something Russian-language mainstream screen culture has struggled to achieve for decades.” Olga Nachaeva on Russian-language reception of "Heated Rivalry": https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/heated-rivalry-russian-viewers-realistic-queer-romance-hockey/

ahead of Professor Superstar publishing this week, i have a blog post, up now: "What Can Fan Studies Teach Us About Attacks on Higher Education?" press.umich.edu/Blog/2026/03...