[ecrea] Call for Papers: The Fan Studies Network 2017 Conference

*The Fan Studies Network 2017 Conference*

24-25th June 2017

Centre for Participatory Culture,
University of Huddersfield, UK


Keynote Speaker: Dr Louisa Stein (Middlebury College, USA)

Plenary Address: Professor Matt Hills (University of Huddersfield, UK)


The fifth anniversary of the annual Fan Studies Network Conference is 
visiting the University of Huddersfield for a vibrant two-day programme 
during June 2017. The conference will celebrate and continue FSN's proud 
tradition of offering an enthusiastic space for interdisciplinary 
researchers at all levels to connect, share resources, and further 
develop their research ideas. In addition to panel presentations, the 
two days will feature social events, speed geeking, and workshop 
discussions.


We are delighted to welcome Dr Louisa Stein as the keynote speaker for 
FSN2017. Louisa is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Culture at 
Middlebury College; where she teaches classes on remix culture, 
spectatorship, YouTube, and gender and sexuality in media. Louisa is 
author of /Millennial Fandom: Television Audiences in the Transmedia 
Age, /and//co-editor of/Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom /and /Teen 
Television: Programming and Fandom./


The event will also feature a plenary address from Professor Matt Hills, 
who, due to being the keynote of the first ever FSN conference, will 
reflect on the past five years of the network and the fan studies field. 
Matt is Professor of Media and Journalism at the University of 
Huddersfield, where he is co-director of the Centre for Participatory 
Culture. He has written six sole-authored research monographs, starting 
with the influential /Fan Cultures/ in 2002 and most recently with 
/Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event/ in 2015, as well as publishing more 
than a hundred book chapters and journal articles in the areas of media 
fandom, cult film/TV and audiences in the digital era.


FSN2017 is sponsored by the Centre for Participatory Culture at the 
University of Huddersfield, which will have its official launch the day 
before our conference. Attendees of FSN2017 will be able to attend the 
centre launch for free – the Centre will announce full details of this 
event in the coming weeks.


We invite abstracts of no more than 300 words for papers that address 
any aspect of fandom or fan studies. We also welcome collated 
submissions for pre-constituted panels. We encourage new members, in all 
stages of study, to the network and welcome proposals for presentations 
on, but not limited to, the following possible topics:


– Fandom and grief/mourning

– Representations of fans in media & popular culture

– Fandom and sports

– Fandom and race

– Political fandom

– Non-technological practices in fandom

– Fan conventions and offline spaces

– Histories and archives of fandom

– Non-Western fan cultures

– Ethics and methodology in fan studies

– Interdisciplinary approaches to fan studies

– Anti-Fandom and Non-Fandom

– The future directions of fan studies

– The 'dark’ or ‘toxic’ side of fandom

We also invite expressions of interest (100-200 words) from anyone 
wishing to present as part of our popular 'speed geeking' session. This 
would involve each speaker presenting a short discussion on a relevant 
topic of their choosing to a number of small groups, and then receiving 
instantaneous feedback, making it ideal for presenting in-progress or 
undeveloped ideas. If you have any questions about this format of 
presentation, please don't hesitate to contact us.


Please send any abstracts/enquires to: (fsnconference /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(fsnconference /at/ gmail.com)>by *13th MARCH 2017.*

**

Please include up to three keywords for your submission and a short 
biographical note.


You can join the discussion about the event on Twitter using #FSN2017, 
or visit http://www.fanstudies.org <http://www.fanstudies.org/>.


Conference Organisers:

Lucy Bennett and Tom Phillips (FSN chairs)

Bertha Chin, Bethan Jones, Richard McCulloch, Rebecca Williams (FSN board)



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