[ecrea] Fan Studies Network Australasia 2017 conference CfP

_Call for Papers_

_Fan Studies Network Australasia 2017_

30 November - 1 December 2017

University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Matt Hills, University of Huddersfield (UK)

We are pleased to announce a CFP for the first Fan Studies Network 
Australasia conference to be held at the University of Wollongong, 
Australia from 30 November – 1 December 2017 hosted by the Research 
Centre for Culture Texts and Creative Industries (CTC). As research and 
interest on fandom gather momentum in Australia, New Zealand and Asia at 
large, the Fan Studies Network is very keen to foster new connections 
and resources. This inaugural conference for scholars based in the 
region is the first step in establishing an Australasian branch of the FSN.

We invite abstracts of no more than 300 words for individual 20 minute 
papers that address any aspect of fandom or fan studies. We also welcome 
submissions for pre-constituted panels (for 3-4 speakers/papers). We 
encourage all those engaged in fan studies as well as those existing 
members of the network to submit proposals for presentations on, but not 
limited to, the following possible topics:

– Fandom in Asia, Australia and/or New Zealand

– Non-Western fan cultures

– Producer-audience interactions

– Activism and fandom

– Ethics in fan studies

– Defining fandom

– Anti-Fandom and Non-Fandom

– Fan use of social media platforms

– Fandom (and) controversies

– The future of fan studies

Please send any inquiries and/or abstracts to (fsnaustralasia /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(fsnaustralasia /at/ gmail.com)>by *25^th August 2017*.

Conference organisers: Dr. Bertha Chin, Dr. Renee Middlemost, Prof. Sue 
Turnbull, Dr. Ika Willis

W: https://fanstudies.org/| FB: 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/fanstudies/__

T: @FSNAusAsia (hashtag #FSNA2017) | DL: http://jiscmail.ac.uk/fanstudies

_About the Fan Studies Network:_

Since March 2012, the Fan Studies Network has provided a friendly space 
with which scholars from all disciplines who are interested in fans and 
fan culture can connect, share resources, and develop their research 
ideas. In June 2017, the network will hold its fifth annual conference 
at the University of Huddersfield, UK. Each year has seen the network 
grow exponentially, as the mailing list and conference attract more 
scholars interested in fan studies from all over the world.

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