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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about fan studies and audience studies.

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Dr Bethan Jones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social · 4h
New book day! Very pleased to have a chapter in this collection on true crime, edited by the wonderful @tanyah.bsky.social and others who I don't have on Bluesky. Not entirely sure Loki was impressed though...
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Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 3h
If you'd like to learn more about the book Bridging Design and Fandom and hear from some of the chapter authors, I will be holding a launch event on 20th October, in Lancaster and online. Please do come and join us! lancaster-uk.libcal.com/event/4574001
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Book Launch: Bridging Design and Fandom, edited by Naomi Jacobs
With her new edited collection Bridging Design and Fandom: Fan Studies and Design Research in Conversation, Naomi Jacobs (Design, School of Arts, Lancaster University) opens new...
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Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Announcing the annual Call for Translations from our Translation/Publication Committee! Accepting proposals to translate outstanding work on cinema + media studies, with publication in an upcoming issue of jcmsjournal.bsky.social. Full details: buff.ly/I6ZXGe3 Submit by Oct. 23, 2026!
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tuesday is the 13th, sorry folks! Updated flyer coming soon!
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Join us for our first event of the year, a talk with Henry Jenkins and Robert Kozinets about their book series, Frames of Fandom, on Tues, Oct. 16 at 9am/12pm/5pm. Register here: tinyurl.com/faasframesev.... A Zoom link will be emailed to you prior to the event.
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Velvet Light Trap has extended the deadline on this issue to Oct. 11! Not too late to submit!
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
UK-based postdoctoral – or equivalent – researchers in the humanities and social sciences can still apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. The deadline is 4 Nov for institutional applicants and 28 Oct for independent scholars. Find out more: bit.ly/4iwQQtI
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants, deadline of 4 November 2026. Independent scholars deadline 28 October 2026
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wales-based SIG members, potential alt-ac job!
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Dr. Acafanmom @acafanmom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Let's try this again, since I forgot I don't actually give my name on this account and not everyone knows me by my acafanmom username: I'm Lori (Hitchcock) Morimoto, I do media fan studies and dabble in Japanese popular culture. If you use any of my academic work on your syllabi, can you ping me?
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Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Interested in helping shape the future of SCMS? Self-nominations for upcoming vacancies on the SCMS Board are open through Sept. 15. Thank you to all members willing to contribute their time, experience, and leadership to SCMS. Learn more and submit: buff.ly/gYtDgVE
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Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Deadline in Two Weeks: Have you been thinking about becoming the next Editor(s) of JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies? Now’s the time to apply! Learn more about the role & responsibilities, and apply online by Sept. 18, 2026: buff.ly/aEksRKy
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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Find & follow your favorite university presses on this platform with this handy starter pack of our members: go.bsky.app/7p95p7B And if you're looking for university presses that publish in a certain field, consult our Subject Area Grid: bit.ly/3C7ASUc. #ReadUP
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This morning we put out a call for faculty judges for our grad essay contest. By lunchtime, we already had the five volunteers we need. Fan studies academics, you're awesome!
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Banning the Fans: Policing Black Women, Policing Black Joy Neal A. Lester Journal of American Culture #FanStudies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New special issue ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Jane Austen's Global Fan Cultures #FanStudies jasna.org/publications...
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Volume 46, No 2
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Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As promised/threatened, I'm doing the self promotion thing describing the chapters in my new book, Bridging Design and Fandom! I'll start with my introduction - it explains the fields of design research and fan studies, and how they come together as a whole new thing. doi.org/10.1108/978-...
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Introduction: Bridging Design and Fandom
Abstract. In this introduction, the author introduces the fields of design research and fan studies and discusses how they have prior under-explored synerg
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Fan Studies Network North America @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What better way to kick off the countdown to FSNNA 2026 Conference than by announcing our first special event?? 🗓️ Oct 22, 5pm ET, members of our very own organizing committee are hosting a #FanStudies Methods Roundtable! 🔗 Info & registration: website-8aff4977.tou.dpn.mybluehost.me/2026-confere...
Cream colored promotional graphic for a Methods Roundtable event at the FSNNA Annual Conference. At the top in teal text it lists the day and time as Oct 22, 2026 from 17:00-18:30 ET. The event title is "Methods Roundtable: Approaches, Ethics, and Inquiry in Fan Studies" and will include the following members of the FSNNA organizing committee: Gwen Nisbett (speaking on Quantitative Methods) Meredith Sinclair (Discourse Analysis), J Overholser (Ethics & Narrative Inquiry), and Yvonne Gonzales (Interviewing & Focus Groups).
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Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
✨ Take your ticket (free!) for the Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026 🌈🥹⬇️⬇️ join us online from September 14 to 17 and listen to talks on fashion, manga, anime, video games, idols, etc by scholars from around the world!! events.humanitix.com/queer-and-fe...
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Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026
A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures
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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A cool opportunity! Opportunity to propose sessions for BFI's "Woman with a Movie Camera" summit 2027! Deadline in about three weeks. www.bfi.org.uk/jobs-opportu...
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Grad students: Last day to submit to the SIG essay contest! tinyurl.com/faasgradessay26
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Who’s gonna do it?
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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 28/08/2026
I'm happy to share a new 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 for an edited collection on game preservation in Canada, with co-editors @jeanketterling.bsky.social and @videogamehistorian.bsky.social. We welcome essays, material studies, and interviews. Full details at the link below - please share widely!
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Call For Papers – GamePreservation.ca
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Friday for SCMS 27 submissions, and Monday for the SIG's graduate student essay contest! You can submit to that here: tinyurl.com/faasgradessay26
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Don't forget that this Friday at 5pm Central is the deadline for submitting your proposal for #SCMS27 in Montreal! www.cmstudies.org/page/SCMS2027
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SCMS 2027
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Amazing job opportunity in American cinema/television at the University of Chicago! Deadline Oct. 19! apply.interfolio.com/190975
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
CFP: The Velvet Light Trap volume 100, "Chronologies" Deadline: Sept. 20 General VLT guidelines are here: utpress.utexas.edu/journals/the... But the current CFP isn't yet to their website, so check out the post on our SIG FB page: www.facebook.com/groups/scmsf...
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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms" by Max Dosser www.rutgersuniversit... #ScienceFiction #CharacterAdaption #StarWars
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Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My new edited book is out today! And it's open access so you can all read it for free! I'm so excited to share what all these amazing authors have to say about work that crosses design research and fan studies. I'll be highlighting chapters over the next few days. www.emerald.com/books/edited...
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Bridging Design and Fandom: Fan Studies and Design Research in Conversation
Fandom studies and design are both relatively young disciplines both of which are familiar with interdisciplinarity, and with co-production and participati
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Dr Bethan Jones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Bridging Design and Fandom: Fan Studies and Design, edited by the amazing @ladylark.bsky.social, is now available open access! My chapter looks at sustainable screen tourism and the different approaches that should be considered for creating that. www.emerald.com/books/edited...
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Bridging Design and Fandom: Fan Studies and Design Research in Conversation
Fandom studies and design are both relatively young disciplines both of which are familiar with interdisciplinarity, and with co-production and participati
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
SIG co-chair @bridgetkies.bsky.social on homonormativity and slash
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
New book ⬇️⬇️⬇️ It's Women's Time in Soccer! Fandom, Digitality and the Feminine Game Edited ByKausik Bandyopadhyay #FanStudies www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
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It's Women's Time in Soccer! | Fandom, Digitality and the Feminine Gam
This book investigates the transformative relationship between soccer and women in the 21st century, a time when football has increasingly embraced femininity
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
CFP: Workshop „Confessions of Bad Taste: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Guilty Pleasures“ www.kulturwissenschaften.de/cfp-workshop...
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Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)
Das Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut Essen (KWI) ist ein interdisziplinäres Forschungskolleg für Geistes- und Kulturwissenschaften in der Tradition internationaler Institutes for Advanced Study. Als i...
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Fandom | Cultures | Research @fcr-journal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Our latest CfP is out. If you're interested in platformed television, we'd love to hear from you! Wir akzeptieren auch Einreichungen auf Deutsch! journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce... #fanstudies #televisionstudies #cfp #mediastudies #academicsky
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Call for Abstracts - Fandom | Cultures | Research Themed Issue 2-27: Upstairs, Downstairs: Television and Platforms Between Seduction and Agency #FanStudies journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...
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Making sure you're not a bot!
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Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Reminder: The SCMS Board Self-Nomination Form is still open. If you're interested in helping guide the future of SCMS, we encourage you to submit a self-nomination for consideration by the Nominating Committee. The deadline is September 15, 2026. More: buff.ly/yCIcHkU
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Deadline Aug 31!
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Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
hey #fanstudies folks, come work with me at @journal.transformativeworks.org! journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...
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TWC Hiring Assistant Editor and Outreach/Comms Editor | Transformative Works and Cultures
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Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I am also teaching (undergraduate) #FanStudies this year, for the first time officially! What should I not forget to include?
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Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Planning to submit a proposal? Start a draft now! You can preview all the required questions and save your proposal draft as you go. Submit by the deadline: Friday, August 28, 2026. #SCMS27
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Looking for a panel for #SCMS27? There's a whole bunch of chatter and planning in our SIG Discord. You might just find your co-panelists there! If you need help joining, just DM us here.
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Intellect Books @intellectbooks.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Call for Peer Reviewers Intellect is seeking peer reviewers across our full range of journals! To express interest in peer reviewing please contact the editor of the relevant journal directly. All Intellect journals can be viewed here: www.intellectbooks.com/journals/all…
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Dr Bethan Jones (she/her) @memorieschild.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Really pleased to have a new article out in Popular Communication, with my favourite co-author @simoned.bsky.social. We looked at memes and GIFs circulating during the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial and how these enabled fans to discuss and perform cancellation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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#Deppdelusion: mediatized play, algorithmic amplification and the problematic fave
The Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard defamation case captured attention around the globe, not least because the trial was broadcast live on Court TV, YouTube and TikTok. One noticeable feature of the cas...
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Dr. Aurélie Petit 👩🏻‍💻✨ @aurelievpetit.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
✨🎀 NEW CFP: The Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium (supported by the University of Tokyo, Media, Gender, and Sexualities Study Group) is coming back for its third edition!!!✨🎀 📩 Send us your abstract by August 15 at popculturesjapan@gmail.com✨ Share widely!
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Call for Papers: Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026
A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
New book ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Korean Culture Fandoms Affective Practices and Identity in a Global Context Editors: Ratan Kumar Roy #FanStudies link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Korean Culture Fandoms
The book contributes in the areas of media and cultural studies, global culture and politics, arts and humanities, social sciences and area studies
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Pop Culture & Theology (& Religion, too) @popandtheology.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Where are the #WestWing fan-scholars at?
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Call for Papers: Religion, Morality, and the American Presidency – The West Wing at 30
Religion, Morality, and the American Presidency: The West Wing at 30 Edited by Ilaria W. Biano Deadline: September 30, 2026 Premiering in 1999, The West Wing quickly became one of the most influent…
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
UK residents: job alert for you!
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SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
📣 Announcing this year's FaAS SIG graduate essay contest! Submit your essays related to fan and audience studies, up to 7,500 words, by Aug. 31 for possible publication in @journal.transformativeworks.org. For more details and to submit: tinyurl.com/faasgradessa...
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Mélanie Bourdaa @melaniebourdaa.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Toi aussi tu es fan de Madonna? Toi aussi tu te déhanches sur Hung up? Alors ce questionnaire est pour toi! fr.surveymonkey.com/r/HH3PNQZ cc @nachtergael.bsky.social @annebesson.bsky.social @bretonjustine.bsky.social @drjulieescurignan.bsky.social (RT apprécié)
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Pawelloi, S. L., & Safitri, R. (2026). Fandom Communication And Participatory Culture In Digital Platforms: A Systematic Literature Review. INJECT (Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication), 11(2), 2295–2324. #FanStudies doi.org/10.18326/inj...
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Fandom Communication And Participatory Culture In Digital Platforms: A Systematic Literature Review | INJECT (Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication)
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Fan Studies Network @fanstudies.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
New article ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Dong, R., & Zhou, L. (2026). Imagining happy ageing: Shipping older female celebrities in China. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 0(0). #FanStudies journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Imagining happy ageing: Shipping older female celebrities in China - Ruo Dong, Lulu Zhou, 2026
Narratives surrounding ageing celebrities constitute a significant resource for understanding how to grow old. While existing studies have largely focused on ho...
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