Wonderful day at Comicfestival Hamburg, talking about the creative, academic & political potential (& challenges) of fanfic, listening to fan comic readings, interesting podiums and presentations and a great talk by my colleague Vanessa Ossa on the specifics of comic fandom.

The CfP for the 1st themed issue of our journal Fandom | Cultures | Research is out & I'm especially excited for this one, since it combines two of the things I'm most interested in: #fanstudies & #memorystudies. Added bonus: a workshop in Marburg in Feb 26.

journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...

Issue 1|25 of Fandom | Cultures | Research has been published! It not only includes articles, book reviews, and conference reports (including on our Fanficforum Frankfurt conference in Jan.). We've also opened a new section for Fandom Voices where long-time fans share their experiences.

#fanstudies

No Cuts protest at @goetheuni.bsky.social - glad to see many of my students and colleagues, despite the heat, despite the neverending to-do lists

Asked students in my fanfic seminar today to share why they're doing this degree/class. The answers were a healthy mixture of inspiring & grounding.

I'm all for OA but still a bit proud to see some of my writing published in an actual print book for the first time. Also, nice to have another German-language publication on fanfic - there's still so little here!

CfP Fandom | Cultures | Research

We're looking for contributions to Issue 1-26 of our OA journal for #fan and #audience studies!

Deadline for abstracts is 1 June, papers are accepted in English and German.

journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/

#fanstudies #fandom #audienceresearch #fanfiction

The 2nd day of our workshop ›When Readers Become Writers: Fanfiction in the Archive‹ begins with talks on fanfiction and the canon by Polina Bakhturina @unimainz.bsky.social, @ninaheise.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social, Ina Berner & Yves Herak @unituebingen.bsky.social, among others.

When readers become writers: #fanfiction in the archive

Zoom conference hosted by @dlamarbach.bsky.social on Thursday & Friday this week with papers in German and English. I'll be presenting on #alltheyoungdudes & canonisation processes. Sign up's still open!

www.dla-marbach.de/kalender/det...

15.2. / 30.01. Frankfurt bleibt stabil

Arbeitstreffen #breiterkanon - die Lückenliste lenkt Aufmerksamkeit auf Werke marginalisierter Autor:innen & ist jetzt um ein paar Einträge und Verweise reicher. Und bald vielleicht auch hier vertreten 👀 Danke für die Orga @martinawernli.bsky.social & Esther Köhring! Weiterlesen: www.lueckenliste.de

If you're in Frankfurt on 19 Feb: I am co-hosting a workshop on The Classics [but mostly Dante] in Fanfiction and Adaptation with colleagues from the Romance Studies. Very excited to hear takes on fanfic appropriating classic texts and authors from three different philological contexts!

Very happy with how our fanfiction workshop went - many thanks to everyone who participated and presented their ideas! Certainly got some new ideas and some fascinating insights into pre-/early internet German fandom. Write up coming soon!

Thanks for the podium picture to @einwaechter.bsky.social!

Tomorrow: ✨ Fanficforum in Conference ✨ We've got two great MA student presentations (first one on #drarry is in English!) and a book launch on all things slash #fanfiction. Zoom link is available via IG (@fanficforum_ffm), info@fanficforum-ffm.de or through me here.

Das Fanficforum Frankfurt lädt ein! Am 24.01. findet wieder unsere Studikonferenz statt, diesmal mit zwei Beiträgen von Masterstudentinnen zu #drarry und #schoethe respectively und einer anschließenden Buchvorstellung zu #slash im Gespräch mit einigen der Autorinnen. Teilnahme vor Ort oder Zoom!

The very first issue of Fandom | Cultures | Research is out now! I only joined the editorial board in October but it's still been amazing seeing this come to life. And we've already got some exciting research lined up for the next issues!

journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/issue/vi...

#fanstudies #fanfic