DePaul hosts the Fan Studies Network North America 2019 Conference

The Media and Cinema Studies Program and the College of Communication will host the 2nd annual Fan Studies Network North America conference from October 24-26 2019 at the Loop campus. This conference will bring together scholars from around the world to present papers and participate in workshops on a wide range of fan-related subjects.

           

DePaul hosted the inaugural conference in 2018, in which several MCS faculty members presented their research: Prof. Sam Close was a roundtable participant on fan studies and pedagogy; Prof. Paul Booth discussed fandom and the 2016 U.S. election; Prof. Blair presented on comics fandom and the 1940s comic book series entitled "All-Negro Comics."

For more information: https://fsn-northamerica.org/

New book by Prof. Paul Booth

Prof. Paul Booth's new book, A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies has recently been published by Wiley-Blackwell.

               

Divided into five section - Histories, Genealogies, Methodologies; Fan Practices; Fandom and Cultural Studies; Digital Fandom; and The Future of Fan Studies - this book features over thirty essays from a range of international scholars on the past, present and future of the field of fan studies.

For more details, see Wiley-Blackwell: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/A+Companion+to+Media+Fandom+and+Fan+Studies-p-9781119237167

MCS hosts the Pop Culture Conference - A Celebration of Disney

Join us on Saturday May 4th for the 7th annual Pop Culture Conference - A Celebration of Disney. This event will feature numerous panels on all aspects of Disney fandom, plus keynote talks by Disney animator Philo Barnhart and Professor Rebecca Williams.

            

For more info, see our website at: https://popcultureconference.com/