[Air-L] Registration open: Fan Studies Network conference, 24-25 June 2017

[Richard McCulloch]

Dear all,

We are happy to announce that registration for the fifth annual Fan Studies
Network conference is now OPEN.

*The Fan Studies Network Conference 2017 *
*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 (including our regular fan studies quiz, plus this
year our fifth birthday party!), 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* (2015),
and co-editor of *Sherlock and Transmedia Fandom* (2012) and *Teen
Television: Programming and Fandom* (2008).

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.

Registration is now open here, until 9th June:
http://www.store.hud.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences/music-conference/fan-studies-network-conference-university-of-huddersfield-24th25th-june-2017

The draft programme is available here:
https://fanstudies.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/fsn-2017-abridged-draft-programme1.pdf

Finally, details of our social events, as well as useful information on
travel and accommodation options, can be found here:
https://fanstudies.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/fsn2017-useful-information.pdf
<https://fanstudies.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/fsn2017-useful-information.pdf>

You can join the discussion about the event on Twitter using #FSN2017, or
visit www.fanstudies.org.

We hope you can join us in Huddersfield this June for an exciting few days
of fan studies scholarship.

-- 
*Dr. Richard McCulloch*
Lecturer in Film and Cultural Studies
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 3DH

Email: richardjmcculloch at gmail.com
Twitter: @rjmcculloch

Co-Director, The World Star Wars Project (worldstarwars.net)
Board Member, Fan Studies Network (fanstudies.org)