Reading Group

The FSL reading group is open to students and researchers from Lancaster. 

The reading group meets monthly during term time and informally discusses pre-circulated materials. To sign up and receive the reading materials, please contact Dr Naomi Jacobs or Dr Eva Cheuk-Yin Li.

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Previous meetings:

 

  • 1 Feb 2024
  • Book Launch: Killer Fandom
 
  • 6 Dec 2023 (Hybrid)
    Theme: Work in Progress Discussion
  • 24 Oct 2023 (Hybrid)
    Theme: Welcome to the new academic year
  • 3 May 2023 (Hybrid)
    Theme: Digital Humanities methods 
    Speaker: Dr Suzanne Black (University of Edinburg)
  • 7 February 2023 (Hybrid)
    Materials: 
    Schreyer C. 2015. “The Digital Fandom of Na’vi Speakers.” Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 18. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2015.0610.
    Istoft, B. 2010. “Avatar fandom as nature-religious expression?” Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture, 4 (4): 394-413.

     

  • 16 November 2022
    Theme: How COVID-19 impacted Fan Conventions
  • 20 October 2022
    Theme: Feedback on the Fan Studies Network North America conference

     

  • 11 May 2022 
    Theme: Serial Killer Fandom
    Material: Book chapter draft by Dr Judith Fathallah

     

  • 6 April 2022
    Theme: Dark Fandom
    Guest speaker: Dr Bethan Jones, University of York

     

  • 16 March 2022
    Theme: Members sharing research ideas and work in progress

     

  • 9 February 2022 
    Material: Baudinette, Thomas. 2021. “Reflecting on Japan-Korea Relations Through the Korean Wave: Fan Desires, Nationalist Fears, and Transcultural Fandom.” Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 36. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2021.2045
  • 29 November 2021
    Material: Rowe, Rebecca, Tolonda Henderson, and Tianyu Wang. 2021. “Text Mining, Hermione Granger, and Fan Fiction: What’s in a Name?” Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 36. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2021.1997

  • 1 November 2021
    Material: Lothian, Alexis, and Mel Stanfill. 2021. “An Archive of Whose Own? White Feminism and Racial Justice in Fan Fiction’s Digital Infrastructure.” Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 36. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2021.2119