SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG
@scmsfaas.bsky.social
SCMS Fan and Audience Studies Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about fan studies and audience studies.
Velvet Light Trap has extended the deadline on this issue to Oct. 11! Not too late to submit!
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...
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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September 19, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Velvet Light Trap has extended the deadline on this issue to Oct. 11! Not too late to submit!
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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: https://bit.ly/4iwQQtI
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4iwQQtI
September 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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: https://bit.ly/4iwQQtI
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4iwQQtI
Wales-based SIG members, potential alt-ac job!
New job opportunity
Fan Experience & Engagement Lead
Location: Glamorgan County Cricket Club (“GCC”), Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
glamorgancricket.com/about/vacanc...
Fan Experience & Engagement Lead
Location: Glamorgan County Cricket Club (“GCC”), Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
glamorgancricket.com/about/vacanc...
Glamorgan Cricket
Stay updated with the latest from Glamorgan Cricket.
glamorgancricket.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Wales-based SIG members, potential alt-ac job!
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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?
A request! If anyone here is using any of my academic work in a course syllabus, could you kindly let me know where and for what course? Thanks for your help - it's for review stuff! :)
September 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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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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
Learn more and submit: buff.ly/gYtDgVE
September 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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
Learn more and submit: buff.ly/gYtDgVE
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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
Learn more about the role & responsibilities, and apply online by Sept. 18, 2026: buff.ly/aEksRKy
September 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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
Learn more about the role & responsibilities, and apply online by Sept. 18, 2026: buff.ly/aEksRKy
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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: https://bit.ly/3C7ASUc.
#ReadUP
And if you're looking for university presses that publish in a certain field, consult our Subject Area Grid: https://bit.ly/3C7ASUc.
#ReadUP
University presses to follow
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
June 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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: https://bit.ly/3C7ASUc.
#ReadUP
And if you're looking for university presses that publish in a certain field, consult our Subject Area Grid: https://bit.ly/3C7ASUc.
#ReadUP
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!
September 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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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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...
Banning the Fans: Policing Black Women, Policing Black Joy
Neal A. Lester
Journal of American Culture
#FanStudies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 6, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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...
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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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-...
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-...
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
doi.org
September 7, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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-...
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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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...
🗓️ 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...
September 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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...
🗓️ 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...
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✨ 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...
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
events.humanitix.com
September 4, 2026 at 3:08 AM
✨ 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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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...
www.bfi.org.uk/jobs-opportu...
August 31, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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...
www.bfi.org.uk/jobs-opportu...
Grad students: Last day to submit to the SIG essay contest! tinyurl.com/faasgradessay26
August 31, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Grad students: Last day to submit to the SIG essay contest! tinyurl.com/faasgradessay26
Who’s gonna do it?
putting my journal editor hat on: one of y'all #fanstudies people please write me something for @journal.transformativeworks.org about the apparently universal fandom of Dolly Parton.
August 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Who’s gonna do it?
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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!
We welcome essays, material studies, and interviews. Full details at the link below - please share widely!
Call For Papers – GamePreservation.ca
gamepreservation.ca
August 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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!
We welcome essays, material studies, and interviews. Full details at the link below - please share widely!
Friday for SCMS 27 submissions, and Monday for the SIG's graduate student essay contest! You can submit to that here: tinyurl.com/faasgradessay26
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
SCMS 2027
www.cmstudies.org
August 27, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Friday for SCMS 27 submissions, and Monday for the SIG's graduate student essay contest! You can submit to that here: tinyurl.com/faasgradessay26
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
SCMS 2027
www.cmstudies.org
August 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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
Amazing job opportunity in American cinema/television at the University of Chicago! Deadline Oct. 19! apply.interfolio.com/190975
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
August 21, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Amazing job opportunity in American cinema/television at the University of Chicago! Deadline Oct. 19! apply.interfolio.com/190975
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...
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...
www.facebook.com
August 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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...
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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"Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms" by Max Dosser
www.rutgersuniversit...
#ScienceFiction #CharacterAdaption #StarWars
www.rutgersuniversit...
#ScienceFiction #CharacterAdaption #StarWars
August 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
"Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms" by Max Dosser
www.rutgersuniversit...
#ScienceFiction #CharacterAdaption #StarWars
www.rutgersuniversit...
#ScienceFiction #CharacterAdaption #StarWars
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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...
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...
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
www.emerald.com
August 18, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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...
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, 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...
www.emerald.com/books/edited...
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
www.emerald.com
August 18, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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...
www.emerald.com/books/edited...
SIG co-chair @bridgetkies.bsky.social on homonormativity and slash
Your Go-To Piece of Criticism: Bridget Kies
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2026/08/12/y...
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2026/08/12/y...
Your Go-To Piece of Criticism: Bridget Kies – Fanhackers
fanhackers.transformativeworks.org
August 13, 2026 at 11:09 AM
SIG co-chair @bridgetkies.bsky.social on homonormativity and slash