2016 FANS Conference Schedule
Unless otherwise noted, all events are in the Governor’s Lecture Hall. Please consult the Hilton Anatole Facilities Map for all location information.
Friday, 3 June
9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Conference Registration at the Registration Table
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Conference Social Event, Media Bar (Conference personnel and attendees only)
Saturday, 4 June
9:00 am: Conference Registration and Governor’s Lecture Hall open
9:30 am: Opening Remarks
J. Holder Bennett, FANS Chair
10:00 am: Toward a History of Cosplay, v2.0: Notes on Definitions, Protocols, and Pitfalls
Helen McCarthy, author and founder of Manga UK magazine
10:30 am: Anime Fans to the Rescue: Evidence of Daniel Wann’s Team Identification-Social Psychological Health Model
Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce
Dr. Courtney N. Plante, Iowa State University
Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo
Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College
11:00 am: Reflection in a Sea of Stars: Heroism in an Age of Despair
11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch Break
1:00 pm: Keynote Address: Hiroshima to 3/11: manga and Anime in the Aftermath of Tragedy
Angela Drummond-Matthews, University of North Texas at Dallas
Deborah Scally, University of North Texas at Dallas
2:00 pm: Scholarships, Partnerships, and Other Opportunities with Yamanashi Gakuin University
Ryosuke Watanabe, Yamanashi Gakuin University
2:30 pm: The Takarazuka Revue’s Kabuki Connection: Gender Performance as Escape and Indoctrination
Stefanie Thomas, Ohio State University
3:00 pm: Accuracy of Perceived Prejudice toward One’s Fan Group
Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce
Dr. Courtney N. Plante, Iowa State University
Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo
Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College
3:30 pm: Afternoon Break
4:00 pm: Otome: Games and the Fan Community
Dr. Fujimoto Yukari, Meiji University
4:30 pm: The Discourse of the Sci-Fi Fan Civil War of 1980 as Seen in Anime Magazines
Dr. Renato Rivera Rusca, Meiji University
5:00 pm: Manga and Anime Go to Hollywood, a Reading by the Author
Northrop Davis, University of South Carolina
5:30 pm: The Ancestral Aesthetics as Dialectics of Transformation in African Poetry
Olayinka Martins Ojo, Adekunle Ajasin University
6:00 pm: End of Day
Sunday, 5 June
9:30 am: Conference Registration and Governor’s Lecture Hall open
10:00 am: ESRB and You: Understanding the Function and Role of the ESRB in Gaming
Andrew Tague, Texas A & M University at Commerce
10:30 am: Ukiyo-e, World War II, and Walt Disney: The Influences on Tezuka Osamu’s Development of the World of Anime and Manga
Katherine A. Thornton-Gibson, Oklahoma State University at Stillwater
11:00 am: Medieval Manga: Representational History
J. Holder Bennett, Odessa College
11:30 am: Closing Remarks
Jonathan Davis, FANS Secretary