We are pleased to announce a CFP for submissions to the Third Annual Fandom and Neomedia Studies (FANS) Conference in Dallas, TX, on 6 and 7 June 2015. Our keynote presentation, brought to us by Funimation, will be a retrospective on anime history as they prepare to release the reboot of Cyborg 009. The keynote panel will include Ishikawa Mitsuhisa of...

2d Annual FANS Conference Hosted by A-Kon   Thursday, 5 June 2014 Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 10:00am – 7:00pm   Friday, 6 June 2014 Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 9:00am – 6:00pm Media Bar Social: Media Bar, 7:00pm – 9:00pm (Conference Registrants Only)   Saturday, 7 June 2014 Registration: Senator’s Lecture Hall, 9:00am –...

This is the third installment of our research bibliography, Popular Culture Resources for Educators, Librarians, Parents, and Fans. It is free for everyone to use and we welcome corrections and suggestions for future editions.   Pop Culture Resources for Educators and Librarians 3d Edition   Popular Culture Resources for Educators, Librarians,...

We are pleased to announce a CFP for submissions to the Second Annual Fandom and Neomedia Studies (FANS) Conference in Dallas, TX, on 7 and 8 June 2014.  We are privileged to have Ken Steacy as our keynote speaker. Fandom for us includes all aspects of being a fan, ranging from being a passive audience member to producing one’s own parafictive or interfictive...

The FANS Association has a new group page over on dA run by executive committee member Shannon Burkett (aka: Prax).  Media in all its forms falls within our purview.  We hope to use this group as a nucleus for future creation and analysis of fandom art works.  For now we’re limited to still two-dimensional pieces, but eventually we hope to include video...