Fan Culture & Theory

Call For Proposals

PCA/ACA 2009 National Conference,
New Orleans Marriott,
New Orleans, Louisiana
April 8 through April 11

        Proposals for both panels and individual papers are now being accepted for all aspects of Fan Culture and Theory, including, but not limited to, the following areas:

·Fan Fiction
·Fan/Creator interaction
·Race, Gender and Sexuality in Fandom
·Music Fandom
·Reality Television Fandom
·The Internet and Fandom - Live Journal, IMDB and beyond
·Fan Communities
·Fan Media Production – icons, fanvids,  fan art and filk.
·Fans as Critics

Please send abstracts of 100-250 words with relevant audio/visual requests by
November 30, 2008, to
Katherine Larsen at
klarsen@gwu.edu

Panel proposals should include one abstract of 200 words describing the panel,
accompanied by the abstracts (250 words) of the individual papers that comprise the panel.  Graduate students are encouraged to submit proposals.  Feel free to email with any questions you may have.