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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · 5d

Wonderful day at Comicfestival Hamburg, talking about the creative, academic & political potential (& challenges) of fanfic, listening to fan comic readings, interesting podiums and presentations and a great talk by my colleague Vanessa Ossa on the specifics of comic fandom.

Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · 13d

The CfP for the 1st themed issue of our journal Fandom | Cultures | Research is out & I'm especially excited for this one, since it combines two of the things I'm most interested in: #fanstudies & #memorystudies. Added bonus: a workshop in Marburg in Feb 26.

journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...

Call for Abstracts - Themed Issue 2/26 & Accompanying Workshop: “Fan Practices of Memory and Remembrance” | Fandom | Cultures | Research

journals.uni-marburg.de

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Jun 26

Issue 1|25 of Fandom | Cultures | Research has been published! It not only includes articles, book reviews, and conference reports (including on our Fanficforum Frankfurt conference in Jan.). We've also opened a new section for Fandom Voices where long-time fans share their experiences.

#fanstudies

a row of three stylised emoji hands: clapping, doing a (millenial) heart, giving a thumbs up. below in teal the title of the journal "Fandom | Cultures | Research" and in grey and all caps underneath it the subtitle "online journal for fan and audience studies"

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Jun 18

No Cuts protest at @goetheuni.bsky.social - glad to see many of my students and colleagues, despite the heat, despite the neverending to-do lists

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · May 22

Unterfinanzierung der hessischen Hochschulen beenden!

Unterzeichne JETZT unsere Petition an den hessischen Finanzminister Herrn Prof. Dr. R. Alexander Lorz! Die Unterfinanzierung der hessischen Hochschulen muss ein Ende haben. Mach mit.

www.gew-hessen-aktiv.de

Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Apr 22

Asked students in my fanfic seminar today to share why they're doing this degree/class. The answers were a healthy mixture of inspiring & grounding.

pieces of coloured paper in lilac and light blue that are taped to a wall. Hand-written notes on them say things like creativity and I love literature but also credit points :)

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Apr 16

I'm all for OA but still a bit proud to see some of my writing published in an actual print book for the first time. Also, nice to have another German-language publication on fanfic - there's still so little here!

Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Apr 3

CfP Fandom | Cultures | Research

We're looking for contributions to Issue 1-26 of our OA journal for #fan and #audience studies!

Deadline for abstracts is 1 June, papers are accepted in English and German.

journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/

#fanstudies #fandom #audienceresearch #fanfiction

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Mar 21

@ps-heise.bsky.social ist auch bei Bluesky :)

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DLA Marbach @dlamarbach.bsky.social · Mar 21

The 2nd day of our workshop ›When Readers Become Writers: Fanfiction in the Archive‹ begins with talks on fanfiction and the canon by Polina Bakhturina @unimainz.bsky.social, @ninaheise.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social, Ina Berner & Yves Herak @unituebingen.bsky.social, among others.

Yves Herak und Ina Berner (Universität Tübingen) beim Zoom-Workshop ›When Readers Become Writers: Fanfiction in the Archive‹ am 21. März 2025.

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Mar 18

Ein bisschen was gibt's zumindest bei der Konferenz auch zu englischsprachigen Texten :) Aber ich finde auch, coole Initiative!

Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Mar 18

When readers become writers: #fanfiction in the archive

Zoom conference hosted by @dlamarbach.bsky.social on Thursday & Friday this week with papers in German and English. I'll be presenting on #alltheyoungdudes & canonisation processes. Sign up's still open!

www.dla-marbach.de/kalender/det...

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Feb 15

15.2. / 30.01. Frankfurt bleibt stabil

Blick auf den Frankfurter Römerplatz mit dem Justitiabrunnen. Der Platz ist gefüllt mit Demonstrierenden, die Regenbogenflaggen und Schilder tragen

Blick auf einen nächtlichen Protestzug, der die untere Hälfte des Bildes einnimmt, im Hintergrund die Frankfurter Skyline

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Feb 13

Arbeitstreffen #breiterkanon - die Lückenliste lenkt Aufmerksamkeit auf Werke marginalisierter Autor:innen & ist jetzt um ein paar Einträge und Verweise reicher. Und bald vielleicht auch hier vertreten 👀 Danke für die Orga @martinawernli.bsky.social & Esther Köhring! Weiterlesen: www.lueckenliste.de

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Feb 7

If you're in Frankfurt on 19 Feb: I am co-hosting a workshop on The Classics [but mostly Dante] in Fanfiction and Adaptation with colleagues from the Romance Studies. Very excited to hear takes on fanfic appropriating classic texts and authors from three different philological contexts!

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Jan 29

It wasn't but we'll publish a conference report at some point, hopefully soon.

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Jan 29

Very happy with how our fanfiction workshop went - many thanks to everyone who participated and presented their ideas! Certainly got some new ideas and some fascinating insights into pre-/early internet German fandom. Write up coming soon!

Thanks for the podium picture to @einwaechter.bsky.social!

A seminar room with a white female presenter sitting at the back of the picture, facing in the direction of the camera, and a projection of a PPT slide behind her. In front of the presenter, ca. 15 people are sitting at tables in a U-shape, listening to the presentation.

A mixed race female presenter is standing at the back of the picture, facing in the direction of the camera, and a projection of a PPT slide behind her. Projected is a slide titled Affekttheorie with an image of Marie Condo with the lines "Lastly, ask yourself, does it spark joy? Does it make you happy? Only keep those items that do!" written on the picture. In front of the presenter, 4 or 5 people are seen sitting and listening with their backs to the camera.

A podium of four white women of different ages sitting next to each other. In the background a book cover is projected onto the wall. The title of the book is In Texten Wildern. The woman on the left is talking, the other three are slightly turned towards her, listening.

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Jan 23

Tomorrow: ✨ Fanficforum in Conference ✨ We've got two great MA student presentations (first one on #drarry is in English!) and a book launch on all things slash #fanfiction. Zoom link is available via IG (@fanficforum_ffm), [email protected] or through me here.

Ankündigung Vortrag Magic Wands - What Male Gay Porn in Harry Potter Fanfiction Can Teach Us About the Patriarchy mit Foto der Vortragenden

Ankündigung Vortrag Feel you, Goethe - Aktualisierung und Affekt in Goethe/Schiller Fanfictions mit Foto der Vortragenden

Ankündigung Buchvorstellung & Podium mit Cover des Buchs In Texten Wildern - Slash oder die Erotisierung fiktiver Stoffe durch Fangemeinden

Programmübersicht, Start 10:00 mit Begrüßung auf Deutsch & Englisch, 1. Vortrag zu Drarry-Fanfiction um 10:10, 2. Vortrag zu Schoethe-Fanfiction um 10:50, dann Pause, dann um 12:00 Buchvorstellung & Podium zu In Texten Wildern

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Jan 16

Das Fanficforum Frankfurt lädt ein! Am 24.01. findet wieder unsere Studikonferenz statt, diesmal mit zwei Beiträgen von Masterstudentinnen zu #drarry und #schoethe respectively und einer anschließenden Buchvorstellung zu #slash im Gespräch mit einigen der Autorinnen. Teilnahme vor Ort oder Zoom!

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Nina Heise @ninaheise.bsky.social · Dec 13

The very first issue of Fandom | Cultures | Research is out now! I only joined the editorial board in October but it's still been amazing seeing this come to life. And we've already got some exciting research lined up for the next issues!

journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/issue/vi...

#fanstudies #fanfic

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