Maria K. Alberto, PhD (✍️🏼 a book proposal!!)

SO excited: our edited collection on The Untamed is now available from @PeterLangGroup! It includes 15 chapters on everything from internet authorship to complicating censorship, the 227 Incident, fic, & more, PLUS interview w/ ExR translator K! peterlang.com/document/12894…

Our submissions for the FSNNA 2025 conference are now open! Our theme this year is Reputation: Influence, Power, & Capital. 🤔Pick from: poster OR poster + talk ✍️Due: Abstract, bio, keywords ⏰Deadline: Friday, May 16 For full CFP & form, see: fsn-northamerica.org/2025/04/11/get…

@tbaudinette @misscaprice717 So excited you've got a copy and can't wait to hear your thoughts!

I have *finally* got my hands on @misscaprice717 and @MariaKAlberto's edited collection exploring transcultural fandom for the world famous #danmei series #TheUntamed! Can't wait to dig in and read this important work in global #BL and fandom studies 🥰

New EXU...👀

Hello everyone! We are excited to announce that we're looking for new FSNNA committee members ahead of #FSNNA25 deadline: Jan 31 need: bio and Q&A emailed See more, and our full call, on the website here: fsn-northamerica.org/2025/01/17/cal…

Do you study #anime , #manga , #cosplay , or their fandoms? The Call for Papers for JAMS Volume 6 is LIVE! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/09… JAMS is full #openaccess, and Volume 6 will be published in December 2025!

@CameronBorgQeen Thank you!! 😊

@MariaKAlberto Congrats!!! 🎊🍾🎈🎉

Delighted to report that my dissertation is now available open-access on ProQuest! In it, I propose a definition of "canon" as used in and by contemporary transmedia franchises: exemplified by D&D and decades of texts about drow. (link below!)

@jas0n_35 🥹🫡

@LillyLuWrites Thank you so much, aaaaah!!

@MariaKAlberto AHHHH YAY!!! Congrats! Cannot wait to dig in 💗

Available through most library accounts here: proquest.com/dissertations-… (or dm for a PDF!)

Happy new year from the ARB! We asked our contributors for their most interesting reads of 2024; here's 17 you should have on your radar: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/01/01/arb…

Today is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 133rd birthday! As Frodo did for Bilbo, the Tolkien Society continues to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast, "The Professor!" tolkiensociety.org/events/tolkien…

@zeus_japonicus So excited for this one, aaaah!!

My book about race in fandom came out yesterday! If you like Les Mis, thoughts about racebent headcanons and analysis of Tumblr AUs, please tell your library to order a copy! bloomsbury.com/uk/constructio…

Is there a doctor on the flight? Specifically an English PhD? A passenger is attributing the views of the first-person narrator to the biographical author

Just a reminder that our annual SIG meeting will take place during the SCMS pre-conference on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9-11am CDT. Watch your email for links and more details.

my mama didn’t raise a quitter, she raised a burnt out perfectionist who is sometimes bludgeoned into settling for mediocrity

We’re excited to announce that we will be publishing TUSK LOVE, the saucy romance novel beloved by @CriticalRole's Jester (and tolerated by the Mighty Nein), on July 1! 💕 Preorder this steamy novel by @theagwrites here: CriticalRoleBooks.com Cover illustration: @erionmakuo

happy november 5th to everyone who celebrates