Academic Fans/Fannish Academics (WisCon 28 panel)

25 Academic Fans/Fannish Academics

Academia•Capitol B• Saturday, 10:00–11:15 a.m.

One of the greatest things about WisCon is the space it creates for academic culture and fan culture to intersect. This panel would be an(other) opportunity to talk about that intersection; a few topics we might address are: the experience of being an academic at WisCon; balancing being an academic and being a fan; the perception of academia in fandom and vice versa; ways in which fans can bring their love for genre fiction into academia without feeling like grubby hooligans; how to talk about genre fiction with both passion and rigor.

M: Susan Harris