May 22, 2025, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. University of Arts Linz, Hauptplatz 8, 5th floor, lecture hall
Julia Grillmayr, Professor of Cultural Studies, invites you to the symposium.
What does it mean to be a fan? What are fans doing and what motivates them? And: How to research the multifaceted phenomenon “fandom” from a cultural studies perspective? In the framework of the seminar „Fangs & Fans“, we are approaching these questions by focusing on vampire fictions and their fans and fan practices. Come to our symposium where we share preliminary findings, deep-dive into case studies and discuss with experts in the field:
10 to 12 p.m. welcome, introduction & round table with contributions by the fan culture scholars Julia Elena Goldmann, Ariane Manutscheri and Daniel Syrovy
12 to 13 p.m. snacks & posters by students of “Fangs & Fans”
13 to 14 p.m. round table with contributions by the students of “Fangs & Fans”
Seminar by Julia Grillmayr (cultural studies)
Participating students: Elizaveta Belkevich, Tamara Bijelic, Leonie Brunner, Helena Egger, Victoria Ettl, Marcello Farabegoli, Clara-Emilia Franz, Mia Hämmerle, Doris Maria Hiesl, Anna Kastenhofer, Maxi Kling, Fiona Prohaska, Matilde Rodrigues de Oliveira Laires, Zahra Safari Dehnavi, Ellina Tagirova, Rosa Ida Tempel, Polina Tikhonova, Michaela Maria Vater, Julia Witzeneder, Marlene Wurdinger