FanHistory Project Zoom Sessions

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Next Zoom Session:

January 11, 2025 - Out of the Ghetto and into the University: Science Fiction Fandom University Collections, with Phoenix Alexander (University of California, Riverside), Peter Balestrieri (University of Iowa), and Susan Graham (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

Time: 2PM EST, 11 AM PST, 7PM GMT London, and 6AM AEDT (sorry) Sunday, Jan 12 Melbourne

Description: Somewhere along the way, science fiction graduated from being perceived as uninteresting escapist literature to being worthy of appreciation. Inevitably, academia followed. Today, a number of universities have science fiction archives with collections of fanzines, photos and artifacts. How did these collections get started and what do they contain? Are they open for public access? Are they continuing to grow? What are they collecting? What are the new challenges that they face?

Schedule for Future sessions

• January 11, 2025, Time 2PM EST, 11 AM PST, 7PM GMT London, and 6AM AEDT (sorry) Sunday, Jan 12 Melbourne, Out of the Ghetto and into the University: Science Fiction Fandom University Collections, with Phoenix Alexander (University of California, Riverside), Peter Balestrieri (University of Iowa), Susan Graham (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), and Richard Lynch
• February 22, 2025 Time TBD,Margaret Middleton - A Shaper of Modern Filk
• March-April 2025 TBD

Past Sessions (all available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory)

• An Anecdotal History of Southern Fandom, with Guy Lillian III, Bill Plott, Toni Weisskopf and moderator Janice Gelb - February 2021
• APAs Everywhere, with Fred Lerner, Christina Lake, Amy Thomson, and Tom Whitmore - December 2023
. This is part 1 of 2. Part 2 can be found here.
• The Benford Twins, Fandom and the Larger Universe - Jim and Greg Benford - March 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Boston in the 60s: Tony Lewis, Leslie Turek and Mike Ward, moderated by Mark Olson - September 2023. This is part 1 of the interview. Part 2 will be found on the zoom playlist at https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Juanita Coulson - on fandom, filkdom, fanzines, Star Trek and sundry aspects of her life in fandom - September 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Death Does Not Release You - LASFS Through the Years (pt 1 of 2), with Bobbi Armbruster, Tim Kirk, Ken Rudolph and moderator Craig Miller - February 2022.
• Evolution of Art(ists): Grant Canfield, Tim Kirk, Jim Shull, and Dan Steffan - October 2023. This is part 1 of the panel. Part 2 can be found on the zoom playlist at https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory
• A Tour of Fannish Holborn (London) by Rob Hansen - December 2020
• Joe and Gay Haldeman - Fandom From Both Sides - April 2022. This is part 1 of 2. See the Zoom listory playlist to find part 2.
• Erle Korshak - A Fan History Zoom Session with Joe Siclari and Stephen Korshak - April 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Fandom in 1970s Pittsburgh: Ginjer Buchanan, Linda Bushyager, Suzanne Tompkins, Laurie Mann (m) - December 2022. This is part 1. See the Zoom playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Early Star Trek Fandom with Ruth Berman and Devra Langsam - April 2021
• Feminism in 1970s/80s Fandom (Pt1)with Janice Bogstad, Jeanne Gomoll and Lucy Huntzinger - March 2023. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/8xcMcZNUCS0
• Joseph L. Green - An interview conducted by Edie Stern - January 2024
• New York Fandom in the 70s with Moshe Feder, Andy Porter, Steve Rosenstein and Jerry Kaufman - February 2023. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/xFtdMBV0RFM
• Researching (and Saving) Science Fiction Fan History, (pt 1 of 2), with Rob Hansen, Andy Hooper, Mark Olson and moderator Joe Siclari - April 2023. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/08Q6oxAkoI8
• Robin Johnson, Traveling Fan from Oz, (pt 1 of 2), with Robin Johnson, Perry Middlemiss and Leigh Edmonds - October 2024. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/7G3QSmknPH4
• The Secret Origins of Plokta, (pt 1 of 2), with Steve Davies, Sue Mason, Alison Scott and Mike Scott - September 2024.
• St. Fantony, BSFA, Brumcon and more - British Fan history with Keith Freeman and Rob Hansen - October 2021
• Traveling Ghiants - Fan Funds from the Days of Mimeo to the Days of Zoom (pt 1 of 2), with Justin Ackroyd, Lesleigh Luttrell, Suzanne Tompkins, and moderator Geri Sullivan - March 2022. For part 2 see the Zoom playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory.
• Maggie Thompson: Before, During and After the Origins of Comics Fandom (pt 1 of 2), with Chris Couch - October, 2022. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/92CP4-7nsK8
• Bjo and John Trimble Interview with Joe Siclari - May 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Ted White, an Interview by John D. Berry - January 2021. The video of the interview is in 4 parts. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Parts 2-4.
• The Women Fen Don't See with Claire Brialey, Kate Heffner & Leah Zeldes Smith - March 2024. The video is in two parts, and part 2 can be found at https://youtu.be/pBEL0x5v_O8
• Wrong Turns on the Wallaby Track: Australian Science Fiction Fandom to Aussiecon - Part 1, 1936 to 1960 with Leigh Edmonds and Perry Middlemiss - December 2021, in two parts
• Wrong Turns on the Wallaby Track: Australian Science Fiction Fandom to Aussiecon Continued, 1960-1975 with Leigh Edmonds and Perry Middlemiss - February 2024, in two parts. You'll find part 2 at https://youtu.be/utAcMFSVDfo

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