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2016 FANS Conference Schedule

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2016 FANS Conference Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all events are in the Governor’s Lecture Hall. Please consult the Hilton Anatole Facilities Map for all location information.

Friday, 3 June

9:00 am – 5:00 pm: Conference Registration at the Registration Table

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Conference Social Event, Media Bar (Conference personnel and attendees only)

Saturday, 4 June

9:00 am: Conference Registration and Governor’s Lecture Hall open

9:30 am: Opening Remarks

J. Holder Bennett, FANS Chair

10:00 am: Toward a History of Cosplay, v2.0: Notes on Definitions, Protocols, and Pitfalls

Helen McCarthy, author and founder of Manga UK magazine

10:30 am: Anime Fans to the Rescue: Evidence of Daniel Wann’s Team Identification-Social Psychological Health Model

Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Courtney N. Plante, Iowa State University

Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo

Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College

11:00 am: Reflection in a Sea of Stars: Heroism in an Age of Despair

11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch Break

1:00 pm: Keynote Address: Hiroshima to 3/11: manga and Anime in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Angela Drummond-Matthews, University of North Texas at Dallas

Deborah Scally, University of North Texas at Dallas

2:00 pm: Scholarships, Partnerships, and Other Opportunities with Yamanashi Gakuin University

Ryosuke Watanabe, Yamanashi Gakuin University

2:30 pm: The Takarazuka Revue’s Kabuki Connection: Gender Performance as Escape and Indoctrination

Stefanie Thomas, Ohio State University

3:00 pm: Accuracy of Perceived Prejudice toward One’s Fan Group

Dr. Stephen Reysen, Texas A & M University at Commerce

Dr. Courtney N. Plante, Iowa State University

Dr. Sharon E. Roberts, Renison University College, University of Waterloo

Dr. Kathleen C. Gerbasi, Niagara County Community College

3:30 pm: Afternoon Break

4:00 pm: Otome: Games and the Fan Community

Dr. Fujimoto Yukari, Meiji University

4:30 pm: The Discourse of the Sci-Fi Fan Civil War of 1980 as Seen in Anime Magazines

Dr. Renato Rivera Rusca, Meiji University

5:00 pm: Manga and Anime Go to Hollywood, a Reading by the Author

Northrop Davis, University of South Carolina

5:30 pm: The Ancestral Aesthetics as Dialectics of Transformation in African Poetry

Olayinka Martins Ojo, Adekunle Ajasin University

6:00 pm: End of Day

Sunday, 5 June

9:30 am: Conference Registration and Governor’s Lecture Hall open

10:00 am: ESRB and You: Understanding the Function and Role of the ESRB in Gaming

Andrew Tague, Texas A & M University at Commerce

10:30 am: Ukiyo-e, World War II, and Walt Disney: The Influences on Tezuka Osamu’s Development of the World of Anime and Manga

Katherine A. Thornton-Gibson, Oklahoma State University at Stillwater

11:00 am: Medieval Manga: Representational History

J. Holder Bennett, Odessa College

11:30 am: Closing Remarks

Jonathan Davis, FANS Secretary

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