a space for everyone who wants to work with fanfiction in cultural and literary studies.
16.00 c.t. | IG 4.201
This session will be all about the depiction of female characters in a quite male-centric online space. Our secondary source is an introduction by Barbara Rendtorff and Antje Langer on constructions of femininity. Both fanfictions are based on video games but written as AUs and are therefore self-explanatory.
Here, members of the Fanficforum give their thoughts on all things fanfiction as literature. Some posts are directly related to specific sessions, others aren’t.
Could fanfiction solve any and all problems? In Laura Nikolich’s blog post, the author tries to make sense of fanfiction’s approach to problem solving via Harry Potter, Formula 1 and real world politicians. [read more]
Each year we also host a workshop where students present their current work on fanfic. This term the event will take place on 30 January 2026.
Applications are currently open! Click on the link for this year to find out more or check out last years’ programmes for some inspiration.