Join the McGillicuddy Humanities Center for “Fan Frenzy: A Century of Stardom and Fandom in Hispanic Film and TV,” a panel presentation by three visiting scholars. Tuesday, March 11, at 4pm in Hill Auditorium (165 Barrows Hall).
The presenters and the titles of their talks are:
Joanne Britland, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Digital Humanities at the University of Florida. “Fandom Goes Digital: Cultural Activism Through Screens, Zines, and Social Media.”
Anna Torres-Cacoullos, Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “Publish, Post, and Comment: Movie Magazines as Social Media of the 1920s.”
Olivia Cosentino, Assistant Professor of Film and New Media Studies at the University of South Florida. “Así soy, ¿y qué? Mexican Women Across Media, 1917-2023.”
This panel is part of this year’s Symposium, “From Talkies to TikTok: 100 years of audiovisual storytelling.”
There will be some light refreshments at the event and, following the panelists’ short talks, plenty of time to ask questions and talk about film and TV. This event is free and open to the public.
