NEWS & EVENTS

Prof Henry Jenkins, Prof Hiroshi Aoyagi, and Dr Mateja Kovacic came together on 11 and 12 May for an international workshop for Postgraduate students from the University of Southern California, University of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Baptist University.

Hosted by Dr Kovacic and sponsored by her ECS grant (Hong Kong’s Anime) the event included expertise on popular culture, entertainment, games, animation, gender, sexuality, cosplay, social media, dance, music and more in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Peru, and the US.

The workshop successfully entangled diverse theoretical and methodological backgrounds as a critical transcultural exploration of fandoms for a better world!