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Fans and Fanfic Studies and Research Group


[Application open] Fanzine Workshop: Fan body — when the body becomes the archive of fandom
The NEPF² Fanzine Workshop offers a creative immersion around the theme “Fan Body: when the body becomes the archive of fandom”, inviting participants to reflect on how the body records, expresses, and manifests the experiences of being a fan.
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Oct 21


[Extended deadline] Fanfiction at School Project opens registration for university students
Are you passionate about schools and want to bring fanfiction to your nearest classroom? Then NEPF invites you to participate in the Fanfiction at School project, an initiative that seeks to bring the world of fan productions closer to schools, encouraging reading, creative writing, and dialogue between pop culture and education.
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Oct 21


[Application closed] Would you like to join NEPF²? The application is open until August 25.
The Fanfic Study and Research Center is accepting applications for the 2025.2 period (September to December), offering participants the opportunity to join a space dedicated to the study of fans, fandom, and fanfiction.
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Aug 12


Virtual Week of Fan Studies and Fanfiction
The 1st Virtual Week of Fan Studies and Fanfiction, organized by the Center for Fanfic Studies and Research (NEPF²) at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), will provide a space for reflection and dialogue between researchers focused on the study of fanfiction, fandom, and fan practices in Brazil.
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Aug 3
Interview with Moonbeam Predilections, the creator of The Fanfiction Terminology.
Moonbeam Predilections is an important figure in the fanfiction community, she has participated in the trajectory of fanfiction since the 90’s, when fanfic left the paper and started to show its presence on the internet. She was the creator of Fanfiction Terminology, a glossary of terminology from the fanfiction community that many new fans, and even veterans of this world, turn to when they need to. It is free for use in research and studies.
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Jul 15
Interview with Michael Frank, creator of Nyah!Fanfiction
Michael Frank, also known as Seiji, is the CEO of Nyah!Fanfiction, the first Brazilian fanfic platform. He created the website with the intention of it just being a place where his friends could post their stories, but ended up becoming one of the pioneers on the introduction of fanfics to the Brazilian public, given that, till then, the majority of the platforms were foreign.
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Jul 15
Interview with Tati Lopatiuk, creator of the Fanfic Workshop at FLIMO - Mauro de Oliveira Literary Festival 2018
Tati Lopatiuk is a publicist and writer that, in September 2018, held a Fanfics workshop at FLIMO - Mauro de Oliveira Literary Festival at the Professor Mauro de Oliveira State School in São Paulo, where she managed, through this event, to open up space for fanfics in public schools.
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Jul 15
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