FanHistory Project Zoom Sessions

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We are on hiatus for the summer.
The schedule for future sessions will be announced in August/September 2026

Past Sessions (all available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory)

• An Anecdotal History of Southern Fandom, with Guy Lillian III, Bill Plott, Toni Weisskopf and moderator Janice Gelb - February 2021
• APAs Everywhere, with Fred Lerner, Christina Lake, Amy Thomson, and Tom Whitmore - December 2023
. This is part 1 of 2. Part 2 can be found here.
• The Benford Twins, Fandom and the Larger Universe - Jim and Greg Benford - March 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Boston in the 60s: Tony Lewis, Leslie Turek and Mike Ward, moderated by Mark Olson - September 2023. This is part 1 of the interview. Part 2 will be found on the zoom playlist at https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Juanita Coulson - on fandom, filkdom, fanzines, Star Trek and sundry aspects of her life in fandom - September 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Death Does Not Release You - LASFS Through the Years (pt 1 of 2), with Bobbi Armbruster, Tim Kirk, Ken Rudolph and moderator Craig Miller - February 2022.
• Evolution of Art(ists): Grant Canfield, Tim Kirk, Jim Shull, and Dan Steffan - October 2023. This is part 1 of the panel. Part 2 can be found on the zoom playlist at https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory
• A Tour of Fannish Holborn (London) by Rob Hansen - December 2020
• Joe and Gay Haldeman - Fandom From Both Sides - April 2022. This is part 1 of 2. See the Zoom listory playlist to find part 2.
• Erle Korshak - A Fan History Zoom Session with Joe Siclari and Stephen Korshak - April 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Fandom in 1970s Pittsburgh: Ginjer Buchanan, Linda Bushyager, Suzanne Tompkins, Laurie Mann (m) - December 2022. This is part 1. See the Zoom playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Early Star Trek Fandom with Ruth Berman and Devra Langsam - April 2021
• Feminism in 1970s/80s Fandom (Pt1)with Janice Bogstad, Jeanne Gomoll and Lucy Huntzinger - March 2023. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/8xcMcZNUCS0
• Joseph L. Green - An interview conducted by Edie Stern - January 2024
• New York Fandom in the 70s with Moshe Feder, Andy Porter, Steve Rosenstein and Jerry Kaufman - February 2023. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/xFtdMBV0RFM
• Alex Mui and the Graphic History of Fandom, with interviewer Edie Stern - March 2026. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/Iy4KnDTn5oc
• Researching (and Saving) Science Fiction Fan History, (pt 1 of 2), with Rob Hansen, Andy Hooper, Mark Olson and moderator Joe Siclari - April 2023. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/08Q6oxAkoI8
• Robin Johnson, Traveling Fan from Oz, (pt 1 of 2), with Robin Johnson, Perry Middlemiss and Leigh Edmonds - October 2024. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/7G3QSmknPH4
• The Secret Origins of Plokta, (pt 1 of 2), with Steve Davies, Sue Mason, Alison Scott and Mike Scott - September 2024.
• St. Fantony, BSFA, Brumcon and more - British Fan history with Keith Freeman and Rob Hansen - October 2021
• Traveling Ghiants - Fan Funds from the Days of Mimeo to the Days of Zoom (pt 1 of 2), with Justin Ackroyd, Lesleigh Luttrell, Suzanne Tompkins, and moderator Geri Sullivan - March 2022. For part 2 see the Zoom playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory.
• Maggie Thompson: Before, During and After the Origins of Comics Fandom (pt 1 of 2), with Chris Couch - October, 2022. Part 2 is at https://youtu.be/92CP4-7nsK8
• Out of the Ghetto and into the University: Science Fiction Fandom University Collections, with Phoenix Alexander (University of California, Riverside), Peter Balestrieri (University of Iowa), Susan Graham (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), and moderator Joe Siclari - January 2025. For parts 2 and 3 see the zoom playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory
• Bjo and John Trimble Interview with Joe Siclari - May 2021. This is part 1 of the interview. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Part 2.
• Ted White, an Interview by John D. Berry - January 2021. The video of the interview is in 4 parts. See the Zoom interview playlist on https://www.youtube.com/c/FANACFanHistory to find Parts 2-4.
• The Women Fen Don't See with Claire Brialey, Kate Heffner & Leah Zeldes Smith - March 2024. The video is in two parts, and part 2 can be found at https://youtu.be/pBEL0x5v_O8
• Wrong Turns on the Wallaby Track: Australian Science Fiction Fandom to Aussiecon - Part 1, 1936 to 1960 with Leigh Edmonds and Perry Middlemiss - December 2021, in two parts
• Wrong Turns on the Wallaby Track: Australian Science Fiction Fandom to Aussiecon Continued, 1960-1975 with Leigh Edmonds and Perry Middlemiss - February 2024, in two parts. You'll find part 2 at https://youtu.be/utAcMFSVDfo

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