Congratulations to Associate Professor Samantha Owen, Elizabeth Baca, Associate Professor Madeleine Dobson and colleagues on Swiftposium, which was held in Melbourne this time last week 👏 🧵 (1/5) #swiftposium2024 Curtin University @CurtinGRN Dr Samantha Owen Associate Professor Madeleine Dobson @elizabethrbaca

And shout out to the Swiftposium for leading the academic charge and recognising this cultural moment needed scholarly attention and critique by bringing together a group of amazing interdisciplinary researchers - looking forward to seeing all the projects presented develop 🫶

We featured on the 7:30 Report last night, catch it here University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts abc.net.au/news/2024-02-1…

Was interviewed by @brodielancaster for this month’s The Big Issue, get your copy from a local vendor when you can!

Are celebrities becoming more than entertainers? Hao Xu says music stars like Taylor Swift are now using their fame and fans to engage with socio-political issues, blurring the line between celebrity and activism. Read the full @Swiftposium story→ unimelb.me/3OOZyUK

Just a reminder to any #Swiftposium delegates that you can still catch up on papers you missed via the online Zoom events platform. The recordings are great! ✨✨✨

What’s the big deal about Taylor Swift anyway? Dr Georgia Carroll delivered a keynote presentation at our recent Swiftposium conference exploring this and many more questions in her presentation. Watch the full recording now → unimelb.me/49DrMdv

For those of you asking for this — our end of conference photo of those who presented in person (and were still hanging around after the two day marathon)! 🌈 #Swiftposium #Swiftposium2024

Still catching up on the immense wealth of material at the Swiftposium and I'm so pleased with the amount of times Sylvia Plath was brought into parallel with Taylor Swift, and even my blog was referenced in one of the presentations??? I'm honoured 🥺

Finished my Sylvia Plath-Taylor Swift seminar series with a glorious discussion on rebirth, authenticity, and multiple selves. If you are interested in similar, intellectually stimulating discussions with fans and readers join the April seminar on #TTPD: eventbrite.ie/e/sylvia-plath…

Brittany Spanos taught one of the first-ever courses on Taylor Swift at New York University last year. In her keynote address at Swiftposium, she discusses Taylor’s meteoric rise to fame and the importance of academic analysis of her art and career. More → unimelb.me/3T8zzKp

Just a note to delegates that we are aware some people are still having trouble accessing the Zoom recordings — our team is on it and will contact you as soon as we can 🙏🏼✨

💥New: Swiftposium - Why we held an academic conference on the world’s biggest pop star Hannah McCann, Eloise, Rebecca Trelease & @emmawhatman #Swiftposium #HigherEducation #AcademicChatter wp.me/p4m9em-cSE

I'm excited to say that the Taylor Swift & Swiftie Studies area of Southwest PCA is now accepting proposals for the 2024 Summer Salon, which will be held online. Full #cfp below. I hope my Swiftposium friends will consider submitting and sharing!

The academic experience #TTPD

Condolences to everyone having to update their papers right now

...Ready for it? Just 2 weeks until the first European Conference on Taylor Swift!'F**k the Patriarchy': A Taylor Swift Conference, hosted by University of Kent. Students, academics and swifties all welcome 💜 taylorswiftconference.wordpress.com you can register for free tickets online or in-person🥰

Nice for Swiftposium to get a mention in this piece from the Guardian today, alongside dr georgie carroll theguardian.com/music/article/…

Can’t help thinking of Harry Croft’s work hearing Taylor explicitly talk about transportation

Taylor Swift’s statement endorsing Kamala Harris for President.