It was fantastic being a part of the first Ultimate Insider Genre conference organised by UCL Music Futures and Daniel Lukes (Black Metal Rainbows). A huge thank you to the hosts for inviting me and for organising the event.
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It was wonderful to be a part of the first Heavy Metal on the Airwaves Symposium and have the opportunity to share my paper ‘Cultivating Subculture in Virtual Spaces: The Importance of Online Radio for Underground Metal’. The day was filled with so many wonderful papers, and spending the evening at the Show No Mersey showcase was a perfect way to end a day of metal!
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**Deadline – 20th January 2023**
I am organising a two-hour panel around the topic area of intersectional (in)equality in heavy metal subculture for the 2023 Talking Bodies Conference (12th-16th June). The conference is organised by the Institute of Gender Studies, University of Chester, UK.
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My dear friend, fellow musician and academic Anna Loppacher asked me to join her in discussing the reactions from the metal subculture to Queen Elizabeth II’s death. We by no means cover everything but I believe our conversation highlights some important aspects about the Western metal scene, and Western society in general.
Thank you to Epic Metal Blog for sharing this discussion: https://epicmetalblog.com/2022/10/18/reactions-to-queen-elizabeth-iis-death-in-the-metal-community/
The University of Chester’s Institute of Gender Studies‘s Research Seminar Series returns on the 20th of October 2022!
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I’m thrilled to have had my first academic book review published.
This is my review of ‘Gender, Embodiment, and the History of the Scholarly Persona: Incarnations and Contestations’, edited by Kirsti Niskanen, Michael J. Barany, for the ‘Emotion, Space and Society’ Journal.
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Holly Royle 