While this list is likely going to be innundated with comments on this,
Buffy Studies is the study of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (possibly the most
significant - in terms of research output - television series since Star
Trek).
Mikel J. Koven
Lecturer, Film and Television Studies
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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> Dear editors of "Buffy Studies," and colleagues:
>
> I apologize for my abysmal ignorance.  What in the name of the Almighty is
> "Buffy Studies"?  Assuming
> that the "Buffy" posting (attached below) is not a belated April Fool's
> joke, it must be SOME sub-discipline
> within popular culture, which an old-timer like yours truly has never
> heard of...
>
> Gratefully,
> Steven P. Hill,
> Cinema Studies, Univ. of IL.
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> Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 00:01:27 -0500
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> Subject: Call for Papers -- Watcher Junior: The Undergraduate Journal
> of Buffy Studies
> Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 16:59:02 -0400
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> Lynne Edwards (Editor) and Katy Stevens (Associate Editor) are pleased
> to announce the launch of /Watcher Junior: The Undergraduate Journal of
> Buffy Studies/ (www.watcherjunior.tv <http://www.watcherjunior.tv/>).
> We are currently accepting submissions from undergraduate students who
> are or have been engaged in Buffy scholarship.
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