It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we announce that the International Journal of Disney Studies has been officially contracted with Intellect! Keep an eye on this account for announcements and check out our new webpage: https://t.co/RFxCCPYmOG

...Considering the role of the piazza, the Vespa, Italian folklore, and more, the article positions Luca as a remedy for Disney's prior sins of problematic portrayals of Italians, locating a key juncture of representation, Italian Studies, and Disney Studies.

..."Luca is an authentic representation of Italian and regional cultures beyond the typical tourist centres...Cultural, political, historical, literary, gastronomic, artistic, linguistic, economic, musical and cinematic ideas are all brought to the fore of this film."...

Our second article is Ethan Salerno Nogueira's "Identity, intertextuality and Italianicity: The Edutainment of Disney-Pixar’s Luca (2021)." This article considers Luca for its portrayal of Italian culture, particularly outside the main tourist centers of the country, finding...

A key finding: audiences choose this, as "it offers a mediated experience, rather than a real encounter with the ‘sublime’." Disney's Animal Kingdom can serve a positive force of decolonizing approaches to the wilderness, and even Yetis have something valuable to say.

In case you missed it, a new issue dropped a few months ago, and we wanted to give some attention to the excellent scholarship undertaken. Over the next few days, we're talking articles, and hopefully inspire glorious new approaches to the study of this "Mickey Mouse subject."

After a few months away on family business, we have been pulled back in. Got some catching up to do, so watch this space for new announcements, and pardon our dust as we talk our current issue, preview the upcoming works, and unveil some grand new approaches to Disney Studies!

🚨 Just 2 weeks left! 🚨 Disney fans & scholars: Don’t miss your chance to be part of "The Magic Kingdom: The Impact of Disney on Popular Culture" FREE online conference 24–25 Jul25 with @IJDisneyStudies Submit by 30 April - https://t.co/GcbuFRbd0u 🏰✨ CFP attached

🎢 Dive into the world of Disney! "The Magic Kingdom: The Impact of Disney on Popular Culture" 24–25 Jul 2025 FREE online conference with @IJDisneyStudies to explore Disney’s cultural power. Abstracts due 30 April! Details: https://t.co/GYKsUuhVqU #Disney @CFP_Bot

Keep an eye on this space for the arrival of our second issue, new editorial announcements, and further updates on Assistant Editor Goofy's condition.

Dr. Lisa Beth Fiore comes to us from Lesley University in Boston! Lisa's work emphasizes intersections of education, feminism, and intersectional identities, and hopes to work on larger projects aimed as decolonizing Disney through examining legal and geographical frameworks.

First, we have Dr. Laura Miranda of the Universidad de Oviedo in Spain! Laura brings knowledge on film and music - see her Erasmus+ project on opera in pandemic-era classrooms - with a special interest in The Three Caballeros and Disney's involvement in the Good Neighbor policy.

INTRODUCING...our new editors - officially! As you know, we conducted an intensive search to rebuild our leadership after Assistant Editor Goofy hilariously/tragically caught Galloping Hiccuppox, which is exactly as silly/horrible as it sounds. So let's meet our NEW FRIENDS!

✨ The Magical Kingdom: The Impact of Disney in Popular Culture 🏰 Free online conference with @IJDisneyStudies 📅 July 24–25, 2025 Submit Conf: https://t.co/xeADG2YjuM by 1 Apr Submit Jnl: https://t.co/Zo0TWJyetN by 1 Sept 25 Register Conf : https://t.co/4uBTlQNqyK @CFP_Bot

In honour of our 40th anniversary we are giving away a free article every week for the entire year. And to wrap up 2024 we have a whole ISSUE that is free to read. Read the International Journal of Disney Studies 1.1 here👉 https://t.co/1GD4BqMTZE #Intellect40 @IJDisneyStudies

...unpacking the limits of perspective through an intersectional framework, landing at the problem: "that Inside Out is only one representation of an adolescent experience– an experience that is assumed, at varying degrees, to be universal." https://t.co/lJYAi5PE8s

Part XI: And just when you thought we were done, here's Marissa Lammon (@marissalammon) tagging in with a steel chair! Take a seat and read "Riley And Representation: Challenging Assumptions of Generalizability in The Inside Out Franchise"... https://t.co/lJYAi5PE8s

...with "The Lasting Impacts of The Walt Disney Company Within and Beyond the Classroom: A Case Study," examining workshops held with high school students - "by the end, students understood that Disney both implicitly and explicitly shapes our experiences."

Part X: well, that's all there is for the inaugural issue of the International Journal of Disney Studies - nothing else to talk about...wait, what's that? It's Hannah Helm's (@hannah_helm_) music! We have COMMENTARIES... https://t.co/kNXS7MX1QJ

...then, Matthew Elfenbein explores Pete Kunze's "Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance" ( https://t.co/PMxdgHhdtz), "a brilliant book with insightful information that will benefit scholarly and public discourse about Disney." https://t.co/G0osKbYLSx

Part IX: book reviews! In the first, Laura O'Flanagan reviews Eve Benhamou's "Contemporary Disney Animation Genre, Gender and Hollywood" ( https://t.co/LXmLawDze4), finding "an excellent book which should interest scholars of film and media history"... https://t.co/K0AN2mGP1D