From its rather humble beginnings, the Punk Scholars Network has transformed into an international forum for academic and scholarly debate, conferences, publications, talks and public exhibitions. Punk is a conflicting and diverse culture, and the Punk Scholars Network aims to mirror this multiplicity through a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to our subject and the contribution and participation of punk scholars, fans and enthusiasts within and outside traditional models of academia. To date, the Punk Scholars Network has delivered workshops, symposiums and conferences in Reading, Oxford, Leicester, Birmingham, Northampton, Bolton, Los Angeles, Lincoln, Newcastle and London. The PSN organised a global online conference involving regional groups across three continents in 2020 and 2021, including the United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Colombia, France, Indonesia, Australia and Iberia, before returning to in-person events from 2022 onward. These events have reflected a broad range of critical themes including global, historical and contemporary punk scenes, punk pedagogy, DIY, punk and spirituality, identities and sexualities, punk art and aesthetics, curatorial practices, punk and noise, punk resilience and the social and political legacy of the 1980s anarcho-punk movement.

Punk Scholars Network inaugural meeting, De Montfort University, 24th November 2012

Punk Scholars Network inaugural meeting, De Montfort University, 24th November 2012