CFP: Stardom and the Archive
From Dr. Lisa Stead, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Exeter, l.r.stead2@exeter.ac.uk Stardom and the Archive: an International Symposium Followed by a public exhibition event on Sunday 9th February 2020 University of Exeter, Devon, UK Confirmed Keynotes: Professor Maryanne Dever (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney) Dr. Lucy Bolton (School of Languages, Linguistics and Film, Queen Mary University of London) New developments in star studies have been led by a number of recent and...
Read MoreBook Release: Madhuri Dixit (BFI/Bloomsbury)
Announcing the publication of Dr Nandana Bose’s new monograph Madhuri Dixit as part of the British Film Institute’s Film Stars Series, edited by Martin Shinger and Susan SmithMADHURI DIXITNandana Bose A wide-ranging account of the Indian film star Madhuri Dixit, one of the most popular actresses of Hindi cinema. Nandana Bose’s study traces Dixit’s twenty-five year career, exploring her star persona, her indelible impact on Indian popular culture, and her continuing popularity even in middle age. Nandana Bose discusses Dixit’s unusual and distinctive...
Read MoreCFP NYC 2019 CMCS Bridging Gaps: Refashioning Stories for Celebrity Counterpublics
2019 CMCS New York City, USA CMCS 8th International ConferenceBridging Gaps: Re-Fashioning Stories for Celebrity Counterpublics The Terrace Club / Club Quarters (across NBC)New York City, USAAugust 30 – September 1, 2019Abstract deadline: February 28, 2019 CALL FOR PAPERS: In the recent past, there has been an increased interest in exploring intersections of life writing and studies of celebrity culture. Storytelling is central to effective branding in fame. Furthermore, the use of biographical elements has been recognized as a rhetorical device in writing op-eds,...
Read MoreCall for papers – Cultural Studies Journal
From Celia Lam Call for papers for inclusion in proposal to Cultural Studies Journal Deadline: 30 November, 2018 Email: playfulencounters@nottingham.edu.cn In the now classic Homo Ludens, Huizinga situates ‘play’ as the foundation of culture – the point from which all human structures, ideas, and societies stem. Sutton-Smith’s The Ambiguity of Play posits an equally broad scope, with ‘play’ encompassing everything from the imaginary, the development of individual identity and passing on of traditions through rituals, power-plays in politics and war, fate and games of chance, and...
Read MoreNames of relatives have been edited for family protection – By Samita Nandy Published on the Medium I left abusive environments to pursue an education and embark on my path to earning a PhD in fame. My goal? To honour my mother, who was forbidden from becoming a Bollywood film actress and stage dancer on the grounds of sexism, and to overcome the harassment I faced from thesis supervisors and teaching assistant G.Letts in my own life. After receiving my PhD, I went on to launch the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS), which includes educating and empowering women to take...
Read MoreCFP Special Issue: Meghan Markle and the British Royal Family
From Hannah Yelin This CfP may be of interest to members: Call for Papers Special Issue: Meghan Markle and the British Royal Family Deadline for submitting abstracts November 30th 2018 Editors: Hannah Yelin and Laura Clancy The Journal of Gender Studies JGS supporting Editor: Anita Biressi This CfP is for a proposed special issue with The Journal of Gender Studies. Authors will be informed in February after the journal’s next board meeting. Please email abstracts of under 400 words and a short author bio to l.clancy2@lancaster.ac.uk. ***** On 19th May 2018, Prince Harry married Meghan...
Read MoreCFP Inaugural International Persona Studies Conference
From Bethany Usher Inaugural International Persona Studies Conference Tuesday 25th June to Wednesday June 26 2019, at Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK. The Persona Studies journal and Newcastle University are pleased to announce the inaugural International Persona Studies Conference Keynote Speakers Prof. P.David Marshall, Deakin University, Melbourne. Prof. Anne Jerslev, University of Copenhagen. Dr. Helena Bassil-Morozow, Glasgow Caledonian University Dr. David Giles, University of Winchester. Deadline for individual and panel abstracts: January 6th 2019 Persona...
Read More2018 Webinar on Persona Branding and Sustainability
We are pleased to announce our FREE webinar “Sustainability and Persona Branding” for worldwide CMCS members and past Bridging Gaps delegates!Buy Tickets on Eventbrite Register here and save the dates & times to join: Saturday, September 1 (9 am PDT / 12 pm EST / 5 pm GMT) – 30 mins Featuring CMCS Lisbon 2018 best video award winner Victoria Kannen and 2017 LA media panelist Kevin del Principe Webinar Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sustainability-persona-branding-webinar-tickets-48582241793 We have limited space, so please register in advance and log in 5...
Read MoreCFP: The Conference on Contemporary Celebrity Culture
By organizers: Renee Cramer, Professor of Law Politics and Society & or Craig Owens, Professor of English, Drake University C4: The Conference on Contemporary Celebrity Culture, Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa, USA), June 9-11, 2019. “There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about,” opines the dissipated Lord Henry in the opening chapter of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), Oscar Wilde’s novel of celebrity. Less blithely, however, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reminds us, in her TED talk “The Danger of a...
Read MoreCFP Making Stars: Biography and Eighteenth-Century Celebrity
By Kristina Straub and Nora Nachumi Making Stars: Biography and Eighteenth-Century Celebrity A celebrity is not a person, exactly, but a construct established through the public discourse and representation that we now think of as celebrity culture. During the long eighteenth century, biography was key to an earlier form of celebrity culture that anticipates what we experience as modern celebrity. This volume proposes to explore the relationship between biography and celebrity in the long eighteenth century. In inviting essays, we keep that relationship open to definition: are...
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