Ed 73 Hollywood and Board News – Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS)
From Samita Nandy Hope 2020 started well! I am pleased to announce that Elliot Pill joined the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) editorial board. As the Director of International Development at Cardiff University (UK) and former celebrity publicist for David Beckham, his specialty in promotional culture will be insightful for media and celebrity studies. Read more: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/192014-pill-elliot Also, CBC music host George Stroumboulopoulos named CMCS board member & celebrity activist Anita Krajnc as one of the most influential...
Read MoreCFP Celebrity Studies Special Issue: Hugh Grant
From Eleonora Sammartino <eleonora.sammartino@kcl.ac.uk> CALL FOR PAPERS Hugh Grant Special issue of Celebrity Studies Journal, edited by Alice Guilluy (London Film Academy) and Eleonora Sammartino (Imperial College London) Deadline for proposals: 18th January 2020 Since his breakthrough role in Maurice (J. Ivory, 1987) and his rise to fame with 4 Weddings and a Funeral (M. Newell, 1994), Hugh Grant has been one of the most popular British actors in the public imaginary. His continued collaboration with Richard Curtis in the 1990s...
Read MoreLecture: Celebrity Actors & Actresses on Playing Real People
From Kirsty Sedgman kirsty.sedgman@bristol.ac.uk The School of Arts at the University of Bristol are delighted to announce that this year’s annual STR Wickham Lecture will be given by our new Head of School, Professor Mary Luckhurst. We invite our MECCSA colleagues to join us here at Bristol Uni for a fascinating talk and Q&A on Prof. Luckhurst’s research, followed by the chance to socialise afterwards over wine and soft drinks!Society for Theatre Research: Wickham Lecture 2019’Celebrity Actors & Actresses on Playing Real People’: Prof. Mary Luckhurst...
Read MoreCFP: Starring Asia
Starring Asia: A Three-Day international Conference on Asian Stardom and Celebrity Posted by Sean Redmond https://networks.h-net.org/node/22055/discussions/3815823/starring-asia-three-day-international-conference-asian-stardom Starring Asia A Three-Day international Conference on Asian Stardom and Celebrity Date: 2-4 December 2019 Venue: Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Conference and Event Organisers: Shenshen Cai (Swinburne University of Technology), Glen Donnar (RMIT University), Koichi Iwabuchi (Monash University), Vikrant Kishore (Deakin University),...
Read MoreCFP: Stars and Star Systems in Film, Television, Theater and Radio
From Milan Hain (contact details and submission guidelines below) CFP: Stars and Star Systems in Film, Television, Theater and Radio Czech and Slovak Journal of Humanities vol. 9, no. 1 (Spring 2019) For the upcoming issue of Czech and Slovak Journal of Humanities, a double blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, we are looking for articles exploring the theme of “Stars and Star Systems”. We invite proposals from all areas of Cinema, Television, Theater and Radio Studies as well as interdisciplinary submissions from across...
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