CFP: After-Image: Life-Writing and Celebrity 2015
Call for Papers: After-Image: Life-Writing and Celebrity Saturday, 19 September 2015 The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) and the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) at Wolfson College, Oxford With funding from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, and the Centre for Life-Writing Research at King’s College London (CLWR) Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Sarah Churchwell Andrew O’Hagan Professor of American Literature and Public Understanding of the Humanities, University of East Anglia2015 Writer in Residence,The Eccles Centre...
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From Dr Rebecca Braun @braunbraun4 and @AuthorsWorld An AHRC-funded project at Lancaster, Authors and the World, is exploring literary celebrity in upcoming events in March and July: Conference: Discourse on Literary Celebrity across Genres 12 & 13 March 2015, Lancaster University To register email Emily Spiers. How does literary celebrity manifest in different genres? To what extent do authors, and ideas of authorship, translate from one medium to another, and how do the different genres themselves contribute to a growing discourse around individual literary celebrities? In this event...
Read MoreCFP Living Life in Public: Exploring the Private Lives of Celebrities
Call for Presentations Living Life in Public: Exploring the Private Lives of Celebrities The Celebrity Project: 4th Global Meeting Tuesday 28th July – Thursday 30th July 2015 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom From Dr Jackie Raphael, IDP Steering Group and CMCS Advisory Board Member Call for Presentations: Celebrities are “well-known” individuals who either by choice or by chance have achieved renown or infamy outside of personal and professional circles. Despite complaints that celebrities routinely make of the inconveniences of fame, many devote considerable...
Read MoreCFP Song, Stage and Screen X: “The Star System in Musical Theatre and Film”
Call for Papers Song, Stage and Screen X: “The Star System in Musical Theatre and Film” Regent’s University London June 24-26, 2015 “star” synonyms: celebrity, big name, celeb (informal), megastar, name, draw, idol, luminary, leading man or lady, lead, hero or heroine, principal, main attraction (Collins Dictionary) The entertainment industry has always relied extensively upon the lure and sales potential of stardom; not for nothing did MGM boast in the 1930s to have “More Stars Than There Are In Heaven”. Yet it seems that the whole concept of the larger-than-life artistic...
Read MorePersona Studies – Inaugural Issue
Persona Studies – Inaugural Issue From Kim Barbour The inaugural issue of Persona Studies is scheduled for open access publication in March 2015. This exciting new journal will be preceded by a Working Papers Symposium held in Melbourne, Australia on February 5 2015, with virtual participation welcome. Abstracts are now being sought for the symposium and/or the inaugural issue of the journal. Open Call: Research and writing on any aspect of persona and persona studies Persona studies is an emerging area of cross-disciplinary study that investigates the presentation of the self and the...
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