Posts Tagged "Royal fame"

CFP Special Issue: Meghan Markle and the British Royal Family

Posted on Oct 10, 2018 | 0 comments

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...

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Keeping up with the Windsors: Celebrity Culture and the British Royal Family

Posted on Aug 18, 2017 | 0 comments

Keeping up with the Windsors: Celebrity Culture and the British Royal Family Round-table discussion and Q&A, 29th August 2017, 6.30pm. Media Cafe, BBC New Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA. Tickets are free but attendees must be on the guestlist and will need to bring I.D. to be signed into the premises at reception. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keeping-up-with-the-windsors-celebrity-culture-the-british-royal-family-tickets-37008764210 Two days before the 20th anniversay of Princess Diana’s death, this event will offer a range of perspectives on the British...

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Interview on Donald Trump

Posted on Jun 1, 2016 | 0 comments

Would Donald Trump or a similar celebrity candidate could ever have as much success in Britain? Luke Terry interviews Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) scholars for his postgraduate research at City University in UK. Canada’s City TV interviews CMCS Director Dr Samita Nandy for further views on Donald Trump’s inauguration as President. Here are our views: “I do not believe a celebrity candidate would have similar success in the UK as there is less integration between celebrity and political spheres. While it must be recognised that a certain amount of...

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CFP: After-Image: Life-Writing and Celebrity 2015

Posted on Mar 27, 2015 | 0 comments

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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CFP Living Life in Public: Exploring the Private Lives of Celebrities

Posted on Feb 25, 2015 | 0 comments

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...

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