Book 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 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...
Read MorePhD Studentship Opportunity
Shared by Kerstin Hacker URL: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BKI317/phd-studentship-opportunity-in-artists-at-home-self-representation-and-the-construction-of-celebrity-1870-1915/ PhD Studentship Opportunity in Artists at Home: Self-Representation and the Construction of Celebrity, 1870-1915 University of Surrey Qualification type: PhD Location: Guildford Funding for: UK Students, EU Students Funding amount: £14,777 Hours: Full Time Placed on: 6th June 2018 Closes: 21st June 2018 ★ View Employer Profile This collaborative doctoral project, supervised...
Read MoreEast Side Institute – A conversation with Dr. Samita Nandy (May 22, 2018)
A conversation with Dr. Samita Nandy Hosted by the East Side Institute Tuesday, May 22, 7-8:30pm 119 West 23rd Street, Suite 902 (between 6th and 7th Avenues) RSVP to mfridley@eastsideinstitute.org by May 20 Space is limited so RSVPs are...
Read MoreBook Launch: Trump and the Media
From Dove Helena Pedlosky TRUMP AND THE MEDIA Wednesday, April 18, 2018 // 6-8 PM 20 Cooper Square 5th floor NYC 10003 RSVP: https://ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-launch-trump-and-the-media/ NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to join for the launch of Trump and the Media, edited by Pablo J. Boczkowski and Zizi Papacharissi. Contributing authors Rodney Benson, Andew Mendelson and Julia Sonnvend will be present in conversation with Geneva Overholser. Donald Trump’s election as the 45th President of the United States came as something of a surprise—to many...
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