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CFP “Life-Writing and Celebrity”
Byadmin“Life-Writing and Celebrity: Exploring Intersections” Proposals are invited for the “Life-Writing and Celebrity” panel at the Conference of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) 22-26 Aug 2016, Galway, Ireland Co-convenors: Sandra Mayer, University of Vienna, Austria, sandra.mayer@univie.ac.at Julia Lajta-Novak, King’s College London, UK, julia.lajta-novak@kcl.ac.uk In recent years, life-writing and celebrity studies have…
PhD 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,…
Media Coverage: Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) on Humber News
ByadminCentre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) has been covered on Humber News: http://humbernews.ca/thousands-sign-petition-to-have-snoop-dogg-narrate-planet-earth/ Special thanks to the reporter Cheyenne Lynch for the excellent coverage. For additional views by CMCS Director Dr Samita Nandy, visit https://samitanandy.wordpress.com/2016/02/05/interview-on-snoop-dogg-and-the-bbc/
CFP Making Stars: Biography and Eighteenth-Century Celebrity
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Persona 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…