Words of care for Joshua Nathan On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) advisors and members, we gather with our colleagues and friends to remember our board member Joshua Nathan with deep honor. It is hard to say goodbye to Josh, especially since he forever lives in our memories and…
As part of the CMCS media outreach, Advisory Board member and Assistant Professor Dr Louis Massey wrote a critical letter to the editor that has been published in the National Post, August 2016. Read below: Scroll down and read “Fiction presented as reality” here: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/letters-penny-oleksiak-is-a-golden-inspiration
Cary Grant Comes Home For the Weekend Festival | 11-12 October 2014 | Bristol, UK From Dr Charlotte Crofts (UWE) and Dr Anna Farthing (Harvest) For full programme and how to book see: www.carycomeshome.co.uk Two seminal talks at Watershed offering a critical reappraisal of his life and work: Sat 11 October 10-12pm From Horfield…
URL: Edition 92 – Centre for Media & Celebrity Studies (CMCS) Welcome to our Fall edition! As we celebrate our 11th anniversary, we are excited to invite you to our upcoming panels. Please mark your calendars, share this invitation with colleagues and friends, and join us in the live public chat on our video channel: https://www.youtube.com/@cmcs_media. Links…
The following media & career workshop might be of interest to a wide range of scholars and practitioners. Please share widely with faculty and students. CFP deadline: February 15, 2017 www.esicore.org/events/denver2017.html Centre for Ecological, Social, and Informatics Cognitive Research (ESI.CORE) Inaugural Moving Forward International Conference Moving Forward: Where is the Journalist in Social Media? Metropolitan…
CFP: Edited Volume on Subalternity and Superheroism by Rafael Ponce-Cordero Working Title Can the Subaltern Be a Superhero? The Politics of Non-Hegemonic Superheroism Description Superheroes are, by definition, guardians of law and order, i.e. of the status quo. Not coincidentally, the majority of them—and certainly the most famous ones—are male, straight, and white. Yet there…
