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…
Dr Joyleen Christensen https://www.newcastle.edu.au/research-and-innovation/graduate-research/phd-scholarships/phd-scholarships/celebrity-and-fan-cultures One PhD Scholarship is available through the Faculty of Education and Arts at the University of Newcastle for a research program in celebrity and fan cultures under the supervision of Dr Joyleen Christensen. Expressions of interest are being sought from highly motivated and enthusiastic applicants interested in pursuing an intensive PhD…
Media and Publication Updates Dr Samita Nandy’s review of Professor Sean Redmond’s book Celebrity and Media has been published at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19392397.2016.1187867. We are truly proud of Redmond’s exceptional contribution to the field. In other news, CMCS Director Dr Samita Nandy was covered in Vancouver Sun Media’s 24 Hours. Read “Celebrity 101” at eedition.vancouver.24hrs.ca/epaper/viewer.aspx (May 25, 2016,…
From Inaugural Celebrity Studies Journal Conference & Claire Spence (Taylor & Francis Group) Routledge is very proud to present the Media Focus collection, a series of carefully selected articles examining the impact of various elements of modern culture. Part one investigates the influence, power and reach of Celebrities. In a world where Twitter, Instagram and gossip blogs…
Call for Papers: Fame-inism: Feminism and Global Celebrity Culture Special Issue of Celebrity Studies Guest Editors: Kirsty Fairclough-Isaacs, University of Salford, UK Natasha Patterson, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Camilla A. Sears, Thompson Rivers University, Canada For this special issue of Celebrity Studies, the editors are seeking proposals on the topic of feminism and…
The Centre for Life-Writing Research at King’s College London was delighted to host ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashian Decade’, a short symposium on life-writing in the age of the Kardashians. Organised by Rob Gallagher (KCL, Postdoctoral Research Associate) and Oline Eaton (KCL, CLWR Visiting Research Fellow) as a part of Ego-Media, the afternoon featured talks…
