Centre 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/
Call for Papers – Stardom and Fandom Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA) 39th Annual Conference, February 7-10, 2018 Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.southwestpca.org Proposal submission deadline: November 15, 2017 Proposals for papers and panels are now being accepted for the 39th annual SWPACA conference. One of the…
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,…
Women on Air Conference at City University From Professor Suzanne Franks May 19, 2016 10.00am – 4 pm Open to public Admission Price: Free to attend, places are limited and must be booked in advance. Sign up for this event Booking NOW for the second Women on Air Conference. Bang up-to-the-minute new figures on the number…
From Daniel Dove Call for Papers: Death and Celebrity Wednesday 6th June 2018, University of Portsmouth Keynote Speakers: Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce, University of York Dr Samantha Matthews, University of Bristol ‘Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil’ (John Milton) ‘Fame is a food that dead men eat’ (Henry Austin Dobson) …
CALL FOR PAPERS Playful Encounters: Interdisciplinary engagements with play, creativity, entertainment, and fun University of Nottingham Ningbo China September 29th – 30th, 2018 Playful Encounters ‘Play is free movement within a more rigid structure’ (Salen and Zimmerman, 2004, p.304) “… law and order, commerce and profit, craft and art, poetry, wisdom and science. All are…
Theorising the Popular Conference 2018 Liverpool Hope University, July 11th-12th 2018 Deadline for abstracts: March 23, 2018 The Popular Culture Research Group at Liverpool Hope University is delighted to announce its eighth annual international conference, ‘Theorising the Popular’. Building on the success of previous years, the 2018 conference aims to highlight the intellectual originality, depth and breadth…
