Bridging Gaps: Where is the Persona in Celebrity and Journalism? The Terrace Club 25 W. 51st St. (Off Fifth Ave.) New York, NY September 2-3, 2015 In tabloid journalism and in social media, gossip, rumors and scandals about celebrities develop intimacy among fans. Such gossip and rumour mongering serves a purpose in society: to build a…
Oberto Conference 2015: Opera and Celebrity Oxford Brookes University Tuesday 8 September 2015 From the castrati of the 18th century and the prima donnas of the 19th century to the star singers of the present day, opera has long been associated with celebrity culture. Although operatic celebrities were never just famous for being famous, many…
A Genre Approach to Celebrity Politics (2015) By Nahuel Ribke (Tel Aviv University). Published by Palgrave MacMillan The study of celebrities has been the focus of several works from two main fields: Cultural Studies and Political Communication. But up until now, such works have produced only fragmented views of links between celebrity culture, the entertainment…
From Margaret Redlich at mredlich21@gmail.com Call for Papers Midwest Popular Culture Association Annual Conference 2015 Oct. 1-4 Cincinnati, OH Submission Deadline: May 15, 2015 Bollywood comes to Ohio! Do you have deep thoughts on Shahrukh Khan? How about Yo Yo Honey Singh or Balaji soaps? Or the recent re-imagining of the Mahabharata on TV? Talks…
Call for Papers: After-Image: Life-Writing and Celebrity Saturday, 19 September 2015 The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) and the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) at Wolfson College, Oxford With funding from the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, and the Centre for Life-Writing Research at King’s College London…
From Dr Rebecca Braun @braunbraun4 and @AuthorsWorld An AHRC-funded project at Lancaster, Authors and the World, is exploring literary celebrity in upcoming events in March and July: Conference: Discourse on Literary Celebrity across Genres 12 & 13 March 2015, Lancaster University To register email Emily Spiers. How does literary celebrity manifest in different genres? To…
Call for Papers: “Performing Stardom”: New Methods in Critical Star Studies Friday 29th May, 2015 NoRMMA (Network of Research: Movies, Magazines, Audiences), University of Kent, UK NoRMMA invites proposals for an interdisciplinary conference on non-traditional approaches to star studies research. The one-day event will be held at the University of Kent on May 29th, 2015. Confirmed…
Public Culture Special Issue “Celebrities and Publics in the Internet Era On the occasion of the publication of “Celebrities and Publics in the Internet Era,” Public Culture and the Institute for Public Knowledge led a discussion with contributing authors Sharon Marcus, Alice Marwick, Susan Murray, and Dana Polan. The event was moderated by Terri Senft and followed by a reception with the…
Call for Presentations Living Life in Public: Exploring the Private Lives of Celebrities The Celebrity Project: 4th Global Meeting Tuesday 28th July – Thursday 30th July 2015 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom From Dr Jackie Raphael, IDP Steering Group and CMCS Advisory Board Member Call for Presentations: Celebrities are “well-known” individuals who either by…
Call for Papers Song, Stage and Screen X: “The Star System in Musical Theatre and Film” Regent’s University London June 24-26, 2015 “star” synonyms: celebrity, big name, celeb (informal), megastar, name, draw, idol, luminary, leading man or lady, lead, hero or heroine, principal, main attraction (Collins Dictionary) The entertainment industry has always relied extensively upon…
