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CFP: Starring Asia
BySamita Nandy April 30, 2019August 12, 2025

Starring Asia: A Three-Day international Conference on Asian Stardom and Celebrity Posted by Sean Redmond https://networks.h-net.org/node/22055/discussions/3815823/starring-asia-three-day-international-conference-asian-stardom Starring Asia A Three-Day international Conference on Asian Stardom and Celebrity Date: 2-4 December 2019 Venue: Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Conference and Event Organisers: Shenshen Cai (Swinburne University of Technology), Glen Donnar (RMIT University), Koichi Iwabuchi (Monash University), Vikrant Kishore…

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CFP NYC 2019 CMCS Bridging Gaps: Refashioning Stories for Celebrity Counterpublics
BySamita Nandy January 5, 2019August 12, 2025

2019 CMCS New York City, USA CMCS 8th International ConferenceBridging Gaps: Re-Fashioning Stories for Celebrity Counterpublics The Terrace Club / Club Quarters (across NBC)New York City, USAAugust 30 – September 1, 2019Abstract deadline: February 28, 2019 CALL FOR PAPERS: In the recent past, there has been an increased interest in exploring intersections of life writing and…

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CFP Inaugural International Persona Studies Conference
BySamita Nandy October 10, 2018August 12, 2025

From Bethany Usher Inaugural International Persona Studies Conference Tuesday 25th June to Wednesday June 26 2019, at Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK. The Persona Studies journal and Newcastle University are pleased to announce the inaugural International Persona Studies Conference Keynote Speakers Prof. P.David Marshall, Deakin University, Melbourne. Prof. Anne Jerslev, University of Copenhagen….

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CFP All About Bette: The Cultural Legacies of Bette Davis
BySamita Nandy March 2, 2018August 12, 2025

All About Bette: The Cultural Legacies of Bette Davis Northwestern University, October 5-6, 2018 Join us in a two-day conference about all things Bette Davis, from the industries that created her, to the actress herself as an industry. Davis remains emblematic of the historical era of Classical Hollywood Cinema (1929-1960), the aesthetic practices we describe as…

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CFP Negotiating Tragedy at University of Texas at Dallas
BySamita Nandy November 9, 2017August 12, 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS From CMCS member and UT Dallas Graduate Student Senator Diana Miller University of Texas at Dallas Arts & Humanities Graduate Student Association utd.gsa@gmail.com February 24, 2018 Theme: Negotiating Tragedy Submission Deadline: December 1st, 2017 Keynote Speaker: Karen Kelsky, “The Professor is In” The Arts & Humanities Graduate Student Association of the University…

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CMCS 2017 CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
BySamita Nandy March 26, 2017August 12, 2025

Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) 5th International Conference Bridging Gaps: Where is the Critic in Television Journalism? CUNY Graduate School of Journalism New York City, USA August 31 – September 1, 2017 Select Option B (full time faculty or Option D (students / precariously employed) to register. CUNY alumni and non-presenters can…

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Denver 2017 Media & Career Workshop “Finding Your Voice”
BySamita Nandy January 31, 2017August 12, 2025

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…

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CFP Moving Forward: Where is the Journalist in Social Media?
BySamita Nandy December 27, 2016August 12, 2025

Centre for Ecological, Social, and Informatics Cognitive Research (ESI.CORE) Inaugural International Conference Moving Forward: Where is the Journalist in Social Media? SpringHill Suites Downtown Denver Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, Colorado USA June 23-24, 2017 Call for Papers: In the current political climate, the constructions of celebrity leaders and popular forms of mediated truths,…

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Los Angeles 2017 Bridging Gaps: Where is the film scholar in Hollywood filmmaking?
BySamita Nandy September 13, 2016August 12, 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) 4th International Conference Bridging Gaps: Where is the film scholar in Hollywood filmmaking? Performance Café, University of Southern California Los Angeles, USA March 17 – 19, 2017 There have been significant debates on gaps between filmmakers and film scholars. Film scholars have been critical of…

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2016 CMCS Beyoncé Debate
Byadmin June 1, 2016August 12, 2025

2016 CMCS Beyoncé Debate Are public responses to Beyoncé feminism as politically daring as some of her performances are? While many scholars, critics, and journalists have problematized her feminism, especially in relation to her recent album Lemonade, there is necessity for reading her cultural productions in celebrity feminism and debunk political correctedness in the marketing…

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