[ecrea] Celebrity Studies Conference: 2014 CFP

Any questions to (celebritystudies /at/ gmail.com) please!


2nd Biannual Celebrity Studies Journal Conference – CFP

http://celebritystudiesconference.com

When: June 19-21, 2014

Where: Royal Holloway, University of London

Deadline for abstracts: November 4th, 2013 (250 words, +50 word bio)

Successful abstracts notified by: December 6th, 2013

Enquiries/abstracts to: (celebritystudies /at/ gmail.com)

Organisers: James Bennett and Su Holmes

Follow us on Twitter or join the conversation: @CSJcelebstudies 
#celebstudies



Routledge and Royal Holloway, University of London are pleased to 
announce the 2nd biannual Celebrity Studies Journal conference: 
‘Approaching celebrity’.



Confirmed keynote speakers:

·
Richard Dyer (Kings College, University of London)

·
Diane Negra (University College Dublin)

·
Mandy Merck (Royal Holloway, University of London)

·
Sean Redmond (Deakin University, Melbourne)

Theme

The 2nd Celebrity Studies Journal conference will be themed around 
questions of methodology: ‘Approaching celebrity’. We invite abstracts 
for individual 20minute papers or pre-constituted panels of 3 x 20minute 
papers that speak to this theme or on any topic in celebrity studies.



We also invite submissions for Pecha Kucha style presentations, either 
individually or as part of a pre-constituted panel of 3-4 speakers. See 
the website for more info.



PhD Competition

A travel bursary and fee waiver will be available to the best two 
abstract submissions (including abstracts for Pecha Kucha 
presentations). See the website for more info.



A special issue of the best papers from the conference will be published 
in Celebrity Studies Journal in 2015.



Possible topics include, but are not limited to:



· Method: how to do celebrity studies

· The celebrity studies canon

· The value of fame

· Celebrity and power

· Star and celebrity images

· Pop stardom

· National cinema, international stars

· The TV Personality

· Celebrity and performance

· Digital platforms

· DIY celeb

· Ordinary celebrity

· Austerity and celebrity

· American Quality TV

· Entrepreneurial celebrity

· Celebrity fandom

· Literary celebrity

· Queer celebrity

· The celebrity ambassador

· Fame damage

· Celebrity affect, emotion

· Celebrity and gender

· Anti-celebrity

· The phenomenology of celebrity

· Cult stardom and celebrity

· Charisma and celebrity

· Pathology and celebrity

· Toxic celebrity

· Celebrity and news

· The sexualisation of celebrity

· Celebrity art/artists

· Race, ethnicity and celebrity

· Celebrity and persona

· Porn stars

· Sport and celebrity

· Gaming and celebrity culture

· Political fame

· Celebrity’s right to privacy

· Leveson inquiry and celebrity

· Reality TV
Dr James Bennett
Reader in Television & Digital Culture
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Department of Media Arts
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham
TW20 0EX
Twitter: @james_a_bennett
@CSJcelebstudies
Ph: 01784 443 940
Fax: 01784 443832


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