[Commlist] CFP: The Third International Asian Stardom, Celebrity and Fandom Conference

We are excited to share our plans for the *Third International Asian 
Stardom, Celebrity and Fandom Conference* to be held at the School of 
International Communications, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 
from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th October, 2026.

*The Technologies of Asian stardom, celebrity and fandom*
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*Keynote: *Associate Professor Ling Yang, School of Film, Xiamen 
University, China*
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The conference theme centres on how the formations, productions and 
receptions of Asian stardom, celebrity and fandom have been transformed 
by post digital technologies, platformization, and the radical placidity 
of generative and agentic AI. These new technological affordances both 
splinter the way stardom, celebrity and fandom are encountered, and 
reconstitute their commercial and capitalist productions and creations.

The conference asks, in the age of the technological production of Asian 
stardom, celebrity and fandom, what has changed and why, and with what 
social, political and economic implications?

*Indicative Topics include:*
AI generated Asian stardom, celebrity and fandom;
The platformization of Asian stardom, celebrity and fandom;
Post digital Asian star and celebrity images, productions, and receptions;
Digital Asian fandom;
The dematerialisation of Asian stardom, celebrity, and fandom;
Gaming Asian fame;
Post digital sexuality and biopower in/through Asian stars and celebrities;
The virtual production of Asian stardom, celebrity, and fandom;
TikTok and bite size Asian stardom, celebrity, and fandom;
Mobile and virtual politics and publics: liquid Asian celebrity culture;
Asian Internet-celebrities and the re-commercialisation of fame;
The void, the emptiness, the joy of deep fakes in Asian celebrity culture;
Virtual idols in Asia;
Wanghong (influencer) cultures in Asia;
Transnational celebrity and fandom in the digital era;
Self-representations of celebrities on social media;
Celebrities as live-streamers;
Celebrities and live commerce;
Aging stars and their digital strategies for re-celebrification and 
de-aging;
Online traffic stars;
Vulnerability of celebrities in the digital era.

*Submission guidelines*

*Single Abstracts* should include title, 350 words summary, and a brief bio.

*Panel submissions (3/4 papers)*
Should include panel title, aim of the panel (250 words), and individual 
abstracts of 350 words, plus brief bios of each panel member.

The best papers from the conference will form an edited collection for 
the book series /Asian Celebrity and Fandom Studies/ (Bloomsbury 
Academic) and a proposal will also be submitted for a Special Edition of 
a Q1 cultural or media studies journal.

Deadline for submissions: *Monday, March 30th, 2026*

Send submissions to:(asianstardom /at/ nottingham.edu.cn) 
<mailto:(asianstardom /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)>

Questions and queries to:
Sean Redmond:(sean.redmond /at/ rmit.edu.au) <mailto:(sean.redmond /at/ rmit.edu.au)>
Jian Xu:(j.xu /at/ deakin.edu.au) <mailto:(j.xu /at/ deakin.edu.au)>
Vikrant Kishore:(Vikrant.Kishore /at/ nottingham.edu.cn) 
<mailto:(Vikrant.Kishore /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)>

Further information:https://lnkd.in/g26UDwnY <https://lnkd.in/g26UDwnY>


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