[Commlist] Call for Papers: The Second International Asian Stardom and Celebrity Conference

*Call for Papers*

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*The Second International Asian Stardom and Celebrity Conference*

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*Conference title: */Diplomacy, Politics, Activism, Ambassadorship: The 
Politicisation of Celebrity in Asia/

*Dates:*27-29 November 2023

*Venue: *The conference will be held at the Tsinghua Southeast Asia 
Centre in Bali (Kura Kura)

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*Convenors: *Prof Sean Redmond (Deakin), Dr Jian Xu (Deakin) and A/Prof 
Li Zhang (Tsinghua)

*Deadline for abstracts and panel submissions: Monday 8^th May *

*Confirmed Keynote:* Professor Crystal Abidin and ARC DECRA Fellow 
<https://wishcrys.com/decra/> in Internet Studies at Curtin University, 
Australia.

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*The Asian Media, Culture and Society Network at Deakin University*, and 
*the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University,* 
invite you to submit individual abstracts and panel proposals to present 
at the Second International Asian Stardom and Celebrity Conference to be 
held at the Tsinghua Southeast Asia Centre in Bali (Kura Kura) from the 
27-29 November 2023.

The conference theme centres on the relationship between politics and 
celebrity culture, with a particular focus on diplomacy, ambassadorship, 
and activism. We are interested in receiving papers that both explore 
the political dimensions of stardom and celebrity in relation to 
national cultures and to regional and transnational co-ordinates. We 
imagine Asia to be a broad geopolitical space to include the Chinese 
mainland, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Japan, 
South and North Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Syria 
Lanka, amongst others.

Papers and panels can take a historical and contemporary view, be case 
study focused, or they can develop layered and contextual accounts of 
the politicisation of celebrity in Asia. Papers and panels can emerge 
from any discipline or through inter and cross disciplinary formations.

We also welcome papers and panels that discuss other stardom, celebrity 
and fandom issues in Asia beyond the conference theme on the 
politicisation of celebrity.

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*Indicative Topics include but are not limited to: *

The Asian star or celebrity ambassador

Asian Star-celebrity politicians

The politicisation of Asian star and celebrity images/brands/personae

Political resistance and celebrity in Asia

Asian Fan and/or celebrity activism

Celebrity diplomacy and charity in Asia

Gender and political resistance/protest in Asian fandom

Sexuality and biopower through Asian stars and celebrities

Underground celebrity politics

Soft power and Asian stars and celebrities

Mobile and virtual politics: liquid Asian celebrity culture

K-pop fandom and social movements

Celebrity governance in Asia

Asian celebrity citizenship and the pandemic/post-pandemic

Asian Internet-celebrities and politics

Transnational Asian idols and stars as political signs

*Single Abstracts*

Should include title, 350 words summary, and a brief bio.

*Panel submissions (3 or 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.

*Publication opportunity*

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 
the SSCI-indexed and Scimago Q1 journal, /Celebrity Studies/.

*Deadline for abstracts and panel submissions: Monday 8^th May *

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*Send abstracts and panel submissions to: 
**(asiancelebrity2023 /at/ gmail.com)* <mailto:(asiancelebrity2023 /at/ gmail.com)>

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*Questions and queries to:*

*Sean Redmond: **(s.redmond /at/ deakin.edu.au)* <mailto:(s.redmond /at/ deakin.edu.au)>**

*Jian Xu: **(j.xu /at/ deakin.edu.au)* <mailto:(j.xu /at/ deakin.edu.au)>**

*Li Zhang: **(izhang11 /at/ mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)* 
<mailto:(izhang11 /at/ mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)>**


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