The Fan Studies Network

http://celebritystudiesconference.com

The 2^nd Celebrity Studies Journal conference has now been announced!

It will take place at Royal Holloway, London, 19-21 June, 2014.

The conference is organised by James Bennett & Su Holmes and will feature the following Keynote Speakers:

• Richard Dyer (Kings College, University of London)
• Diane Negra (University College Dublin)
• Sean Redmond (Deakin University, Melbourne)
• Mandy Merck (Royal Holloway, University of London)

The conference will be themed around questions of methodology: ‘Approaching celebrity’.

Call for Papers:

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.  click here 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).  click here for more info.

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

Successful abstracts notified by: December 6^th, 2013

Enquiries/abstracts to: celebritystudies@gmail.com
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
• Neoliberalism and celebrity

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