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*CFP: Transformations in Celebrity Culture: The Fifth International

Celebrity Studies Conference*



Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 June, 2020 | University of Winchester, UK.



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Sponsored by the Culture-Media-Text Research Centre

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Faculty of Arts, University of Winchester.







Routledge and the University of Winchester are delighted to announce

Transformations in Celebrity Culture:  The Fifth International Celebrity

Studies Journal conference.



*Keynote speakers (confirmed)*:



●     Dr. Nandana Bose, FLAME University, India.



●     Dr. Anthea Taylor, University of Sydney, Australia.



●     Prof. Brenda R. Weber, Indiana University Bloomington, USA.



●     Dr. Milly Williamson, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.



Celebrity Studies is now a rich, diverse and established field of academic

study that focuses on the production, reception, and functions - social,

psychological and textual - of a wide range of public figures. Building on

theories of spectacle (Boorstin 1961), histories of fame (Braudy 1986), and

studies of stardom (Dyer 1979, 1986; Gledhill 1991; Stacey 1994), the

academic study of celebrity was given shape around the turn of the century

by a number of seminal books (DeCordova 1990; Gamson 1994; Marshall 1997;

Turner, Bonner and Marshall 2000; Giles 2000; Rojek 2001; Turner 2004),

readers (Marshall 2006; Redmond and Holmes 2007), and edited collections

(Holmes and Redmond 2006; Negra and Holmes 2011). The last decade has seen

the publication of new editions of now-classic books (Turner 2014; Marshall

2014), new histories of celebrity (Inglis 2010; Lilti 2017), and a

sustained expansion in myriad exciting directions, including online fame

(Marwick 2013), celebrity politics (Wheeler 2013), celebrity and the

environment (Brockington 2009), transnational stardom (Meeuf and Raphael

2013), celebrity and ‘race’ (Mask 2009), celebrity feminism (Taylor 2017),

celebrity and ageing (Jermyn 2014), celebrity and disability (Howe and

Parker 2012), the political economy of celebrity (Williamson 2016),

queering celebrity (Halberstam 2013), celebrity and religion (Weber 2019),

and literary celebrity (Honings and Franssen 2017), among many others.



Since it first appeared in 2010 under the editorship of Sean Redmond and Su

Holmes, the Routledge journal Celebrity Studies has become a key

international publication in the field, providing an essential platform for

the best new critical scholarship on celebrity and stardom. Following

successful conferences in Melbourne, London, Amsterdam, and Rome,

Transformations in Celebrity Culture thus provides the opportunity to both

celebrate and take critical stock of the developments that shaped and shook

the field during the first 10 years of Celebrity Studies journal, and to

look forward into the future. In an era marked by crisis and anxiety, how

has our understanding of stardom changed? What has been the impact of

social, political, cultural and economic developments on the cultures of

celebrity? Do we discern new, alternative forms of renown?



The conference committee invites abstracts for :



●     Individual 20-minute papers



●     Pre-constituted panels comprising 3 x 20 minute papers



●     Individual short papers for work-in-progress masterclasses (for

postgraduates and Early Career Researchers)



Topics might include, but are not limited to:



The celebrity studies canon / Methodologies in celebrity studies /

Celebrity and technology / Star and celebrity branding / National,

international, and transnational stars / Reality TV and celebrity /

Post-network TV celebrity / Microcelebrity / Celebrity Influencers / DIY

celebrity / Local celebrity / Celebrity and politics / Celebrity and

austerity / Entrepreneurial celebrity / Celebrity and power / Celebrity

historiography / Literary celebrity / Sport and celebrity / Music and

celebrity / Royalty and other ascribed celebrity / Family dynasties /

Celebrity couples / Queer celebrity / Fame damage / Celebrity and affect /

Celebrity and gender / Celebrity and genre / Anti-celebrity / The

phenomenology of celebrity / Cult stardom and celebrity / Music and

celebrity / Charisma and celebrity / Pathology and celebrity / Toxic

celebrity / Celebrity and news / Celebrity, sex and sexuality / Illness,

disability and celebrity / Celebrity art and artists / Celebrity and class

/ ‘Race’, ethnicity and celebrity / Celebrity and persona / Video games and

celebrity / Extreme celebrity / Celebrity and crime / Celebrity and privacy

/ Celebrity and pornography / Celebrity and authenticity / Fame in virtual

reality / Celebrity and fandoms / Celebrity and memory / Posthumous

celebrity / Celebrity pilgrimages







*Deadline for abstracts*: 1 October 2019.



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*Individual abstracts*: 350 words | 50-word biography.



*Pre-constituted panel abstracts*: 150-word overview | 3 x 350-word

abstracts | 3 x 50-word bios | Name of lead contact and panel chair.



*ECR Masterclasses*(for advanced PhDs or early-stage postdocs): Short

outline of work (PhD thesis, chapter, project...) in progress: 150-350

words | 50-word biography | Sessions will include informal discussion,

moderated by members of the conference organization team, and sharing of

ideas in a safe and constructive environment; feedback will be offered from

keynote speakers and relevant senior academics.



*Notifications of acceptance*: 1 December 2019.



Abstracts should be submitted on Word documents. Please abide by the

maximum word limits.



Stipends will be awarded for the most promising abstract and best

conference presentation by postgraduate students. Please indicate on your

abstract if you wish to be considered for these.



A special issue of the best papers from the conference will be published in

Celebrity Studies Journal in 2021.







*Organising Committee*



Neil Ewen (chair), University of Winchester



Shelley Cobb, University of Southampton



Gaston Franssen, University of Amsterdam



David Giles, University of Winchester



Hannah Hamad, Cardiff University



Laura Hubner, University of Winchester



Erin Meyers, Oakland University



Sean Redmond, Deakin University



James Rendell, University of South Wales



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