<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,</p><p class="MsoNormal">With just one month to go until our deadlines for abstracts, we’re delighted to announce that we have added Professor Nick Couldry (Goldsmiths, University of London) to our already fabulous line up of keynote speakers, including:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Richard Dyer (Kings College, University of London)</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Diane Negra (University College Dublin)</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Mandy Merck (Royal Holloway, University of London)</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Sean Redmond (Deakin University, Melbourne)</p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The details of the CFP are below.</p><p class="MsoNormal">All the best</p><p class="MsoNormal">James and Su</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>When:</b> June 19-21, 2014</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Where:</b> Royal Holloway, University of London</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Deadline for abstracts:</b> <span lang="EN-US">November 4<sup>th</sup>, 2013</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> </span>(250 words, +50 word bio)<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Successful abstracts notified by: </b>December 6<sup>th</sup>, 2013</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Enquiries/abstracts to: </b><a href="mailto:celebritystudies@gmail.com">celebritystudies@gmail.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">Follow us on Twitter or join the conversation: @CSJcelebstudies #celebstudies</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Routledge and Royal Holloway, University of London are pleased to announce the 2<sup>nd</sup> biannual <i>Celebrity Studies Journal</i> conference: ‘Approaching celebrity’.<span> </span></p><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Confirmed keynote speakers:</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Richard Dyer (Kings College, University of London)</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Diane Negra (University College Dublin)</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Mandy Merck (Royal Holloway, University of London)</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Sean Redmond (Deakin University, Melbourne)</p><div>Nick Couldry (Goldsmiths, University of London)</div></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Theme<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The 2<sup>nd</sup> <i>Celebrity Studies Journal</i> 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.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">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 <a href="http://celebritystudiesconference.com/pecha-kucha">website for more info</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>PhD Competition</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">A travel bursary and fee waiver will be available to the best two abstract submissions (including abstracts for Pecha Kucha presentations). See the <a href="http://celebritystudiesconference.com/phd-competition">website for more info</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">A special issue of the best papers from the conference will be published in <i>Celebrity Studies Journal</i> in 2015.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Possible topics include, but are not limited to:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Method: how to do celebrity studies</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>The celebrity studies canon</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>The value of fame</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Celebrity and power</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Star and celebrity images</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Pop stardom</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>National cinema, international stars</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>The TV Personality</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Celebrity and performance</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Digital platforms</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>DIY celeb</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Ordinary celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Austerity and celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>American Quality TV</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Entrepreneurial celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Celebrity fandom</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Literary celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Queer celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>The celebrity ambassador</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Fame damage</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Celebrity affect, emotion</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Celebrity and gender</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Anti-celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>The phenomenology of celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Cult stardom and celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Charisma and celebrity<i><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Pathology and celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Toxic celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Celebrity and news</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>The sexualisation of celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Celebrity art/artists</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Race, ethnicity and celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Celebrity and persona</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Porn stars</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Sport and celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Gaming and celebrity culture</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Political fame</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Celebrity’s right to privacy</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Leveson inquiry and celebrity</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 21.3pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span>Reality TV</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dr James Bennett<br>Reader in Television & Digital Culture<br>Undergraduate Admissions Tutor<br>Department of Media Arts<br>Royal Holloway, University of London<br>Egham <br>TW20 0EX<br>Twitter: @james_a_bennett</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">@CSJcelebstudies<br>Ph: 01784 443 940<br>Fax: 01784 443832<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dr James Bennett<br>Reader in Television & Digital Culture<br>Undergraduate Admissions Tutor<br>Department of Media Arts<br>Royal Holloway, University of London<br>Egham <br>TW20 0EX<br>Twitter: @james_a_bennett</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">@CSJcelebstudies<br>Ph: 01784 443 940<br>Fax: 01784 443832<br></div><div><br></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dr James Bennett<br>Reader in Television & Digital Culture<br>Undergraduate Admissions Tutor<br>Department of Media Arts<br>Royal Holloway, University of London<br>Egham <br>TW20 0EX<br>Twitter: @james_a_bennett</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">@CSJcelebstudies<br>Ph: 01784 443 940<br>Fax: 01784 443832<br></div><div><br></div></span></span></div></body></html>