<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The upcoming conference <em>Bridging Gaps: Where is the Persona in Celebrity and Journalism?</em> in New York City on September 2-3, 2015 might be of interest to faculty and graduate students examining celebrity culture. We have just a few seats left for guest registration. </font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The full conference program is available for download as a PDF file </font><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_ckFM3USjxHTzY1dnZEd25WeUk/view" target="_blank"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">here</font></a><font color="#222222" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</font></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font color="#222222" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font></span></span><br></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">Special
thanks to Routledge Taylor and Francis Group for <i>Media and Cultural Studies</i> and <i>Celebrity Studies</i> collections.</span></font></span></span></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To stay informed about future events and research updates, interested staff and students can email </font><a href="mailto:info@cmc-centre.com" target="_blank"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">info@cmc-centre.com</font></a><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> to join our mailing list.</font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Best,</font></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#666666"><br></font></font></font></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="1"><font color="#666666"><strong><img width="93" height="96" src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B_ckFM3USjxHMnRpV2FNU1ZLZzg&revid=0B_ckFM3USjxHa2xSWlk5ZysvZDZXSFk4UmRjaS84ME1XcDJjPQ"></strong></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="1"><font color="#666666"><strong>Dr Samita Nandy<br></strong></font><font color="#666666">Director, Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS)<br>Author, <em>Fame in Hollywood North</em>. Toronto: WaterHill Publishing (forthcoming), 2015 <br>Reviewer, Routledge, SAGE Publications and Wilfred Laurier University Press<br>PhD Curtin University, Australia (Media / Celebrity)</font></font></font></font></font></div></div><font size="1"></font><div><font size="1"><font color="#666666" face="Arial" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">MA and BA York University, Canada (Communication)<br></font></font></div><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#666666" size="1">URL: <a href="http://www.cmc-centre.com">http://www.cmc-centre.com</a></font><font color="#666666" size="1"> @celeb_studies </font></font></div></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>