<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"><font color="#000000">On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, we are pleased to announce that the January 2016 edition of </font><a href="http://eepurl.com/bOPaIj"><font color="#000000"><i>Celebrity Culture and Social Inquiry</i> </font></a></font><font color="#000000">has been published. </font></span></p><font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">The January 2016 edition includes</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">:</span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">3<sup>rd</sup> International CMCS Conference</font></span></b><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"> <b><i>Bridging Gaps: What are the media, publicists and celebrities selling?</i></b> <br>Early bird registration deadline extended to February 29, 2016<br></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><a href="http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5674&id=7d8b2c9a64&e=9b4b89800a" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/barcelona/</font></a></span></font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><br><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p></li><li style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">3rd International Celebrity Studies Conference: Authenticating Celebrity</font></span></b></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Early bird registration now available at </font><a href="http://celebritystudiesconference.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://celebritystudiesconference.com/</font></a></span></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p></li><li style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">Call for Chapters</span></b>: Mysterious Ways: U2 and Religion</font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><br><font color="#000000"></font></span></p></li></ul><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Call for Papers:</font></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> “Life-Writing and Celebrity: Exploring Intersections”<br><br><strong></strong></font></span></p></li><li style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Book Releases</font></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">:<br><br></font></span></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System</font></span></i></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Shah Rukh Khan and Global Bollywood</font></span></i></p><p 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Open access fees will be waived for the inaugural edition. </font></span></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></b></p></li><li style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Upcoming Symposium<br><br></font></span></b></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Surface and Substance: Reflections on the Male Star</font></span></i></p><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></b></p></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 23.05pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">You may now access the newsletter for printing or review here: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><a href="http://eepurl.com/bOPaIj"><font color="#000000">http://eepurl.com/bOPaIj</font></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font><div style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt 23.05pt;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, sign up </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><a href="http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5674&id=c0075e3a74" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">here</font></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt">. 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Toronto: WaterHill Publishing <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)"><a href="mailto:samitanandy@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font color="#666666" size="1">URL</font></a><font color="#666666" size="1">: </font></font><a href="http://www.cmc-centre.com/" target="_blank"></a><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.cmc-centre.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#666666" size="1">http://www.cmc-centre.com/</font></a><font color="#666666" size="1"> | </font><a href="http://www.samitanandy.com" target="_blank"><font color="#666666" size="1" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">www.samitanandy.com</font></a></font></div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></font></font></font></div></font></font><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="1"><font face="Arial" size="1"><font color="#0d0d0d" face="TimesNewRoman,Italic" size="1"><font color="#0d0d0d" face="TimesNewRoman,Italic" size="1"><font color="#0d0d0d" face="TimesNewRoman,Italic" size="1"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#444444"><font color="#444444"><font color="#666666"><font color="#000000"><font color="#666666"><font color="#666666"><font color="#666666"><font color="#0d0d0d" face="TimesNewRoman" size="1"><font color="#0d0d0d" face="TimesNewRoman" size="1"><font color="#444444" face="TimesNewRoman" size="1"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"></font><font color="#444444"></font></font><font color="#444444"></font></font><font color="#444444"></font></font><font color="#444444"></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font color="#666666" size="1"><br></font></div><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.cmc-centre.com" target="_blank"><img width="200" height="47" alt="www.cmc-centre.com" src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B_ckFM3USjxHbHBFcDNRSUdIMkk&export=download"></a><a href="http://www.cmc-centre.com/celebritychat" target="_blank"><img width="136" height="56" style="margin-right: 0px;" alt="www.cmc-centre.com/celebritychat" src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B_ckFM3USjxHeEhkUTEzV2stWEk&export=download"></a><br></div></font></font></font></font></div></div></div></div></div><font face="Arial"><span></span></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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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