<div dir="ltr"><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, we are pleased to announce that the February 2016 edition of <i>Celebrity Culture and Social Inquiry</i></font><font color="#000000"> has been published.  </font></font></span></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 0pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>The February 2016 edition includes</u>:</font></font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></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><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3<font size="2">^rd International CMCS Conference</font></font></b><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <b><i>Bridging Gaps: What are the media, publicists and celebrities selling?</i></b> <br></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Accepted delegates are encouraged to complete early bird registration by Monday, February 29, 2016. <font color="#000000">Guidelines to short listed candidates will be sent shortly.</font><br></font><a href="http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5674&amp;id=7d8b2c9a64&amp;e=9b4b89800a" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/barcelona/</font></span></a><br><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></font></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:bold"><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3rd International Celebrity Studies Conference: Authenticating Celebrity</font></b></p><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Early bird registration available at </font><a href="http://celebritystudiesconference.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://celebritystudiesconference.com/</font></span></a></p><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal"><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>CFP 4<font size="2">^th International </font>Fan Studies Network Conference 2016<br></strong><a href="https://fanstudies.org/"><font color="#000000">https://fanstudies.org/</font></a></font><br><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Deadline: Sunday, February 28, 2016</font></p></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="font-style:italic;font-weight:normal"><p style="background:white;line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Call for Contributors:</strong> <em>Hooray for Hollywood: A Cultural Encyclopedia of America’s Dream Factory</em></font></p><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></i></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-weight:normal"><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><strong><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">CFP</font></strong><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> National Populists: Right-wing Celebrity Politicians in Contemporary Europe (Special Issue of Celebrity Studies)</font></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="line-height:115%"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></span></i></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-weight:normal"><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Special Editions</b> “The Blond Issue” and “Fifty Shades of Grey&quot;</font></p><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></i></p></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:normal"><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Media Coverage  <br></font></b><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) has been covered for informed opinions on BBC, Jimmy Kimmel Live show, and the Snoop Dogg petition in Humber News.<br></font></p></li></ul><ul style="list-style-type:disc;direction:ltr"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-weight:bold"><p style="background:white;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:10pt"><b><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">PhD Career Tips and Events<br><br></font></b></p></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">You may now access the newsletter for printing or review here: </font><a href="http://eepurl.com/bR1vuv" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://eepurl.com/bR1vuv</font></span></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If you would like to subscribe to our newsletter, sign up </font><a href="http://cmc-centre.us3.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=8d968a451671b45aa780b5674&amp;id=c0075e3a74" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">here</font></span></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. </font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To share contributions with our growing research network, contact us at </font><a href="mailto:info@cmc-centre.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">info@cmc-centre.com</font></span></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.  <br></font><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> <br>Visit our website (</font><a href="http://www.cmc-centre.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">www.cmc-centre.com</font></span></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">) for further information. Join our Twitter @celeb_studies for regular updates.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 23.05pt 10pt 0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1">The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) is an international organization and research network that helps coordinating academic research and media commentaries on celebrity culture. CMCS carries a pedagogical philosophy that inspires integration of research and media skills training in academic and public discourses of fame.  The centre believes in intellectual, aesthetic, and ethical values of bridging gaps in higher education and media. With this view, CMCS helps coordinating research, publications, creative productions, and media commentaries to restore artistic and ethical acts for social change.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font><p style="background:white;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></p></div>