<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The 3</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">2<sup>nd</sup> edition of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) <font color="#000000">newsletter </font></span></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">might be of interest to scholars examining critical issues in celebrity culture and in fandom. Please feel free to share this newsletter with faculty and students in your department.</span></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Highlights of the newsletter include:</font></span></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol;font-weight:normal">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman""> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">2016 CMCS Award Winners and Professor P. David Marshall's Keynote Presentation<strong><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></strong></span></font></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol;font-weight:normal">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman""> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">CFP: Online, Offline and Transcultural Spaces in Australian Fandom</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"></span></strong></font></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol;font-weight:normal">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman""> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Celebrity Chat – Call for Season 2 Films and Videos</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"></span></strong></font></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol;font-weight:normal">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman""> </span></span></strong><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">CFP: Popular Music and Society</span></em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> - <strong><span style="font-weight:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Special Issue on Beyoncé</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"></span></strong></font></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol;font-weight:normal">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman""> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">CFP Film Stardom in Southeast Asia</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> <strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Workshop</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"></span></strong></font></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> Registration </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Sex and Sexuality in Popular Culture: Feminist Perspectives conference </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span></font></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"times new roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">CMCS Media expert Josh Nathan in <i>The Washington Post</i> and in <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br></span></font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">You may now access the newsletter for printing or review here: </span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://t.co/gsm5QVMAtN" title="http://eepurl.com/b_IE3L" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(245,248,250);background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">eepurl.com/b_IE3L</span><span style="color:windowtext;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(245,248,250);background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span></a></span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></span></font></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"></div><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">If you would like to subscribe, join or share research updates with our growing research community, contact <a href="mailto:info@cmc-centre.com" target="_blank">info<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">@cmc-centre.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> or visit our website <a href="http://www.cmc-centre.com/" target="_blank">www.cmc-centre.com</a> <br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> <br>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 facilitates research, publications, creative productions, and media commentaries to restore artistic and ethical acts for social change.</span></font></p></div></font></font></font></font></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>
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