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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Call for Papers</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Second International Asian Stardom and Celebrity Conference</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Conference title:
</span></b><i><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Diplomacy, Politics, Activism, Ambassadorship: The Politicisation of Celebrity in Asia</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dates:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> 27-29 November 2023</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Venue: </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The conference will be held at the Tsinghua Southeast Asia Centre in Bali (Kura Kura)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Convenors: </span>
</b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Prof Sean Redmond (Deakin), Dr Jian Xu (Deakin) and A/Prof Li Zhang (Tsinghua)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Deadline for abstracts and panel submissions: Monday 8<sup>th</sup> May
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Asian Media, Culture and Society Network at Deakin University</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">, and
<b>the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University,</b> invite you to submit individual abstracts and panel proposals to present at the Second International Asian Stardom and Celebrity Conference to be held at the Tsinghua Southeast Asia Centre
in Bali (Kura Kura) from the 27-29 November 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The conference theme centres on the relationship between politics and celebrity culture, with a particular focus on diplomacy, ambassadorship, and activism. We are interested in receiving papers
that both explore the political dimensions of stardom and celebrity in relation to national cultures and to regional and transnational co-ordinates. We imagine Asia to be a broad geopolitical space to include the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR,
Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Japan, South and North Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Syria Lanka, amongst others.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Papers and panels can take a historical and contemporary view, be case study focused, or they can develop layered and contextual accounts of the politicisation of celebrity in Asia. Papers and panels
can emerge from any discipline or through inter and cross disciplinary formations.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We also welcome papers and panels that discuss other stardom, celebrity and fandom issues in Asia beyond the conference theme on the politicisation of celebrity.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Indicative Topics include but are not limited to:
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Asian star or celebrity ambassador</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Asian Star-celebrity politicians</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The politicisation of Asian star and celebrity images/brands/personae</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Political resistance and celebrity in Asia</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Asian Fan and/or celebrity activism</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Celebrity diplomacy and charity in Asia</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Gender and political resistance/protest in Asian fandom</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sexuality and biopower through Asian stars and celebrities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Underground celebrity politics</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Soft power and Asian stars and celebrities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mobile and virtual politics: liquid Asian celebrity culture</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">K-pop fandom and social movements</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Celebrity governance in Asia</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Asian </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">celebrity citizenship and the pandemic/post-pandemic</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Asian Internet-celebrities and politics</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Transnational Asian idols and stars as political signs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Single Abstracts</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Should include title, 350 words summary, and a brief bio.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Panel submissions (3 or 4 papers)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Should include panel title, aim of the panel (250 words), and individual abstracts of 350 words, plus brief bios of each panel member.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Publication opportunity</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The best papers from the conference will form an edited collection for the book series
<i>Asian Celebrity and Fandom Studies </i>(Bloomsbury Academic) and a proposal will also be submitted for a Special Edition of the SSCI-indexed and Scimago
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Q</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">1 journal,
<i>Celebrity Studies</i>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Deadline for abstracts and panel submissions: Monday 8<sup>th</sup> May
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Send abstracts and panel submissions to:
</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:asiancelebrity2023@gmail.com"><b>asiancelebrity2023@gmail.com</b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Questions and queries to:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sean Redmond: </span>
</b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:s.redmond@deakin.edu.au"><b>s.redmond@deakin.edu.au</b></a><b>
</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Jian Xu: </span>
</b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:j.xu@deakin.edu.au"><b>j.xu@deakin.edu.au</b></a><b>
</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Li Zhang: </span>
</b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:izhang11@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn"><b>izhang11@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn</b></a><b>
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