The following message has a call for Women Writers that might be of interest to WFTHN members.

On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, we are pleased to announce that CMCS board member Dr Anita Krajnc will be interviewed by Karin Wells on The Sunday Edition of CBC Radio on Sunday, March 20. Please find latest media coverage along with featured scholarship, conference, and publication updates in the March 2016 edition of our newsletter (Vol. 25).
The March 2016 edition features:

  • 3rd International Celebrity Studies Journal Conference: Authenticating Celebrity

     

  • 3rd International CMCS conference series Bridging Gaps: What are the media, publicists and celebrities selling?

  • 3rd Annual Beyond the Professoriate Career Conference

     

  • Book Release The Cinema of Robert Altman: Hollywood Maverick by Robert Niemi

     

  • Call for Women Writers March 2016 Theme: Women Directors

  • Call for Papers YouTube Conference

     

  • Call for Papers Shipping and Fandoms

     

  • Call for Papers Indian Popular Culture Area


  • Art exhibit, public talks, and media coverage


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We look forward to our conversations with you on our Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. If you do not have Twitter, check highlights of this month's conversations here:  https://storify.com/celeb_studies/cmcs-march-2016. Visit our website (www.cmc-centre.com) for further announcements.


 
The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) is a growing 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.


Dr Samita Nandy
Director, Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) & Producer, Celebrity Chat
Author, Fame in Hollywood North. Toronto: WaterHill Publishing (forthcoming)
PhD Curtin University, Australia (Media / Celebrity)
MA and BA York University, Canada (Communication)