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Dear MECCSA, The below CFP may be of interest to PGR and ECR members of the list. This is a free event at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Abstracts for proposed 15 minute papers or expressions of interest are due on 18th May. Best wishes, Danielle *Expressions of Interest & Call for Papers: * *Sex and Celebrity PGR Workshop* *Thursday 28th June 2018, University of Portsmouth* Keynote Speaker: Professor John Mercer, Birmingham City University This one-day PGR Workshop seeks to interrogate the relationship between sex and celebrity – the role of sex in the construction, negotiation and perpetuation of celebrity identity. As well as academic papers and roundtable discussion, this event will also include PGR professionalization sessions. This free PGR workshop asks how sex and sexuality form, create and change our relationship to celebrity: how do sex and celebrity intersect? What roles do sex stories, exposés and scandals have in the formation and/or devaluing of celebrity? Is desire an inherent part of celebrity culture? How do attitudes to sex and celebrity change across time, cultures and societies? What role does the media play in forging links between sex and celebrity? How do film and literature interrogate and promote the relationship between sex, fame and celebrity? What are the effects upon celebrity of sexual infidelity, revelations and even sex crimes? Possible topics may include, but are not limited to: · Sex and the creation of celebrity · Desire and celebrity; the sexualisation of celebrity · Celebrity, sex and gender; LGBTQIA and celebrity · Celebrity sex experts, advisors and campaigners · Sex, celebrity and the media · Sex, infamy and notoriety · Celebrity affairs, infidelity and indiscretions · Sex, crimes and trials · Celebrity sex tapes, sex scandals and confessions · Celebrity and pornography · Sex and celebrity in literature, film, art, etc. The organisers welcome proposals for 15 minute papers that consider ‘celebrity and sex’ in their many forms, and from a variety of historical and disciplinary perspectives. Please send 200-word abstracts, with a 50-word biography to [log in to unmask] by Friday 18th May. -- Danielle Mariann Dove Research Assistant – Celebrity, Citizenship, and Status Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Portsmouth Twitter: @UoPCelebrity <https://twitter.com/UoPCelebrity> Webpage: http://www.port.ac.uk/centre-for-studies-in-literature/research-projects/celebrity-citizenship-and-status/ -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------