Apologies but in my original posting for this conference the email address
for abstracts was invalid. Please use the address shown below.
Alan White
The Graduate School at the University of East London.
Call for papers.
Centuries of Celebrity: Re-Contextualizing the Meaning of Fame
University of East London Docklands Campus – Friday 27th June 2008.
We are seeking papers from academics and postgraduates. Abstracts of 250
words are invited by 9th November 2007.
Whilst the concept of celebrity has traditionally been perceived as a
phenomenon of the twentieth century, this conference seeks to reconsider
its production and consumption across a broader historical timeframe.
Centuries of Celebrity is an interdisciplinary conference that welcomes
papers which open up a dialogue between participants in relation to the
meaning and value of fame across the centuries and in so doing re-examine
what it means to be famous. We invite papers which explore past and
present constructs of celebrity in order to develop an historical
contextualisation of this field of inquiry. Potential topics might include:
Authenticity
Heroes
Representations
Scandal
Tabloidization
Mediations
Abstracts should be sent to Janet Riddle at:
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or
Janet Riddle
Graduate School
University of East London
Docklands campus
University Way
London
E16 2RD
Conference organising group:
Julia Banister (Southampton), Julia Dane (East London), Helen Powell (East
London) & Alan White (East London)
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