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Tuesday, 10 March 2015
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Friday, 6 March 2015
EuroMedia 2015 - The European Conference on Media, Communication and Film
| The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) invites you to participate in the Second European Conference on Media, Communication and Film (EuroMedia 2015), and enjoy the beautiful seaside city of Brighton, UK. Held alongside the Second European Conference on Literature and Librarianship, the Third European Conference on Arts and Humanities, and the Second European Conference on Cultural Studies, at the Thistle Hotel from July 13 - 16, 2015, join us as we discuss this year's conference themes, "Human Rights, Justice, Media and Culture" and "Power" along with Keynote Speakers Paul Lowe and Regenia Gagnier, featured speakers Marcus Chidgey and Rodney Hill, conference chairs Professors Stuart D.B. Picken, Gary Swanson, Baden Offord, Donald E. Hall and more! EuroMedia2014 welcomed delegates from more than 35 different countries last year and we look forward to continuing this international event in 2015. To submit an abstract for presentation or participate as an audience member, please visit the website or contact us for more information. Submit an abstract: http://iafor.org/cfp Visit the conference website: http://iafor.org/conferences/euromedia2015/ Enquiries: euromedia@iafor.org Join IAFOR at EuroMedia2015 to: - Deliver your own research findings to a global audience - Have your work published in the conference proceedings and considered for peer-reviewed, open access IAFOR Journals - Benefit from IAFOR's interdisciplinary focus by hearing the latest research in the fields of Arts and Humanities, Media, Communication, Film, Cultural Studies, Literature and LIbrarianship - Participate in a truly international, interdisciplinary and intercultural event - Participate in interactive audience sessions - Access international networking opportunities - Discounts on registration fees are available for those able to pay registration fees early. Please see the registration page for details: http://iafor.org/euromedia2015-registration - If you have attended an IAFOR conference within the past year, or belong to an affiliated university or institution, we offer a 10 percent discount in appreciation of your support. - See the full schedule of our conferences in Japan, Dubai, and the UK at http://iafor.org/events The 2015 conference themes are "Human Rights, Justice, Media and Culture" and "Power" Theme 1: "Human Rights, Justice, Media and Culture" Human rights praxis and ideas of justice are now core fields of investigation for cultural studies, media studies and Asian studies scholars. One example of this is how cultural research into the convergence of new media with everyday life, has brought into relief the growing significance of how struggles for freedom and justice are enabled by flows of social media. Various communities and peoples are now enabled to make claims for social recognition within human rights frameworks and language like never before. Cultural studies as a discipline is specifically attuned to studying questions of human rights and justice. As a field it is connected to human rights discourse and praxis through its ethical foundations and 'activating knowledge' as Stuart Hall once put it. One of the essential motivations of cultural studies scholars is to focus on the struggles evident in structures and institutions of power, representation, identity and subjectivity. This is undertaken with specific attention to power and its manifestation and negotiation in the cultural arena of everyday life. As a consequence, cultural studies researchers investigate ideas of justice and agency in compelling and innovative ways. They see agency, for example, as being implicated in the formation of moral, legal, political and ethical frameworks that are experienced in everyday lives, and which can be seen explicitly in the media. As cultural studies/human rights scholar John Erni notes, 'cultural studies has long been attentive to the complex interpenetrations of power, agency, and the social imaginary.' A central aim of this conference is to examine ideas of 'justice' and 'human rights' in relation to media and cultural production. The hope is to enable useful exchange, connection and dialogue around the praxis of human rights and to clarify the implications of how cultural transformation and the media are closely connected to social and political change in the everyday life of individuals, communities and nations. Theme 2: "Power" Power as a commodity has challenged the minds of social scientists and philosophers while its exercise has always fascinated historians. From classical thinkers' works such as Aristotle's Politka or Machiavelli's Il Principe through modern figures who manipulate power in the media, like Silvio Berlusconi or Rupert Murdoch, to the vast networks that support major heads of state, power has been a necessity to some or like an aphrodisiac to others. The dynamics of power and its associations with wealth and status now shape the contemporary world more visibly than ever. It is a research challenge to all fields of the social sciences to offer some explanation of its magnetism and its mechanisms. We expect this theme to excite a number of stimulating research paths, and look forward to their outcomes as we gather in Brighton in 2015. The organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of inter/disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. Submissions are organized into the following thematic streams: Media - Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations - Digital Media and Use of New Technology in Newsgathering - Communication Theory and Methodology - Critical and Cultural Studies, Gender and Communication - Media Disaster Coverage - Media History - International Communication - Law, Policy and Media Ethics - Newspapers and Magazines as Print/Digital Media - Mass Communication - Broadcast Media and Globalization - Journalism - Education and Scholastic Journalism - Sports, Media and Globalization - Media Management and Economics - Political Communication and Satire - Visual Communication - Media and Education: Training journalists - Social Media and Communication Technology Film - Film Direction and Production - Film Criticism and Theory - Film and Literature: Artistic Correspondence - Biography - Film History - Documentary History - Archive-Based Studies - Films and Digital Distribution (Use of the Internet and video sharing) IAFOR looks forward to welcoming you to Brighton, UK. EuroMedia 2015 will be part of a series of events taking place in Brighton, UK from July 1-16. These events are international, intercultural, and interdisciplinary and will cover topics such as psychology, education, business, sustainability, literature, media and more. Please visit the UK events page of the IAFOR website for details: http://iafor.org/conferences/european-conferences/ |
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Living Life in Public:Exploring the Private Lives of Celebrities The Celebrity Project
| Living Life in Public:Exploring the Private Lives of Celebrities The Celebrity Project Tuesday 28th July - Thursday 30th July 2015 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Call for Presentations: Celebrities are "well-known" individuals who either by choice or by chance have achieved renown or infamy outside of personal and professional circles. Despite complaints that celebrities routinely make of the inconveniences of fame, many devote considerable resources to retaining and increasing their visibility, and to crafting their public images. Despite the very public nature of the celebrity, what drives much mass interest in these rarefied individuals is very often their private lives. Personal scandals can wreck (or in some cases, even propel) celebrity success, and avoiding, managing and atoning for scandal consists of a large part of maintaining a career in public. Many celebrities are also astute in utilising private life events such as weddings and childbirth and personal struggles with failure, addiction and romantic disappointment to make their public images more compelling. The sector of media devoted to covering celebrities' private lives is a gigantic one, with "candid" photographs of Britney Spears, David Beckham or Justin Bieber fetching huge sums. The romantic lives of well-known star couples, like Kanye West and Kim Kardashian ("Kimye"), Ellen DeGeneres and Portia Rossi, and on and off-screen lovers Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame receive ink rivaling their creative outputs. Sport figures like Lance Armstrong and Oscar Pistorius who reap the benefits of their compelling personal stories must also face the abyss of doping scandals and murder charges. The explosion of reality television has introduced a new wrinkle as participants in internationally syndicated shows like The Bachelor, Real Housewives and Big Brother gain tabloid space not for achievements in sports, politics and the arts but for the ways in which they perform versions of their own romantic, domestic and professional lives. Exposing one's private life appears to be trumping public achievement as a means for achieving renown. This, of course, is not just a Western phenomenon, and well known figures from Asian and African music and cinema equally utilse performances of their private lives to inform their public persona's. Why this obsession with celebrities' private lives? This question offers a ripe opportunity to investigate the cultural, historical and philosophical categories of public, private, and of celebrity itself. Scholars, artists, fans, writers, lawyers, media professionals, performers, even celebrities are invited to send papers, reports, personal narratives, research studies, works-in-progress, works of art, and workshop proposals on issues related but not limited to the following themes, as they may manifest themselves in multiple historical and geographic locations: - Paparazzi and the celebrity press, gossip, lifestyle, home shows, articles, and websites - Celebrity bodies, plastic surgery, weight gain or loss, death and dying - Celebrity self-commodification of personal lives: romance, tragedy, hardships, addictions, comebacks, pregnancies, etc. - Scandal, crisis management, public shaming and remorse, redemption and penance campaigns - Race and gender representation and celebrity, realness, whiteness, celebrities of colour and mixed race, masculinity and femininity, affirmative action and tokenism, celebrities and disability - LGBT celebrities, coming out, outing and closeting, gay rumours and innuendo, gay marriage, gender transitions, homophobia and its career impact - Personal life and image management, sham or hidden relationships and marriages, synergistic relationships (Brangelina, Bennifer, Kimye) - Reality stars and reality television, YouTube celebrities, talent competitions, beauty contests, internet memes based on traditional and internet celebrities - Royalty as celebrity, succession crises, royal scandals, pregnancies, ceremony and ritual, republican critics of royalty. - Celebrity athletes, personal narratives, inspirational stories, scandals, sportsmanship, club affiliations, on-field and locker room interviews - Celebrity and the law: celebrity crime, paternity suits, libel suits, invasion of privacy, etc. - Private life as a source of artistic inspiration and validation for celebrities - Celebrity autobiographies, self-help books, addiction narratives, and exposees. - Personal narratives, confessional poetry, lyrics and prose, self-exposure as a creative trope - Hip Hop personas and personal narratives, boasting and fronting, players vs. haters, realness, hypermasculinity, race, gender and linguistic diversity - "Method" acting, bodily modification, use of private emotion, spontaneity in performance - Religion and celebrity, public and private expressions of faith, personal and professional religiosity, celebrities with non-mainstream or New Age faiths - Celebrities and politics, public endorsements, private support, reaction to social controversies - Children of celebrities, child celebrities, and celebrity dynasties - Fandom, collecting autographs and memorabilia, relationships between fans and celebrities real or imagined, erotic fiction featuring celebrities, cosplay, memorials and tributes - Conventions, tours, personal appearances, award shows, red carpets, acceptance speeches. - Celebrity biopics, accuracy vs. dramatic license in depictions of private lives, performing celebrity, casting and mimicry, celebrity impersonators, celebrity parodies - Celebrities and social media, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter followers, posts, and mishaps The Steering Group welcomes the submission of proposals for short workshops, practitioner-based activities, performances, and pre-formed panels. We particularly welcome short film screenings; photographic essays; installations; interactive talks and alternative presentation styles that encourage engagement. What to Send: Proposals will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word proposals should be submitted by Friday 1st May 2015. If a proposal is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper of no more than 3000 words should be submitted by Friday 19th June 2015. Proposals should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of proposal, e) body of proposal, f) up to 10 keywords. E-mails should be entitled: Celebrity4 Proposal Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs: Jon Torn: jonleontorn@gmail.com Rob Fisher: celeb4@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Critical Issues series of research projects. The aim of the conference is to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.All proposals accepted for and presented at the conference must be in English and will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected proposals may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). All publications from the conference will require editors, to be chosen from interested delegates from the conference. Inter-Disciplinary.Net believes it is a mark of personal courtesy and professional respect to your colleagues that all delegates should attend for the full duration of the meeting. If you are unable to make this commitment, please do not submit an abstract for presentation. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/celebrity-exploring-critical-issues/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence. |
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