Mobilising Cultural Studies ACSIS conference Norrköping 19-21 June 2017 Call for papers and sessions In 2017, at the time of our 7th biannual conference, ACSIS (Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden) takes the initiative to re-think and re-conceptualize what cultural research means… Continue Reading
The School of Media at the University of Brighton is currently inviting applications for fully-funded doctoral studentships to join our PhD programme in Media (October 2017 start), embracing single-disciplinary, interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research in Digital Culture and Practice; Screen, Image… Continue Reading
CFP: Textual Reception – Exploring Audiences’ Writing Practices from a Gender Perspective (special issue of Genre en séries / Gender in Series) Whether through fan mail sent to celebrities and the popular press, critical pieces, derivative narratives such as fan fictions… Continue Reading
We are happy to announce the launching of the project “Summer School on Ethics and Media: Media and its Role in the Countries of V4“, which will be implemented by the University of Prešov, the Masaryk University, and the University of… Continue Reading
Dear Colleagues RMIT University has just opened the 2016 round of applications for Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowships and Senior Research Fellowships. The Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT encourages applications from globally leading scholars interested in working with us through such fellowships. Please… Continue Reading
The transition of popular television programmes to film is a familiar route, but one that has had mixed results. The list of examples is extensive, from The X Files and Sex In The City, to The Fugitive, Doctor Who, Star… Continue Reading
“Queerbaiting” Edited by Joseph Brennan Fans use the term ‘queerbaiting’ to account for a television tactic whereby producers deliberately insert homoerotic subtext between characters in order to capture a queer viewership, yet never actualise this subtext on screen. It is… Continue Reading
An international symposium hosted by the ‘Performance of the Real Research Theme’ at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand June 8th – 10th 2016 Keynote speaker: Dr Bree Hadley (Queensland University of Technology) This symposium invites submissions from postgraduate students, early… Continue Reading
Katedra mediálních a kulturálních studií a žurnalistiky a Centrum kulturálních, mediálních a komunikačních studií Filozofické fakulty Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci Vás srdečně zvou k účasti na cyklu TÝDEN (reflexe) MÉDIÍ NA FF UP 5.–8. dubna 2016 Cyklus panelových diskusí a konferenčních… Continue Reading
SUMMER SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 30 August – 3 September 2016 Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd of May 2016 The Politics of Beauty: Discourses and Intersections in the Global Sphere For millennia, beauty has been a subject of fascination for scholarly… Continue Reading