Conference Programme, Abstracts and Papers

1st Global Conference

Thursday 15th March – Saturday 17th March 2012
Prague, Czech Republic

The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.

Final Conference Programme

Thursday 15th March 2012
From 12.30
Conference Registration

13.30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Katarzyna Bronk

14.00
Session 1: Women and Fame
Chair: Amber Anna Colvin

No Press is Bad Press – Being an Actress in English Restoration
Katarzyna Bronk

Gasp and then Applaud. The Fashionability of Celebrity Transgression
Sharon Lloyd

Clara Wieck in Vienna: The Making of a Star Retold in Biofiction
Julia Novak

15.30
Coffee

16.00
Session 2: Celebrity and Politics
Chair: Andrew Sepie

Walter Benjamin, Politics and Celebrity.
Markku Koski

Comparing Henry VIII and James II through Art Analysis: Questions of Power, Legitimacy, and Celebrity
Amber Anna Colvin

17.30
Notices and Announcements

17.40
Wine Reception

Friday 16th March 2012
09.00
Session 3: The Cult of Personality
Chair: Charles Reeve

Stars, Tabloids & Sex Toboggans: The Case of Jacqueline Kennedy
Oline Eaton

Shifting Gender Definitions in Turkey through Yılmaz Güney’s Star Image
Zeynep Koçer

Man & Superstar: Understanding a Phenomenon called Amitabh Bachchan
Khusi Pattanayak

10.30
Coffee

11.00
Session 4: Bodies in the Limelight
Chair: Gabrielle Simpson

Brides n’ Bumps: A Critical Look at Bridal Pregnancy, Celebrity, and Post-Feminism
Meredith Nash

Stardom: In Sickness and in Health
Julie Sommerlund

Media Content of Celebrity Women’s Motherhood for them to be Acquitted and Re-Idolised in the Patriarchal Society
N.Gamze Toksoy and Meltem Erincmen Kanoglu

12.30
Lunch

14.00
Session 5: Superstar Phenomenon: (Dis)Advantages
Chair: Sarah Jones

The Claim to Fame: Possession, Product, or Process?
Andrew Sepie

Current Celebrity Status in Serbia – The Current Situation and Development Perspectives
Ivana Ljubenović

The Celebrity as a Persuasively Presented, Reflexive Sufferer
Daniel Pawley

15.30
Coffee

16.00
Session 6: Stardom and Music
Chair: Katarzyna Bronk

The Sound of the Image: Pop Stardom in an Age of Celebrity (Studies)
Brian Rossiter

Selena, Pop-Music and Latino Identity
Anna Hamling

Saturday 17th March 2012
09.00
Session 7: ‘Framing’ Celebrities
Chair: Claudia Weber

Representing Celebrity in Photographs since 1875: Brands, Idols, and Icons
Besty Thomas

Papparazzi Photos and the Construction of Public Space
Jon Leon Torn

Changing the Face of News: The Reporter as a Celebrity
Sarah Jones

10.30
Coffee

11.00
Session 8: Narrating Celebrity
Chair: Julia Lajta-Novak

Reality TV Shows and the Making of the New Celebrity: Critical Reflections in Contemporary English Novels
Claudia Weber

Anaїs Nin, Feminism and Celebrity Authorship – Negotiating Image and Identity in the Interviews
Anita Jarczok

Persona by Committee: Andy Warhol’s Autobiographies
Charles Reeve

12.30
Lunch

14.00
Session 9: Fashionable Celebrity
Chair: Betsy Thomas

The New ‘Faces’ of Social Strategies in Fashion
Maria Mackinney-Valentin

Celebrity Stars and the Fashion Message of 2011
Gabrielle Simpson

15.30
Coffee

16.00
Development meeting and closing remarks

16.30
Conference Ends