CFP: EDITED VOLUME FOR BLOOMSBURY SERIES IN ASIAN CELEBRITY AND FANDOM STUDIES

‘Star and Celebrity Branding within Asia: Using Comradery Capital’

edited volume for Bloomsbury Series in Asian Celebrity and Fandom Studies

The centrality of the celebrity commodity to the flow of cultural and economic capital in mediascapes has been explored by scholars such as Driessens and Marshall who note that celebrities are “manufactured by the celebrity industry” (Driessens, 2012, p. 643), and a mechanism to sell products. Marshall notes that the “celebrity as public individual who participates openly as a marketable commodity serves as a powerful type of legitimation of the political economic model of exchange and value – the basis of capitalism – and extends that model to include the individual (2014 [1997], p. xlviii).

In a recent publication, Celebrity Bromances (Routledge, 2022), we engage with the notion of the celebrity commodity, expanding Driessens’ celebrity capital to the dynamics of celebrity relationships. Driessens outlines how celebrities become part of the currency in a commodity culture, amassing capital that can be traded for profit to the benefit of the celebrity or affiliated products. Celebrities are therefore seen as cultural commodities (Marshall, 2014; Driessens, 2012, 2013); products of culture that contain value which can be traded for economic capital.

The commodification of celebrity interactions is a lens through which celebrity bromances are explored. We suggest that a “bromance capital” operates in contemporary celebrity culture, wherein the bromance is not only used as a tool to draw attention to individual celebrity figures. It also becomes a cultural “product” which gains value as a consequence of the affective attachments it provokes. Expanding the discussion beyond male homosocial intimacy, we also propose the concept of comradery capital, which is inclusive of group dynamics and functions across genders. Comradery capital refers to inherent value of the presentation of celebrity friendships and how these are utilised for the promotion of movies, television shows, charities, and products. The capital can fluctuate depending on levels of authenticity and how the relationship is performed.

While Celebrity Bromances explored some examples of comradery capital, these examples originated mostly from Hollywood celebrity culture. In our efforts to explore the operation of comradery capital, we wish to examine the various readings of comradery capital across countries in Asia. For example, The Avengers cast promotes their dynamic and films in interviews across Asian countries. Similarly, the way Gal Gadot and Chris Pine perform their friendship in the promotion of the Wonder Woman films or Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson for Men In Black International.

We would like to capture cultures from around Asia including Japan, Korea, Dubai, Lebanon, India, China, Iran, Singapore, Pakistan, Malaysia, Israel and Indonesia. In examining the way comradery capital is performed and perceived in these various regions, the book would be able to capture the way in which celebrities vary their performances of friendship to take into account cultural differences of acceptable physical contact, understanding of language and slang, and the reading of sexuality and gender. It will also examine how comradery capital is a global promotional tool, breaking the barriers of communication.

We welcome contributions that focus on the political economy of comradery capital, as well as the affective/empowering dimensions of comradery capital, including fan and consumer relations.

We encourage interested authors to review definitions of bromance and comradery capital in Celebrity Bromances by accessing the open access chapters at the below links. We encourage an engagement with these concepts in abstracts submitted.

Chapter 4 – ‘Utilising’ Bromances

Chapter 5 – Beyond Bromances

Topics could include, but are not limited to:

• Promotion of Hollywood films in Asian contexts

• Reception of Hollywood cast dynamics in Asian contexts

• The creation and presentation of cast dynamics in Asian contexts, including same and mixed gender (binary and non-binary) casts

• The reception of regional cast dynamics in Asian contexts

• Creation and reception of joint or group celebrity persona

Submission

Please send the following to the editors at: cjcelebrityresearch@gmail.com by April 1, 2023:

• 300-word abstract

• 100-word bio

• 5-6 key words

Contact

cjcelebrityresearch@gmail.com

Anticipated timeline

• Abstract submission deadline: April 1, 2023

• Submission of full proposal to Bloomsbury: July 1, 2023

If the proposal is accepted, full chapters would be expected by November 2023.

CFP: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO QUATERLY

Call for articles,

University of Toronto Quarterly

University of Toronto Quarterly (UTQ) is currently seeking submissions. Established in 1931, UTQ publishes innovative and exemplary scholarship from all areas in the humanities. The journal welcomes articles, in English or French, on art and visual culture, gender and sexuality, history, literature and literary studies, music, philosophy, theory, theatre and performance, religion, and other areas of the humanities not listed here. As an interdisciplinary journal, UTQ favours articles that appeal to a scholarly readership beyond the specialists of a given discipline or field. The editorial board is especially interested, although not exclusively, in research that addresses topics of particular relevance to Canada. UTQ is therefore enthusiastic about submissions in Asian Canadian Studies, Black Canadian Studies, Canadian Literature, Canadian History, Canadian Studies, Diaspora Studies, and Indigenous Studies. The journal, more broadly, embraces research that engages interdisciplinary sites of scholarly inquiry, such as Affect Studies, Black Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Critical Race Studies, Digital Humanities, Environmental Humanities, Media Studies, Medical Humanities, Sound Studies, Transgender Studies, and emergent fields within the humanities. UTQ is published by the University of Toronto Press.

Submissions should normally be between 7,500 and 12,500 words in length inclusive of footnotes and bibliographic material. Additionally, all submissions should be accompanied by an abstract (150-250 words). UTQ’s house style is based upon the MLA Handbook (7th edition), so please format submissions in accordance with MLA bibliographic guidelines. Substantive or discursive amplification should appear in judiciously selected footnotes. All text, including footnotes and Works Cited, should be double-spaced. Please do not justify right margins.

UTQ does not accept research that has already been published, nor does the journal accept submissions currently under consideration elsewhere. The journal does not publish poetry or fiction.

Please anonymize submissions by removing all self-identifying information from the article, including acknowledgements and self-citations (reference your own scholarship as you would any other scholar). When saving the file, remove all personal information from the file on save.

UTQ commissions external reports to assess the quality of each submission. The journal receives numerous submissions and only submissions that the editorial board deems most appropriate for the journal, and most likely to receive recommendations to publish from experts, are sent out for peer review. The review process is doubly anonymous. Authors should expect to receive a response in the form of an editor’s report that collates relevant and useful information drawn from 2 to 3 external reports alongside the internal comments of the editorial board. Peer review takes approximately three to four months.

UTQ regularly publishes special issues on the range of subjects listed above. If interested in proposing a special issue and serving as its guest editor, contact the editor, Professor Colin Hill, at colin.hill@utoronto.ca

Please send all submissions and inquiries to utquarterly@gmail.com

For further information concerning our editorial policies, please refer to this document which provides supplemental information about copyright and images.

Website

utquarterly@gmail.com

Editorial Assistant

CFP: DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES WORKSHOP; BELONGING IN SOUTH AND NORTH KOREAN POPULAR CULTURE

Belonging in South and North Korean popular culture: diverse perspectives Workshop

Universität Hamburg, Asien-Afrika-Institut, Korean studies, August 30th-31st 2023

The categories of nation and nationalism have been major terms under which the construction of belonging has been explored, especially in earlier film studies. Looking at North and South Korean popular culture, the construction of a sense of belonging is diverse. While there have already been some contributions to gender or ideology and propaganda, other representations of the sense of belonging such as to region, nature, physical or social characteristics of communities are still scarce. The cause for diversity might also be based on the different development within the two states. What are the contexts to a certain sense of belonging? What are the modes of representation?

The conference can be attended on site or online. One night accommodation with half-board will be provided by the organiser. Selected papers will be published in a collected volume after the workshop.

Deadline for abstracts (200 – 300 words): February 15th 2023

For further requests, please contact Prof. Dr. Yvonne Schulz Zinda: yvonne.schulz.zinda@uni-hamburg.de

CFP: ASIAN APPROACHES TO URBAN CHALLENGES CONFERENCE

Asian Approaches to Urban Challenges Conference: Insight for the Public and Policy Makers

University of San Francisco, Center for Asia Pacific Studies

The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for “Asian Approaches to Urban Challenges: Insight for the Public and Policy Makers,” a conference to be held at the University of San Francisco on Friday, April 21, 2023.

With this conference, the Center aims to promote research and academic discussion on issues related to Asian approaches to contemporary urban issues. This year we will be focusing on pressing issues of urbanization in 21st-century East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan) and their implications for policy in the United States. Our goal is to cultivate a discussion across the Pacific region on these important matters that have deep ramifications for US policy makers and public welfare.

Proposed themes include: 

• accessibility

• carceral and penal policy

• children and schooling

• city diplomacy

• commerce and tourism

• crime and policing

• drug policy

• food

• environmental issues

• housing/homelessness

• immigration

• public health and hygiene

• public transportation

• race and ethnicity

• waste management

All participants will be required to provide a draft of their conference paper at least 2 weeks prior to the conference (by Thurs., April 6, 2023) to allow discussants adequate time to prepare their comments. Papers must represent original work not already published or in press. Each presenter will have 25 minutes to present their work.

The Center will provide lodging and food for presenters during the duration of the conference. Participants are expected to cover the costs of their travel to and from the university. We have limited funds to assist a small number of participants with their airfare. Please indicate in your proposal if you are also applying for the travel grant to cover these costs.

Participants will be invited to submit their paper for consideration in the Center’s online, indexed, double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal, Asia Pacific Perspectives (ISSN: 2167-1699). Since its establishment in 2001, the journal has promoted cross-cultural understanding, tolerance, and the dissemination of knowledge about the Asia Pacific region. The journal is free and easily accessible on the web. For more information, visit this link.

The USF Center for Asia Pacific Studies is San Francisco’s academic gateway to the Asia Pacific, promoting teaching, public programs, and research on the peoples and cultures of region. The Center regularly organizes and presents academic symposia and conferences on topics related to the history, culture, and politics of the Asia Pacific region and has earned a reputation for hosting well-organized, interesting events that draw in diverse audiences. Please see the Center’s brochure or visit our website for more information about our work.

To Apply:

Deadline: Application review will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, and continue until all panels are filled.

Interested applicants should email the following to centerasiapacific@usfca.edu, subject line, “Asian Approaches to Urban Challenges”. 

• 300 word (maximum) proposals for a 25-minute paper presentation

• Short biography

Please share this call with any scholars that may be interested.

Contact for Questions:

Melissa S. Dale, Ph.D.

Executive Director & Assistant Professor

University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies

centerasiapacific@usfca.edu

CFP: MEDICINAL ANIMALS AND ASIA WORKSHOP

Medicinal Animals and Asia:

Faunal Medicalization in an Era of Mass Extinction and Zootonic Disease Workshop

Asia Research Institute in Singapore

Animal parts and tissues have been used traditionally around the world as medicines as well as foods. Yet the incorporation of animals into medical systems based largely on plants is an historical process we still know comparatively little about, even in Asia, where the practice has been widespread. In the present day, most “medicinal animals” are in crisis, the subject of illegal and legal wildlife trading, driving many to the brink of extinction [Still, 2003; Symes et al, 2018 a&b; Van Uhm, 2016]. The process of “faunal medicalization” [Chee, 2021] has also been implicated in the spread of zoonotic disease, even while being promoted in some quarters as a cure. Understanding the historical and contemporary forces that have brought us to this juncture is the subject of this conference. We are particularly focusing on Asia as both a site and a global influence. As a site, certain Asian “traditional” medicines have transformed into “Asian industrial medicines” [Pordie and Hardon, 2015; Kloos and Blaikie, 2022], with animal parts and tissues becoming raw materials for a growing pharmaceuticalization of traditional zootherapies. As an influence, Asian-centered animal trading networks now have global reach, and are likely affecting or inter-mingling with pharmaceutics and zootherapies in other parts of the world. We are thus open to accepting papers that address cases in Asia, or cases elsewhere in the world with strong connections to Asia or Asian cultures. We are particularly looking for papers that are historically-informed, but help to understand and contextualize the current crisis; that work against anthropocentric bias by valuing animal survival and health in its own right; that highlight connections or disruptions in use or scale between pre-modern and modern uses of animals as medicines; that discuss how Asian faunal medicalization practices have affected species and practices across or outside Asian nation-states; and/or that explore junctions between wildlife conservation, animal medicines, and consumerism.

The organizers are historians, anthropologists, and philosophers, but we will accept papers written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Papers should be empirically-based, however, and publishable within the special issue of a top-tier humanities or social science-based journal. Note that this is a workshop, with publication as its goal. Previously published papers or papers destined for publications elsewhere cannot be accepted.

This workshop is part of the project “History and Sustainability of Animal-Based Drugs in Asian Traditional Medicines” funded by a Tier 2 grant from the Singapore Ministry of Education (Gregory Clancey, PI; Liz P.Y. Chee, Co-PI).

The workshop will take place at the Asia Research Institute in Singapore, and selected delegates will be funded for travel, hotel, and some meal expenses. The delivery of papers via zoom is also possible for those unable to travel to Singapore.

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

To participate, please send your paper proposal, which should include a title, an abstract (300-500 words, exclusive of notes), bio note (150-200 words) and a cv to Ms Valerie Yeo at valerie.yeo@nus.edu.sg by 31 January 2023. Successful applicants will be notified by mid-February 2023. Questions regarding the theme or subject of the workshop (as opposed to administration details) should be directed to Mr Jason Ng at j.ng@nus.edu.sg.

Panel presenters will be required to submit preliminary drafts of papers (2,000-3,000) words by 1 May 2023. These drafts will be circulated to fellow panelists and discussants in advance. Drafts need not be fully polished. Indeed, we expect that presenters will be open to feedback from fellow participants.

WORKSHOP CONVENORS

Dr Liz P.Y. Chee | Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, NUS

Dr Kathryn Muyskens | Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, NUS

Dr Elizabeth Elliot | Post-Doctoral Fellow, Asia Research Institute, NUS

A/P Gregory Clancey | Associate Professor, Department of History and Asia Research Institute, NUS

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Date: 

11 May 2023 - 12 May 2023

Venue:

Hybrid (Online via Zoom & AS8 04-04)

10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260

National University of Singapore @ KRC

Contact Person:

Valerie YEO

Call for proposal Form

CFP: "CREATIVE KOREA: EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY KOREAN CULTURAL INDUSTRIES AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION" CONFERENCE

“Creative Korea: Exploring Contemporary Korean Cultural Industries

and Cultural Production” Conference

Conference Dates: 4 and 5 May 2023

Venue: Department of Arts, University of Bologna, Bologna (Italy)

Deadline for proposals: 29 January 2023

Result notification: 15 February 2023

In recent years, Korean cultural industries have established themselves as among the most dynamic and successful at the global level, both artistically and commercially. Supported by a series of worldwide successes, the Korean Wave has become one key example of non-Western cultural production that was able to engage global audiences, to influence the way in which they consume pop culture and to adapt to the transformative changes brought by new social and digital media technologies.

The conference will focus on exploring the different aspects of contemporary Korean cultural production, with an inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspective, including the many different sectors that compose the Korean Wave:

• Film and TV Production

• Music

• Performing Arts

• Visual Art

• Comics and Graphic Novels

• Webtoons

• Animation

• Videogames and E-Sports

• Fashion and Food

The aim is to analyze the multiple factors that have made this growth possible, the specific characteristics of cultural industries and cultural production in Korea, the different influences that shaped this production, the socio-political and economic effects and impact of the spread of Korean cultural products both inside and outside Korea.

SUBMISSIONS should include an ABSTRACT (300 words) and a SHORT BIO (100 words) and be sent to CREATIVEKOREA2023@GMAIL.COM before 29 January 2023.

Proposals from PhD students, early career researchers and independent scholars are welcome.

Publication plan: at the end of the conference, we will look for an opportunity to publish an edited volume.

Enquiries can be directed to: Dr. Mary Lou Emberti Gialloreti, University of Bologna, marylou.emberti@unibo.it

Website

The event is funded by the Academy of Korean Studies. (AKS-2021-INC-2230003)

CFP: "DISABILITY'S HIDDEN TWIN: DISCOURSES OF CARE AND DEPENDENCY IN LITERATURE", EDITED VOLUME

“Disability’s Hidden Twin: Discourses of Care and Dependency in Literature”,

edited volume of critical essays

We are calling for abstracts for papers examining Anglophone imaginative literature (precluding memoirs) that engages in some fashion with care ethics and disability theory. We are seeking a range of representation from different eras and regions.

The title of the volume comes from Jennifer Natalya Fink, who writes that “[c]are work is the hidden twin of disability.”[1] And yet, the relationship between carers and cared-fors is vexed. The question of care is controversial for many disabled self-advocates, who view the practice of caregiving with profound suspicion, since care has frequently been a site of oppression for disabled people, both in institutional and home environments. Yet care is necessary for the survival of people who are dependent on others for dressing, bathing, hygiene, transportation, nutrition, and social interaction. Care relations are also controversial inasmuch as family members, frequently female, are time and again forced into the position of caretaker without training or renumeration, and paid caregivers are often migrants from the global south or lower socioeconomic backgrounds who must leave behind their own cared-fors. How has imaginative literature parsed this relationship? What texts give us insights into disabled cared-fors’ need for agency, or caregivers’ feelings about their charges, or the quality of the relationship between them?

Anglophone literary texts from different periods and regions might demonstrate historically alternative practices and expectations regarding the care relationship. We are particularly interested in representations of care in Indigenous, global, African American, Latinx, and Asian culture, and in eras that predate modern medical professionalism, and we look forward to analysis that draws out the gendered and sexual elements of care. We are also interested in the structure of the care community as it develops in literature against the heteronormative couple and the nuclear family, and look forward to submissions that identify and parse care communities and collectives in literature.

Abstracts of approximately 350 words should be submitted as a word document to Chris Gabbard at cgabbard@unf.edu by January 31, 2023. A CV or bio should be included.

Initial selections will be based on the abstract and will be announced no later than April 3, 2023. The deadline for full papers (6,000-8,000 words) is January 5, 2024. Papers will be subject to peer review.

The volume editors are in conversation with series editors at the University of Michigan Press (Corporealities: Discourses of Disability) and Routledge (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies).

[1] Jennifer Natalya Fink, All Our Families: Disability Lineage and the Future of Kinship, Beacon Press, 2022.

cgabbard@unf.edu

Chris Gabbard

CFP: "GENRES AND LANGUAGE IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATION: TRENDS AND NEW DIRECTIONS" INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

“Genres and language in Digital Communication: Trends and New Directions”

International Conference

Edificio Ibercaja Centro de Congresos, Zaragoza 50007 

This joint international conference brings together the 21st annual conference of the European Association of Languages for Specific Purposes (AELFE2023) and the 7th Conference of the Asia-Pacific LSP & Professional Communication Association (LSPPC7). Both associations promote the use of languages for specific purposes and professional communication. The main goal of this joint conference is to create a meeting point for scholars (researchers and practitioners) and allow them to discuss and exchange their views on the conference theme with participants from different world regions and do so from multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives.

In a networked era, we are witnessing rapidly changing, web-mediated communication practices involving a variety of communicative purposes, audiences, modes and media. Emerging trends in disciplinary knowledge communication such as the Open Science paradigm attest to this fact. Academic and professional communication today thus poses important theoretical, methodological and pedagogical challenges that need addressing. Some of the questions that we aim to address are: What is the role of LSP teaching and research in an increasingly interconnected world? What methods and frameworks are suitable to investigate multilingual and multimodal communication online? How can practitioners support emerging digital communication needs in the professions? How can they best prepare future graduates and professionals to disseminate their work in digital environments?, and how can LSP research and practice help them develop the necessary literacies (academic, plurilingual and digital literacies)?

Strands of research

We welcome submissions on all aspects of LSP communication in relation to the AELFE thematic panels, but contributions addressing the specific theme of the conference are particularly encouraged.

Specifically, we invite proposals in broader areas such as discourse and communication, genre analysis, genres and registers, genres and multimodality, translation studies, multilingualism, languaging and translanguaging, cross-cultural and intercultural discourses, academic literacy development, acquisition of professional competence in the workplace, digital literacies, technologies for education, quality assurance in LSP teaching/learning, pedagogies for professional development and LSP teacher professional development.

Other topics in LSP and Professional Communication are also welcome.

Submission of abstracts

All abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the scientific committee, and proposals related to the AELFE panels will be evaluated by the panel coordinators. This will be followed by a notification of acceptance or request for revision.

The required format for submissions is an abstract of 300 words (excluding references), preferably in Word format. For references please follow the APA Citation Style (7TH edition). Abstracts should include a brief outline of the research/project context and clearly indicate the objectives, method(s) and results. They should be written in the language in which the presentation will be delivered.

• Language policy: the conference languages are English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

• Presentation Policy: given that the organising committee believes that conferences should provide opportunities for professional exchange, i.e., giving and receiving feedback, and meeting colleagues with similar interests, we encourage discussions following each paper presentation and also require that papers should be presented only by their authors. Non-author substitute presenters will not be allowed to present papers.

To aim at diversity, we accept only one paper presentation per author.

Important dates

• Deadline for abstracts: January 15th, 2023

• Notification of acceptance: January 30th, 2023

• Registration starts: January 30th, 2023

• Deadline for early bird registration: March 30th, 2023

• Registration ends: June 20th, 2023

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CFP: CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY (EEAA) 2023

Conference of European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA) 2023

University of Ljubljana. September 13–17, 2023

The Board of EAAA is pleased to announce the new call for papers for the 3rd EAAA conference to be held at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, between September 13–17, 2023. The 3rd conference, planned for 2020, that had to be cancelled due to the pandemic will now finally take place. The conference is jointly organized by the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA), the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Ljubljana and the Science and Research Centre Koper, Slovenia.

The University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest scientific and research institution in Slovenia; it is also the only institution in the country where the subject of Chinese, Japanese and Korean Studies can be studied as a full program.

Main aims of the conference are the following:

• To open a dialogue between scholars of Asian art and archaeology and to offer a platform for the presentation and discussion of recent research;

• To highlight the significance of Asian art and archaeology research;

• To focus research on the many collections of Asian art in the European collections and institutions;

• To revise the historical approach that has been prevalent in the study and research of Asian art and archaeology;

• To critically engage and elaborate on existing art theories and methodology;

• To formulate new research vistas, approaches and methods in Asian art and archaeology.

Conference participation

Scholars of Asian art and archaeology from Europe and beyond are invited to submit their proposals for contributions on art and archaeology of China, Japan, Korea, South and Central Asia as well as transregional and transnational studies. The proposals can also focus on art theory, methodology and museum research in the above-mentioned areas. Graduate students are encouraged to submit their proposals.

EAAA board accepts the following formats of participation:

• Panel format: Panel proposal (max. 250 words), including the name of the panel organizer, the chair, participants and discussant; 3–4 paper abstracts (max. 250 words each)

• Individual paper format: Paper proposal (max. 250 words)

• Alternative formats: Session proposal (max. 250 words), including the name of the organizer, the chair, and participants with an explanation of the chosen format: 2–3 sentences, including time frame (e.g. back-to-back sessions) and presentation/contribution abstracts (max. 250 words each)

All applicants are asked to add a short CV of 100 words, their status and affiliation (e.g. PhD candidate, University of Leeds) as well as contact information (address, telephone number, e-mail) to their application.

Applications in WORD format should be sent to conference@ea-aaa.eu by January 15, 2023. Scholars who have submitted their proposals by this deadline will be notified by April 15, 2023. The conference program will be published by May 31, 2023. The language of the conference is English.

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