Welcome to a half-day seminar on stars and stardom:
Stardom Studies Revisited
Friday 2.12.2022, 12.00-16.00 (UTC+2)
University of Turku, Arcanum ARC355/357 and Zoom
12.00-13.30
John Richardson: opening words
John Mercer: Acting Like a Man: Rock Hudson’s Performance of Masculinity
Hannu Salmi: Yves Montand’s Tour of the Eastern Bloc: Transnational Stardom in 1956/57
coffee break
14.00-16.00
Nadya Ostroff: The Three Perspectives of Stardom: A Tool to Examine Stardom
Meri Kytö: Zeki Müren’s Voice, Polite Affectivity and Cultural Intimacy
Erik Steinskog: Beyoncé and Afrofuturism
You can join us in person or via Zoom:
https://utu.zoom.us/j/68415486235
Meeting ID: 684 1548 6235
The seminar is organized by the International Institute for Popular Culture (IIPC) and the research project Movie Making Finland.