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On 28th - 30th June 2016, 3rd biannual International Celebrity Studies Conference took place atthe UniversityofAmsterdam. The subtitle of the conference was "Authenticating Celebrity". The conference was organised by the Humanities Faculty of the University of Amsterdam and sponsored by Routledge Publishing, which publishes the leadingjournal in the field of scientific reflection on the celebrityphenomenon titled Celebrity Studies Journal.
The conference was attended by over 200 experts from 27 countries around the world; most of them were from the UK, USA and Australia. Central and Eastern European countries were represented by only two participants and their contributions. Such intellectual distribution documents the emphasis put on the celebrity studies on a global scale, mostly within the Anglo-Saxon scientific tradition. Among the most important participants and/ or keynote speakers of the conference may be included Su Holmes, Joke Hermes, David Giles, Alice Marwickand Mark Wheeler, all of them being the authors of influential monographs related to the various aspects of media and celebrity culture.
The conference was attended by...