DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: 1st May 2012

DEADLINE FOR COMPLETED ARTICLES: 1st September 2012

Abstracts (500 words max) for papers of between 6,000 and 8,000 words, which consider the place of the biographical narrative in popular culture, media or communication are invited from postgraduate students and early career researchers across the humanities and social sciences. Accepted papers will be published in a special issue of 'Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA-PGN.'

Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:

• The genre of the biopic in film and television fictions
• Biographical narratives in the creation of and star and celebrity personas
• Biographical narratives and issues of gender, ethnicity and sexuality
• Biographical narratives as created through social media
• Biographies as created in ‘reality’ and documentary television
• The presentation of biographical profiles in journalistic publications