Welcome
Welcome to the website for the Celebrity Culture conference. This International conference took place between 12-14 September, 2005 and presented an exciting programme of over 80 presentations from an interdisciplinary range of academics. 

In addition, the conference attracted widepread international media coverage. 

We would like to thank all the delegates that made the conference such a great success.

We trust you will find all relevant information through the various sections of the site, but please feel free to contact us, should you have further questions.

Best wishes,

Dr Philip Drake* & Dr Andy Miah** (Co-Chairs)
**School of Media, Language & Music,
University of Paisley, UK
* Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Stirling, UK

Plenary Speakers (more details)
We had an exciting list of Plenary Speakers for the conference, including:

Professor Ellis Cashmore
(Staffordshire University)
Professor Susan Drucker
(Hofstra University)
Professor Gary Gumpert
(City University of New York)
Dr. Barry King
(Auckland University of Technology)
Professor P. David Marshall
(Northeastern University)
Dr. Paul McDonald
(University of Roehampton )
Dr. Diane Negra
(University of East Anglia)
Professor Garry Whannel
(University of Luton)