14 - 16 September 2021
In 2015 we held Kimposium! to great success. Now, as Keeping Up with the Kardashians draws to a close after twenty seasons, we revisit and renew our feminist thinking about these globally famous women. Renowned and reviled, loved and hated, the Kardashians are quintessential icons of early 21st century celebrity cultures. But this family represents and embodies so much more. Indeed, studying the Kardashians and their products leads to consideration of some of the most pressing social and cultural issues of our time.
Dr Meredith Jones, from Brunel University London, says:
“Love them or hate them, the Kardashians are arguably the USA’s new ‘royal’ family, their every move scrutinised. But unlike the British Royals these people invite the public in to observe their everyday lives. In the course of doing this they have redefined reality television and had profound social impacts: Notably, Kim is at the forefront of an international change to what an ‘ideal’ woman’s body is, and Caitlyn has brought trans into the mainstream like nobody before her.”
We invite works from any discipline that address, but not limited to:
- Advocacy, prison reform
- Aesthetic labour, glamour labour
- Beauty, cosmetic surgery, makeup, contouring
- Birth, surrogacy, egg freezing
- Blackfishing, cultural appropriation
- Celebrity and trans
- Digital modes of being
- Digital modes of being
- Fashion and costume
- Gender, matriarchy, momagers
- Ideal body types, shapewear, revenge bodies
- Influencers, digital entrepreneurs
- Kardashian histories including the murder of Nicole Brown & trial of OJ Simpson
- Kardashians as role models
- Mother-daughter relationships
- New forms of consumerism and capitalism
- Performances of contemporary femininity
- Race and mixed-race families
- Reality television
- Represented space: Los Angeles
- Architecture, interior design
- Sex tapes
- Single motherhood
- Social media and selfies
- The American Dream
- Vocal fry
- Wealth and aspiration
- Whiteness, white privilege
- Women and business
Wide variety of formats is encouraged, including but not limited to:
- Artist responses
- Performances, live or recorded
- Five-minute ‘pop up’ papers
- Pre-recorded audiovisual presentation
- Group presentations
- Standard 20-minute papers
- Interviews
- Video essays
Submit your proposals
Please submit your proposals of less than 300 words by 26 July 2021. Email your proposals to kimposium@brunel.ac.uk
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