Journal of Greek Media & Culture (Journal)

ISSN 20523971 , ONLINE ISSN 2052398X

The Journal of Greek Media & Culture is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide a platform for debate and exploration of a wide range of manifestations of media and culture in and about Greece. The journal adopts a broad and inclusive approach to media and culture with reference to film, photography, literature, the visual arts, music, theatre, performance, as well as all forms of electronic media and expressions of popular culture.

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Principal Editors

Vassiliki Kolocotroni
University of Glasgow, UK
Vassiliki.Kolocotroni@glasgow.ac.uk

Eleni Papargyriou
Hellenic Open University, Greece
epapargy@gmail.com

Associate Editors

Dimitris Eleftheriotis
University of Glasgow, UK

Dimitris Papanikolaou
University of Oxford, UK

Lydia Papadimitriou
John Moores University, UK
L.Papadimitriou@ljmu.ac.uk

Dimitris Plantzos
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Reviews Editors

Fiona Antonelaki
University of Thessaly, Greece
antonelaki@ha.uth.gr

Kristina Gedgaudaitė
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
k.gedgaudaite@gmail.com

Notes for Contributors Download

Formal Guidelines



Aims & Scope

The Journal of Greek Media & Culture is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide a platform for debate and exploration of a wide range of manifestations of media and culture in and about Greece. The journal adopts a broad and inclusive approach to media and culture with reference to film, photography, literature, the visual arts, music, theatre, performance, as well as all forms of electronic media and expressions of popular culture. While providing a forum for the close analysis of cultural formations specific to Greece, JGMC aims to engage with broader methodological and theoretical debates, and situate the Greek case in global, diasporic and transnational contexts. The journal aims to set the foundations for a sustained and serious engagement with Greek culture and media that will not only enlighten particular manifestations, but will have methodological relevance and implications that extend beyond its specific field of study. Greek culture can thus become a ‘limit case' that tests the value and rigour of critical positions in the debate around Europe's cultural unity and diversity, and instigates important theoretical and methodological enquiries around media and cultural exchange and interaction.

Peer Review Policy

All articles undergo initial editorial screening either by the journal's Editorial Team and/or incumbent Guest Editors. Articles then undergo a rigorous anonymous peer review by two referees, following the guidance in Intellect's 'Peer review instructions'. Based on this feedback, the Editors will communicate a decision and revision suggestions to authors. To appeal an editorial decision, please contact the main Editor who will consider your case.

Ethical Guidelines

The journal follows the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Read our Ethical Guidelines for more on the journal's standards.

Submissions

To submit an article, please follow the 'Submit' button on the left of this page.
 
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All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.
 
Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.
 
All submissions should be in English and adhere to the Intellect Style Guide.

Principal Editors

Vassiliki Kolocotroni
University of Glasgow, UK
Vassiliki.Kolocotroni@glasgow.ac.uk

Eleni Papargyriou
Hellenic Open University, Greece
epapargy@gmail.com

Associate Editors

Dimitris Eleftheriotis
University of Glasgow, UK

Dimitris Papanikolaou
University of Oxford, UK

Lydia Papadimitriou
John Moores University, UK
L.Papadimitriou@ljmu.ac.uk

Dimitris Plantzos
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Reviews Editors

Fiona Antonelaki
University of Thessaly, Greece
antonelaki@ha.uth.gr

Kristina Gedgaudaitė
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
k.gedgaudaite@gmail.com

Principal Editors

Vassiliki Kolocotroni
University of Glasgow, UK
Vassiliki.Kolocotroni@glasgow.ac.uk

Eleni Papargyriou
Hellenic Open University, Greece
epapargy@gmail.com

Associate Editors

Dimitris Eleftheriotis
University of Glasgow, UK

Dimitris Papanikolaou
University of Oxford, UK

Lydia Papadimitriou
John Moores University, UK
L.Papadimitriou@ljmu.ac.uk

Dimitris Plantzos
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Reviews Editors

Fiona Antonelaki
University of Thessaly, Greece
antonelaki@ha.uth.gr

Kristina Gedgaudaitė
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
k.gedgaudaite@gmail.com

Principal Editors

Vassiliki Kolocotroni
University of Glasgow, UK
Vassiliki.Kolocotroni@glasgow.ac.uk

Eleni Papargyriou
Hellenic Open University, Greece
epapargy@gmail.com

Associate Editors

Dimitris Eleftheriotis
University of Glasgow, UK

Dimitris Papanikolaou
University of Oxford, UK

Lydia Papadimitriou
John Moores University, UK
L.Papadimitriou@ljmu.ac.uk

Dimitris Plantzos
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Reviews Editors

Fiona Antonelaki
University of Thessaly, Greece
antonelaki@ha.uth.gr

Kristina Gedgaudaitė
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
k.gedgaudaite@gmail.com


General Call for Papers 

The Journal of Greek Media & Culture (JGMC) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published by Intellect that aims to provide a platform for debate and exploration of a wide range of manifestations of media and culture in and about Greece. The journal adopts a broad and inclusive approach to media and culture with reference to film, photography, literature, the visual arts, music, theatre, performance, as well as all forms of electronic media and expressions of popular culture. While providing a forum for the close analysis of cultural formations specific to Greece, JGMC aims to engage with broader methodological and theoretical debates, and situate the Greek case in global, diasporic and transnational contexts.

The editors invite contributions on any topic related to the media and/or culture of Greece, from a contemporary or historical perspective and from a multiplicity of disciplinary and theoretical viewpoints. Articles should range between 6,000 and 9,000 words.

For any queries please contact the principal editors, Vassiliki Kolocotroni
(Vassiliki.Kolocotroni@glasgow.ac.uk) and Eleni Papargyriou (epapargy@gmail.com).

Call for Reviews, Dossiers, Interviews, Visual Essays

The Journal of Greek Media and Culture will also include review essays of academic books (1500-2000 words); curated exhibitions (1500-3000 words); festivals (1500-3000 words); conference reports (1500-3000 words); dossiers (short essays with a common theme totalling up to 5000 words); and visual essays (1000 words, plus 10-15 images).

For inquiries and contributions in the Reviews plus section, or to send book review copies, please contact Fiona Antonelaki (antonelaki@ha.uth.gr) and Kristina Gedgaudaite (k.gedgaudaite@gmail.com).



All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.

All images need to be included with ALL submissions. Authors are responsible for copyright permissions.

All submissions should be in English and adhere to the Intellect Style Guide and the specific guidelines for the journal found in the Notes for Contributors (download from link at the top of this page).

 

Special Issues Call for Papers 

 

 

A Special Issue of the Journal of Greek Media and Culture, edited by Dr Olga Kourelou and Dr Lydia Papadimitriou

 

Greek Stardom and Celebrity: Histories and Methods

Since the publication of Richard Dyer’s Stars (1979), which initiated the beginning of a scholarly enquiry into film stardom, star studies have been constantly evolving and expanding. While most early work on stardom focused on issues of representation and the ideological significance of film stars, or their role in the industrialisation of Hollywood cinema, the field has expanded across film, TV and media studies; adopting new areas of investigation and methodological approaches, including work on the nature of fame and celebrity (Holmes and Redmond 2007; Holmes and Negra 2011), empirical audience research (Herzog and Gaines 1991; Stacey 1994), acting and performance (Naremore 1988; Hollinger 2006; Baron 2018), as well as national and transnational stars and stardoms (Vincendeau 2000; Landy 2010; Meeuf and Raphael 2013; Yu and Austin 2017; Lawrence 2020). 

 

Meanwhile, Greek film studies have been experiencing an exponential growth in both the Greek- and English-language academe. However, while popular Greek cinema has been reclaimed as a serious object of academic study for some time now, the phenomenon of stardom in Greece has not enjoyed a similar academic reappraisal, despite its acknowledged centrality in Greek cinema and beyond. It is primarily in connection with Old Greek Cinema (Kourelou 2020; Karalis 2015; Potamitis 2013; Kartalou 2011; Kyriacos 2009), genre (Papadimitriou 2009, 2004; Eleftheriotis 1995) and, to a lesser extent, acting (Lykourgioti 2017; Dimitriadis 2008; Kourelou 2008) that Greek film criticism has recognised the role of stardom. Beyond these contexts, there has been a considerable lack of critical engagement with the diachronic manifestation and development not only of stardom but also of celebrity.

 

This issue aims to lay the groundwork for a wide-ranging debate on the subject that will improve our understanding of stardom in Greece. The issue, however, does not seek to simply celebrate individual stars, unearth their biographies or elaborate on the types they embody. Rather, our concern is with exploring theoretical issues individual or groups of stars raise, the kinds of identities and meanings they personify, as well as the ways in which they negotiate the values and contradictions of their era. At the same time, we are not only interested in revealing the textual significance of stars in specific historical contexts, but also their political economy and discursive construction. Some of the lines of enquiry we would particularly like to pursue revolve around the following questions: how has stardom evolved historically in Greece? Does cinema still provide the ultimate confirmation of stardom, as Christine Gledhill (1991) claimed in relation to Hollywood stars more than three decades ago? How have media technologies (from TV and VHS to social media) impacted not only the way stars emerge, but also the way their fame has been conceptualised and their fans engage with them? How can we understand Greek stardom in nationally and culturally specific terms as well as through the way it intersects with other – dominant or peripheral – transnational contexts? What ideas about personhood do stars articulate, how do these change over time and how do they help audiences make sense of themselves and the (Greek) world?

 

In order to reveal the multitude of stardoms in Greek film, TV and media, we invite (but do not limit) proposals on the following topics:

 

  • Histories of stardom and celebrity
  • Stars and genre
  • Stars and film style
  • Stars, gender and sexuality
  • Stars, ethnicity and race
  • Stars and the nation
  • Star labour
  • Ageing
  • Acting and performance
  • The relationship between studios and stars, auteurs and stars
  • The interconnectivity between theatrical, film and/or TV stardom
  • Non-film stardom
  • Cult stardom
  • Reception and spectatorship: stardom and film criticism, the role of the audience (and different types of audiences) and how they make use of star images

 

Please send a title, 300 word abstract and a short biography to Dr Olga Kourelou (kourelou.o@unic.ac.cy) and Dr Lydia Papadimitriou (L.Papadimitriou@ljmu.ac.uk) by 15 May 2024. The final articles should be around 6000-8000 words, and submitted to the editors by 1st November 2024.

 

Principal Editors

Vassiliki Kolocotroni
University of Glasgow, UK
Vassiliki.Kolocotroni@glasgow.ac.uk

Eleni Papargyriou
Hellenic Open University, Greece
epapargy@gmail.com

Associate Editors

Dimitris Eleftheriotis
University of Glasgow, UK

Dimitris Papanikolaou
University of Oxford, UK

Lydia Papadimitriou
John Moores University, UK
L.Papadimitriou@ljmu.ac.uk

Dimitris Plantzos
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Reviews Editors

Fiona Antonelaki
University of Thessaly, Greece
antonelaki@ha.uth.gr

Kristina Gedgaudaitė
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
k.gedgaudaite@gmail.com

Principal Editor (2015-2022)

Lydia Papadimitriou
John Moores University, UK

Associate Editor (2015-2020)

Yannis Tzioumakis
University of Liverpool, UK

Advisory Board

Athena Athanasiou
Panteion University, Greece

Maria Boletsi
Leiden University & University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Joanna Burke
Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

Eduardo Cadava
Princeton University, USA

Vangelis Calotychos
Brown University, USA

Sean Cubitt
University of Melbourne, Australia

Costas Douzinas
Birkbeck College, University of London, UK

Mark Durden
University of South Wales, UK

Stathis Gourgouris
Columbia University, USA

Eleftheria Ioannidou
University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Petros Iosifidis
City, University of London, UK

Vrasidas Karalis
University of Sydney, Australia

Kostis Kornetis
Carlos III University, Spain

Maria Koundoura
Emerson College, USA

Plato Mavromoustakos
University of Athens, Greece

Pantelis Michelakis
University of Bristol, UK

Efterpi Mitsi
University of Athens, Greece

Alexandra Moschovi
University of Sunderland, UK

Nikolaos Papadogiannis
University of Stirling, UK

Nikos Papastergiadis
University of Melbourne, Australia

Savvas Patsalidis
Aritstotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Effie Rentzou
Princeton University, USA

Katharine Sarikakis
University of Vienna, Austria

Maria A. Stassinopoulou
University of Vienna, Austria

Eva Stefani
University of Athens, Greece

Danae Stefanou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Liana Theodoratou
New York University, USA

Yannis Tzioumakis
University of Liverpool, UK

Dimitris Tziovas
University of Birmingham, UK

Gonda Van Steen
King’s College London, UK

Principal Editors

Vassiliki Kolocotroni
University of Glasgow, UK
Vassiliki.Kolocotroni@glasgow.ac.uk

Eleni Papargyriou
Hellenic Open University, Greece
epapargy@gmail.com

Associate Editors

Dimitris Eleftheriotis
University of Glasgow, UK

Dimitris Papanikolaou
University of Oxford, UK

Lydia Papadimitriou
John Moores University, UK
L.Papadimitriou@ljmu.ac.uk

Dimitris Plantzos
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Reviews Editors

Fiona Antonelaki
University of Thessaly, Greece
antonelaki@ha.uth.gr

Kristina Gedgaudaitė
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
k.gedgaudaite@gmail.com

 
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Principal Editors

Vassiliki Kolocotroni
University of Glasgow, UK
Vassiliki.Kolocotroni@glasgow.ac.uk

Eleni Papargyriou
Hellenic Open University, Greece
epapargy@gmail.com

Associate Editors

Dimitris Eleftheriotis
University of Glasgow, UK

Dimitris Papanikolaou
University of Oxford, UK

Lydia Papadimitriou
John Moores University, UK
L.Papadimitriou@ljmu.ac.uk

Dimitris Plantzos
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Reviews Editors

Fiona Antonelaki
University of Thessaly, Greece
antonelaki@ha.uth.gr

Kristina Gedgaudaitė
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
k.gedgaudaite@gmail.com

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