Swapnil Rai

Grateful for all the love my first book, #NetworkedBollywood: How #Starpower Globalized #Hindi #Cinema received. Recently, it was cited in major news outlets in #India, #China, & #UnitedStates @universitypress.cambridge.org @umich.edu @timesofindianews.bsky.social @radiimedia.bsky.social

Join us for this professional development workshop on Friday. Please alert your graduate students who plan on applying for jobs this year.

Author Conversations: Alfred Martin Jr.: Fandom For Us By Us Global Media Podchat · Episode

The latest episode of The Global Media Podchat is here. It features Alfred Martin's new book, Fandom for Us by Us. We talked about many exciting, thought-provoking topics, including Global Black culture and black fandoms beyond the US. Have a listen.
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I was pleasantly surprised to find out that my book #networkedbollywood got an honorable mention for the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies' best first monograph award. @cambridgeup.bsky.social @umich.edu@utexasrtf.bsky.social #stars #mediastudies #industry #globalization

Thank you, Lesley. We try to think of roundtables that might be helpful for all. @scmstudies.bsky.social folks feel free to email me if you have suggestions for next year.

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Aca-Media released a new episode titled "Swapnil Rai on Bollywood Stars and Podcast Pedagogy"Listen to it here: https://aca-media.org/ or wherever you get your podcasts.

Global South Gender & Sexuality Collective: Elective Affinities: Women’s Agency and Televisual Flows Between Modi's India and Erdogan’s Türkiye | Happening @ Michigan

I am giving a talk tomorrow at the University of Michigan Dept of Women and Gender Studies. The talk is hybrid, and lunch will be provided for the in-person attendees. Would love to see you there!
events.umich.edu/event/131429

New podcast episode featuring my podcast "The Global Media Podchat" and my book #networkedbollywood how #star #power globalized #hindi #cinema
@scmstudies.bsky.social #mediastudies #academic #podcasting

My article in Scroll India on how #Bollywood #Stars became #cultural #diplomats across different regions like #Russia #China #Germany #Egypt and #Afghanistan
#IndoChina #culturaldiplomacy #shahrukhkhan #amitabhbachchan #aamirkhan #rajkapoor

scroll.in/reel/1078214...

(1/2) In this issue of IiT, @swapnilrai.bsky.social argues that even though diplomacy has generally been thought of as something controlled by the government...

(INDIA IN TRANSITION) Now available in HINDI, BANGLA, and TAMIL:
"From Raj Kapoor to Aamir Khan: Understanding Bollywood Stars as Cultural Diplomats" by @swapnilrai.bsky.social (Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/translat...

@kumarbirla.bsky.social
Dear Mr. Birla, Thank you so much for liking my article. It's an honor. I'd be happy to share more of my work on cultural diplomacy and global interconnections between India and other parts of the world.

I am happy to share my article "Understanding Bollywood Stars as Cultural Diplomats" in India in Transition, @casipenn.bsky.social @upenn.edu . It features and develops core arguments from my book #networkedbollywood: how #star #power #globalized #hindi #cinema. @scmstudies.bsky.social

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For more on the origins of the term avatar which a #sanskrit term read my essay
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#eastern epistemologies need to be acknowledged
@ucpress.bsky.social - I still need to read the book, but Hinduism needed to be in your excerpt.

This book about #videogames uses the trm "Avatar" has the reincarnation of #Vishnu on the cover - I was hoping it acknowledges the borrowing of #avatar from #Hinduism in#gaming culture. However, the excerpt tangentially refers to a Greek phrase that somehow explains avatar. 1/3

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Happy New Year, SIG Members @misig-scms.bsky.social ! This is a quick reminder that if you'd like your SCMS panel to be considered for SIG sponsorship, please fill out this Google form.
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The latest episode of The Global Media Podchat is here
Courtney Brannon Donahue discusses her amazing new book The Value Gap - Female Driven Films from Pitch to Premiere
Take a listen!
@utexaspress.bsky.social
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