A reminder that our deadline for abstracts is the 13th February.
We are interested in receiving abstracts from all periods
Captivating Criminality 4
Crime Fiction: Detection, Public and Private, Past and Present
29th June – 1st July 2017
Corsham Court, Bath Spa University, UK
http://www.captivatingcriminalitynetwork.net/call-for-papers.html
The Captivating Criminality Network is delighted to announce its fourth
UK conference. Building upon and developing ideas and themes from the
previous three successful conferences, Crime Fiction: Detection, Public
and Private, Past and Present will examine what is arguably the very
heart of this field of critical study.
Crime fiction narratives continue to gain in both popularity and
critical appreciation. This conference will consider the ways in which
both the public and private aspects of criminality and detection merge
and differ from each other. The police detective, bound by laws of the
state (however loosely adhered to) brings a different set of skills and
methods of detection than the often maverick private eye. Of course,
detection includes the criminals who attempt to avoid capture – the term
‘anti-hero’ can apply to both upholders of the law and to those evading
it.
A key question that this conference will address is the enduring appeal
of crime fiction and its ability to incorporate other disciplines such
as Criminology, Film, and Psychology. From the ‘sensational’ novelists
of the 1860s to today’s ‘Domestic Noir’ narratives, crime fiction has
proved itself exceptionally proficient in expanding its parameters to
encompass changes in the wider culture. With this in mind, we are
interested in submissions that approach crime narratives from the
earliest days of crime fiction up until the present day.
This international, interdisciplinary event is organised by Bath Spa
University and the Captivating Criminality Network, and we invite
scholars, practitioners and fans of crime writing, as well as interested
parties from Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, and Film and Media, to
participate in this conference that will address these key elements of
crime fiction and real crime. Topics may include, but are not restricted
to:
• The Detective, Then and Now
• The Anti-Hero
• True Crime
• Contemporary Crime Fiction
• Victorian Crime Fiction
• The Golden Age
• Hardboiled Fiction
• Forensics and Detection
• The Body as Evidence (silent witness)
• Crime and Clues
• Dostoevsky and Beyond: The Genealogy of Crime Writing
• Fatal Femininity
• Seduction and Sexuality
• The Criminal Analyst
• Others and Otherness
• Landscape and Identity
• The Country and the City
• The Media and Detection
• Adaptation and Interpretation
• Justice Versus Punishment
• Lack of Order and Resolution
Please send 300 word proposals to Dr. Fiona Peters
([log in to unmask]) by 13th February 2017. The abstract should
include your name, email address, and affiliation, as well as the title
of your paper. Please feel free to submit abstracts presenting work in
progress as well as completed projects. Postgraduate students are
welcome. Papers will be a maximum of 20 minutes in length. Proposals for
suggested panels are also welcome.
Attendance fees: £155 (£105 students)
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Joanne Ella Parsons
Lecturer
Bath Spa University
Falmouth University
Twitter: @joparsons
www.joanneparsons.co.uk
www.damagingthebody.org
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