Colloque international Roman policier et démocratie/ Crime Fiction and Democracy Université Paris Nanterre & Bibliothèque des littératures policières, 22-24 juin 2023 Jeudi 22 juin (Université Paris Nanterre, Bâtiment Weber, Amphithéâtre) 9:15     Ouverture du colloque / Conference opening Françoise Král, directrice du Centre de recherches anglophones (CREA), Paris Nanterre 9:30 – 11:00 Séance 1: La démocratie contre l’Etat ..read more

International conference – Crime Fiction and Democracy Université Paris Nanterre 22-23 June 2023 Organized by the Centre de Recherches Anglophones (Université Paris Nanterre) and Queen’s University Belfast, in partnership with the Centre de recherches pluridisciplinaires multilingues (Université Paris Nanterre). The proposed multidisciplinary conference intends to explore the complex, multifaceted relationship between crime fiction and democracy ..read more

The Ninth Interdisciplinary Conference of the International Crime Genre Research Network, Ireland The Crime Genre and Crisis Friday 16 – Saturday 17 June 2023 University of Galway, Ireland In 2022 Collins Dictionary chose ‘Permacrisis’ as their word of the year, reflecting a sense of moving from one crisis to another: pandemic; warfare; mass migration; climate ..read more

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Art in Motion in Le Louvre (Bande à part, 1964, based on D.& B Hitchens, Fool’s Gold, transl. as Pigeon vole, Série Noire, 1959) For a retrospective, see: https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2022/sep/13/jean-luc-godard-a-life-in-pictures ..read more

The InterCriPol research network, whose mission is to reopen and solve cold cases of fiction, organizes an international conference on mythology on 3-5 March 2023, in Athens. The conference has as its starting point Pierre Bayard’s recent book, Œdipe n’est pas coupable (Minuit, 2021), in which Sophocles’ solution is questioned. The two-day conference will be ..read more

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Aidan McQuade, The Undiscovered Country, London, Undercover, 2020 An Interview with Aidan McQuade Dominique Jeannerod. I have just recently read your novel, The Undiscovered Country. And I have really, really liked it and have recommended it to friends since. Could you please say a word on the title? Aidan McQuade As I was writing the ..read more

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Conference : “Screening Crime in the Arab World”4 – 6 May 2023Saint Joseph University of Beirut This conference will focus on Arab crime films and TV series, by which are meant, broadly, works of fiction centering on crimes, criminals and criminal investigations (by law enforcement agencies or ordinary citizens), from the beginning of Arab cinema ..read more