[ecrea] University of Leicester Revenge Conference

    We would like to draw your attention to the extended deadlinefor
    Calls for Papers to the new Revenge conferenceat the University of
    Leicester on Friday 4th September. This will be the final Call for
    Papers.


    Registration is now open for speakers and delegates via the
    conference website. For any queries please contact a member of the
    conference team on (revenge /at/ le.ac.uk) <mailto:(revenge /at/ le.ac.uk)>

Please feel free to circulate among colleagues.


    Call for papers:


    Reflections on Revenge: a conference on the culture and politics of
    vengeance


    4 September 2015, University of Leicester
    Confirmed keynote speaker: Philippe Sands QC


*'...the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell'*

*The taste for revenge, whether morsel or dish served cold, is something
people, groups and nations, and even animals desire. Since time
immemorial, individuals and communities have done justice by harming
those who have harmed them, despite the costs, and the avengers
immortalised as heroes and villains. While the hurts and methods for
addressing them may differ, blood feuds, the killing of Osama bin Laden,
and revenge porn are all motivated by the need to get even.*

*This interdisciplinary conference will ask who seeks revenge and why,
how it is done, how it is justified, how it is represented, how it feels
to get revenge or be on the receiving end. This includes revenge
starting with the smallest workplace slights, through family disputes
and lynch mobs, to political violence, war and terrorism. We invite
contributions, including those not in the academic paper format, from
any area of biological, human and social sciences, arts and humanities,
and more, that are related to topics including but not limited to:*

·        - *revenge as an adaptive trait*

·*- **revenge, politics and world history, including the 'war on terror'*

·*-revenge porn*

·*-revenge and organised crime*

·*-revenge in art, literature and film; narratives of revenge*

·*-cultures of revenge and feuds*

*This event will be contributing to the production of a documentary on
revenge by Rex Bloomstein and Justin Temple (**RexEntertainment*
<http://www.rexentertainment.co.uk/>*) as well as traditional academic
outputs. Please submit a 250 word abstract via email to (revenge /at/ le.ac.uk)
by 29th May.*

*Please use the following link to access the Revenge website for more
details and booking information:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/criminology/research/current-projects/revenge*



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