[ecrea] CFP: Spies on Our Screens

Call For Papers: Spies on British Screens

Proposals are invited for a conference which will explore the continued
popularity of Spy and intelligence thriller on British cinema and TV
screens as well as offering new interpretations of previous aspects of
the genre.Taking place at Plymouth University from 17^th -19^th June
2016, multiple panels will discuss the genre, its origins and evolution.
Discussions can also consider how our expectations/ideas of real-life
surveillance culture are shaped by screen representations. The
Organisers are currently negotiating the possibility of linking
scholarly publications to the conference and it is anticipated that
selected papers will be published in a journal and/or edited collection.


The intelligence community has captured the imagination of many British
people throughout the twentieth century. Many members of the British
population have gained their entire knowledge of the intelligence and
the secret state through the spy film or TV programme. With popular
films such as /SPECTRE/ (2015) depicting a modern interpretation of
intelligence or dramas such as /The Game/ (2014) offering cold war
nostalgia it is clear the Spy remains as popular as ever on British
cinema and TV screens.


Panel topics might cover but would not be limited to:


Gender within the genre

Realism and Spy culture

Class and the Spy genre

The evolution of the Spy genre

History and the spy film or TV programme

Screening intelligence during the War on Terror

Spies and Documentaries

Multi-media adaptations

Visual representations and the surveillance State

The James Bond phenomenon

‘Cloak and Dagger’ vs Techno-spies

Satirising the intelligence community

How these genres inform popular impressions of the intelligence community

Panel proposals or individual papers are welcome.


Submit a maximum *500* words abstract to:


Dr Nicholas Barnett: (nicholas.barnett /at/ plymouth.ac.uk)
<mailto:(nicholas.barnett /at/ plymouth.ac.uk)>

Dr Kim Edwards: (k.edwards /at/ ljmu.ac.uk) <mailto:(k.edwards /at/ ljmu.ac.uk)>

Dr Laura Crossley: (L.R.Crossley /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)
<mailto:(L.R.Crossley /at/ liverpool.ac.uk)>

*Deadline for Submission:*15^th February 2016

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