[ecrea] Call for papers: 'Wentworth' is the New 'Prisoner'

*/Wentworth/**is the New /Prisoner/*
a two-day international conference
*Thursday 5th and Friday 6th April 2018, *RMIT University, Melbourne, 
Australia

Confirmed keynote speakers and panellists: *Professor Sue 
Turnbull*(University of Wollongong, Australia); *Kim Akass*(University 
of Hertfordshire, UK); *Kate Hood*(actress, writer and director, aka 
/Prisoner/’s Kath Maxwell); *Jan Russ*(casting director, /Prisoner/, 
/Neighbours/, etc.)

/Wentworth/(aka /Wentworth Prison/) is an award-winning Australian 
prison drama series now in its fifth season and recently renewed for a 
sixth season. It screens in Australia on Foxtel, in the UK on Channel 5 
and in the USA on Netflix. The series was inspired by /Prisoner/ (aka 
/Cell Block H/), a groundbreaking drama produced between 1979 and 1986, 
which was internationally successful and led to a cult following. Set in 
a women’s prison in contemporary Melbourne, /Wentworth/ dramatises 
current cultural and political issues, and provides a rich example of 
creative and industrial screen practice that can often be read in the 
context of its predecessor, /Prisoner/.

This conference will unite those who study and are fans of /Wentworth/ 
and /Prisoner/, with those who are or who have been involved in making 
the series.

We invite abstracts for papers (critical or creative, 20 minutes) from 
academics, practitioners or those who are both, including research 
degree candidates and early career researchers. All topics related to 
/Wentworth/ and /Prisoner/ will be considered, with the aim of 
generating a lively exchange of critical and creative ideas. Our 
intention is that selected papers from the conference will lead to a 
publication (most likely an edited collection).

Conference organising committee:

Associate Professor Craig Batty (RMIT University); Dr Tessa Dwyer 
(Monash University); Dr Radha O’Meara (University of Melbourne); Dr 
Stayci Taylor (RMIT University).

Please email your 300-word paper abstract, along with a 100-word 
biography, to *(governorwentworth /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(governorwentworth /at/ gmail.com)>* by Monday 30 October 2017.

Potential paper and panel topics include, but are not limited to:

●Gender in /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Sexuality and Queerness in /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Class in /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Prison industrial complex in /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Race and ethnicity in /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Diversity behind bars

●Nation in /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Violence in /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Substance abuse in /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Mental health and mental illness in /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Aesthetics of /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Serial narrative and /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Performance in/Wentworth/Prisoner/

●/Wentworth/as reboot or remake of /Prisoner/

●Television genre and the prison drama

●Prestige TV and prison dramas

●Reception of /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●/Wentworth/Prisoner/fans, fan practices and fandoms

●Distribution of /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Creative practice in the development and production of /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Industrial practice in the development and production of 
/Wentworth/Prisoner/

●/Wentworth/Prisoner/and transnational TV and format trade

●Activism, Social Change and /Wentworth/Prisoner/

●Music and lyrics in /Wentworth/Prisoner/


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