[Commlist] Call for Abstracts: Narratives of Captivity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium

*NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVITY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM*

*18^TH JUNE 2025, NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY NEWCASTLE AND ONLINE*

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*Call for Abstracts*

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The Northumbria Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice Studies, in 
association with the Crime Studies Network, is holding a one-day 
interdisciplinary symposium on Narratives of Captivity on Wednesday 
18^th June  2025. This will be a hybrid event, held on campus in central 
Newcastle and online.

We are interested in how literature, popular culture and law understand 
situations of loss of liberty or severely restricted freedom, including 
in the context of imprisonment, kidnapping, (irregular) migration (e.g. 
visa regimes, human trafficking or migrant smuggling) and coercive and 
controlling behaviour. In particular, we welcome papers which discuss 
how far individuals in situations of captivity are portrayed as 
retaining moral or legal responsibility for their actions, and on the 
parallels or contrasts between the depiction of ostensibly legitimate 
imprisonment and illegal forms of confinement. Contributions are welcome 
from any discipline including literature, history, philosophy, 
sociology, media studies, criminology and law.

Attendance is free of charge.

Please send abstracts (approximately 300 words) to 
(tony.ward /at/ northumbria.ac.uk) <mailto:(tony.ward /at/ northumbria.ac.uk)> by 16 
May  2025.


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