[Commlist] CFP: It’s in their Blood: Television Series and the Representation of Violence in the 21st Century

*It’s in their Blood:**Television Series and the Representation of 
Violence in the 21st Century*

International conference hosted by the Metropolitan University in Prague 
and the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon/ULICES

6-7 March, 2026 | Online

This online conference will focus on the representation of violence in 
contemporary audiovisual production, specifically in television series. 
The 21st century is marked by profound transformations in social 
relations, in human interactions with an increasingly precarious 
environment, and in the nature of politically motivated violence – from 
macropolitical conflicts to micropolitical forms of resistance. These 
convergent shifts demand new analytical frameworks and interdisciplinary 
approaches.


Contemporary television offers a privileged lens through which to 
analyze these sociocultural transformations. After all, isn’t the 
purpose of filmmaking to uncover and reveal the repressed and traumatic, 
to draw attention to the threats, violence, and injustices that are 
taking place and “knocking on the door”? Essentially, “everything” is at 
stake, especially the survival of humanity, which must take on different 
forms than it has until now. Art must shape the micro-politics of 
resistance and outline visions of the future. Every work offers a 
diagnosis of contemporary crises, articulating a particular sensitivity 
to the violence (explicit and structural) that circulates through social 
life. Our primary focus is on English-speaking series, though other 
approaches are equally welcome.

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Below is a non-exhaustive list of suggested areas for the submission of 
abstracts:

- Ecological and environmental violence (Humans, non-humans, landscape, 
and violence);

- Feral violence and post-apocalyptic world (post-apocalyptic dystopian 
environments, the use of technology, and human destruction);

- Gender-based violence (Representations of gender-based and 
minority-targeted violence in audiovisual media);

- Adaptation and Violence (Adaptation of well-known works that explore 
the idea of violence);

- Technology, Hybrid Bodies and Violence (The body and digital 
technologies);

- Micropolitics and Violence (Resistance against the ideological status 
quo);

- New Forms of Violence (Memory, rewriting of the past, forgetting, 
erasure);

- Violence and Genre (Westerns, Noir, Gangster, Crime series, among others);

- Other.

Keynotes: TBA

Submission details:

Abstract submission: 31st of December 2025

Notification of acceptance: 16th of January 2026

We welcome proposals for individual submissions, round-table 
discussions, or thematically aligned panels of speakers, including 
practice-oriented submissions (15-minute presentations). Please note 
that, due to the limited slots available, we will only accept the first 
50 proposals, of which we will select roughly half. To submit your 
proposal, please send a 300-word abstract and a 100-word bio-note by 
using this link and following the guidelines: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4xsvJ3V6aJPjIyTJN-quni0NNixd4VzIxlst3SAg2rB53Rg/viewform?usp=dialog 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4xsvJ3V6aJPjIyTJN-quni0NNixd4VzIxlst3SAg2rB53Rg/viewform?usp=dialog>

Any additional inquiries should be made via email to: 
(tvviolenceconf /at/ gmail.com)

**

Conference fee: 60 Euro regular, 40 Euro PhD students

**

Organizing Committee:

André Francisco (School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon/ULICES)

José Duarte (School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon/ULICES)

Martin Charvát (Metropolitan University in Prague)

Michaela Fikejzová (Metropolitan University in Prague)

**

Scientific Committee

Ana Rita Martins (School of Arts and Humanities, University of 
Lisbon/ULICES & U. Aberta)

Anna Marta Marini (Freie Universität Berlin)

Cecilia Beecher Martins (School of Arts and Humanities, University of 
Lisbon/ULICES)

Dragoş Manea (Bucharest University)

Ljubica Matek (University of Osijek)

Mariana Liz (School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon/CeComp)

Mário Avelar (School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon/ULICES)

Mihaela Preccup (Bucharest University)


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