Call for Papers
The Captivating Criminality Network is delighted to announce its eleventh Captivating Criminality conference. Organized in cooperation with Eszterházy Károly Catholic University and the Hungarian Society for the Study of English, this conference will be held in Eger, Hungary from 27th to 29th of June 2024.
Building upon and developing ideas and themes from the previous ten successful conferences, Hybridisation and Generic Experiments in Crime Narratives will examine the ways in which crime fiction as a genre has developed by interacting with other genres and forms of literature over the past two hundred years. Recognizing that crime fiction is an umbrella term that incorporates various sub-forms, many of which have just recently appeared, this conference is dedicated to exploring the genre's flexibility in applying various narrative strategies and generic features to address local, national, cultural and global phenomena. The topic of the conference stems from and rejects traditional views on the genre of crime fiction as static and, due to its formulaic nature, exempt from sophistication or significance. The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction (2020) highlights "the experimental and transgressive aspects of crime fiction and in particular locates the dynamism of the genre in a constant tension between the affirmation and negation of genre norms" (17). Papers presented at Captivating Criminality 11 will thus inquire into the innovative nature of crime fiction, which not only engages in the deconstruction of the 'law of the genre' – to speak with Derrida, a delimiting and norm-setting principle (1980) – but also in the production of hybrid narratives. The increase in genre hybridity has proven that the field is in constant flux and the combination of respective features and forms calls for a revision of the dialectics between 'literature' and 'genre fiction', on the one hand, and of crime fiction as a rule-bending rather than rule-bound genre on the other hand.
Papers presented at Captivating Criminality 11 will examine the crossing of forms and themes to shed light on the literary journey crime fiction as a genre has covered since its recognition as a popular form of literature. Speakers are invited to explore the volatility of crime fiction with special regard to hybridisation and generic experiments that reflect genre evolution as well as the fragility of canonical forms, deconstruct the separation of high and popular forms of literature and enable the genre to appropriate cultural, regional or national differences. Abstracts dealing with the wide-ranging generic and medial varieties of crime narratives are welcome, as well as papers adopting a range of theoretical, sociological and historical approaches.
Keynotes
Mariaconcetta Costantini. Professor of English Literature at G. d'Annunzio University, Pescara, Italy
Ruth Heholt. Professor of English Literature at Falmouth University, Falmouth, England
Tamás Bényei. Professor of English Literature at Debrecen University, Debrecen, Hungary
The Captivating Criminality Network is delighted to announce its eleventh Captivating Criminality conference. Organized in cooperation with Eszterházy Károly Catholic University and the Hungarian Society for the Study of English, this conference will be held in Eger, Hungary from 27th to 29th of June 2024.
Building upon and developing ideas and themes from the previous ten successful conferences, Hybridisation and Generic Experiments in Crime Narratives will examine the ways in which crime fiction as a genre has developed by interacting with other genres and forms of literature over the past two hundred years. Recognizing that crime fiction is an umbrella term that incorporates various sub-forms, many of which have just recently appeared, this conference is dedicated to exploring the genre's flexibility in applying various narrative strategies and generic features to address local, national, cultural and global phenomena. The topic of the conference stems from and rejects traditional views on the genre of crime fiction as static and, due to its formulaic nature, exempt from sophistication or significance. The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction (2020) highlights "the experimental and transgressive aspects of crime fiction and in particular locates the dynamism of the genre in a constant tension between the affirmation and negation of genre norms" (17). Papers presented at Captivating Criminality 11 will thus inquire into the innovative nature of crime fiction, which not only engages in the deconstruction of the 'law of the genre' – to speak with Derrida, a delimiting and norm-setting principle (1980) – but also in the production of hybrid narratives. The increase in genre hybridity has proven that the field is in constant flux and the combination of respective features and forms calls for a revision of the dialectics between 'literature' and 'genre fiction', on the one hand, and of crime fiction as a rule-bending rather than rule-bound genre on the other hand.
Papers presented at Captivating Criminality 11 will examine the crossing of forms and themes to shed light on the literary journey crime fiction as a genre has covered since its recognition as a popular form of literature. Speakers are invited to explore the volatility of crime fiction with special regard to hybridisation and generic experiments that reflect genre evolution as well as the fragility of canonical forms, deconstruct the separation of high and popular forms of literature and enable the genre to appropriate cultural, regional or national differences. Abstracts dealing with the wide-ranging generic and medial varieties of crime narratives are welcome, as well as papers adopting a range of theoretical, sociological and historical approaches.
Keynotes
Mariaconcetta Costantini. Professor of English Literature at G. d'Annunzio University, Pescara, Italy
Ruth Heholt. Professor of English Literature at Falmouth University, Falmouth, England
Tamás Bényei. Professor of English Literature at Debrecen University, Debrecen, Hungary
Topics may include but are not limited to:
• Classic Whodunits and the Neo-Golden Age
• Thrillers
• The Hard-Boiled and Noir
• Crime Fiction and the Gothic
• Crime Fiction and the Sensation Novel
• Crime Fiction and the Adventure Novel
• Crime Fiction and the Western
• Historical Crime Fiction
• Highbrow and Middlebrow Fiction
• Ecological Mysteries
• Revenge Stories
• Crime Fiction and Postmodern experimentation
• Crime Fiction and Science Fiction
• Crime Fiction and Romance Fiction
• The Real and the Virtual
• Adaptation and Interpretation
• Crime Fiction and Form
• True Crime
• Crime Fiction and Contemporary Debates
• Crime Reports and the Press
• Geographies of Crime
• Real and Symbolic Boundaries
• Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity
• Film Adaptations
• TV series
• Early Forms of Crime Writing
• Victorian Crime Fiction
• The Media and Detection
• Postcolonial Crime and Detection
• Lockdown Crime Fiction
• Crime Fiction and the Global Novel
• Contemporary Trends in Crime Fiction
• Classic Whodunits and the Neo-Golden Age
• Thrillers
• The Hard-Boiled and Noir
• Crime Fiction and the Gothic
• Crime Fiction and the Sensation Novel
• Crime Fiction and the Adventure Novel
• Crime Fiction and the Western
• Historical Crime Fiction
• Highbrow and Middlebrow Fiction
• Ecological Mysteries
• Revenge Stories
• Crime Fiction and Postmodern experimentation
• Crime Fiction and Science Fiction
• Crime Fiction and Romance Fiction
• The Real and the Virtual
• Adaptation and Interpretation
• Crime Fiction and Form
• True Crime
• Crime Fiction and Contemporary Debates
• Crime Reports and the Press
• Geographies of Crime
• Real and Symbolic Boundaries
• Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity
• Film Adaptations
• TV series
• Early Forms of Crime Writing
• Victorian Crime Fiction
• The Media and Detection
• Postcolonial Crime and Detection
• Lockdown Crime Fiction
• Crime Fiction and the Global Novel
• Contemporary Trends in Crime Fiction
Please submit your 250-word abstracts for 20-minute presentations and proposals for panels and a short bio-note (about 100 words) at https://uni-eszterhazy.hu/f/cc11-abstract-submission by 29th February 2024.
Please feel free to submit abstracts presenting work in progress as well as completed projects. Postgraduate students are welcome.
Please note that the conference is to be an exclusively on-site event
Please feel free to submit abstracts presenting work in progress as well as completed projects. Postgraduate students are welcome.
Please note that the conference is to be an exclusively on-site event
Conference Registration Fees
Delegates must be members of the International Crime Fiction Association for 2024 in order to attend this conference. To become an ICFA member by paying your membership fee online, please visit https://www.euppublishing.com/page/cfs/subscribe . Membership to the ICFA includes a subscription to Crime Fiction Studies. Should you have any special request (invoicing, paying by bank transfer, etc.), please contact Edinburgh University Press directly at [email protected]. Please make sure you receive a transaction confirmation from EUP before you start the online registration for CC11.
As for the conference fees, kindly transfer them to the Hungarian Society for the Study of English (HUSSE) once you have completed the online REGISTRATION FORM.
Registration fees include: access to the conference sessions (including the roundtable and/or the ECR symposium on 26th June), conference material, daily coffee breaks and the Welcome Reception (27th June).
*Social programs can be chosen in any combination. Kindly remember to indicate your choice in the registration form.
EARLY BIRD registration fee transfer closes: 15 April 2024 (grace period: the registration fee must be in HUSSE bank account by 22 April; otherwise the regular registration rate applies).
REGULAR registration fee transfer closes: 15 May 2024 (there is no grace period in (this case).
Those wishing to receive an invoice about their conference fees before transferring them, please indicate your request in the online registration form. Requests by groups of participants for an invoice addressed to an institution are welcome at [email protected] - please, kindly include a list of the participants concerned in your e-mail.
Please transfer your payment to the account of HUSSE with your name and "Captivating Criminality 11 conference" clearly indicated in the "notice" box.
Name and address of the bank:
ERSTE BANK HUNGARY, 1138 Budapest, Népfürdő u. 24-26.
Address of beneficiary (HUSSE): 4032 Debrecen, Egyteme tér 1.
For domestic transfers:
Bank account number: 11625009 07951800 25000001
For international transfers:
Swift code: GIBAHUHB
IBAN: HU06 1162 5009 0795 1800 2500 0001
VAT number: 18542802-1-09
Please note that the cost of the bank transfer is at your side. If your registration is canceled by 26 May 2024, 90% of your conference fee (minus bank charges) will be refunded.
Delegates must be members of the International Crime Fiction Association for 2024 in order to attend this conference. To become an ICFA member by paying your membership fee online, please visit https://www.euppublishing.com/page/cfs/subscribe . Membership to the ICFA includes a subscription to Crime Fiction Studies. Should you have any special request (invoicing, paying by bank transfer, etc.), please contact Edinburgh University Press directly at [email protected]. Please make sure you receive a transaction confirmation from EUP before you start the online registration for CC11.
As for the conference fees, kindly transfer them to the Hungarian Society for the Study of English (HUSSE) once you have completed the online REGISTRATION FORM.
Registration fees include: access to the conference sessions (including the roundtable and/or the ECR symposium on 26th June), conference material, daily coffee breaks and the Welcome Reception (27th June).
*Social programs can be chosen in any combination. Kindly remember to indicate your choice in the registration form.
EARLY BIRD registration fee transfer closes: 15 April 2024 (grace period: the registration fee must be in HUSSE bank account by 22 April; otherwise the regular registration rate applies).
REGULAR registration fee transfer closes: 15 May 2024 (there is no grace period in (this case).
Those wishing to receive an invoice about their conference fees before transferring them, please indicate your request in the online registration form. Requests by groups of participants for an invoice addressed to an institution are welcome at [email protected] - please, kindly include a list of the participants concerned in your e-mail.
Please transfer your payment to the account of HUSSE with your name and "Captivating Criminality 11 conference" clearly indicated in the "notice" box.
Name and address of the bank:
ERSTE BANK HUNGARY, 1138 Budapest, Népfürdő u. 24-26.
Address of beneficiary (HUSSE): 4032 Debrecen, Egyteme tér 1.
For domestic transfers:
Bank account number: 11625009 07951800 25000001
For international transfers:
Swift code: GIBAHUHB
IBAN: HU06 1162 5009 0795 1800 2500 0001
VAT number: 18542802-1-09
Please note that the cost of the bank transfer is at your side. If your registration is canceled by 26 May 2024, 90% of your conference fee (minus bank charges) will be refunded.
Conference Events
PGR/ECR Workshop with Professor Mary Evans
26th June, 1pm - 2:30pm, A-112 (Ground Floor), The Lyceum (Building A)
Topic to be announced.
Roundtable Discussion
26th June, 3pm, The Lyceum.
It is our pleasure to invite you to the roundtable discussion about the past and present of Hungarian crime fiction. Our guest speakers are dedicated to exploring the many faces and secrets of the genre in Hungarian productions, both literary and visual, as well as the ideological challenges the genre has been compelled to respond to since its emergence. The discussion will also target recent trends and topics among Hungarian writers to inquire into the future of the genre in the book market and education.
PGR/ECR Workshop with Professor Mary Evans
26th June, 1pm - 2:30pm, A-112 (Ground Floor), The Lyceum (Building A)
Topic to be announced.
Roundtable Discussion
26th June, 3pm, The Lyceum.
It is our pleasure to invite you to the roundtable discussion about the past and present of Hungarian crime fiction. Our guest speakers are dedicated to exploring the many faces and secrets of the genre in Hungarian productions, both literary and visual, as well as the ideological challenges the genre has been compelled to respond to since its emergence. The discussion will also target recent trends and topics among Hungarian writers to inquire into the future of the genre in the book market and education.
We will continue to update the conference page, however, if you use social media, you will be able to find this information, as well as other updates, on our Twitter and Facebook (@CrimeFic) using the hashtag #CapCrim11.
