​Erle Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason has been a vibrant part of the cultural conversation for nearly 90 years. The titular trial lawyer with a penchant for detective work first debuted in the novel The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933), setting in motion a publishing streak that would eventually become the third best selling series of all time. ​Successful radio, film, and television adaptations soon followed, solidifying the character’s presence within the cultural lexicon. 

The Captivating Criminality Network is delighted to announce its ninth conference. Organised in cooperation with the Gothic in Asia Association [GAA] and the BALAC Programme of the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, this will be the network’s first conference held in Asia taking place via hybrid mode at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.

Deadline: 31st October 2022
Hybrid Conference: 2nd - 4th of March 2023

Crime fiction has been evolving rapidly and finding new exciting forms including queer crime fiction and crime fiction by writers of colour. We have also seen the rise of regional noir, of which the booming Northern Irish crime fiction scene is a splendid example. 

​Deadline: 22 April 2022
Hybrid Event: 20 May 2022 ​

This conference seeks to re-frame the academic discourses of (serial) killer fictions so that the focus is shifted away from the killer as an anti-hero, and directed towards other characters and audiences of these fictions, their contexts and their current cultural impact. 

Deadline: June 15, 2022
Online Conference: November 16-18th, 2022

​Older women have traditionally been portrayed negatively in folklore, fairy tales, literature and film, for example. Images of witches, evil stepmothers, shrivelled, bitter 'spinsters', and vindictive, bullying women abusing positions of power are rife in Western culture. Yet, perhaps things are changing. A new emphasis on the need to discuss and understand the menopause seems to be at the heart of this. 
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​Conference: Falmouth University UK, 10-11 June 2022
Deadline: 1 April 2021

​Please find below a CFP for a seminar of the American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, which will take place at National Taiwan Normal University.

Deadline: October 31, 2021
Conference:  15-18 June 2022

The University of East Anglia, UK, is proud to announce an international symposium dedicated to the writing of Lee Child, a key figure in contemporary crime fiction, and creator of the world-renowned Jack Reacher series. Childs will be at the conference himself to celebrate the unveiling of his archive and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Killing Floor. 
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Deadline for submissions: 1st September 2021
Conference: 1st April 2022 

Call for submissions for a CUNY Manifold Ebook edited by Iziar de Miguel and Antoine Dechêne dedicated to the "Variations of the Metaphysical Detective Story in the French and Francophone World".

Proposals: September 1st, 2021
Final Essays: January 31st, 2022