Conferences, Congresses
Watching the Transnational Detectives: Showcasing Identity and Internationalism on British Television
Beginning
08.11.2018
End
09.11.2018
Registration deadline
01.11.2018
Thursday 8 - Friday 9 November 2018, 10:00 – 17:00
Watching the Transnational Detectives: Showcasing Identity and Internationalism on British Television
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Confirmed Keynote speakers: Lucy Mazdon (University of Southampton) and Andrea Esser (University of Roehampton)
A recent article in the Evening Standard posed the question ‘Is it a coincidence that just as governments are seeking to close their borders, television is opening them?’ (March 15 2017). Indeed, in post-Brexit Britain, television viewers have access to an ever increasing number of foreign language programmes. And ‘with the boom in streaming services, a single TV drama can cross borders like never before. Yet still, telling local stories appears to be the secret to international appeal’ (ibid). But what is the relationship between the local, national, and transnational that is presented on screen? And how do these dramas influence viewers’ perceptions of the countries, nationalities and languages which are depicted on screen?
This conference will address these questions by focusing on popular global crime dramas that are available with English sub-titles to British viewers. Although work has been done on the crime genre in literature and on film in different language contexts, there is little work available on the reception of these television programmes in a transnational context. The conference will therefore explore the way in which ideas of national identity and nationhood are interrogated through crime drama series when watched in Britain and thus outside of their original national context.
This conference is organised by the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures of the University of Hull. With support from the Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies project (part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative) and German Screen Studies Network.
Registration fees: Standard ticket £20 (covers both days) | PG Students/unwaged Free
Advance registration required by 1 November 2018. Please register in advance at: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/16471
Watching the Transnational Detectives: Showcasing Identity and Internationalism on British Television
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Confirmed Keynote speakers: Lucy Mazdon (University of Southampton) and Andrea Esser (University of Roehampton)
A recent article in the Evening Standard posed the question ‘Is it a coincidence that just as governments are seeking to close their borders, television is opening them?’ (March 15 2017). Indeed, in post-Brexit Britain, television viewers have access to an ever increasing number of foreign language programmes. And ‘with the boom in streaming services, a single TV drama can cross borders like never before. Yet still, telling local stories appears to be the secret to international appeal’ (ibid). But what is the relationship between the local, national, and transnational that is presented on screen? And how do these dramas influence viewers’ perceptions of the countries, nationalities and languages which are depicted on screen?
This conference will address these questions by focusing on popular global crime dramas that are available with English sub-titles to British viewers. Although work has been done on the crime genre in literature and on film in different language contexts, there is little work available on the reception of these television programmes in a transnational context. The conference will therefore explore the way in which ideas of national identity and nationhood are interrogated through crime drama series when watched in Britain and thus outside of their original national context.
This conference is organised by the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures of the University of Hull. With support from the Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies project (part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative) and German Screen Studies Network.
Registration fees: Standard ticket £20 (covers both days) | PG Students/unwaged Free
Advance registration required by 1 November 2018. Please register in advance at: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/16471
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Fields of research
Literature and visual studiesDetektiv, Transnationalität, British Television, Identität, Internationalismus
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University of London (UL)