Representation of transnational human trafficking in present-day news media, true crime, and fiction

Over the last few months we have been busy planning our Symposium. Herewith the latest details of the event: This one-day symposium is held by our PACCS (Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research) ESRC-funded project on ‘Representation of Transnational Human Trafficking in Present-Day news media, true crime, and fiction’? The symposium will take place on September the 12th 2017 in Leeds . It will commence with registration at 9.30 am followed by the opening address at 10 am. Information on the venue can be found here . Carriageworks is in the heart of Leeds city centre with excellent links to public transport, and with several large car parks nearby. The symposium will showcase some of our project partners’ research results (with findings split across the genres of newstexts, crime fiction, and true crime documentaries), welcomes feedback from participants, and features a group of especially invited speakers: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshir...

We are planning to hold a Symposium to showcase the project and our findings, scheduled for September 2017. The one-day symposium held by the PACCS (Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security Research) ESRC-funded project on "Representation of Transnational Human Trafficking in Present-Day news media, true crime, and fiction" will take place on September the 12th 2017 .  The symposium will showcase some of our project partners’ research results (with findings split across the genres of newstexts, crime fiction, and true crime documentaries), and welcomes feedback from a group of especially invited participants.  Amongst these we are very pleased to welcome our three invited speakers: Crime fiction writer Ruth Dugdall ,  Journalist/writer/film-maker Paul Kenyon , Academic/writer/Free the Slaves co-founder Professor Kevin Bales .  We have also invited a number of practitioners, academics and policy makers who are investigating the ways in which transnat...