Reflecting on 150 years since the abolition of public execution




PhD student Patrick Low is organizing a one-day conference to mark 150 years since the end of public execution. It takes place on June 6th 2018 at the Literary and Philosophical Society in Newcastle. The event will encourage interdisciplinary insights as well as welcoming scholars from any stage in their career. Subjects for papers may include, but are by no means limited to:

  • The legislative build up to the 1868 Act
  • The effect of the 1868 Act and its aftermath
  • The broader changing nature of punishment
  • Media representations of executions
  • Individual cases and crimes
  • The role of the execution crowd
  • The wider impact and awareness of public executions
  • Capital Punishment in the arts – including visual, design, performance, media, music and literary genres
  • The science of punishment
  • Global and provincial perspectives on capital punishment 

The website has more details, including a call for papers.

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