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.
