Women and Gender in Security TV Series
Initially scheduled in June 2020, the workshop “Women and Gender in Security TV Series” has been postponed to March 2021 due to COVID-19.
A growing number of films and television series are set ‘behind the scenes’ of democratic regimes faced with terrorist threats. Thus, even if US productions are dominant, the series Le Bureau des Légendes (Canal +, 2015-) is shown internationally, and several British (The State, Spooks), German (Berlin Station, Deutschland 1983, Deutschland 1986), and Israeli series (Hatufim, Fauda) are distributed globally. Revealing a moral state of the world, these shows may be included in a broader reflection on ‘popular culture’ and its politics. They represented and express the threats and risks for democracy that make up the current security context.
Although women have long had access to important roles in security TV shows, from Nina Myers and Chloe O’Brian in 24 to Elizabeth Jennings in the Americans, some of the most popular, critically acclaimed and sought-after TV series now feature women in leading roles (see for example Carrie Mathison in Homeland, Villanelle and Eve in Killing Eve). Such an evolution resonates with the need expressed in society to modify an industry which long has all-too-often revolved around the presence of white male lead actors.
This international conference will bring together researchers working in the fields of television series, security studies, and women’s and gender studies as well as television professionals, in order to develop together an interdisciplinary reflection on the place of women in security television series.
Friday, March 19th
9:00-09:15 Welcome by Sandra Laugier, University Paris 1 Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, ISJPS, PI DEMOSERIES
09:15-10 :00 Keynote lecture
Geneviève Sellier, University Bordeaux-Montaigne “Women in television series: a summary“
10:00-10:15 Questions
10:30-12 :00 Master class Creating fictions and documentaries series, with La Femis
Louise Silverio (producer); Gabrielle Stemmer (Screenwriter ; director); Julie-Anna Grignon (screenwriter, producer ; director); Moderators: Barbara Turquier (FEMIS), Caroline San Martin (Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) ; Alexandre Diallo (Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, DEMOSERIES)
Break
13:30-15:15 Women’s strength in TV series
Théo Touret, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, DEMOSERIES “Dystopia as Empowerment ? The case of Sister Night in Watchmen”
Sylvie Allouche, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, DEMOSERIES “Strong women in security TV series”
Bénédicte Bremard, University of Bourgogne “Desperate Housewives at war with ETA: Patria”
Thibaut de Saint Maurice, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, DEMOSERIES “Gender Terror: the clash of men and women in No man's land”
15:15-15:30 Questions
Break
16:30– 17:45 Women in security TV series throughout continents
Ioanis Deroide, Professeur agrégé d’histoire, Lycée Leonard de Vinci, Levallois-Perret
Female characters, Australia's security and geopolitical politics in Secret City
Emmanuel Vincenot, University Gustave-Eiffel “The representation of women in Cuban crime series”
Cécile Accilien, Kennesaw State University (US)”Representations of gender and culture in Queen Solo”
17:45-18:00 Questions
Saturday, March 20th
9:00-10:15 Gender and security TV-series: beyond stereotypes
Alexis Pichard, University Paris Nanterre “Women in the terrorism series: what representational policies?”
Céline Morin, University Paris Nanterre “Borders of the Feminine and Borders of the Nation in Homeland”
Caroline San Martin, University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne ”Women are taking the lead! What does it mean as far as dramatic structures are concerned?”
10:15-10:30 Questions
10:30-11:45 Rethinking security: the role(s) of female agents
Thomas Richard, University Clermont-Auvergne, Paris 8 ”Reinterpreting safety for women: Rodina”
Marco Renzo Dell Omodarme, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne “Carrie-ing the psychic burden of morality “
Ben Lamb, Teeside University (UK) “Navigating post-feminist points of view in Happy Valley, Broadchurch, and Line of Duty”
11:45-12:00 Questions
Break
12:00-12:45 Keynote lecture
Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver, Galatasaray University (Turkey) “Nothing new in the East: Exploitation of women in security TV series”
12:45-13:00 Questions
13:00-13:45 Master Class “Behind the scenes: women in security television series”, with Clémentine Bobin (Drama commissioning editor, ARTE)
Moderators: Caroline San Martin (Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne) ; Alexandre Diallo (Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, DEMOSERIES)