**ONLINE** Peter Robinson: A Celebration

Alumni and Supporter Events, University of Leeds

Join us online to celebrate crime writer, Peter Robinson

Unfortunately this event had limited in-person capacity and has  sold out of in-person tickets. There is still availability to attend this event hybridly. However, if you would like to be added to our waiting list for the in-person event then please email alumnievents@leeds.ac.uk.

Crime writer and Leeds alumnus Peter Robinson died after a short illness last year. The Leeds-born novelist was well known as the author of the best-selling DCI Banks novel.As the final instalment in the DCI Banks series is published, we will be celebrating Peter’s work in a special event. You will hear from crime writers, academics, and students on the mastery of Peter’s work and his connection to the University, and have the chance to delve into Peter’s literary archive, housed in the University’s Brotherton Library.This registration page is for the online component of this three-hour hybrid event, which will be hosted via Microsoft Teams. All registrants for the online event will be sent a link to the Microsoft Teams space 24 hours before the start of the event.

Agenda

Professor Christiana Gregoriou (School of English, University of Leeds)

Introduction and Welcome

Sarah Prescott (Literary Archivist, Special Collections, University of Leeds)

Exploring the Peter Robinson Archive

Misdirection, (re)strategizing and the archive

How Peter Robinson inspired me to write

English Literature and Creative Writing ‘Peter Robinson’ scholarship holders

Break

Reflections on Peter’s enduring legacy

Carolyn Mays (Peter Robinson’s former editor) video

How DCI Banks evolved over the decades

Dr Dan Laughey (Senior Lecturer in Media, Communication, Cultures, Leeds Beckett University, and crime writer)

9 years from my conversation with Peter Robinson: 'Yorkshire noir' reflections

Dr Ilse Ras (Assistant Professor, Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden University) [remote]

Tracing victim development through the Peter Robinson archive

David Grossman (Peter Robinson’s former UK literary agent)

Peter Robinson: professional and personal reflections

Hyacinthe Miller (Crime Writers of Canada) video

Closing and video announcement 

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