Lost detectives project
Claire Whitehead is very grateful to have been awarded 拢11,496 by the University鈥檚 Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund for Stage 2 of her 鈥楲ost Detectives鈥� project.
The project鈥檚 first stage involved the adaptation of Semyon Panov鈥檚 1872 novel, Three Courts, or Murder During the Ball, into graphic-novel form and the production of 10 pages of proof-of-concept artwork, both by author-illustrator Carol Adlam, and the public exhibition of this artwork in St Salvator鈥檚 Quad in May-June 2019.
The second stage aims to develop the project in new and different directions with the production of three further scripts of 19th-century Russian crime novels:
- Nikolai Timofeev鈥檚 Notes of an Investigator (1872)
- Aleksandr Shkliarevskii鈥檚 The Tale of a Judicial Investigator (also 1872)
- Aleksandra Sokolova鈥檚 The Song Has Been Sung (1892).
It will also involve the recording of an eight-episode podcast series on issues devoted to adaptation, translation and crime fiction, and which will feature Claire and Carol and a host of guests. Finally, the plan is to stage three events, including the performance of one of the adapted crime novel scripts and the live recording of the final podcast episode in autumn 2020. Keep an eye on the for more details in the upcoming weeks and months, and thanks to everyone for their help and support thus far.
The 鈥楲ost Detectives鈥� project was 鈥楬ighly Commended鈥� in the Collaboration category at the University鈥檚 Public Engagement with Research Awards that were held on October 30th in the Byre Theatre.
