Call for Papers

The sixth edition of the International Santiago Noir Festival will be held from  September 22nd to 25th, 2026, in a fully in-person format, at the premises of the  Faculty of Letters at Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile, the Faculty of  Communication and Letters at Universidad Diego Portales and Centro Cultural of Spain  (Providencia). 

On this occasion, within the framework of the Festival, an academic congress will be held,  focusing on the limits that the noir genre itself possesses, whether literally as a theme of its narrative, as an exploration of various territories and territorialities, and as a reflection on its current scope through hybridization with other genres, formats, and diverse manifestations, among others. 

Thus, the congress’ main interest points, but not limited to, are the following:

1. Crime and Institutional Frameworks 

2. Crime as a Precarious Social Experience: Subjective Formations and Modes of  Collective Relationship 

3. Crime and (Cultural) Borders 

4. Criminal Logics: Victims, Perpetrators, and Detectives 

5. Narcomodernities 

6. Theoretical Issues of Genre: Territories, Limits, Edges, Margins of the Noir Genre,  among others

7. Crime and its Representations: True Crime, Crime Reports, Works Based on Real  Events, among others 

8. The Noir Genre in Audiovisual and Other Media 

9. The Noir Genre 

The main objective of the Congress will be to bring together all kinds of specialists and creators who contribute new perspectives on these themes. Through the contributions of the attendees, it is intended to develop these perspectives within the study of narrative and audiovisual noir genre. 

PROPOSALS AND DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION 

The organizing committee invites the university community and scholars, researchers,  and experts on the subject to participate by submitting papers where interventions will not exceed 15 minutes. 

Interested parties must complete a form that they can find HERE, and enclose an abstract or summary of their paper, before June 26th, 2026. 

REGISTRATION FEES 

Registration fees for speakers will be U$60.- (U$30 for students who can document their status). The management of these funds is the exclusive responsibility of the Faculty of  Letters of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 

Transfer charges will be borne by the payer. In addition to the rights to present at the congress, the registration fee payment will grant speakers a digital certificate, with the specific information of the paper provided in the respective form. 

Questions or queries to festivalsantiagonegro2022@gmail.com 

Organizers:  

Centro Cultural de España www.ccesantiago.cl 

Facultad de Comunicaciones y Letras. Universidad Diego Portales Facultad de Letras. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile