Sunday 24 July
Arrival of Participants
6-8 pm Welcome Dinner
Monday 25 July
Session 1 Welcome and Keynote Speech
10:00-10:30 Panel 1, Introduction: Rudolf Wagner/David Mervart (Heidelberg)
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Panel 2, Sheldon Garon (Princeton)
Why America Spends While the World Saves?
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Session 2 The World of Early Modern Trade and Food
13:30-15;00 Panel 3, Francoise Sabban (EHESS Paris)
Sugar of Guangdao Province and Portuguese Taste in the 16th century
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Panel 4, Robert Hellyer (Wake Forrest)
Asian Tea and Transcultural Trade
17:00-18:00 Break
Heidelberg Guided Evening Tour
Tuesday 26 July
Session 3 Gender Images and Consumption
9:00-10:30 Panel 5, Mio Wakita (Heidelberg)
Women on Yokohama Souvenir Postcards
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Panel 6, Katja Patzel-Mattern (Heidelberg)
Female Images in German Tobacco Advertisement
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Session 4 Youth Cultures
13:30-15:00 Panel 7, Joanna Elfving-Hwang (Frankfurt)
Cosmetic Cultures and the Practice of Aesthetic Surgery in South Korea
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Panel 8, Christiane Brosius (Heidelberg)
Consuming Romantic Love in Urban India
17:00-18:00 Break
German Packaging Museum Heidelberg
Wednesday 26 July
Session 5 Contemporary Shifts in Food Consumption
9:00-10:30 Panel 5, Manpreet Janeja (Cambridge)
Eating and Non-Eating in South-Asia (and Beyond)
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Panel 6, Seungsook Moon (Vassar)
Buddhist Temple Food in South Korea
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Session 6 Reflecting on Japanese Consumer Culture
13:30-15;00 Panel 7, Angus Lockyer (SOAS, London)
Golf Clubbing in Modern Japan
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Panel 8, Harald Fuess (Heidelberg)
Flow of Beer to East Asia
17:00-18:00 Break
Free Evening
Thursday 27 July
Session 7 Group Work 1
9:00-12:30 Anna Andreeva, David Mervart, Mio Wakita (Heidelberg)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Session 8 Group Work 2
13:30-15;00 Presentations
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Concluding Discussion
17:00-18:00 Break
Heidelberg Beer Tasting
Friday 28 July
Departure of Participants