28 October 2005
14:00-14:20 Coffee / Tea in the Common Room
14:20-14:30 Welcome
Prof Hagen Schulze (London)
Dr Matthias Reiss (London)
14:30-15:00 Keynote
Victoria Mather, Author of the “Social Stereotypes” Column in the Telegraph Magazine.
15:00-15:45 Theoretical Introduction
Prof Russell Spears (Cardiff)
15:45-16:15 Coffee / Tea in the Common Room
16:15-17:30 Section I: The Working World I
Chair: Prof Andreas Gestrich (Trier)
Prof Carolyn Steedman (Warwick): The Domestic Servant
Prof Alun Howkins (Sussex): The Agricultural Labourer
17:30-17:45 Coffee / Tea in the Common Room
17:45-19:00 Section II: The Working World II
Chair: Prof Hans Henning Hahn (Oldenburg)
Sabine Biebl (Munich): White-Collar Worker
Candace Benefiel (College Station, TX): The Librarian
29 October 2005
09:30-11:15 Section III: The Father
Chair: Prof Christoph Conrad (Geneva)
Dr Jürgen Martschukat (Hamburg): USA
Prof John Tosh (Roehampton): Great Britain
Dr Till van Rahden (Cologne): Germany
11:15-11:45 Coffee / Tea in the Common Room
11:45-13:00 Section IV: Ranks of Society
Chair: Dr Alex Zukas (San Diego, CA)
Dr Karina Urbach (London): The Aristocrat
Prof Andreas Fahrmeir (Cologne): The Bourgeois
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:15 Section V: Crime and Punishment
Chair: Prof David Taylor (Huddersfield)
Dr Anja Johansen (Dundee): The Policeman
Prof Peter Becker (Florence): The Criminal
15:15-15:45 Final Comment
Prof Ute Frevert (New Haven, CT)