Labnet: Conf. Ann: European Societies of Work in Transformation: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives - London 11/09

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From:    Kerstin  Brückweh <kbrueckweh at ghil.ac.uk>

Conf. Ann: European Societies of Work in Transformation: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives on Great Britain, Sweden and West Germany during the Seventies - London 11/09
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University College London (Bernhard Rieger); German Historical Institute
London (Andreas Gestrich, Kerstin Brückweh), London
26.11.2009-28.11.2009, German Historical Institute London

During the Seventies, many European countries experienced profound
structural transformations that affected their character as industrial
societies. In particular, the fundamental changes that reshaped the
world of work galvanized public attention as much as they puzzled policy
makers and social scientists. Moreover, countless people directly
affected by the downturn made their grievances known in public. Focusing
on Great Britain, Sweden and West Germany, this conference compares how
three European industrial societies struggled to deal with challenges of
economic change in a broad range of economic, social, and cultural
settings. While the Seventies signalled the end of West Germany's
much-vaunted "economic miracle," Britain experienced the difficulties in
front of a backdrop of several decades of patchy economic performance.
In Sweden, meanwhile, the Seventies brought new challenges after a
sustained era of growth but mass unemployment did not manifest itself
until the Eighties. Our conference explores to what extent these
different economic trajectories shaped public debates and private
reactions as well as expectations in each country. We hope to open up
this new field for comparative and transnational historical research.

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Thursday, 26 November 2009

14.00 Registration and Welcome

14.30 - 16.30 
Panel 1: Structural Economic Transformations in Comparative Perspective
Werner Abelshauser (Bielefeld), Germany after the Miracle: A Return to
Normality?
Martin J. Daunton (Cambridge), Floating and Inflation: The Political
Economy of Domestic Institutions and the International Economy in
Britain, 1971-1979
Norbert Götz (Helsinki), 'We Don't Move!': 1968, 1973 and the Fall of
the Swedish Model 
Comment: Jeroen Trouwen (Leiden) 

16.30 - 17.00 Coffee/ Tea Break

17.00 - 18.00
Keynote Lecture: Bo Stråth (Helsinki), The Break Down of the Western
World Order in the 1970s through the Retrospect Lenses of the Collapse
in 2008


Friday, 27 November 2009

9.30 - 12.00
Panel 2: The Search for Remedies to Problems of Work and Unemployment in
the Seventies
Bernhard Rieger (London), The Crisis at Volkswagen
Antoine Capet (Rouen), 'The British Worker Has Priced Himself out of a
Job': Full Employment and the 'Culture of Work' in 1970s Britain
Gustav Sjöblom (Göteburg), Mainframe Computing and the Transformation of
Business Practices in Sweden
Comment: Lutz Raphael (Trier)

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch 

13.00 - 15.00
Panel 3: Beyond Utopias: Expectations of the Future in Societies of Work
during the Seventies
Rüdiger Graf (Bochum), A Transformation of Politics? Oil and
Energy-Politics in West Germany and Great Britain in the 1970s
Elke Seefried (Augsburg), Towards the Limits to Growth? Future Studies
in West Germany and Britain
Jens Ljungren (Lund), The (Re)invention of the Future: The Conception of
Time in Post-war Swedish Political Debate
Comment: Holger Nehring (Sheffield)

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee/ Tea Break

15.30 - 17.30
Panel 4: Politics of Education in Societies of Work
Wilfried Rudloff (Kassel), Conflicting Aims and Shifting Priorities in
the Crisis Years of Social-Democratic Educational Politics 
Jenny Andersson (Paris), Human Capital Policy in Sweden: From Man Power
to Brainpower
Michaela Brockmann, Linda Clarke, Christopher Winch (London), Skilled
Versus Qualified Labour: Convergence and Divergence in Vocational
Educational Training in Britain and Germany in the 1970s
Comment: Cornelia Rauh (Hannover)


Saturday, 28 November 2009

9.30 - 12.00
Panel 5: The Expansion of Consumerism During a Period of Economic
Problems
Fernando Esposito (Tübingen), Lose your Illusions. Punk, Rebellion and
Advanced Consumerism
Orsi Husz and Helena Matsson (Stockholm), Between Idealism and
Materialism. Changing Discources of Consumption in Sweden in the 1960s
and 1970s
Alex Mold (London), Illegal Drugs and the Consumer in 1970s Britain
Comment: Frank Trentmann (London)

12.00 - 13.00 Lunch 

13.00 - 14.30
Panel 6: The Changing Role of Families in the 1970s
Hans Bertram (Berlin), Three Revolutions: Continuity and Change in
Family Development in Germany
Hilary Land (Bristol), The 1970: The Beginning of the End of the British
Male Breadwinner Model
Comment: Andreas Gestrich (London)

14.30 - 14.45 Coffee/ Tea Break

14.45 - 15.30
Panel discussion: 
Martin Geyer (München)
Martin J. Daunton (Cambridge)
Jenny Andersson (Paris)

15.30 End of Conference

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Kerstin Brückweh
German Historical Institute London
17 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2NJ

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