JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES
Youth Culture/s in Europe
An International Conference to be held on
28th & 29th June 2007
at Loughborough University, UK
Schofield Building, A202 & A201
Thursday, 28th June 2007
1.00-2.00: Registration, Coffee and Welcome
2.00-3.30: Media
Online counselling for young people - comparing the British and the German
experience
Andreas Vossler, London Metropolitan University & Terry Hanley, University
of Manchester, UK
Class, cultural capital and cell phone cultures
Breda Luthar and Samo Kropivnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interpreting text messages: A case study of young people's language in
Norway today
Guy Puzey, University of Edinburgh, UK
3.30-4.00: Tea and Biscuits
4.00-6.30: Violence and Youth Movements
Italian "young" literature (1980-2000)
Marco Giani, Università degli Studi - Milan, Italy
"Machine Gun Art": 1968 and free jazz in West Germany
Andrew W. Hurley, University of Melbourne, Australia
Activating youth in Salut les copains (1962-76)
Chris Tinker, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
7.30: Dinner
8.30 Keynote Speech:
Poverty and unemployment of young Europeans in intergenerational perspective
Wielislawa Warzywoda-Kruszynska & Ewa Rokicka, University of Lodz, Poland
Friday, 29th June 2007
8.00-9.30: Breakfast
9.30-11.00 Culture, Citizenship and Violence
Youth culture and citizenship in multicultural Britain
Alan France, Adriana Sandu, CRSP, Loughborough University, UK
Youth culture and European integration in Germany: Back to European basics?
Gudrun Quenzel and Mathias Albert, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Some insights into violent youth crime
Chris Lewis, Gavin Hales and Daniel Silverstone, University of Portsmouh, UK
11.00-11.30: Coffee
11.30-1.00: Germany and Europe
From Ostalgie to Ostimismus?
Consumption and East German identity among young people in the New German
States
Claire Hyland, University of Bath, UK
Political participation of young people in Germany - The European context
Wolfgang Gaiser and Johann de Rijke, German Youth Institute, Germany
Youth cultures as a way to tackle insecure transitions into adulthood
Barbara Stauber, University of Tübingen, Germany
Rolf Gardiner and Anglo-German youth culture between the two world wars
David M. Fowler, Cambridge University, UK
1.00-2.00: Lunch
2.00-3.30: Development and Transition
Young people and learning cultures
Rachel Brooks, University of Surrey, UK
Speaking their language: Uses and misuses of celebrity linguists in the
promotion of post-14 language learning in the UK
Nicky Bray, University of Leeds, UK
Young people, hope and childhood-hope
Peter Kraftl, Centre for Children & Youth, University of Northampton, UK
3.30-4.00: Coffee
4.00-5.30: Poverty, Loss and Coping
The Young Hunger Artists: The portrayal of eating disorders by contemporary
Austrian women writers
Petra Bagley, University of Central Lancashire, UK
"Getting on with it" - Life narratives of (disadvantaged) young adults in a
medium-sized UK town.
Christina Kokoroskou, Loughborough University, UK
Are youth poverty and unemployment inherited? Perceptions of elites of
Estonia, Germany and Great Britain in comparison
Kairi Kasearu and Avo Trumm, University of Tartu, Estonia
5.30-6.00: Tea and Discussion and End of Conference
Conference Organisers:
Martha Wörsching ([log in to unmask]) and
Jeremy Leaman, ([log in to unmask])
Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies
Loughborough
LE11 3TU/UK
Registration:
Mrs. Pauline Dainty
Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies
Loughborough
LE11 3TU/UK
Email: [log in to unmask]
Martha Wörsching
Department of Politics, International Relations and European Studies
Loughborough University,
LOUGHBOROUGH
LE11 3TU/UK
Tel +00 44 (0)1509 222998
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http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/eu/
Office Hours:
Dissertations: Tuesday from 10-11 am
General: Thursday from 10-11 am
Reviews Editor of the JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN STUDIES
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