16 december 2011: Consumption. Historiographies in comparison.‏

[Cécile W]

annonce :


Anglo-french workshop series : Historiographies in comparison

First meeting : Consumption

Paris, Friday 16 december 2011



EHESS, 190-198 avenue de France, 75013 Paris, salle 1 (rez-de-chaussée)

Métro Quai de la gare, ou Bibliothèque F. Mitterrand



Each session will be introduced by a short presentation (10 minutes)

We basically hope to have large informal discussions.

Working languages : mainly English, but we will manage to allow everybody to use her/his native language if necessary.



INSCRIPTION PREALABLE SOUHAITEE : philippe.minard@ens.fr



9.45 : welcome

10.00 am : First session : State of the art

introductory remarks by Frank Trentmann

related papers : John Brewer, « The Error of our Ways: Historians and the Birth of Consumer Society » (2003) and Frank Trentmann, « Crossing Divides. Consumption and globalization in history » (2009)



12.15 : lunch



1.15 pm : Second session : Space and exchanges across space

introductory remarks by John Brewer on Travel, tourism and mobility in the context of consumption

related paper : Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello, « Global material cultures: things in history » (2008)



3.00 pm : coffee-break



3.15 pm: Third session : Inequalties (time, wealth, income), gender and ethics of consumption

introductory remarks by Marie Chessel

related paper : Marie Chessel, « The gender of social reform: the example of the ‘Ligue Sociale d’Acheteurs’ » (2010)



5 pm : the end.



TEXTES DISPONIBLES SUR DEMANDE : philippe.minard@ens.fr