International Conference LMU & LSE

Cultural Representations of Social Mobility. The Prospects for ‘Autosociobiography’

Lecture – “Autosociobiography and Film”
14.07.2023, 11.50-12.10 Uhr

Elena Meilicke

 

Programme Cultural Representations of Social Mobility. The Prospects for ‘Autosociobiography’

Thursday, July 13th 2023
14:00 | Registration and Coffee
14:30–15:00 | Welcome

Section 1
15:00–15:20 | Diane Reay: Zombie States, Adrenalized Anorexics and Spectral Shadows
15:20–15:40| Alexander Mayer: Autobiographical Narratives of Upward Social Mobility. A Historical Perspective
15:40–16:00 | Discussion

Section 2
16:00–16:20 | Sina Farzin: Quasi-Ethnographies and the Question of Critique
16:20–16:40 | Markus Rieger-Ladich: Talking Back. Darren McGarvey on Class Analysis and Social Justice
16:40–17:00 | Discussion
17:00–17:30 | Coffee break

Section 3
17:30–17:50 | Jo Littler: Social Aspiration and Societal Alienation: Intersectional Costs of Joining the 1%
17:50–18:10 | Marcus Twellmann: Et ego – Serial Autoclassification
18:10–18:30 | Discussion

Section 4
18:30–19:00 | Daniela Dröscher: The Martin-Eden-Moment
19:00–19:30 | Discussion
20:00 | Dinner: Georgenhof (Friedrichstraße 1, 80801)

 

Friday, July 14th 2023
Section 5
10:00–10:20| Fabienne Steeger: Move On Up. The Cruel Optimism of Striving
10:20–10:40 | David Prinz: Roland Barthes: Social Advancement as Myth?
10:40–11:00 | Discussion
11:00–11:30 | Coffee break

Section 6
11:30–11:50 | Sam Friedman/Dave O’Brien: Framing the Glass Floor: On-Screen Representations of Downward Mobility
11:50–12:10 | Elena Meilicke: Autosociobiography and Film
12:10–12:30 | Discussion
12:30–14:00 | Lunch break

Section 7
14:00–14:20 | Sarah Seidel: On Their Mothers’ Back – Remarks on the Maternal Influence on Social Mobility
14:20–14:40 | Mike Savage: The Role of Inheritance in Life-Writing: A Speculation on the Case of Virginia Woolf
14:40–15:00 | Discussion
15:00–15:30 | Coffee break

Section 8
15:30–15:50 | Philipp Lammers: “I’d Like to Thank the Academy” – Social Mobility, Education and Literary Form
15:50–16:10 | Jens-Christian Rabe: He Who Laughs Last – Poverty Stories in Comedy
16:10–16:30 | Discussion
16:30–17:30 | Closing discussion
19:00 Dinner | Lo Studente (Schellingstraße 30, 80799)

 

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