Workshop: How to Write and Conceptualize the History of Youth Cultures (Berlin, 30 June – 1 July 2016)

Workshop Program:

Thursday, 30 June 2016

Technische Universität Berlin, Center for Metropolitanstudies, Hardenbergstraße 16-18, 10623 Berlin

10:00-10:30 AM Welcome Address Dorothee Brantz (Center for Metropolitanstudies) and Felix Fuhg (Humboldt University Berlin)

10:30-12:30 AM Panel I: Driving Forces of Youth Cultures

Matthew Worley, University of Reading: ‘Suburban relapse: boredom, alienation and despair’

David Wilkinson, Manchester Metropolitan University. ‘Agents of Change’: Post-Punk and the Libertarian Left in Britain Moderator:

Bodo Mrozek (Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam)

12:30-13:30 PM Lunch

13:30-15:30 PM Panel II: From the Urban to the Rural. The Influence of Space on Youth Culture

Sian Edwards, University of Sussex: Growing Up in the Countryside

Felix Fuhg, Humboldt University Berlin: The Metropolitan Experience. Youth Culture as an Urban Phenomenon

Moderator: Stefan Wellgraf (European University Viadrina)

15:30-17:30 PM Panel III: Gendering Youth Cultures and its History

Lucy Robinson, University of Sussex: Taking Girls’ Subcultures Seriously

Laura Catherine Cofield, University of Sussex: Riot Grrrls: Fangrrrling Feminism

Moderator: Annette Karpp (Free University Berlin)

17:30-18:00 PM Coffee Break

18:00-19:00 PM Network Meeting

 

Friday, 1 July 2016

Archiv der Jugendkulturen e.V. , Fidicinstraße 3,10965 Berlin

09:00-11:00 AM Panel IV: The Transformation of the Work and Leisure Regime and its Impact on Teenager

Keith Gildart, University of Wolverhampton: Coal Mines, Cotton Mills, and English Rock ‘n’ Roll: Reflections on the history of work, class, locality, and popular music in post-war Britain

Stephen Catterall, University of Huddersfield: Keeping the Faith: A History of Northern Soul

Moderator: Daniel Tödt (Technical University Berlin)

11:00-11:45 AM Talk Daniel Schneider, Archiv der Jugendkulturen: Challenges of Archiving the History of Youth Cultures

11:45-12:00 AM Coffee Break

12:00-13:00 PM Guided Tour Archiv der Jugendkulturen

Conference organized by Prof Matthew Worley, University of Reading, and Felix Fuhg, Humboldt University Berlin.
For registration please contact: felix.fuhg@metropolitanstudies.de


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Felix Fuhg (June 29, 2016). Workshop: How to Write and Conceptualize the History of Youth Cultures (Berlin, 30 June – 1 July 2016). PopHistory. Retrieved January 24, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/sz5q


One thought on “Workshop: How to Write and Conceptualize the History of Youth Cultures (Berlin, 30 June – 1 July 2016)

  1. How to re-write history… that should have been the title. You synthesize rich experience and interpret. Then you add theory or your bias to end up with a dose of nostalgia.

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