The political consumer. Consumer Boycotts in Europe in the 20th Century

Frank Trentmann (London) Simon Stevens (Florence) and Jakob Skovgaard (Copenhagen) will in this workshop discuss topics of political consumerism with students and interested scholars from history, sociology, political science and African Studies, from the University of Copenhagen and beyond. 

All are welcome.

Programme

13:00 - 13:15  Welcome and Introduction

13:15 - 14:15  Consumer Boycotts in History: Changing Political Aims and Horizons
                       Frank Trentmann, Professor of History, Birkbeck College, University of
                       London

14:15 - 15:00  Boycotting South African Goods: Political Consumerism in Britain and
                       South Africa, 1953-1963
                        Simon Stevens, International Historian. Postdoctoral Fellow,
                       @MaxWeberProgram, EUI, Florence

15:00 - 15:30  Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:15  No Fuel for Apartheid: Lessons from the Shell Boycott
                       Jakob Skovgaard, PhD fellow, Department of English Germanic and
                       Romance Studies, University of Copenhagen

16:15 - 16:45  Final discussion

16:45 - 17:00  Concluding remarks

The workshop is open to all.

For participation, please contact Detlef Siegfried or Jakob Skovgaard