Date: Thursday 21 Jan 2010 - 10:00
Place: Maison Française d'Oxford
Research programme: Nation and Globalization
Social Elites' (Un)Conspicuousness:Â Theoretical reflections on ostentation versus understatement
Jean-Pascal Daloz, CNRS-MFO
Snobism in Contemporary Russia
Elisabeth Schimpfoessl, University of Manchester
Culinary Nostalgia and Social Distinction in Malta
Elise Billiard, Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme, Aix-en-Provence
Climbing to the Top of the Greasy Pole: Disraeli's quest for acceptance amongst the elites
Benjamin Caraco, MFO
Beyond Homo-Academicus: New professional patterns in British universities
Simon Paye, MFO
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