Morning Session

Chair : Jean-Pascal DALOZ (CNRS/MFO, University of Oxford & University of Oslo)

9.45 Jean-Pascal DALOZ Introductory Remarks

10.00 Alan WARDE (University of Manchester) ‘The symbolic accoutrements of power:

culture and the British managerial elite'

10.30 Jukka GRONOW (University of Uppsala) "Socialist Luxury. Necessities, shortages and the promise of abundance in the Soviet Union"

11.00 Coffee Break

11.30 Karl GERTH (Merton College, University of Oxford)  ‘The New Rich and Luxury Consumption in China'

12.00 Stefanie LOTTER (University of the Witwatersrand) "Distinctly Different Everywhere: The politics of appearance amongst Rana elites inside and outside Nepal" 

12.30 Lunch

Afternoon Session

Chair: Tak Wing CHAN (New College, University of Oxford)

14.00 Jean-Pascal DALOZ (CNRS/MFO, University of Oxford & University of Oslo) "Symbolic Consistency vs. Synecdochic Strategies"

14.30 France BOURGOIN (EHESS, Paris) "On Being Cosmopolitan: Identity Practices and Discourses of African Capitalist Elite in Johannesburg"

15.00 Tijo SALVERDA (Vrije University, Amsterdam) "Embodied Signs of Elite Distinction: Franco-Mauritians' white skin colour in the face of change"

15.30 Coffee Break

16.00 Closing Remarks and General Discussion