28. March 2018 19:00
Prof. Mary Evans
Biographical Notes:
Mary Evans is currently an Emeritus Leverhulme Professor at the London School of Economics where she is working on a project about the meaning of ‘respectability’.
Her work has covered many aspects of literature and social change; she is currently working on a study of European detective fiction post 1970.
For further information please visit Professor Evans website: http://www.maryevans.com/
Synopsis:
One of the anniversaries that we have celebrated recently in the UK has been that of the publication of the Beveridge Report on the organisation of welfare services in November 1942. A publication for which people queued for hours. Now since that time we’ve come to re-think ‘welfare’ but one of the questions I would like to think about is that of how we care for the vulnerable : the young, the ill, the infirm or the elderly. Beveridge assumed that women would do this, and to a large extent they still do, but is this still possible ? What interests me here is not just who cares but how we think about caring, and the question of whether or not we can afford to care. Recent television comedy in the UK has included two series about ongoing caring – the returning millenials of some nightmares – and so it is interesting to speculate about the extent of this phenomenon.
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28. March 2018 19:00
Prof. Mary Evans
Venue
Frankfurter Presseclub
Ulmenstr. 20
60325 Frankfurt/Main
Biographical Notes:
Mary Evans is currently an Emeritus Leverhulme Professor at the London School of Economics where she is working on a project about the meaning of ‘respectability’.
Her work has covered many aspects of literature and social change; she is currently working on a study of European detective fiction post 1970.
For further information please visit Professor Evans website: http://www.maryevans.com/
Synopsis:
One of the anniversaries that we have celebrated recently in the UK has been that of the publication of the Beveridge Report on the organisation of welfare services in November 1942. A publication for which people queued for hours. Now since that time we’ve come to re-think ‘welfare’ but one of the questions I would like to think about is that of how we care for the vulnerable : the young, the ill, the infirm or the elderly. Beveridge assumed that women would do this, and to a large extent they still do, but is this still possible ? What interests me here is not just who cares but how we think about caring, and the question of whether or not we can afford to care. Recent television comedy in the UK has included two series about ongoing caring – the returning millenials of some nightmares – and so it is interesting to speculate about the extent of this phenomenon.
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Note: By registering and participating in this event, you consent to the recording of your appearance and / or your voice, to be published by the German-British Society in photos, videos and accompanying sound recordings via any media and for any purpose.