Biographical Perspectives
on European Societies

Convenor:
Robert Miller: Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 

Tuesday September 23 (14.00-16.00) - ROOM 3.1

Session 1A (Parallel session)
Migration and Narration

Chair: Tamar Rapoport and Edna Lomsky Feder

	Author(s): Kirsten Danielsen Institution: NOVA Country: Norway  MIGRANT BIOGRAPHIES
	Author(s): Tahire Erman Institution: Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University Country: Turkey  MIGRATION, LIFE STRATEGIES AND CITY SPACE: THE LIFE HISTORIES OF RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRANTS IN ANKARA, TURKEY
	Author(s): Dawn Lyon Institution: Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute Country: Italy  MORAL AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES IN REPRESENTATIONS OF MIGRANTS
	Author(s): Kaja Kazmierska Institution: Institute of Sociology, University of Lodz Country: Poland  BIOGRAPHICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF RETURNS
	Author(s): Yvonne Schütze Institution: Country: Germany  MIGRATION PROCESSES AND JEWISH IDENTITY. RUSSIAN JEWS IN BERLIN

Tuesday September  23   (14.00-16.00)

Session 1B (Parallel session)- ROOM 3.2
The Role of 'Theory' in Biographical 

Research Convenor: J.P. Roos

 

	Author(s): Anna Maria Brandao Country: Portugal  Institution: Department of Sociology, University of Minho PATHS OF IDENTITY: LIFE-STORIES AND LIFE TRAJECTORIES
	Author(s): Tatyana Kosyaeva Institution: CERGE-EI  Country: Czech, Republic   CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN ENTREPRENEURS' LIFE STORIES
	Author(s): E. Stina Lyon Country: United Kingdom  Institution: South Bank University READING FEMINIST THEORY FROM A BIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE CASE OF A. MYRDAL AND V. KLEIN'S WOMEN'S TWO ROLES
	Author(s): Ann Nilsen Institution: Department of Sociology, University of Bergen Country: Norway  LIFE HISTORY RESEARCH, BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
	Author(s): Jani Lunnas Institution: Country: Finland  A ROCK-CLIMBER'S NARRATIVES
	Author(s): Tuija Saresma Institution: Research Centre for Contemporary Culture, University of Jyväskylä Country: Finland THE TRUTH ABOUT ME? THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL I IN WOMEN AMATEUR WRITERS' LIFE STORIES
	Author(s): Elena Meshcherkina  Institution: The Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences  Country: Russia  BIOGRAPHICAL DIMENSIONS OF BODY

Wednesday September 24 (09.00-11.00) - ROOM 3.1

Session 2A (Parallel session)
"Biographical Certainty". How do people organize 
their life-course in present society?

Chair: Jens Zinn

	Author(s): Suzanne Lang Institution: Department of Child and Youth/Youth Social Services, German Youth Institute Country: Germany  DIFFICULT LIFE COURSES OF YOUNGSTERS FROM IMMIGRANT FAMILIES: CHALLENGES FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL WORK IN GERMANY
	Author(s): Dawn Lyon Institution: Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute  Country: Italy  THE INESCAPABLE AND THE INEXPLICABLE: FATE AND LUCK IN NARRATIVES OF CAREER HISTORIES
	Author(s): Margarete Menz Institution: University of Osnabrück Country: Germany  INTERMARRIAGE, THE FEMALE BREADWINNER MODEL AND GENDER BORDERWORK: BIOGRAPHIES OF BINATIONAL COUPLES IN GERMANY
	Author(s): Elisabeth Scheibelhofer Institution: Institute for Advanced Studies Country: Austria  TRANSNATIONAL SOCIAL FIELDS: CHANGING BIOGRAPHICAL DECISION-MAKING AND (UN-)CERTAINTIES IN A NEW ERA OF SOCIAL INTERACTION?
	Author(s): Jens Zinn Institution: University of Bundeswehr Country: Germany  "BIOGRAPHICAL CERTAINTY" IN MODERN SOCIETY: A TYPOLOGY OF STRATEGIES TO SHAPE THE LIFE COURSE

Wednesday September 24 (09.00-11.00) - ROOM 3.2

Session 2B (Parallel session)
The Inter-generational 
Transmission of Cultural Beliefs and Practices

Chair: Robin Humphrey

	Author(s): Dagmara Beitnere Institution: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia Country: Latvia  NARRATIVE AND SOCIETAL SELF-IDENTIFICATION
	Author(s): Huibert Schijf and Jaap Dronkers Institution: Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute Country: Italy  MARRIAGES BETWEEN NOBILITY AND HIGH BOURGEOISIE AS A WAY TO MAINTAIN THEIR ELITE POSITIONS IN MODERN DUTCH SOCIETY DURING THE 20TH CENTURY
	Author(s): Aygul Fazlioglu and Bulent Gurcubuk Institution: Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University Country: Turkey  THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN TURKEY AND GAP REGION: THEIR PLACE IN SOCIAL RELATIONS SYSTEM
	Author(s): Ann McNulty and Robin Humphrey Institution: School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Country: United Kingdom  USING THE BIOGRAPHICAL-NARRATIVE INTERPRETATIVE METHOD TO EXPLORE THE MEANINGS OF 'TEENAGE PREGNANCY' FOR WOMEN ACROSS FAMILY GENERATIONS
	Author(s): Nuran Hortaçsu and Sanem Aliçli Mottram Institution: Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University Country: Turkey  TIME RELATED VARIATIONS IN ADULT DAUGHTER-AGING MOTHER RELATIONS: LIFE COURSE AND LIFE CYCLE INFLUENCES IN TURKEY

Wednesday September 24  (14.30-16.30) - ROOM 3.1

Session 3A (Parallel session)
Extending the Possibilities for Presentation 
& Dissemination of Narrative Studies -- Visuality

Chair: Kip Jones and John Given

	Author(s): Giovanni Attili  Institution: Department of Architecture and Town Planning, University 'La Sapienza'  Country: Italy  HYPERMEDIA FOR A TRANSIENT CITY: THE ESQUILINO DISTRICT IN ROME
	Author(s): Baiba Bela-Krumina Institution: Latvian National Oral History Project, University of Latvia Country: Latvia  REFLECTING EXPERIENCE, EXPRESSION AND UNDERSTANDING
	Author(s): John Given Institution: University of Northumbria Country: United Kingdom  WORKSHOP ON THE ARCHIVING OF QUALITATIVE DATA
	Author(s): Murna Downs, Susan Tester, Ailsa Cook and Gill Hubbard Institution: Department of General Practice, University of Glasgow Country: United Kingdom  DISSEMINATING VISUAL ASPECTS OF EXPERIENCE THROUGH DRAMATISATION AND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY
	Author(s): Kip Jones Institution: Mary Seacole Research Centre, De Montfort University Country: United Kingdom  THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: INSPIRATION FOR PRESENTATION FROM MTV
	Author(s): Janet Holland and Rachel Thomson Institution: School of Health and Social Welfare, The Open University and Social Science Research Centre, South Bank University Country: United Kingdom  MEMORY BOOKS AS A METHODOLOGICAL RESOURCE IN LONGITUDINAL BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH

Wednesday September 24 (14.30-16.30) - ROOM 3.2

Session 3B (Parallel session)
Identity Forms in Late Modernity 
- Borderlines, Bridges and Transitions

Chairs: Ana Paula Marques and Emília Araújo

	Author(s): Doina Balahur and Paul Balahur Institution: Department of Sociology, "Al.I.Cuza" University Country: Romania  LIVING IN BABEL: FLUID IDENTITIES
	Author(s): Angélica Lima Cruz Institution: University of Minho Country: Portugal  FROM MAKING TO SAYING OR FROM SAYING TO MAKING? LIFE STORIES OF PORTUGUESE WOMEN POTTERS
	Author(s): Claudia Dreke Institution: University of Potsdam Country: Germany  FOREIGN EAST: BIOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES OF WEST-TO-EAST MIGRANTS
	Author(s): Wendy Bottero Institution: Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Southampton Country: United Kingdom  CLASS IDENTITIES AND THE IDENTITY OF CLASS
	Author(s): Anna Rastas Institution: Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Tampere Country: Finland  RACIAL CATEGORIES AND IDENTITIES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN FINLAND
	Author(s): Anna Temkina Institution: European University at Saint Petersburg Country: Russia  MARITAL SEXUALITY IN THE LATE SOVIET: BIOGRAPHIES AND OFFICIAL DISCOURSES
	Author(s): Judite Zamith-Cruz and Helena Gonçalves Institution: University of Minho and School EB23 of Lamaçães Country: Portugal  PORTUGUESE WOMEN PORTRAITS: NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF SECOND MEETINGS

Wednesday September 24 (17.00-18.30) - ROOM 3.1

Session 4A (Parallel session)
Bourdieu and Biography

Chair: J.P. Roos

	Author(s): Catherine Delcroix Institution: School of High Studies in Social Sciences Country: France  RESOURCES SUBJECTIVES ET CAPITAL D'EXPERIENCE BIOGRAPHIQUE: DEUX CONCPETS POUR PENSER LES COURS D'ACTION EN MILIEU POPULAIRE
	Author(s): Feiwel Kupferberg Institution: The Danish University of Education Country: Denmark  IS A SOCIAL FIELD ALWAYS A SOCIAL FIELD? BOURDIEU'S ANALYSIS OF ACADEMIA, ART AND INDUSTRY
	Author(s): Keijo Rahkonen  Institution: Department of Social Policy, University of Helsinki Country: Finland  BOURDIEU AND HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY: STUDYING BOURDIEU FROM A BOURDIEUSIAN PERSPECTIVE
	Author(s): Anna Rotkirch and J. P. Roos Institution: Department of Home Economics and Craft Science, University of Helsinki Country: Finland   HABITUS AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN SOCIETY AND NATURE?
	Author(s): Daniel Bertaux  Institution: Center of Social Movements Studies  Country: France  BOURDIEU'S AMBIVALENCE ABOUT LIFE STORIES

Wednesday September  24  (17.00-18.30) - ROOM 3.2

Session 4B (Parallel session)
Reflections of Cultural Traumas in Life Stories

Chair: Aili Aarelaid-Tart

	Author(s): Aili Aarelaid-Tart Institution: Institute of International and Social Studies Country: Estonia  CULTURAL TRAUMA IS THE PROBLEM FOR BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH
	Author(s): Zsuzsanna Bogre Institution: Institute of Sociology at the Peter Pazmany Catholic University Country: Hungary  CHANGING OF PERSONAL IDENTITY DURING AND AFTER PRISON
	Author(s): Jan K. Coetzee Institution: Department of Sociology and Industrial Sociology, Rhodes University Country: South Africa  INFORMAL LIVING ON SOCIETY'S PERIPHERY: TOWARDS POLICY AND PLANNING IN SOUTH AFRICA
	Author(s): Tal Litvak-Hirsch Institution: Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negav Country: Israel  WHOSE HOUSE IS THIS? DILEMMAS OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE ISRAELI - PALESTINIAN CONTEXT

Wednesday September  24   (19.00-20.30) - ROOM 3.1

Business Meeting

Thursday September 25 ( 9.00-11.00) - ROOM 3.1

Session 5A 
Biographies and Genealogies: 
Borders of locality in the globalizing world

Chair: Oleg B. Bozhkov

	Author(s): Oleg Bozhkov and Igor Bogolubov Institution: Sociological Institute of Russia Academy of Sciencies Country: Russia  CHRONOGRAPHIC MODELS OF A GENEALOGY: A PROBLEM OF UNCERTAINTY
	Author(s): Sergey Damberg Institution: Department of Sociology, Saint Petersburg University Country: Russia  THE RESOURCE OF CROSS-LOCAL INTEGRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF A LOCAL COMMUNITY
	Author(s): Julia Wertheim Institution: Novosybirsky University Country: Russia  THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY: ADAPTATION STRATEGIES (THE BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACH TO THE LIFE STYLE OF SAILING AND TRAVELING)
	Author(s): Olga Tkach and Elena Zdravomyslova Institution: Saint Petersburg European University Country: Russia  GENEALOGICAL SEARCH AS A CULTURAL MOVEMENT IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN SOCIETY
	Author(s): Elena Zdravomyslova Institution: Saint Petersburg European University Country: Russia  THE GLOBALIZATION OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF PEOPLE'S LIFE SPACES
	Author(s): Valery Golofast Institution: Sociological Institute, Russian Academy of Science Country: Russia  THE CONTRADICTION OF LOCALIZATION

Thursday September 25   (9.00-11.00) - ROOM 3.2

Session 5B 
Recherches Biographiques de Langue Française

Chair: Armelle Testenoire

	Author(s): Mihai Dinu Gheorghiu Institution:  Country: France UNE SOCIO-ANTHROPOLOGIE DES ANCIENS USAGERS DE L'ASE A PARTIR DE LA METHOD BIOGRAPHIQUE ['THE BIOGRAPHICAL METHOD FOR A SOCIO-ANTHROPOLOGY OF FORMER-FOSTERED CHILDREN (FROM AIDE SOCIALE L'ENFANCE)']
	Author(s): Stéphanie Queval Institution: Department of Sociology, University of Rouen Country: France  SUR LES TRACES D'UNE MÉMOIRE COLLECTIVE: LES OUVRIERS RETRAITÉS D'UN ANCIEN CHANTIER NAVAL  ['THE SEARCH FOR COLLECTIVE MEMORY: OLDER WORKERS IN A SHIPYARD']
	Author(s): Laurence Thomsin  Institution: University of Liège  Country: Belgium  LE PROJET DE RETRAITE ET LE PARCOURS BIOGRAPHIQUE
	Author(s): Armelle Testenoire and Danièle Trancart Institution: Department of Sociology, University of Rouen Country: France  COMPLEMENTARITE ENTRE DONNEES QUANTITATIVES ET QUALITATIVES ['COMPLEMENTARITY BETWEEN QUANTITATIVE LONGITUDINAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL DATA']

Thursday September 25 (14.30-16.30) - ROOM 3.1

Session 6A 
Beyond Childhood, Youth and Ageing: 
Reconsiderations of age, biography and the life-course 
(Join session with RN22 Youth and Generation )

Chair: Sinikka Aapola

	Author(s): Sinikka Aapola Institution: University of Helsinki Country: Finland  CULTURAL DISCOURSES OF AGE AND THE LIFE-COURSE
	Author(s): Jyrki Jyrkämä Institution: Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä Country: Finland  OLD AGE RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF AGE
	Author(s): Robert Miller Institution: School of Sociology and Social Policy, Queen's University Country: United Kingdom  WHAT CAN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH TELL "THE BIOGRAPHICAL TURN"?
	Author(s): Ulrike Nagel Institution: Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Institute of Sociology Country: Germany  LESSONS FROM THE SOCIALIST LIFE-COURSE REGIME
	Author(s): Ulla-Maija Salo Institution: Department of Home Economics and Craft Science, University of Helsinki Country: Finland  TEACHERS WE LIVE WITH

Thursday September  25  (14.30-16.30) - ROOM 3.2

Session 6B 
Life Histories and 
the Reconstruction of National Identity in Eastern Europe

Chair: Vieda Skultans

	Author(s): Laura Huttunen Institution: Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, Tampere University Country: Finland  TESTIMONIES OF WAR AND MEMORIES OF SUFFERING: LIFE STORIES IN THE BOSNIAN DIASPORA
	Author(s): John A. Jackson Institution: Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin Country: Ireland  MAKING THE MOVE: 'APPARATCHIK TO ENTREPRENEUR': THE EXPERIENCE OF SOME POLISH BUSINESSMEN AFTER 1989
	Author(s): Markku Kivinen Institution: Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Helsinki Country: Finland  INDIVIDUAL LIFE AND CORE CULTURAL NARRATIVES OF SOCIALISM AND TRANSITION
	Author(s): Oleg Patchenkov Institution: Centre for Independent Social Research (CISR) Country: Russia  FROM THE "INFORMAL ECONOMY" TO AN "EVERYDAY" ONE - THROUGH THE HISTORY OF A FAMILY AND BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVES

Friday September 26 (09.00-11.00) - ROOM 3.1

Session 7A 
Spanish Session

Chair: Jesus de Miguel

	Author(s): Benjamín Oltra and José Ignacio Garrigós Institution: University of Alicante Country: Spain  LA TEORIA SOCIOLOGICA: UNA INVESTIGACION SOBRE SUS CLAVES SOCIALES, CULTURALES, BIOGRÁFICAS Y CREATIVAS
	Author(s): Laura Torrabadella and Mónica Nadal Institution: Country: Spain  BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

Friday September  26  (09.00-11.00) - ROOM 3.2

Session 7B 
Transitions in Eastern Europe

Chairs: Julia Vajda and Eva Kovacs

	Author(s): Lea Altnurme Institution: University of Tartu Country: Estonia  THE MAIN ATTITUDES OF BELIEVERS TOWARDS SOVIET RULE
	Author(s): Rudolf Egger Institution: Karl Franzens University of Graz Country: Austria  SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES IN THE LIFE-COURSES OF KOSOVA PEOPLE
	Author(s): Julia Jancsó Institution: University of Frankfurt Country: Germany  MIGRATION AND ADOLESCENCE - AU PAIRS FROM EASTERN EUROPE. BIOGRAPHICAL CASE STUDIES ABOUT THE FORMATION OF FEMALE IDENTITY
	Author(s): Torsten Bo Jørgensen Institution: Copenhagen Business School Country: Denmark  GERMAN UNIFICATION AS BIOGRAPHICAL EXPERIENCE
	Author(s): Mike F.Keen and Janusz Mucha Institution: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Indiana University at South Bend and Institute of Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus University Country: USA and Poland  SOCIOLOGICAL LIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF TRANSFORMATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
	Author(s): Agnieszka Golczynska-Grondas Institution: Institute of Sociology, University of Lodz Country: Poland  THE CAREER OF THE TROUBLEMAKER: THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MEN'S SOCIAL ROLES IN ENCLAVES OF POVERTY

Friday September 26 (14.30 - 16.30) - ROOM 3.1

Session 8 
Open Session

Chair: Robert Miller

	Author(s): Aylin Akpinar Institution: Faculty of Communication, University of Bahcesehir Country: Turkey  CONSTRUCTING ISLAMIC AND SECULAR IDENITIES IN MODERNIZING TURKEY
	Author(s): Sibel Kalaycioglu Institution: Middle East Technical University Country: Turkey  THE CONSEQUENCES OF SHIFTING PRIORITIES AND PRACTICES BETWEEN THE ELDERLY AND THE YOUNG: THE CASE OF TURKEY
	Author(s): Helga Rittersberger-Tilic Institution: Middle East Technical University Country:  Turquey A GERMAN WOMAN BORN IN ISTANBUL: THE WORK AND LIFE EXPERIENCE OF A FOREIGNER IN POST WORLD WAR II IN TURKEY
	Author(s): Minna-Kristiina Ruokonen Institution: University of Frankfurt Country: Germany  NARRATIONS OF THE SELF IN THE BIOGRAPHIES OF MIGRANT WOMEN IN GERMANY
	Author(s): Dirk Schubotz Institution: Institute of Governance, Public Policy and Social Research, Queen's University Country: Northern Ireland  "IT WAS GOOD TO TALK." CAN BIOGRAPHICAL INTERVIEWS CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESSFUL COPING WITH STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS AND SOCIO-CULTURAL PRESSURES? A STUDY FROM NORTHERN IRELAND
	Author(s): Maruta Pranka Institution: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology Country: Latvia IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT