Friday, 25th November 2005

14.00 Registration, Coffee

14.45 Opening of the conference
Prof. Dr. Beatrix Bouvier, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung / Karl Marx Haus, Trier
Prof. Dr. Andreas Gestrich, Trier University

15.00 Opening lecture
The regionality of welfare systems in England and Europe
Steven King, Oxford Brookes University

16.00
Section I: Regional Differences in Welfare Systems in Britain and Europe during the Ancien Régime / before the New Poor Law

1. Poor relief in the ecclesiastical electoral states – a comparative regional study
Sebastian Schmidt, Trier University

2. Tying the regions together: out-parish relief under the old poor law
Margaret Hanly, Oxford Brookes University

3. Regional patterns of poor relief in England 1800 – 1850
Tim Phillipson, Oxford Brookes University

comment: John Langton, St. John’s College, Oxford

Saturday, 26th November 2005

9.00
Section II: Regional Patterns of Poor Relief in the Prussian Rhine-Province: Questioning the 1885 Statistics

1. Introduction: Legal and Institutional Contexts

2. Cities: Aachen, Köln, Trier
Beate Althammer, Tamara Stazic-Wendt, Trier University

3. Suburbs: Trier-Land, Köln-Deutz
Peter Hintzen, Trier University

4. Rural Areas
Katrin Marx, Martin Krieger, Trier University

comment: Ewald Frie, Essen University

11.30 Coffee Break

12.00 Section III: Regional Patterns of Poor Relief in 19th and 20th century-Scotland

1. Poor relief in rural Scotland between 1850 – 1900: A regional comparison
Michèle Gordon, Trier University

2. Regional differences in medical relief for the rural poor in Scotland,
1850 – 1900
Jens Gründler, Trier University

3. Poor relief in late 19th and early 20th century-Glasgow and -Edinburgh
John Stewart, Oxford Brookes University

comment: Andrew Blaikie, University of Aberdeen

13.30 Lunch Break

14.30
Section IV: Regional Patterns of Poor Relief in 19th and 20th century-England

1. Welfare in the borderlands: The New Poor Law in Lancashire, Shropshire and the Welsh borders
Richard Biddle, Steven King, John Stewart, Oxford Brookes University

2. Regional patterns in the treatment of the sick poor
Alison Stringer, Oxford Brookes University

3. Poverty and welfare in the British seaside towns
Bruce Balmer, Oxford Brookes University

comment: Pete King, Open University

16.30 Coffee Break

17.00
Section V: Regional Patterns of Poor Relief in 19th and 20th century-Ireland

1. Differences between urban and rural welfare provisions in county Galway
Ina Scherder, Trier University

2. Regional patterns in outdoor relief in Ireland, 1858 – 1878
Mel Cousins, Oxford Brookes University

comment: Virginia Crossman, Oxford Brookes University

Sunday, 27th November 2005

9.00
Plenary Discussion: Regionality of Welfare Regimes in European Comparison

1. The concept of regionality and welfare regimes in comparative perspective: Donegal and Bernkastel, 1880 – 1930
Inga Brandes, Trier University

10.00 Coffee Break

10.30
2. Statements for plenary discussion by
Steve King, Andreas Gestrich, Lutz Raphael

12.00 End of Conference