VITA
Academic career
- Since 2018 work on a dissertation on the topic of "Die Volkspolizei im Sicherheitssystem der DDR. Ambivalenzen in der Praxis des Abschnittsbevollmächtigten" (The People's Police in the GDR's Security System. Ambivalences in the Practice of the Community Policeman)
- 10/2015–10/2018 M.A. in History at TU Dresden
- 10/2012–1/2016 B.A. in History, Political Science and Philosophy at TU Dresden
Work experience
- 4/2019-7/2019 Research Assistant at the Chair for Totalitarianism Research, TU Dresden
- 11/2018-3/2019 Research Assistant at Hannah Arendt Institute, TU Dresden
- 4/2018–10/2018 Student Assistant at Hannah Arendt Institute, TU Dresden
- 5/2017–9/2018 Student Assistant at the Chair for Modern and Contemporary History, TU Dresden
- 4/2017-6/2017 Internship in Sächsische Zeitung's local newsroom in Dresden
- 2/2016-4/2017 Student Assistant at the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB)
- 7/2014-8/2014
Internship with the Federal Commissioner for the records of the State Security Service of the former GDR, branch office Dresden
Linguistic proficiency
- English
- French
- Spanish
Research and teaching focus
- Contemporary History
- GDR History
- History of the People's Police
Research projects
The People's Police in the GDR's Security System. Ambivalences in the Practice of the Community Policeman (Dissertation) Short Exposé on Dissertation
Scholarships and Awards
- Since 9/2019 Doctoral scholarship holder of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Expert activities
- Expert for the State Archiva Thuringia - State Archive Meiningen
Academic self-government
- Since 10/2020 Student Representative in the Tenure Evaluation Committee of TU Dresden
- Since 05/2020 Member of the Doctoral Council of the Graduate Academy of TU Dresden
- Since 01/2020 Student Representative in the Committee of the History Study Commission of TU Dresden
- 2019/20 Member of the Appointment Committee of the "Chair for Political Theory and the History of Political Thought" at TU Dresden
Functions and memberships
- Since 01/2020 Executive Editor for book reviews of the journal "Totalitarismus und Demokratie. Zeitschrift für Internationale Diktatur- und Freiheitsforschung"
- Since 10/2019 Member of the German Historians' Association
- Since 10/2019 Member of the Association of Scholarship Holders and Former Scholarship Holders of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
- Since 09/2019 Member of the German Society for Police History (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Polizeigeschichte e.V.)
- Since 3/2019 Member of the Dresden History Club (Dresdner Geschichtsverein e.V.)
- since 3/2019 Member of the Graduate Academy of TU Dresden
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Anthologies
Überwachung durch Netzwerke des Alltags? Der Abschnittsbevollmächtigte der Deutschen Volkspolizei
In: Göllnitz, Martin; Mecking, Sabine (Ed.): Polizei und Sicherheit. Akteure - Heuristiken - Repertoires. 2023., pp. 145-167. (Wenk, Hendrik Malte)
Reviews
Rez. zu: Zwischenfälle im Reichsland. Überschreiten, Polizieren, Nationalisieren der deutsch-französischen Grenze (1887-1914), Sarah Frenking
Wenk, Hendrik Malte
In: Online-Rezensionen des Jahrbuchs zur Liberalismus-Forschung 2/2021
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Rez. zu: Polizei und Protest in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Sabine Mecking (Hrsg.)
Wenk, Hendrik Malte
In: H-Soz-Kult
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Rez. zu: Polizei im Wandel. 70 Jahre Polizeiarbeit in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Frank Kawelovski/Sabine Mecking.
Wenk, Hendrik Malte
In: H-Soz-Kult
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Rez. zu: Die Blockparteien im SED-System der letzten DDR-Jahre. Wahrnehmung und Partizipation am Beispiel des Bezirks Rostock, Luise Güth.
Wenk, Hendrik Malte
In: Online-Rezensionen des Jahrbuchs zur Liberalismus-Forschung, 2020 (2020) 1In: Archiv des Liberalismus
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Press Articles
Schwarz, weiß oder grau? Das Sicherheitssystem der DDR.
vsa-freiheit.org more details
further publishments
Tagungsbericht: Transformationen der Polizei. Hundert Jahre Landeskriminalamt Sachsen 1922–2022
H-Soz-Kult, 2022 to the internet article
Bürgernahe Polizeiarbeit in der DDR: Die Abschnittsbevollmächtigten der Deutschen Volkspolizei
Denken ohne Geländer. Der Blog des Hannah-Arendt-Instituts für Totalitarismusforschung e. V., 2022 to the internet article
Tagungsbericht: Rundum versorgt? Versorgungspläne des 20. Jahrhunderts zwischen Ideologien, Mangel und staatlicher Steuerung
H-Soz-Kult, 2021 to the internet article
Tagungsbericht: Liberale und Frieden. Kolloquium zur Liberalismus-Forschung 2018, 29.10.2018 – 31.10.2018 Jena.
H-Soz-Kult, 2020 to the internet article
Tagungsbericht: Volunteering and Civic Engagement in Co-Transformation. Perspectives from Eastern and Western Europe, 1970-2000, 09.01.2020 – 10.01.2020 Dresden.
H-Soz-Kult, 2020 to the internet article