Conference
33rd Colloquium on the History of Policing "Emergeny Aid, Welfare, Crisis Management and the State’s Monopoly on Violence: The Policing of States of Emergency"

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About the Colloquium
“Emergeny aid, welfare, crisis management and the state’s monopoly on the use of force: the policing of states of emergency and the institutionalization of public order from the early modern times to the present “ is the topic of the 33rd Colloquium on the History of Policing in Dresden from July 4 to 6 2024. How did the police act as emergency responders during famines and epidemics, flood disasters, explosions and in times of war, and did they gain legitimacy among the civilian population as a result? The conference program presents case studies from the early modern period to the end of the 20th century and includes non-European and European perspectives. In addition to the thematic focus, current research findings on police history will be represented in open topic sections.

The conference languages are German and English, each contribution will be discussed in the language of the contribution.

Organized by Thomas Lindenberger and Hendrik Malte Wenk.

Attendance
If you are interested in attending the conference, please register via the HAIT office, email hait@tu-dresden.de.

Contact
For questions regarding the conference program and the conference organisation please contact Hendrik Malte Wenk, hendrik_malte.wenk@tu-dresden.de.

Hosted by the Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies at the TU Dresden, in cooperation with the Institute of History at the TU Dresden, with the kind finanical support of Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, Berlin, and Christian C.D. Ludwig-Foundation, Dresden.

This measure is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.