Security and Empire. Dynamics of Securitisation in the British Empire, 1780-1920 (C08)

• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 227068724

The sub-project examines the connection between transformations of imperial and colonial orders and processes of securitisation in the history of the British Empire in the long 19th century. Interactions and conflict-ridden negotiations will be analysed on the basis of their local dynamics and with a focus on the significance of intra- and transimperial transfer processes. To this end, the two working assignments concentrate on the Anglo-French Caribbean (Caribbean slave societies of Jamaica and Saint-Domingues) and British India (administrative apparatus of the Indian Civil Service in its intra- and transimperial interconnections).

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 138: Dynamics of Security. Processes of Securitization in historical perspective
• Applicant Institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Benedikt Stuchtey; Dr. Andrea Wiegeshoff, until 12/2021