Following on from the success of the British Crime Historians Symposia at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2008 and Sheffield University in 2010, the Open University is pleased to host the next in Milton Keynes on September 6th and 7th, 2012.
Escola de Criminologia,
Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto,
14-15 April 2011
The principal objective of this interdisciplinary workshop is to bring together both established and early-career scholars with research interests in the areas of police history, colonial history, crime, justice and security regarding the Portuguese Empire. It will focus upon the organisational forms, methods and structures of Portuguese colonial policing, consolidating knowledge of the Portuguese colonial state and reflecting upon its postcolonial legacy. The Call for Papers is available online [PDF, 36 KB].
‘Negotiating with the "Enemy": perspectives past and present’
Friday 24 September 2010
University of London School of Advanced Study, Institute of Commonwealth Studies/
Open University Empire and Postcolonial Group
Held at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2nd Floor, South Block, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU. The Call for Papers is available online.
Third GERN (Post) Colonial Policing Workshop
16-17 September 2010,
KITLV, Leiden & Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
This workshop focused on the organization, methods and effects of policing, surveillance and incarceration in the (former) Dutch and Belgium empires, in the context of (post)colonial state formation, local political transformations and international security politics. Further details [PDF, 45 KB]
29 – 30 April 2010, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London
Follow this link for the Workshop Programme [PDF, 164KB].