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Subproject C08
Security and Empire - Dynamics of Securitization in Colonial Spaces of the British Empire, 1780-1920

2. Funding period (2018-2021)

In the long 19th century, British imperial rule produced security and insecurity. This subproject examines this connection in more detail and for the first time systematically applies a security-historical approach to research on the British Empire. In British colonies, a variety of actors struggled for influence and interpretive power. Here, special dynamics developed that further drove the permanent reconfiguration of the British Empire. Questions about notions of and the handling of (in)security thus make it possible to examine functional mechanisms of imperial orders as well as stabilizing and centrifugal forces from a new perspective and thus contribute to a deeper understanding of the shaping and transformation of rule in colonial spaces of the British Empire.

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