Historical Tuesday

Historical Tuesday - surveillance and punishment: 3 November – 9 March 2026, Glostrup Bibliotek, Glostrup.

A study group exploring the theme "Surveillance and Punishment". Participants read selected chapters from academic books on surveillance and prison culture, discussing what historical perspectives reveal about contemporary practices and past ideas about control and punishment.

The library provides the following books, from which excerpts are read:
• "Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison" by Michel Foucault
• "The History of Surveillance: From Secret Cabinets to Digital Mass Surveillance" by Andreas Marklund
• "The Imprisoned Human: Snapshots from Prison's Cultural History" by various authors
• "Moral Hospitals: The Breakthrough of Modern Prisons 1770-1870" by Peter Scharff Smith
• "Prison Life: Vridsløselille State Prison" by Peter Grønlund

Meeting dates: November 3, December 1, January 12 (2027), February 9 (2027), March 9 (2027), and April 10 (2027). The final date is a Saturday, with the meeting at 14:30 including a visit to Vridsløselille State Prison. Reading schedule and further information are sent upon registration.

To register, email Stinus at stinus.kirkeskov@glostrup.dk - note that places are limited. Meeting room 2. The event is organized in collaboration with Byhistorisk Hus in Glostrup.