About PRIVACY
The Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Privacy Studies (PRIVACY) was established in September 2017 through a generous grant of 50 Mio. DKK (approx. 6.7 Mio. Euro) from the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF). In 2023, PRIVACY received a 33-million DKK ( approx. 4.4 Mio. Euro) grant and a four-year extension from the DNRF.
The PRIVACY research team examines how notions of privacy shape relations between individuals and society across diverse historical contexts. We are particularly interested in indications of privacy as a quality and risk: in the emergence and development of the idea that too little privacy threatens the individual while too much may ruin society.
PRIVACY focuses on the period 1500–1800 that sees critical changes in individuals’ relationship to society. It brings together the fields of Church History, History of Architecture, Legal History and History of Ideas. Our research revolves around a series of different themes; Urban Space, Past and Present, Law, Home, Health, and Belief.
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