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14th Annual Conference
International Intelligence History Association (IIHA) Intelligence and Dictatorships 2008 Annual Conference Schloss Reinbek, Hamburg/Germany 17-19 October 2008 Preliminary Program:
	Friday, 17 October 2008
	14.00-16.00		Arrival at Schloss Reinbek and Registration
	16.00-16.30		Greetings and Opening Statements Shlomo Shpiro, IIHA Chairman
	16.30-18.00		Panel I – Historical Perspectives Chair: Wolfgang Krieger Rose Mary Sheldon Intelligence and the Ancient Regimes of Persia and Rome Gerhard Strasser Intelligence and the European Courts in the Early Modern Period
	18.00-19.00		Dinner
	19.00-20.00		Keynote Speaker Chair: Shlomo Shpiro TBA
	Saturday, 18 October 2008
	9.00-10.45		Panel III – Fascist Dictatorships and Intelligence Services Chair: Michael Wala Florian Altenhoener SS Intelligence and the Slovak Declaration of Independence 1939 Katrin Paehler Creating an Alternative Foreign Office: Office VI of the RSHA Alexandra Luce Albatross or Asset: British and German Intelligence and Portugal’s PVDE during WWII
	10.45-11.15		Break
	11.15-12.45		Panel II – Communist Regimes and Intelligence Chair: Jens Wegener Paul Maddrell Image of the Enemy: Erich Mielke, the Stasi and the West Bernd Lippmann From Enemy of the People to Hero of the State
	12.45-14.00		Lunch
	14.00-15.30		Panel IV – Military Dictatorships and Intelligence Chair: Gerhard Schmid John Nomikos The Greek Intelligence Service during the Military Dictatorship 1967-1974 David Warnacut Structure and Function of the Iraqi Intelligence Services under Saddam Hussein
	15.30-16.00		Break
	16.00-17.30		Panel V – Asia and Africa Chair: Malte Roschinski Prem Mahadevan The Failure of Indian Intelligence in the Sino-Indian Conflict Art Mills From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe: Intelligence Services in Transition 1978-1983
	18.00		Dinner
	19.30-21.00		IIHA/AGN Membership Meeting (members only)
	21.00		Reception celebrating 15 Years IIHA
	Sunday, 19 October 2008
	9.00-10.30		Panel VI – Transformation and Democratization Chair: Sigurd Hess Robert Novak Reforming and Democratizing the Polish Intelligence Services Kevin Ginter Latin American Intelligence Services and the Transition to Democracy
	10.30-11.00		Break
	11.00-12.30		Panel VII – Current and Future Issues Chair: Anna Daun Mark Stout Al Qaida’s View of Authoritarian Intelligence Services in the Middle East and North Africa Lauren Hutton Intelligence Services and Regime Change in Zimbabwe
	12.30-13.00		Concluding words
	13.00		End of the conference


Past Conferences
Programs and Digests of Previous Meetings
		Annual Meeting 2007, 20-22 April, Weimar
		Annual Meeting 2006, 7-9 April, Tutzing
		Joint IIHA-NISA Meeting 2005, 17-19 June, Amsterdam
		Annual Meeting 2004, 4-6 June, Graz
		Annual Meeting 2003, July 11-13, Wittenberg
		Meeting 2002, 31 May - 2 June, Strausberg
		Annual Meeting 2001, 8-10 June, Hamburg
		Annual Meeting 2000, 23-25 June, Paderborn
		Annual Meeting 1999, 18-20 June, Tutzing
		Annual Meeting 1998, 24-26 April, Tutzing
		Annual Meeting 1997, 2-4 May, Strausberg
		Annual Meeting 1996, 10-12 May, Hamburg
		Annual Meeting 1995, 12-14 May, Tutzing

Last update 4 August 2008 by Jens Wegener