Beate Althammer and I organized a session for the ESSHC 2025 in Leiden.
The session deals with “Paperwork Histories: Uses and Abuses of Identity Documents in Modern Europe”. It includes papers by:
- Beate Althammer (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
- Christina Diac (Romanian Academy, National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism, Romania)
- Eszter Polonyi (University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia)
- Sigrid Wadauer (University of Vienna, Austria)
- Pia Lundqvist (Gothenburg University, Sweden)
Our discussant is Edward Higgs (University of Essex, UK)
The session will take place on Saturday, March 29, 11:00-13:00 in Lipsius 212.
The participants are all members of the COST-Action HIDDEN.
Session Abstract
I will present a paper on “Legitimate Means of Movement? (Un-)wanted Use of Identity Documents in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Austria”.
Abstract
Update from 31.3.2025: A picture of our panel, made by Aisling Shalvey
Many thanks to the COST-Action HIDDEN and to the chair of this COST-Action Jennifer Redmond (Maynooth University)
