A forthcoming edited volume with Routledge, Citizenship Challenges for Children and Youth: Migration, Identity, and Legal Exclusion Across Historical and Contemporary Contexts, brings together historical and contemporary perspectives on the citizenship challenges faced by children and young people across different geographical settings. The volume examines how migration, borders, documentation, nationality laws and bureaucratic practices shape…
Guest-edited by Ana Belén Martínez García (University of Navarra, Spain), Monika Arnez (Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Czech Republic) and Anita Lunić (University of Split, Croatia). This Special Collection is one of the major outputs from Working Group 5: Human Stories for Humane Reactions, of COST Action HIDDEN: History of Identity Documentation in European Nations (CA21120).…
Blog by Dr. Beate Althammer, 15 September 2026 Supported by a COST Dissemination Conference Grant, I recently journeyed to the European Association for Urban History Conference, which took place this year in Barcelona (Spain) from 2-5 September. The EAUH Conference is a large biannual academic event held in alternating European cities attended mostly by historians,…

On the 17th of September 2026, the HIDDEN COST Action (CA21120) — The History of Identity Documentation in European Nations — opened its final event at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, bringing together researchers, artists, advocates, and guests from across the network for a day of reflection, dialogue, and connection. A Morning of…
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