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(Self)Identification and Archival Research: Thoughts from My Research Stay
In July 2023 I got the opportunity to conduct research at the Open Society Archives (OSA) in Budapest as part of the HIDDEN COST action. The five days spent on my “short-term scientific mission” helped me familiarize myself with the archival fonds that are kept in the OSA. I managed to look through a vast…
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Citizenship and Its Legacies: Identity Documentation, Bureaucratisation and Rights
On 15 September 2023, the HIDDEN project met at the University of London’s Institute of Historical Research, the UK’s national centre for history, for a day-long series of presentations on citizenship and its legacies organised by Eve Hayes de Kalaf, co-leader of Working Group 3 ‘Accessing Citizenship’.
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Access to educational opportunities: A comparison of the situation of Ukrainian migrants in Poland and Afghan migrants in Turkey
Short-Term Scientific Mission Blog: Field Notes Action number:CA21120 Grantee name: Seyithan Demirdağ Details of the STSM: Title: Access to educational opportunities: A comparison of the situation of Ukrainian migrants in Poland and Afghan migrants in Turkey Start and end date: 10/09/2023 to 14/09/2023
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A Legal Identity for All? Learning from the CitizenGap Project
By Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf, Institute of Historical Research, University of London Undocumented persons are typically assumed to be migrants. Currently, however, one in seven people around the world still lacks the essential documentation they need to evidence that they are indeed citizens. In his book The Invention of the Passport, John Torpey reminds…
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HIDDEN Cost Action website
Dear All, as you can probably see, our HIDDEN Cost Action Website is up & running. Please feel free to explore and give feedback for more sections.
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Cross-Border Interdisciplinary Study of ID Regimes in the Iberian Peninsula
Ana Belén Martínez García field notes from the STSM titled “Cross-Border Interdisciplinary Study of ID Regimes in the Iberian Peninsula”
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HIDDEN Conference
Identity documentation has come to feature in every part of modern life. The History of Identity Documentation in European Nations (HIDDEN) network unites scholars in history, migration studies, geography, sociology, law, linguistics, postcolonial studies, human rights and more to look at the history of ID regimes in Europe and beyond, drawing connections between the past…
