CfP: ‘Halt! Who goes there?’ Registration of residents, travellers and migrants in historical perspectives (Workshop, University of Vienna)
Workshop, 11.2.-12.2.2027, University of Vienna
Monitoring mobility and keeping records of the population and/or individuals present in a state’s territory seems an indispensable element of modern statehood and knowledge-based governance. However, different countries used different criteria, set different priorities, and employed different methods and tools to register and locate people. Even today, there is no universal understanding of population registration.