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Following the paper trail left by mobile actors, and particularly non-elite actors, is anything but straightforward, as the historical records of people whose activity spanned across diverse national spaces often do not fit neatly into national and nationally divided archival sources. Ironically, this sometimes is in the interest of the historical actors who used mobility as a method to escape the state. Put differently, historians often find themselves facing the uphill task of tracing transnational stories through national or nationally-oriented archival sources. How can we square that circle? 

Our four experienced practitioners of the art will discuss these and related questions, and you are most welcome to join us!

Participants:

• Brigitte Studer, University of Bern
• Ramazan Hakkı Öztan, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
• Fredrik Petersson, Stockholm University
• Odile Moreau, University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3

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Image: courtesy by Ibrahimi Collection