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Day 1: Between Techniques, Politics, and Memory: The Identification of Dead Bodies of Violence (19th–21th Century)
Programme
Thursday 22 January
14:00-14:30 Introduction
14:30-15:45 Biometrics and Anthropometry
Chair: Erica Charters (University of Oxford)
Benoît Pouget (Sciences Po Aix, Mesopolhis), Anthropometry and Identification: The Origins of Forensic Anthropology
Pascal Adalian (University of Aix-Marseille, ADES), Identification and Forensic Anthropology: from Technical Issues to Socio-political Challenges
Mareile Kaufmann (University of Oslo), Biometrics in the Face of Death. The Changing Scopes of Facial Recognition and Dead Body Identification
15:45-17:00 Identification on the Battlefields
Chair: Jeong-Ran Kim (University of Oxford)
Linda Ratschiller (University of Geneva), Custodians of Identity: Medical Experts and the Emergence of Identification Procedures in Nineteenth Century Warfare (1850s–1870s)
Victoria Abrahamyan (University of Geneva), Identifying the Fallen of the Great War: Allied Experience on the Western Front
17:00-17:30 Break
17:30-19:00 Keynote
Chair: Taline Garibian (University of Geneva)
Paco Ferrandiz (Spanish National Research Council), An uncanny forensic lab: the search for the disappeared in the Valley of Cuelgamuros
Date:
22 January 2026, 14:00
Venue:
Maison Française d’Oxford, 2-10 Norham Rd, Oxford OX2 6SE
Speakers:
Benoît Pouget (Sciences Po Aix, Mesopolhis),
Pascal Adalian (Aix-Marseille, ADES),
Mareile Kaufmann (Oslo),
Linda Ratschiller (Geneva),
Victoria Abrahamyan (Geneva),
Paco Ferrandiz (Spanish National Research Council),
Chair: Erica Charters (Oxford),
Chair: Jeong-Ran Kim (Oxford),
Chair: Taline Garibian (Geneva)
Organisers:
Benoît Pouget (Sciences Po Aix, Mesopolhis),
Taline Garibian (Geneva)
Part of:
International 2-Day Workshop: Between Techniques, Politics, and Memory: The Identification of Dead Bodies of Violence (19th–21th Century)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Belinda Clark
