Jane Caplan is involved in the following research projects:
IdentiNet: The Documentation of Individual Identity: Historical and Comparative Perspectives since 1500
Why do I need a passport to travel? Why do I have to have so many passwords online? Why should I be fingerprinted to enter the USA? Should there be national DNA databases? Is my identity safe? Questions like these have multiplied in recent years, especially in the aftermath of the events of 9/11. New ways of identifying people on the move, buying goods and services, and preventing crimes have been developed in the UK as well as globally. Do these protect our rights, threaten our privacy, or make us safe
More information can be found at Professor Caplan's personal webpage: users.ox.ac.uk/~hist0138/
