Division 7: Politics and History

(Paper) Empires of Blood and Ruin: How Criminal Violence Shaped Colonial Rule in India - Adee Weller, Emory University

(Paper) Monarchical Distribution: Land Grants and Civil Conflict in Late Medieval England - Bradley Erickson, Emory University

(Paper) States and Status Hierarchies in Kuwait and the Arab Gulf Region - Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University

(Paper) State Building and Meritocracy in Great Britain - Peng Peng, Washington University in St Louis; Didac Queralt, Yale University

(Paper) Trade, Contestation and Political Representation in 17th Century England - Adriane Fresh, Duke University

Jane Esberg University of Pennsylvania

Adriane Fresh Duke University

Adee Weller Emory University