Division 7: Politics and History

Francisco Garfias Duke University

Erik H Wang New York University

Jenny Guardado Georgetown University

(Paper) Negotiating Power: Local Agency and European Strategy in Precolonial Africa - Helder Carvalhal, Uppsala University; Soeren Jannik Henn, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Nuno Palma, University of Manchester; James Robinson, Harvard University

(Paper) Imperial Illusions: Elite Rhetoric and Donor Mobilization in the French Empire - Fiona Shen-Bayh, University of Maryland, College Park; Risa Kitagawa, Northeastern University

(Paper) Local Elites in Colonial Government: Case of Japanese Colonization of Korea - Ji Yeon (Jean) Hong, University of Michigan; Christopher Paik, New York University Abu Dhabi

(Paper) The Tightrope of State Building - Francisco Garfias, Duke University; Emily A. Sellars, Yale University