Division 1: Political Thought and Philosophy

(Paper) Machiavellian Populism, Elite Pandering, and the Tumultuous, Mixed Regime - Douglas Casson, St. Olaf College

(Paper) Parties, Popular Sovereignty and Class Conflict in "The Florentine Histories" - Max B Smith, University of Chicago

(Paper) The Vulgar Machiavellianism of the Ciompi Speech in the Florentine Histories - Faisal Baluch, College of the Holy Cross

(Paper) Machiavelli and Montesquieu: Renaissance Democracy or Enlightenment Prosperity - Michael A. Mosher, University of Tulsa; Siyu Liu, University of Science and Technology Beijing

David Ragazzoni University of Toronto

William Wood Charles University