46. Politics & History

Emily A. Sellars, Yale University

Did Scandals Undermine Political Legitimacy in Pre-Revolutionary France? - Yu Sasaki, University of Tokyo

The First Taste of Leviathan: Conflict Legacies and State Building in 1950s China - Kevin Wei Luo, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Jingyuan Qian, Boston College

The Great Rebellion of 1857, Printing Press, and Contemporary Government Responsiveness - Shuyan (Michael) Huang, University of Illinois

The Irony of Annihilation: How Social Disintegration During Civil War Paved the Way for State-Building - Pengfei Xie, University of Hong Kong; Zhenyu Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chengyan Shao, University of Hong Kong

The Social and Ideological Origin of Chinese Federalism and Why it Failed Instantly in China in the 1920s - Yaokun Shen, George Washington University

Jan P. Vogler, Aarhus University

Federica Carugati, King's College London