1. Sub-Imperial Public Sphere and Its Legacies. Russian Poland in Asymmetrical Comparison • Wiktor Marzec, University of Warsaw.

2. The Yeltsin Era: A Historic Blip in the Continuum of the Russian Empire? • Piroska Nagy-Mohacsi, London School of Economics; Mario I. Blejer, LSE.

3. Corporations and Political Ideology in the Twenty-First Century in Europe • Emily Erikson, Yale University; Tyler Brown, Yale University.

4. The Fragility of Rights: When Women Lost Their Votes • Carissa Tudor, Brown University.