Panel A: Rereading Texts
Elizabeth Reali: “Middlebrow in the Face of Modernism: Stella Gibbons’ Cold Comfort
during the Interwar Period”
Panel B: Crime and Crises after Communism
Carl Shimel: “The Albanian Mafia: Comparative Advantage in Crime”
Panel C: Borders and Boundaries
Alex Zimmerman: “Domestic Policy and Values: The Transatlantic Bargain Challenged”
Panel D: Politics and Culture after Communism
Jeff Kurr: “The 21st Century Space: Comparing U.S. and Russian Asteroid
Deflection Policies”
Panel E: Russian Power and Russian Neighbors
Rachel Marhevka: “Russian-Ukrainian Gas Conflict”
Panel F: Questions of Representation
Tyler Meinhart: “Mr. Hochhuth Goes to the Vatican: An Examination of Rolf Hochhuth’s
Impact on the Catholic Church and the Controversy over Pius XII”
