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THURSDAY, MARCH 30
4 - 6 P.M. Registration - Conference Registration Desk
5 – 7 P.M. .................Reception - Prefunction Area
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
7:30 A.M. Continental Breakfast - Conference Registration Desk
8 A.M. Registration - Prefunction Area
SESSION 1.1 | 8 - 9:45 A.M. | LIVE OAK
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN SOVIET AND POST-SOVIET CULTURE & POLITICS
Chair & Discussant: MAYHILL FOWLER, Stetson University, (mfowler@stetson.edu)
Narration and Fragmentation in Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita (1966)
HUNTER CONLEY, University of Florida, (hunterconley@ufl.edu)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Perceptions, Debates, and Ambiguity
HANNAH BEDARD, University of Florida, (hbedard@ufl.edu)
Crafting the Truth Through News: Novaya Gazeta’s Coverage of the 2014 Annexation of Crimea
MADISON SEPIOL, Stetson University, (msepiol@stetson.edu)
Discourse on the 2022 Invasion of Ukraine and Effects of the War on Russianlanguage Telegram
DAVID GRIFFIN, University of Florida, (davidgriffin@ufl.edu)
SESSION 1.2 | 8 - 9:45 A.M. | HAWTHORNE
TOPICS IN SOVIET HISTORY
Chair & Discussant – ELAINE MACKINNON, University of West Georgia, (emcclarn@westga.edu)
How Uncommon was Fr. Aleksandr Men’ as a Russian Orthodox Thinker?
NICHOLAS GANSON, Hellenic College, (nganson@hchc.edu)
Goodbye, Uncle Joe: Official U.S. Reactions to the Death of Joseph Stalin
KELLY J. EVANS, Eastern Washington University, (kevans21@ewu.edu);
JEANIE M. WELCH, UNC Charlotte, (jeaniemwelch@gmail.com)
SESSION 1.3 | 8 - 9:45 A.M. | MAGNOLIA
THE WAR ON UKRAINE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EU AND EUROPE
Chair: MARILYN J. YOUNG, Florida State University
Presidentialization of Politics: Development and Challenges in Pre- and Post-War Ukraine
LIDIYA ZUBYTSKA, Ave Maria University, (Lidiya.Zubytska@avemaria.edu)
Unpacking Russia’s Relationships in Europe: Opponents, Fellow Travelers, and Swing Voters in the Council of Europe
BRYON MORASKI, University of Florida, (bmoraski@ufl.edu)
SESSION 1.3 | 8 - 9:45 A.M. | MAGNOLIA (continued)
THE WAR ON UKRAINE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EU AND EUROPE
The Ukraine War and Russia’s Arctic Endeavors: Implications and Future Directions
THOMAS ROTNEM, Kennesaw State University, (trotnem@kennesaw.edu)
Discussant: MICHAEL K. LAUNER, Florida State University
SESSION 1.4 | 8 - 9:45 A.M. | BIRCH TOPICS IN POST-COMMUNIST RUSSIA AND BEYOND
Chair: MARK DARIUS JUSZCZAK, St. John’s University, (juszczam@stjohns.edu)
Virtual Politics in Virtual Spaces: Freemasonry, Social Media, and Russian Authoritarianism
JAMES PATRICK GREENE, University of South Florida, (jgreene6@usf.edu)
Bias in Global University Ranking Algorithms – The Case of Eastern Europe
MARK DARIUS JUSZCZAK, St. John’s University, (juszczam@stjohns.edu)
Origins of Two Moldavian-Moldovan National Identities: The View from Tiraspol and Chișinău
WILLIAM D. PRIGGE, South Dakota State University, (will.prigge@sdstate.edu)
Discussant: PAULA MICHAELS, Monash University, (paula.michaels@monash.edu)
SESSION 1.5 | 8 - 9:45 A.M. | CEDAR
IDEOLOGIES OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA
Chair & Discussant: ANDREW M. DROZD, University of Alabama, (adrozd@ua.edu)
Epic and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century Russia
JUDITH E. KALB, University of South Carolina, (jkalb@sc.edu)
Linking Darwinism and Nihilism: Pisarev, Pogodin, and Man’s Place in Nature
BRENDAN MOONEY, Miami University, (mooneybg@miamioh.edu)
An Ecocritical Approach to Nekrasov
ALEXANDER OGDEN, University of South Carolina, (ogden@sc.edu)
Reluctant Kulturträger: Exiled Ethnographers and the “Intellectual Conquest” of Siberia in Late Imperial Russia
ANNA SMELOVA , Georgetown University, (as4412@georgetown.edu)
SESSION 2.1 | 10 - 11:45 A.M. | LIVE OAK POST-COMMUNIST POLITICS IN EASTERN EUROPE
Chair & Discussant: YVONNE HOWELL, University of Richmond, (yhowell@richmond.edu)
Orientation East: Understanding Hungary’s Alignment with Russia
MURAD GAFAROV, University of Florida, (mgafarov@ufl.edu)
Caught Between Green and White: How Did Nation-Building Fail in Montenegro?
MUHAMMED FARUK ERDEM, University of South Florida, (merdem@usf.edu)
SESSION 2.2 | 10 - 11:45 A.M. | HAWTHORNE RELIGION AND THE SACRED
Chair: MARA KOZELSKY, University of South Alabama, (mkozelsky@southalabama.edu)
Russian Alaska: A Study on Religion
MORGAN POWELL, Texas A&M University-Central Texas, (mp086@my.tamuct.edu)
Mikhail Nesterov’s Images of the Sacred
CADRA PETERSON MCDANIEL, Texas A&M University-Central Texas, (cadra.mcdaniel@tamuct.edu)
Religion and the Crimean War
MARA KOZELSKY, University of South Alabama, (mkozelsky@southalabama.edu)
Discussant: LEE A. FARROW, Auburn University at Montgomery, (lfarrow@aum.edu)
SESSION 2.3 | 10 - 11:45 A.M. | MAGNOLIA
THE UKRAINIAN WAR: MEDIA, MEMORY, AND LANGUAGE
Chair: BETSY JONES HEMENWAY, Loyola University Chicago, (ehemenway@luc.edu)
Digital Over Traditional Media in Capturing Perceptions of the War in Ukraine Among Russians
EKATERINA ROMANOVA, University of Florida, (e.romanova@ufl.edu)
Serhiy Zhadan on Language, Bearing Witness, and Speaking in Times of War
CYNTHIA NIELSEN, University of Dallas, (cnielsen@udallas.edu)
The Worst Enemy of Russia: What is the Future of Russian Language and Culture in Ukraine?
SVITLANA JAROSZYNSKI, Florida State University, (skalinskaya@fsu.edu)
SESSION 2.4 | 10 - 11:45 A.M. | BIRCH
RUSSIA’S GREAT WAR & REVOLUTION - THE LAST BOOKS
Chair: CHRISTOPHER J. READ, Warwick University Emeritus, (c.j.read@warwick.ac.uk)
New Findings About the Military History of Russia’s Great War and Revolution
JOHN W. STEINBERG, Austin Peay State University, (steinbergj@apsu.edu)
Advances in Understanding Russia’s Foreign Relations: Russia’s Great War and Revolution and International History
RON BOBROFF, Bryant University, (rbobroff@bryant.edu)
Russian Technological and Scientific Culture from War to Revolution
SCOTT PALMER, University of Texas Arlington, (scottwpalmer@comcast.net)
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LUNCH
12 - 1:30 P.M. Executive Council Members/Invited Guests Only - Board Room
SESSION 3.1 | 1:15 - 3 P.M. | LIVE OAK
CONTEMPORARY FEMALE VOICES IN LITERATURE
Chair & Discussant: VIRGINIA P. ZICKAFOOSE, Independent Scholar, (vpzickafoose@gmail.com)
Ludmila Ulitskaya in Literary Context: The Formentor Prize
ELIZABETH SKOMP, Stetson University, (eskomp@stetson.edu)
The Matryoshka of Memory: Maria Stepanova’s Feminine Family History
DARIA SMIRNOVA, University of South Carolina, (smirnova@email.sc.edu)
Svetlana Alexievich: Voice for the Silenced, Voices of the Silenced
LIUBOV KARTASHOVA, University of South Carolina, (liubov@email.sc.edu)
SESSION 3.2 | 1:15 - 3 P.M. | HAWTHORNE CRITICAL QUESTIONS FROM THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR ONE YEAR OUT
Chair & Discussant: ANDY AKIN, Air University, (andrew.akin@au.af.edu)
The Future of Russian Deterrence Strategy
JAMES BOWRON, Air Command and Staff College, (james.bowron.1@au.af.edu)
Kaliningrad’s Place Between Russia and the EU
JOHN SZCZEPANSKI, Air War College, (john.t.szczepanski.mil@au.af.edu)
The China-Russia Alliance Under Strain
MARK TURNER, Air War College, (turnerma2@au.af.edu)
SESSION 3.3 | 1:15 - 3 P.M. | MAGNOLIA
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN AND SOVIET HISTORY
Chair: KRISTA GOFF, University of Miami, (kgoff@miami.edu)
Root and Shoot: The Failure of Iakov Stefanovich & Imperial Officials to Alter the Peasant Monarchist Framework
RANEIL SMITH, University of Miami, (rjs345@miami.edu)
Revolution on the Daugava: Dvinsk in Revolution & Civil War, 1917-1920
DE’VONTE TINSLEY-PHUNG, Virginia Tech University, (datinsley1917@vt.edu)
The Change of American Opinion of Soviet Show Trials
SONNY RUSSANO, University of Florida, (srussano@ufl.edu)
Neutral to a Matter of National Security: The Role of Science in Forwarding Foreign Cold War Policy
MIRA MONROE, Stetson University, (mmonroe2@stetson.edu)
Discussant: GOLFO ALEXOPOULOS, University of South Florida, (galexopo@usf.edu)
SESSION 3.4 | 1:15 - 3 P.M. | BIRCH TOPICS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA
Chair: RONALD BOBROFF, Bryant University, (rbobroff@bryant.edu)
Piety, Prostitution, and Pilgrims: Russian Female Religiosity in the Late Russian Empire
LUKE JESKE, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, (ljeske@live.unc.edu)
European Lives in Imperial Russia’s Caucasus
STEPHEN BADALYN RIEGG, Texas A&M University, (sriegg@tamu.edu)
The Foreign Policy of Bismarck from the Unification of Germany to the Congress of Berlin of 1878 Through the Eyes of the Public Opinion of Russia
ALENA ESKRIDGE KOSMACH, Francis Marion University, (aeskridgeKosmach@fmarion.edu)
The Russian Intelligentsia in 1917
ALICE PATE, Kennesaw State University, (pate9@kennesaw.edu)
Discussant: COLLEEN MOORE, James Madison University, (moor23cm@jmu.edu)
SESSION 3.5 | 1:15 - 3 P.M. | CEDAR POLAND AND THE BALTICS, 1917-1922
Chair: JOHN W. STEINBERG, Austin Peay State University, (steinbergj@apsu.edu)
Bolshevism in Estonia, 1917-20
OLAVI ARENS, Georgia Southern University, (oarens@georgiasouthern.edu)
Herbert Hoover and the Rebuilding of Poland after WWI
MATTHEW ADAMS, Savannah State University, (adamsm@savannahstte.edu)
Discussant: MATTHEW SCHWONEK, Air Command and Staff College, (matthewschwonek@gmail.com)
SESSION 4.1 | 3:15 - 5 P.M. | LIVE OAK
LANGUAGE, POWER, AND (DIS-)INFORMATION IN THE RUSSIAN MEDIA
Chair: MICHAEL GORHAM, University of Florida, (mgorham@ufl.edu)
Prime-time Solov’ev: Rhetorical Strategies of a Wartime Propagandist
MICHAEL GORHAM, University of Florida, (mgorham@ufl.edu)
The Role of Disinformation During Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
OLENA KOLUPAYEVA, Stetson University, (okolupayeva@stetson.edu)
Deadly Disinformation: Viral Conspiracy Theories as a Radicalization Mechanism
EKATERINA ROMANOVA, University of Florida, (e.romanova@ufl.edu)
Discussant: DRAGAN KUJUNDŽIĆ, University of Florida, (dragan@ufl.edu)
SESSION 4.2 | 3:15 - 5 P.M. | HAWTHORNE ESCAPING REALITY IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND FILM
Chair: AARON M. THOMPSON, University of Virginia, (amt3ad@virginia.edu)
The Mystery of Addiction: Narcotics in Russian Literature
EVANGELINA DEMINA, University of Virginia, (ed5pa@virginia.edu)
Retrieving, Enduring, Envisioning: Coping Mechanisms in Soviet Films of the Great Patriotic War
SUSANNE THOMPSON, University of Arizona, (seanes@arizona.edu)
Factories of Worship: Rebuilding God after Bloody Sunday
AARON M. THOMPSON, University of Virginia, (amt3ad@virginia.edu)
Discussant: YVONNE HOWELL, University of Richmond, (yhowell@richmond.edu)
SESSION 4.3 | 3:15 - 5 P.M. | MAGNOLIA
RUSSIA’S IMPERIAL LEGACY AND QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY: THE WAR ON UKRAINE
Chair: CATHLEEN LEWIS, Smithsonian Institute, National Air and Space Museum, (lewiscs@si.edu)
How Has Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Changed the Discourses of Regionalism in Central Asia?
ASSYLZAT KARABAYEVA, Suleyman Demirel University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, (assylzat.karabayeva@sdu.edu.kz)
Post-Colonial Nature of the War in Ukraine: Familial Language of Russian Imperial Legacy
GALINA BOGATOVA , Florida International University, (gboga002@fiu.edu)
Russian Imperialist Bias in American Education: The Portrayal of Kyivan Rus OLEKSIY FITEL, Independent Scholar, (oleksiyfitel@gmail.com)
SESSION 4.4 | 3:15 - 5 P.M. | BIRCH
FETING A FESTSCHRIFT: STUDENTS OF DON RALEIGH DISCUSS HIS IMPACT ON THEIR SCHOLARSHIP (ROUNDTABLE)
Chair: CHRISTOPHER WARD, Clayton State University, (christopherward@clayton.edu)
PAULA MICHAELS, Monash University, (paula.michaels@monash.edu)
NICHOLAS GANSON, Hellenic College, (nganson@hchc.edu)
SHARON KOWALSKY, Texas A&M University-Commerce, (sharon.kowalsky@tamuc.edu)
JEFFREY JONES, UNC Greensboro, (jwjones@uncg.edu)
SESSION 4.5 | 3:15 - 5 P.M. | CEDAR
THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIAN INTELLIGENTSIA REVISITED
Chair: BORIS GORSCHKOV, Kennesaw State University, (boris.gorshkov@yahoo.com)
Revolutionary Sentiments: Chaadaev and the Politics of Scorn in 1820
INGRID KLEESPIES, University of Florida, (iakl@uf.edu)
Martin Malia and the Origins of Intellectual Biography
JOHN RANDOLPH, University of Illinois, (jwr@illinois.edu)
Russian Social Geography and the Formation of the Intelligentsia
CHRISTOPHER ELY, Florida Atlantic University, (cely@fau.edu)
Discussant: MICHAEL MELANCON, Auburn University, (melanms@yahoo.com)
BUSINESS MEETING
5 - 6 P.M. .................All SCSS Members Invited and Encouraged to Attend - Live Oak
RECEPTION
6 - 7 P.M. Prefunction Area
BANQUET
7 P.M. Century A Ballroom
Keynote Speaker: MARK GALEOTTI, University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies
Putin’s Russia and the Struggle Between Autocracy, Adhocracy and Technocracy
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2023
7:30 A.M. Continental Breakfast - Prefunction Area
SESSION 5.1 | 8 - 9:45 AM | LIVE OAK
THE CLASSICS OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE (19TH CENTURY)
Chair: KELLY EVANS, Eastern Washington University, (kevans21@ewu.edu)
How the Character Writes the Novel: Dostoevsky’s ‘The Gambler’ CAROL APOLLONIO, Duke University, (carol.apollonio@duke.edu)
Мир во время войны: Teaching Tolstoy Today
MICHAEL DENNER, Stetson University, (michaeladenner@gmail.com)
Makanin’s Concept of ‘Pereklichka’ and the Classics
VICTOR PEPPARD, University of South Florida, (peppard@usf.edu)
Discussant: MATTHEW PAYNE, Emory University, (mpayn01@emory.edu)
SESSION 5.2 | 8 - 9:45 AM | HAWTHORNE
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE PANDEMIC (ROUNDTABLE)
MARGARET PEACOCK, University of Alabama, (mepeacock@ua.edu)
COLLEEN MOORE, James Madison University, (moor23cm@jmu.edu)
MARTIN BLACKWELL, Stetson University, (mjblackwell@stetson.edu)
RONAN J. HART, University of Florida, (r.hart@ufl.edu)
SESSION 5.3 | 8 - 9:45 A.M. | MAGNOLIA
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY IN THE POST-SOVIET WORLD
Chair & Discussant: KATE PRIDE BROWN, Georgia Tech, (k.p.brown@gatech.edu)
The Effects of Government Instability on Black Sea Contracts: Evidence from Romania
IOANA VANCEA, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania, (ioanaconstantina96@gmail.com)
Impact of Soviet Arctic Energy Policy on Russian Geopolitical Relations in the 21st Century
BRIAN TOMCZEK, Texas A&M Central Texas University, (bt024@my.tamuct.edu)
SESSION 5.4 | 8 - 9:45 A.M. | BIRCH THE FILMS OF ALEKSANDR SOKUROV
Sokurov’s Museum at War
DRAGAN KUJUNDŽIĆ, University of Florida, (dragan@ufl.edu)
Slow Sokurov
SERGEY TOYMENTSEV, Saint Louis University, (sergey.toymentsev@slu.edu)
Moloch (1999) and Moloch Tropical (2009): History and Fiction in Aleksandr
Sokurov and Raoul Peck
LISA RYOKO WAKAMIYA, Florida State University, (lwakamiya@fsu.edu)
SESSION 5.5 | 8 - 9:45 A.M. | CEDAR
SOVIET JEWRY AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE HOLOCAUST
Triple Agent: The Convoluted Anti-Antisemitic Plot of Aleksandr Borisovich, AKA American Spy BB
SETH BERNSTEIN, University of Florida, (sethbernstein@ufl.edu)
Jewish Actresses in Postwar Soviet Ukraine: Bodies, Trauma, and Archival Absences
MAYHILL FOWLER, Stetson University, (mfowler@stetson.edu)
Jewish Post-Survival in Soviet Riga
PAULA CHAN, Georgetown University, (pc771@georgetown.edu)
Inside the Interrogation Room: Appeals of Soviet Citizens Judged for War Crimes
IRINA MAKHALOVA, University of Florida, (iamakhalova@gmail.com)
Discussant: TRACY MCDONALD, McMaster University, (tmcdon@mcmaster.ca)
SESSION 6.1 | 10 - 11:45 A.M. |
LIVE OAK MIGRATION,
COMMUNITY, AND
HOMELAND(S) IN (AND FROM) EASTERN EUROPE
Chair: DONALD RALEIGH, University of North Carolina, (draleigh@unc.edu)
History of the Czech Communities in the Southern USA
MARTIN NEKOLA, Independent Scholar, (marnekola@gmail.com)
Safeguarding the “Benefits of an Undivided Homeland”: Local Municipal Administrators and the Making of the Polish-Polish-Czechoslovak Border in Cieszyn and Český Těšín, 1920-1938
ZORA PISKAČOVÁ, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (zora.piskacova@unc.edu)
Pińczów. Small Town to Big Picture. Mapping Our Way from the Post-Medieval VIRGINIA P. ZICKAFOOSE, Independent Scholar, (vpzickafoose@gmail.com)
World War One and Transnational Jewish Relief Networks: Regionalism as a Force in Rebuilding Galicia
OSKAR CZENDZE, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (oskar.czendze@unc.edu)
Discussant: MARA KOZELSKY, University of South Alabama, (mkozelsky@southalabama.edu)
SESSION 6.2 | 10 - 11:45 A.M. | HAWTHORNE TOPICS IN RUSSIAN, POLISH, AND U.S. HISTORY
Chair: MATTHEW SCHWONEK, Air Command and Staff College, (matthewschwonek@gmail.com)
The Unquiet Dead: The Legacy of Decembrism
JACOB EUGSTER, Austin Peay State University, (jeugster@my.apsu.edu)
How Russian-American Relations Limited European Expansion in 19th century North America
ELIZABETH WILCOX, Austin Peay State University, (ewilcox@my.apsu.edu)
A Borderland of Ideologies: The Polish Army and Western Ukraine 1918-1921
NICHOLAS HERRUD, Austin Peay State University, (nherrud@my.apsu.edu)
The Cossack and the Samurai: The Print Images of the Russo-Japanese War
CHARLES ENGLE, SCAD, (cengle.creativeworks@gmail.com)
Discussant: LEE A. FARROW, Auburn University at Montgomery, (lfarrow@aum.edu)
SESSION 6.3 | 10 - 11:45 A.M. | MAGNOLIA
UNDERCURRENTS IN SOVIET HISTORY: CRIME, THE “SHADOW ECONOMY,” AND ANTI-WAR SENTIMENTS, 1920S-1980S
Gender and Hooliganism in NEP
SHARON KOWALSKY, Texas A & M University, (sharon.kowalsky@tamuc.edu)
How to Succeed in Soviet Business without Really Trying: Outlaw Entrepreneurs inside the Planned Economy under Late Socialism
JAMES HEINZEN, Rowan University, (heinzen@rowan.edu)
‘Our Soldiers are Dying in Vain on Foreign Soil’: Popular Opposition in the USSR to the Soviet-Afghan War, 1980-1987
JEFF JONES, UNC-Greensboro, (jwjones@uncg.edu)
Discussant: DAVID BRANDENBERGER, University of Richmond, (dbranden@richmond.edu)
SESSION 6.4 | 10 - 11:45 A.M. | BIRCH
HOW THE WAR IN UKRAINE HAS CHANGED PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES OF SECURITY IN EASTERN EUROPE (ROUNDTABLE)
OLAVI ARENS, Georgia Southern University, (oarens@georgiasouthern.edu)
MICHAEL BAUN, Valdosta State University, (mbaun@valdosta.edu)
IVAN NIKOLOV, Valdosta State University, (inikolov@valdosta.edu)
JIM PETERSON, Valdosta State University, (jpetersn@valdosta.edu)
SESSION 6.5 | 10 - 11:45 AM | CEDAR
MATERIAL CULTURE IN THE SOVIET SPACE
Chair & Discussant: CADRA PETERSON MCDANIEL, Texas A&M UniversityCentral Texas, (cadra.mcdaniel@tamuct.edu)
The Rambling Path of Soviet and Russia Spacesuit Gloves
CATHLEEN LEWIS, Smithsonian Institute, National Air and Space Museum, (lewiscs@si.edu)
Outliving Obsolescence: Longevity, Ideology, and Style in Soviet Mass Housing
ELISE SCHLECHT, Emory University, (elise.schlecht@emory.edu)
People’s Diplomacy and the Beginning of Gorbachev’s Economic Reforms
MARTIN J. BLACKWELL, Stetson University, (mjblackwell@stetson.edu)
CLOSING DRINKS AND DINNER
5:30 P.M. Traditional Post-Conference Informal Gathering - Beach Party
Bingo Deli & Pub, 619 S Main St Unit 1A, Gainesville, FL 32601
Transportation information TBD; participants pay for themselves onsite.
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UF INTERNATIONAL CENTER
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES
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The local organizers would like to express their heartfelt thanks to the following individuals, without whose help the organization process would have been far more complicated and far less enjoyable:
Kathleen Martin, UF CLAS Communications; Ashley Monahan, Hilton – University of Florida; Amey Owen, UF CLAS Communications; Morgan Rich, UF Center for European Studies; Carla Ruffer, UF Center for European Studies; Erin Smith, UF Department of History; Richard Tate, UF Center for European Studies and Corinne Tomasi, UF Center for European Studies.
