Raphaële Balu, University of Caen, France Thomas Beaumont, University of Bristol, UKJames Connolly, Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, FranceRobert Gildea, University of Oxford, UKLaure Humbert, University of Exeter, UKSimon Jackson, European University Institute in Florence, ItalyChris Manias, University of Manchester, UKChris Millington, Swansea University, UK Miranda Sachs, Yale University History Department, USAJoe Starkey, Cardiff University, UKKarine Varley, University of Strathclyde, UK