Raphaële Balu, University of Caen, France Thomas Beaumont, University of Bristol, UK James Connolly, Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, France Robert Gildea, University of Oxford, UK Laure Humbert, University of Exeter, UK Simon Jackson, European University Institute in Florence, Italy Chris Manias, University of Manchester, UK Chris Millington, Swansea University, UK Miranda Sachs, Yale University History Department, USA Joe Starkey, Cardiff University, UK Karine Varley, University of Strathclyde, UK