Dmitrii Kofanov
@dkofanov.bsky.social
Post-Doctoral Associate at the Center for Governance and Markets, GSPIA, University of Pittsburgh | Poli Sci PhD UW-Madison | Russia, Comparative Politics, Historical Political Economy
https://sites.google.com/view/dmitrii-kofanov?pli=1
https://sites.google.com/view/dmitrii-kofanov?pli=1
Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, November 13, at 12:30 EST!
@bgpopescu.bsky.social is presenting his paper "When Do Imperial Legacies Fade? State Capacity, Social Heterogeneity, and Education at the Habsburg–Ottoman Frontier". Discussion by Noel D. Johnson.
@bgpopescu.bsky.social is presenting his paper "When Do Imperial Legacies Fade? State Capacity, Social Heterogeneity, and Education at the Habsburg–Ottoman Frontier". Discussion by Noel D. Johnson.
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, November 13, at 12:30 EST!
@bgpopescu.bsky.social is presenting his paper "When Do Imperial Legacies Fade? State Capacity, Social Heterogeneity, and Education at the Habsburg–Ottoman Frontier". Discussion by Noel D. Johnson.
@bgpopescu.bsky.social is presenting his paper "When Do Imperial Legacies Fade? State Capacity, Social Heterogeneity, and Education at the Habsburg–Ottoman Frontier". Discussion by Noel D. Johnson.
Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, Nov 6 at 12:30 EST!
@janvogler.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and Daniel Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine.bsky.social.
@janvogler.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and Daniel Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine.bsky.social.
November 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Please join Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday, Nov 6 at 12:30 EST!
@janvogler.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and Daniel Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine.bsky.social.
@janvogler.bsky.social is presenting his paper "Exploring the Origins of Coercive Colonial Institutions" (with Jan Pierskalla and Daniel Smith). Discussed by @jackpaine.bsky.social.
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⚠️ Virtual Workshop in HPE info ⚠️
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
October 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
⚠️ Virtual Workshop in HPE info ⚠️
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
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The virtual workshop is back in full gear! Join us this Thursday if you'd like to learn more about what happens to secret police officers after an internal defection
Please join Virtual HPE Workshop tomorrow, this Thursday, at 12:00 EST! Henry Thomson (Arizona State University)
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
October 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The virtual workshop is back in full gear! Join us this Thursday if you'd like to learn more about what happens to secret police officers after an internal defection
Please join Virtual HPE Workshop tomorrow, this Thursday, at 12:00 EST! Henry Thomson (Arizona State University)
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Please join Virtual HPE Workshop tomorrow, this Thursday, at 12:00 EST! Henry Thomson (Arizona State University)
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
is presenting his paper "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks" (with @kkrakows.bsky.social), discussed by Martin Dimitrov.
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The full line up for the 2025–2026 academic year can be found on our website: historicalpe.org/schedule-pas...
If you'd like to get regular invitations to our events, please register for our mailing list via the following Google form: forms.gle/uXcMzct5P35P...
I look forward to seeing you there! 😊
If you'd like to get regular invitations to our events, please register for our mailing list via the following Google form: forms.gle/uXcMzct5P35P...
I look forward to seeing you there! 😊
Schedule & Past Participants – Main
historicalpe.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The full line up for the 2025–2026 academic year can be found on our website: historicalpe.org/schedule-pas...
If you'd like to get regular invitations to our events, please register for our mailing list via the following Google form: forms.gle/uXcMzct5P35P...
I look forward to seeing you there! 😊
If you'd like to get regular invitations to our events, please register for our mailing list via the following Google form: forms.gle/uXcMzct5P35P...
I look forward to seeing you there! 😊
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🚨 The Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy is back! 🚨
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
September 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🚨 The Virtual Workshop in Historical Political Economy is back! 🚨
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
For the new academic year, we have an amazing line up of papers for you!
In our inaugural session 2 HPE superstars will join us: @annagbusse.bsky.social (Stanford) will present & @jvoth.bsky.social (Zurich) discuss! I can't wait. 😀
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🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
July 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
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After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
After 10 years of doing research in Historical Political Economy, this fall I’ll finally get a chance to teach a survey course on the field & I’m really looking forward to it! 😊
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
I thought this would be an opportunity to create a syllabus with many essential contributions to this growing field.
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Presentations by @kimberlyrenk.bsky.social, @joungyeobha.bsky.social, @adibmk.bsky.social, @adeeweller.bsky.social, @jnchapman-econ.bsky.social, @janvogler.bsky.social, @nikhaenze.bsky.social, and many many (blue sky-less) others!
May 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Presentations by @kimberlyrenk.bsky.social, @joungyeobha.bsky.social, @adibmk.bsky.social, @adeeweller.bsky.social, @jnchapman-econ.bsky.social, @janvogler.bsky.social, @nikhaenze.bsky.social, and many many (blue sky-less) others!
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We’re pleased to release the schedule for this year’s virtual conference in Historical Political Economy 🎉 historicalpe.org/annual-virtu...
Send me a message if you’re not yet on our email list and would like to be!
Send me a message if you’re not yet on our email list and would like to be!
May 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We’re pleased to release the schedule for this year’s virtual conference in Historical Political Economy 🎉 historicalpe.org/annual-virtu...
Send me a message if you’re not yet on our email list and would like to be!
Send me a message if you’re not yet on our email list and would like to be!
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This week, we have a rare Wednesday session in the virtual workshop in HPE! @pauvallprat.bsky.social is presenting work w. @albahuidobro.bsky.social on the long-term effects of women’s representation under autocracy. Ana Tur-Prats (UC Merced) is discussing, so we’re bound to learn a ton
April 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This week, we have a rare Wednesday session in the virtual workshop in HPE! @pauvallprat.bsky.social is presenting work w. @albahuidobro.bsky.social on the long-term effects of women’s representation under autocracy. Ana Tur-Prats (UC Merced) is discussing, so we’re bound to learn a ton
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Polisky Dictatorsky
Join us next Tuesday!
@dkofanov.bsky.social (Pittsburgh) will present "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" @stasavage.bsky.social (NYU) and Maria Carreri (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) will discuss
Join us next Tuesday!
@dkofanov.bsky.social (Pittsburgh) will present "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" @stasavage.bsky.social (NYU) and Maria Carreri (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) will discuss
March 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Polisky Dictatorsky
Join us next Tuesday!
@dkofanov.bsky.social (Pittsburgh) will present "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" @stasavage.bsky.social (NYU) and Maria Carreri (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) will discuss
Join us next Tuesday!
@dkofanov.bsky.social (Pittsburgh) will present "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" @stasavage.bsky.social (NYU) and Maria Carreri (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) will discuss
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Broadstreet, the blog for historical political economy, is now on Substack. Please subscribe at the link!
New Broadstreet post! By @sgehlbach.bsky.social
www.broadstreet.blog/p/understand...
Broadstreet is now on Substack; click to subscribe!
www.broadstreet.blog/p/understand...
Broadstreet is now on Substack; click to subscribe!
February 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Broadstreet, the blog for historical political economy, is now on Substack. Please subscribe at the link!
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📢 Workshop Call 📢
3d Edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop
Keynote: "Revolutionary Contagion" by Saumitra Jha and Steven Wilkinson
At University of Barcelona @ub.edu on June 30 and July 1, 2025
Send us your papers by Febr 28: shorturl.at/w96jk
@didacqueralt.bsky.social
3d Edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop
Keynote: "Revolutionary Contagion" by Saumitra Jha and Steven Wilkinson
At University of Barcelona @ub.edu on June 30 and July 1, 2025
Send us your papers by Febr 28: shorturl.at/w96jk
@didacqueralt.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📢 Workshop Call 📢
3d Edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop
Keynote: "Revolutionary Contagion" by Saumitra Jha and Steven Wilkinson
At University of Barcelona @ub.edu on June 30 and July 1, 2025
Send us your papers by Febr 28: shorturl.at/w96jk
@didacqueralt.bsky.social
3d Edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop
Keynote: "Revolutionary Contagion" by Saumitra Jha and Steven Wilkinson
At University of Barcelona @ub.edu on June 30 and July 1, 2025
Send us your papers by Febr 28: shorturl.at/w96jk
@didacqueralt.bsky.social
Please join a new session of Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday at 12:30 EST!
Federica Carugati is presenting her paper "Writing and the Early State: Information and State Capacity in Mesopotamia" (with @giacomobenati.bsky.social and @gabrielleon.bsky.social), discussed by @stasavage.bsky.social.
Federica Carugati is presenting her paper "Writing and the Early State: Information and State Capacity in Mesopotamia" (with @giacomobenati.bsky.social and @gabrielleon.bsky.social), discussed by @stasavage.bsky.social.
January 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Please join a new session of Virtual HPE Workshop this Thursday at 12:30 EST!
Federica Carugati is presenting her paper "Writing and the Early State: Information and State Capacity in Mesopotamia" (with @giacomobenati.bsky.social and @gabrielleon.bsky.social), discussed by @stasavage.bsky.social.
Federica Carugati is presenting her paper "Writing and the Early State: Information and State Capacity in Mesopotamia" (with @giacomobenati.bsky.social and @gabrielleon.bsky.social), discussed by @stasavage.bsky.social.
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Absolute 🔥 start to this year's virtual HPE workshop! @jannetukiainen.bsky.social is presenting a paper titled "Candidate Exit and Voter Loyalty During Early Democratization" on Thursday. Toke Aidt (Cambridge) will discuss. Send me a message if you're not on our list but would like to be!
January 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Absolute 🔥 start to this year's virtual HPE workshop! @jannetukiainen.bsky.social is presenting a paper titled "Candidate Exit and Voter Loyalty During Early Democratization" on Thursday. Toke Aidt (Cambridge) will discuss. Send me a message if you're not on our list but would like to be!
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On March 11, we have @dkofanov.bsky.social (University of Pittsburgh) presenting "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" and @stasavage.bsky.social (NYU) and Maria Carreri (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) discussing.
January 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
On March 11, we have @dkofanov.bsky.social (University of Pittsburgh) presenting "Local Democratization and Public Finance: Lessons from the 1870 Municipal Reform in Cities of the Russian Empire" and @stasavage.bsky.social (NYU) and Maria Carreri (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) discussing.
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Finally!!! RAISED TO OBEY launches today 🎉🎉🎉
I learned a great deal researching this book
It transformed my views on education, politics, and economic development
I hope others will learn from it, too!
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
@princetonupress.bsky.social #RaisedToObey #Education
I learned a great deal researching this book
It transformed my views on education, politics, and economic development
I hope others will learn from it, too!
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
@princetonupress.bsky.social #RaisedToObey #Education
Raised to Obey
How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizens
press.princeton.edu
November 19, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Finally!!! RAISED TO OBEY launches today 🎉🎉🎉
I learned a great deal researching this book
It transformed my views on education, politics, and economic development
I hope others will learn from it, too!
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
@princetonupress.bsky.social #RaisedToObey #Education
I learned a great deal researching this book
It transformed my views on education, politics, and economic development
I hope others will learn from it, too!
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
@princetonupress.bsky.social #RaisedToObey #Education
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Historical Political Economy has new home @ Harvard's Center for European Studies! A new seminar series co-chaired by leaders in the field @vcharnysh @YuhuaWang5 @CChiopris & grad students Daniel Lowery, @JhengShao, M. Weigand). Great line-up this year. See:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...
ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...
Seminar on European Development in a Historical Perspective
ces.fas.harvard.edu
September 15, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Historical Political Economy has new home @ Harvard's Center for European Studies! A new seminar series co-chaired by leaders in the field @vcharnysh @YuhuaWang5 @CChiopris & grad students Daniel Lowery, @JhengShao, M. Weigand). Great line-up this year. See:
ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...
ces.fas.harvard.edu/study-groups...
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🚨 Virtual Conference in Historical Political Economy 🚨
The VWHPE co-convenors (@tinepaulsen.bsky.social, @dkofanov.bsky.social, & I) are excited to announce the first annual virtual conference in HPE.
It will take place on May 9, starting at 10.45 AM ET.
Program: historicalpe.org/annual-virtu...
The VWHPE co-convenors (@tinepaulsen.bsky.social, @dkofanov.bsky.social, & I) are excited to announce the first annual virtual conference in HPE.
It will take place on May 9, starting at 10.45 AM ET.
Program: historicalpe.org/annual-virtu...
May 1, 2024 at 10:59 AM
🚨 Virtual Conference in Historical Political Economy 🚨
The VWHPE co-convenors (@tinepaulsen.bsky.social, @dkofanov.bsky.social, & I) are excited to announce the first annual virtual conference in HPE.
It will take place on May 9, starting at 10.45 AM ET.
Program: historicalpe.org/annual-virtu...
The VWHPE co-convenors (@tinepaulsen.bsky.social, @dkofanov.bsky.social, & I) are excited to announce the first annual virtual conference in HPE.
It will take place on May 9, starting at 10.45 AM ET.
Program: historicalpe.org/annual-virtu...
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Reminder of the Mar 1 deadline for the APSA David Brian Robertson Best Paper Award in Politics and History! Paul Herron and I are on the awards committee: apsanet.org/section24
Politics and History (Section 24)
American Political Science Association
apsanet.org
February 21, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Reminder of the Mar 1 deadline for the APSA David Brian Robertson Best Paper Award in Politics and History! Paul Herron and I are on the awards committee: apsanet.org/section24
Please join us this Thursday, Feb 22, at 12:30 (EST) as @aspaglayan.bsky.social presents her book "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" in the Virtual Workshop in HPE!
Discussion comments will be provided by Jane Gingrich.
Email to dmk151@pitt.edu if you need a zoom link.
Discussion comments will be provided by Jane Gingrich.
Email to dmk151@pitt.edu if you need a zoom link.
February 20, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Please join us this Thursday, Feb 22, at 12:30 (EST) as @aspaglayan.bsky.social presents her book "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" in the Virtual Workshop in HPE!
Discussion comments will be provided by Jane Gingrich.
Email to dmk151@pitt.edu if you need a zoom link.
Discussion comments will be provided by Jane Gingrich.
Email to dmk151@pitt.edu if you need a zoom link.
Please join us this Thursday, Feb 15, at 12:30 (EST) as
Khasan Redjaboev presents a paper "Communist Colonialism and Development: Forced Labor and the Making of Progressive Public Goods in Eurasia" in the Virtual Workshop in HPE!
Discussion comments will be provided by @ashartnett.bsky.social.
Khasan Redjaboev presents a paper "Communist Colonialism and Development: Forced Labor and the Making of Progressive Public Goods in Eurasia" in the Virtual Workshop in HPE!
Discussion comments will be provided by @ashartnett.bsky.social.
February 13, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Please join us this Thursday, Feb 15, at 12:30 (EST) as
Khasan Redjaboev presents a paper "Communist Colonialism and Development: Forced Labor and the Making of Progressive Public Goods in Eurasia" in the Virtual Workshop in HPE!
Discussion comments will be provided by @ashartnett.bsky.social.
Khasan Redjaboev presents a paper "Communist Colonialism and Development: Forced Labor and the Making of Progressive Public Goods in Eurasia" in the Virtual Workshop in HPE!
Discussion comments will be provided by @ashartnett.bsky.social.
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Workshop Call 📢📢
Second edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop.
The organizers are @didacqueralt.bsky.social and me and we'll have Ken Scheve (Yale) as keynote speaker.
In Barcelona on July 8 and 9, 2024.
Send us your papers by March 7:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Second edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop.
The organizers are @didacqueralt.bsky.social and me and we'll have Ken Scheve (Yale) as keynote speaker.
In Barcelona on July 8 and 9, 2024.
Send us your papers by March 7:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 8, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Workshop Call 📢📢
Second edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop.
The organizers are @didacqueralt.bsky.social and me and we'll have Ken Scheve (Yale) as keynote speaker.
In Barcelona on July 8 and 9, 2024.
Send us your papers by March 7:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Second edition of the Yale-UB Historical Political Economy Workshop.
The organizers are @didacqueralt.bsky.social and me and we'll have Ken Scheve (Yale) as keynote speaker.
In Barcelona on July 8 and 9, 2024.
Send us your papers by March 7:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...