1. Does Ideational Diffusion Explain the Rise of Witch-Hunting? Exploring the Spread of Witch Persecution in Early Modern Europe • Kerice Doten-Snitker, Santa Fe Institute; Steven Pfaff, University of Washington, Seattle.

2. Civil Religion through Time: Text Mining Presidential Inaugural Addresses • Sean Everton, Naval Postgraduate School.

3. Differences in Agricultural Productivity of 19th Century French Algerian Colonies • Theresa Finley, Susquehanna University.

4. The Military and Religious Politics in Egypt • Gilad Wenig, University of California, Los Angeles.