1. “Groundless–Captious–or Premature”: Settler Organization in Mississippi Territory and the Development of the American Administrative State • Jeffrey Grove, Singapore Management University.

2. Argus Panoptes: How the Thai State See Citizens’ Health • Illan Nam, Colgate University.

3. Mischief of the Franchise: The Grant of Universal Suffrage in British Ceylon, 1927-28 • Dan Slater, University of Michigan; Iza Ding, Northwester University.

4. Too Much but Never Enough: Government Overburden and Backlashes to State-Building in Medieval Japan • Erik Haixiao Wang, New York University; Weiwen Yin, University of Macau.

5. Building a Center in the Periphery: Multiple Sovereignty in China, 1917–1925 • Yuan Xi, University of Virginia.