1. The Spirit of Modernity and the Epistemologies of the South: Taha Abderrahmane's Ethical Critique of Western Modernity • Fatimaezzahra Abid, Ph.D holder, Mohammed V university.

2. Modern Enchantment: A Structural Theory • Dmitry Kurakin, University of Virginia.

3. Persianate Print Culture in Late Colonial Modernity: Habl-Ol Matin, and the Making of a Persianate Information Sphere • Pouya Nekouei, University of Texas, Austin.

4. Form without Social Foundation: Ritual Revival in Contemporary China • Shining Wang, University of Virginia.

5. Semiotics of Authenticity: A Cultural Approach to Modern Experience and the Self in “Academic Bars” • Yingyu Zang, University of Virginia.