1. Privileges of Illegality? Italian Seaman Deserters and Adjustment of Status in the Twentieth Century • Danielle Battisti, University of Nebraska, Omaha.

2. Title TBD • Amy Fedeski, Queens University.

3. The Maritime Origins of the Deportation Nation: Viapolitics of Unauthorized European Migration to the United States, 1819–1914 • Torsten Feys, Flanders Marine Institute.

4. Sovereign Mercy: The Legalization of the White Russian Refugees and the Politics of Immigration Relief • S. Deborah Kang, University of Virginia.

5. Title TBD • Emily Pope-Obeda, Lehigh University.