1. Cartographic Discourse and Intra-State Border Disputes: The Question of Wolkait-Tsegede in Contemporary Abyssinia/Ethiopia • Samuel Tsegai, PhD Student.

2. Telegraphs, Roads and the Modern Iranian State: From an Imperialist to a Nationalist Infrastructure • Morad Roohi, Queen's University, PhD Student.

3. Turanian or Aryan? Race, Demography and the Mapping of Kurdish Mosul at the Lausanne Peace Conference (1922-23) • Ariel Salzmann, Queens University.