It has been way too long since we have had a symposium so, let's start right back. Thomas Bender's essay No Borders Beyond the Nation-State in the CHE, comes from his recently published book, A Nation Among Nations : America's Place in World History. The essay has already elicited responses from some of Cliopats here. Others wishing to participate in the symposium should send their contributions to manan*at*uchicago*dot*edu by Sunday, April 16th.

I will compile and post the symposium on Monday, April 17th.

Contributions from other bloggers are genuinely welcomed at their own blogs. Please send me a link to your post and I will include the link in the symposium post. Our desire is to have as broad a discussion as possible.