We would like to express our gratitude to all of our sponsors, without whom this conference would not be possible. Specifically, we would like to thank the School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics. the Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese, the European Union Center, the Department of French/French@Illinois, The Program in Comparative & World Literature, the Department of the Classics, the Department of Linguistics, the Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of History.