t few months (see the schedule of topics below) we will be hosting a pre-conference blog, located at <a href="http://neasaconference.blogspot.com;">http://neasaconference.blogspot.com;</a> each week presenters from a particular panel (or in some cases two related panels) will be posting some thoughts about their potential papers and/or parallel interests and ideas, and fellow panelists and other presenters (and any other interested readers!) will