Acknowledgements

Many thanks to our gracious sponsors for supporting this conference:

Deans of Humanities; Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures; Alliance Française de Los Angeles; UCLA Graduate Student Association; Department of Art History; UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies; UCLA Center for the Study of Women; UCLA Center for the Near Eastern Studies; UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies; UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies; Department of Philosophy; UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television; Department of Asian Languages & Cultures; UCLA African Studies Center; Department of English; Department of Geography; UCLA International Institute; UCLA World Arts and Cultures/Dance

Last but definitely not least, the ELTS Permanence & Decay Conference Planning Committee would like to extend our sincerest thanks to:

Vanessa Carlos, Ashley Gallo, Xavier Ramirez, Kerry Allen, Franco Certeza, Julie Tran, Feng Huang, Dr. Arne Lunde, Dr. Lia Brozgal and Dr. Todd Presner