Along with the recent progress of studies on intra-Asian trade, statistical
trends and fluctuations of long distance trade between Europe and Asia,
and also intra-Asian regional trade among India, China, Japan and other
Asian countries have become clearer. Meanwhile, studies on intra-Southeast
Asian trade have also made modest advances. This project aims to further
this trend and establish a new field of the history of intra-Southeast
Asian regional trade between the end of the eighteenth and the early twentieth
centuries.
At present, there is no collaborative project for young researchers in
the economic history of Southeast Asia in Japan. Other research projects
partly cover this topic but do not necessarily focus upon it. It seems
significant that this project could provide a platform for intensive discussion
among members and invited guests, and eventually produce joint research
for publication.
All of the project’s members are historians, who are familiar with CSEAS’s
library and are well-acquainted with the archival value of sources and
books held there. Through this collaborate research, they will access library
resources, as well as keep in constant touch with the CSEAS’s staffs and
foreign research fellows.
