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Institutions and Merchant Communities in Asia from the 18th to the 20th Centuries
-Analyses of Global Trade Expansion from Local Perspectives-A Joint International Workshop by JSPS Kaken Research Project on the Global Trade Expansion and Local Market Institutions in 19th-Century Asia and North America , Keio/Kyoto Global COE Program on Raising Market Quality and Integrated Design of ‘Market Infrastructure’, and Faculty of Economics, Kagawa UniversityDate: March 10-11, 2011
Venue: I-Pal Kagawa, 11-63, Bancho 1 Cho-me, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 760-0017, JAPAN
Organizers: Shiroyama Tomoko (Hitotsubashi University), Kanda Sayako (Keio University), and Shimanishi Tomoki (Kagawa University)
The aim of the workshop The trajectory of the integration of the world economy has attracted much academic attention, particularly in terms of the rise of modern economy from the early 19th century. However, we have yet to know in detail about the institutional infrastructure that made the globalized flow of goods, money, and labor force possible. How could those commodities and resources be securely transacted at the markets that became newly involved in the global web of commerce? At this workshop, we would like to explore the question by comparing the case studies on the trade centers and the merchant communities in China, Japan, South East Asia, and Taiwan.
As Avner Greif demonstrated in his study on the the Maghribi traders in eleventh-century Mediterranean countries, the merchant community, as a non-state institution, played the key role in providing the secure institution for the cross-border trade. The previous scholarship on the Asian history also has pointed out the importance of the merchants’ network for the development of the regional economy. The intra-Asian comparison of the merchant communities, however, is still in its infancy. Engaging in the long-distance trade on a regular basis, how did merchants of different origin, ethnicity, or nationality deal with the institutional challenges to facilitate their transactions, such as execution of contracts, protection of property rights, conflict resolution, and enforcement of punishments. Examining the issues through the case studies, this workshop aims to consider their implications in terms of the current debates on markets and institutions, comparison of regional economies, and the continuity and discontinuity of the global economy in from the 18th century onward.
Program (* providing simultaneous interpretation)
Day 1 (March 10)*Chaired by
Shimanishi Tomoki (Kagawa University)
10:00-10:30 (Preparatory Meeting with Interpreters)
10:30-10:40 Opening Remarks by
Shiroyama Tomoko (Hitotsubashi University)
10:40-11:40
Hirai Kensuke (Keio University), “Trade Mechanism and Development of the Taiwan Fertilizer Market during 1910-30”
Including Comment by
Yagashiro Hideyoshi (Rikkyo University)
11:40-12:40
Lin Yu-ju (Academia Sinica), “From Fujian, Taiwan to South East Asia: Formation of the Trade Zone by Jiao (merchant groups) from the 18thTo the 19th Centuries”
Including Comment by
Murakami Ei (Yokohama National University)
12:40-14:00 Lunch
Chaired by
Shimanishi Tomoki14:00-15:00
Chiu Pengsheng (Academia Sinica), "Measurement Disputes and Commercial Custom: The Interplay between Mechant Communities and Local Governments in the Long Eighteenth Century Soochow and Taiwan"
Including Comment by
Hirai Kensuke15:00-16:00
Washizaki Shuntaro and His Seminar Class Students (Kyushu University), “Information Asymmetry and the Role of Dutch Interpreters in Nagasaki”
Including Comment by
Kawamura Tomotaka (Toyama University)
16:00-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-17:15
Wu Xiaoan (Peking University), “The Making of Institutions and Chinese Merchant Communities in Southeast Asia with special reference to Malaysia, c. from the 19th to the 20th”
Including Comment by
Kanda Sayako (Keio University)
17:30-20:00 Reception (Invitation Only)
Day 2 (March 11)Chaired by
Kanda Sayako10:30-11:30
Kwee Hui Kian (The University of Toronto), “Religious Sanction among Chinese in Batavia in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries”
Including Comment by
Shiroyama Tomoko11:30-12:30
Chung, Po Yin Stephanie (Hong Kong Baptist University), “The Chinese and Muslim Merchants in Penang, 1800-1950s” (Presented by Shiroyama Tomoko)
Including Comment by
Kawamura Tomotaka12:30-14:00 Lunch
Chaired by
Shiroyama Tomoko14:00-16:30 Discussion
16:30-16:40 Closing Remarks by
Shiroyama Tomoko