Categories at Work in Global History VI 2025

Morning Session 10:30-13:00 - Chair: Hideaki Suzuki

Coffee and Tea served from 10:00

Welcome and Introduction Miki Sugiura

10:40-11:20 Tomoko Morikawa (The University of Tokyo)

‘Pilgrimage’

11:30-12:10 Ryuto Shimada (The University of Tokyo)

‘Monsoon Asia’ as a Regional Category for Global History

12:20-13:00 Miki Sugiura (Hosei University)

‘Arts, Crafts and Manufacture’ in the Global History of Traded Goods

Afternoon Session 14:00-18:45 Chair: Miki Sugiura  

14:00-14:40 Anne Gerritsen (University of Warwick)

‘Work’ as a category of analysis: the work of traders in tea and porcelain

14:40-15:20 Hideaki Suzuki (National Museum of Ethnology)

‘Rekishi Sekai’ in the Age of Global History?

Coffee Break

ONLINE PRESENTATIONS

15:50-16:30 Aleksandra Kobiljski (EHESS, online) Tech: Low and Hi

16:30- 17:10 Rebecca Earle (University of Warwick, online) ‘Translators’

17:10-17:50 Robert Fletcher (University of Missouri, online) ‘Nomads’

18:00-18:45 Final Discussion