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SUGIHARA, Kaoru

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• Professor
• Division of Economic and Political Dynamics
• sugihara@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
• BA (Econ.) Kyoto University, 1971
  MA (Econ.) University of Tokyo, 1973
  D Econ. University of Tokyo, 1996
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Current Research Interests

1. The East Asian miracle in global history
2. The history of intra-Asian trade
3. A comparative history of labor-intensive industrialization
4. A study of the historical path of humanosphere-sustainable development

The coast of Porbandar, Gujarat, India, which once prospered in Indian Ocean trade, and the remains of the ruler of its princely state

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Research Activities in 2008-2009 Fiscal Year

Publications

1. “(Roundtable discussion) Poverty, Development and Environmental Sustainability as a Global Agenda”, in Tsuyoshi Kato and Aysun Uyar eds, Proceedings of the Fourth Afrasian International Symposium, The Question of Poverty and Development in Conflict and Conflict Resolution, at Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University on 15-16 November 2008, pp.257-59.

1. “The Resurgence of Intra-Asian Trade, 1800-1850”, in Giorgio Riello and Tirthankar Roy eds (with collaboration of Om Prakash and Kaoru Sugihara), How India Clothed the World: The World of South Asian Textiles, 1500-1850, Brill, Leiden, 2009, pp. 139-69.

1. “The East Asia—Middle East—US/Europe Oil Triangle: Seeing Patterns of Trade and the Growth of the World Economy”, Middle East Institute Viewpoints: The 1979 Oil Shock: Lessons, Linkages, and Lasting Reverberations, www.mei.edu, August 2009, pp.60-63.

1. “The European Miracle and the East Asian Miracle: Towards a New Global Economic History”, in Kenneth Pomeranz ed., The Pacific in the Age of Early Industrialization, Ashgate, Farnham, 2009, pp.1-22.（Reprint of the paper issued in 1996）

1. “Geosphere, Biosphere and Humanosphere: A New Perspective of Modern Global History”, in Biosphere as a Global Force of Change: Proceedings of the Second International Conference March 9-11, 2009, Kyoto University Global COE Program ‘In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa’, 2009, pp.1-8.

1. “Multiple Paths, Multiple Spheres, Multiple Connections”, in Proceedings of the Symposium in commemoration of the Executive Committee Meeting of the IEHA, Kyoto University Global COE Program on Sustainable Humanosphere and Osaka University Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Project on Global History, 2009, pp.311-13.

1. “Multiple Paths of Economic Development in Global History”, in Proceedings of the Symposium in commemoration of the Executive Committee Meeting of the IEHA, Kyoto University Global COE Program on Sustainable Humanosphere and Osaka University Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Project on Global History, 2009, pp.1-29.

1. “Geosphere, Biosphere and Humanosphere: A New Perspective of Modern Global History”, in Biosphere as a Global Force of Change: Proceedings of the Second International Conference March 9-11, 2009, Kyoto University Global COE Program ‘In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa’, 2009, pp.1-8.

1. “Labour-intensive Industrialisation in Global History: Some Thoughts on Southeast Asia”, in Proceedings for the Core University Program Seminar Private Faces of Power and Institutions in Southeast Asia, Vol.2, 2008, pp.225-283.

1. “The Humanosphere-sustainable Path of Development: A Global Historical Perspective”, in In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa: Proceedings of The First International Symposium March 12-14, 2008, Kyoto University Global COE Program ‘In Search of Sustainable Humanosphere in Asia and Africa’, 2008, pp.1-29.

1. “East Asia, Middle East and the World Economy: The Oil Triangle under Strain”, in Y. Kawamura, H. Nakamura, S. Sato, A. Uyar and S. Ishizaka eds, Proceedings of the Third Afrasian International Symposium, Resources under Stress: Sustainability of the Local Community in Asia and Africa at Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University on 23-24 February 2008, Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies, Ryukoku University and Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, 2008, pp.213-37.

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Joint Research Projects

1. Research Topic:New Developments in the Study of Global History and Rethinking of Modern and Contemporary World History
2. Term:2008-2011
3. Sponsor:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research (A)
4. Leader:Shigeru Akita, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
5. Outline:Building on our effort to rehabilitate Asia in world history in the previous project “Global History and the Comparisons between Asia and Europe”, this research project seeks to outline the fundamental revision of the Eurocentric view of modern and contemporary world history and further promote the study of global history from the Asian perspective.
6. No. of Members:12
7. Members in CSEAS: 1

1. Research Topic:The Labour-intensive Path of Economic Development and the Quality of Labour and Life in India
2. Term:2006-2008
3. Sponsor:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi), Scientific Research (B)
4. Leader: Kaoru Sugihara
5. Outline:Research into historial origins of the labour-intensive path of economic development in India throuth a combination of archive research and fieldwork
6. No. of Members:7
7. Members in CSEAS:1

1. Research Topic:In Search of Societal Mechanisms and Institutions for Conflict Resolution: Perspectives of Asian and African Studies and Beyond
2. Term:2005-2009
3. Sponsor:Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies
4. Leader:Nobuko Nagasaki, Faculty of Intercultural Communication, Ryukoku University
5. Outline:Research into conflict resolutions of the contemporary world from the perspectives of area studies in Asia and Africa.
6. No. of Members:30
7. Members in CSEAS:1

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Seminars/Symposia

1. Seminar Name： The 33rd Southeast Asia Seminar “‘Region’ and Regional Perspectives on/from Southeast Asia”
2. Date：September 8, 2009
3. Place：Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
4. Topic：“Southeast Asia and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1800-2009”
5. Presenter：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Congress Name：The 15th World Economic History Congress
2. Date：August 7, 2009
3. Place：Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
4. Topic：“Multiple Paths of Economic Development in Global History”, ‘Session Q10: Globalizing Economic Historiography: Reciprocal Integration and Future Directions’,
5. Presenter：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Congress Name：The 15th World Economic History Congress
2. Date：August 6, 2009
3. Place：Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
4. Topic：“Railways, Exports of Primary Products and the Commercialisation of Forests in British India, 1890-1913“, ‘Session A7: The Labour-Intensive Path of Development in South Asia: Environment, Division of Labour and the Quality of Life’
5. Presenter：SUGIHARA, Kaoru with NISHIMURA, Takeshi

1. Congress Name：The 15th World Economic History Congress
2. Date：August 6, 2009
3. Place：Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
4. Topic：“The South Asian Path of Economic Development: A Comparison with East Asia”, ‘Session A7: The Labour-Intensive Path of Development in South Asia: Environment, Division of Labour and the Quality of Life’
5. Presenter：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Congress Name：The 15th World Economic History Congress
2. Date：August 5, 2009
3. Place：Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
4. Session Name：“Session H5: Changes of Local Market Institutions in the Age of Global Trade Expansion: Asia and North America in the 19th and 20th Centuries”
5. Comments：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Congress Name：The 15th World Economic History Congress
2. Date：August 4, 2009
3. Place：University, Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)
4. Round Table Presentation：“Giovanni Arrighi, the Rise of East Asia and the Nature of Capitalism, ‘Session E3: Arrighi in Beijing. A Roundtable on Giobanni Arrighi’s “Adam Smith in Beijing. Lineages of the Twenty-first Century’
5. Presenter：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Congress Name：The 15th World Economic History Congress
2. Date：August 3, 2009
3. Place：Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
4. Session Name： “Session F1: Dissertation Session: Long 19th Century”
5. Jury：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Conrerance Name：Conference on ‘Writing the History of the Global: Challenges for the 21st Century
2. Date：May 22, 2009
3. Place：British Academy （London, U.K.)
4. Topic：“The European Miracle in Modern Global History: A View from East Asia”
5. Presenter：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Title:The Second International Conference for the Global COE on ‘Biosphere as a Global Force of Change ’
2. Date :9th March 2009.
3. Place:Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, Kyoto University
4. Topic:“Geosphere, Biosphere and Humanosphere: A New Perspective of Modern Global History”
5. Organizer&Presenter:SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Title:Final Symposium of the JSPS Core University Program ‘The Making of East Asia: from both Macro and Micro Perspectives’
2. Date :24th February 2009
3. Place:Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, Kyoto University
4. Topic:“Comments on East Asia’s Response to the Global Financial Crisis” in Session 3 for Group 7 ‘East Asian Economy and Global Financial Crisis’
5. Comments:SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Title: International Workshop on ‘Islamic Economic System and Divergent Paths of Economic Development’
2. Date :18th February 2009
3. Place:ASAFAS, Kyoto University
4. Topic:“ Comments on Islamic Economics from the Perspective of the East Asian Path of Economic Development”
5. Comments:SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Title:Annual Meeting for the American Historical Association
2. Date :4th January 2009
3. Place:Hilton Hotel, New York
4. Topic: Session 110. ‘Globalizing the Historiography of State Formation. Comparing Trajectories of State Formation: The Role of Values, Sociopolitical Institutions and Demographic-ecological Conditions’
5. Chair:SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Title: Annual Meeting for the American Historical Association
2. Date : 2nd January 2009
3. Place:Hilton Hotel, New York
4. Topic:“Multiple Paths of Economic Development in Global History”, Session 19 ‘Globalizing the Historiography. Reciprocal Integration and Future Directions’,
5. Presenter: SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Title: Workshop on Labour-intensive Industrialisation in South and Southeast Asia
2. Date :20th to 21st December 2008
3. Place:Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
4. Topic:“The South Asian Path of Economic Development”
5. Presenter:SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Title:The Fourth Afrasian International Symposium‘The Question of Poverty and Development in Conflict and Conflict Resolution’
2. Date :16th November 2008.
3. Place: Ryukoku University
4. General Comments:SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Name of Symposium：Economic History Seminar
2. Date：November 8, 2008
3. Place： Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, Kyoto University
4. Topic：“Multiple Paths of Economic Development in Global History”
5. Presenter：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Name of Seminar：Economic History Seminar
2. Date：April 17, 2008
3. Place： Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Chicago （U.S.A.）
4. Topic：“Labour-intensive Industrialisation in Global History”
5. Presenter：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Date：April 16, 2008
2. Place：The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law,　University of Texas at Austin (U.S.A.)
3. Topic：“Labour-intensive Industrialisation in Global History”
4. Presenter：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

1. Conference Name：Conference on ‘Andre Gunder Frank’s Legacy of Critical Social Science’
2. Date：April 12, 2008
3. Place：University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (U.S.A.)
4. Topic：“Gunder Frank, the East Asian Miracle and Global History”
5. Plenary Speaker：SUGIHARA, Kaoru

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