International Workshop “Sugar, Wine and Jawi Documents: Shaping a Cultural Landscape, 1600–1900”
Details
| Type | Symposium |
|---|---|
| Intended for | General public / Enrolled students / International students / Alumni / Companies / University students / Academic and Administrative Staff |
| Date(s) | November 9, 2024 10:00 — 17:30 |
| Location | Hongo Area Campus,In-person and online |
| Venue | 春雨直播app EMP Lounge |
| Capacity | 23 people |
| Entrance Fee | No charge |
| Registration Method | Advance registration required
Registration form After registration, the Zoom URL will be provided via email. You can still register after the workshop has started. |
| Registration Period | October 17, 2024 — November 9, 2024 |
| Contact | ir@hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
This workshop discusses the cultural integration of Maritime Asia through the lens of sugar, wine, and Jawi (Malay languages in Arabic script) documents during 1600–1900.
Over the years, scholars have highlighted the spread of Islam and its literary traditions to South and Southeast Asia as a crucial driving force for the blending of cultures vastly different from the Middle East into a recognized global community. A shift of focus away from European colonial/commercial expansion that tends to dominate writing on the history of the regions has been a key characteristic of the growing field of scholarship. However, this approach, which divorces Europeans from their indigenous counterparts, causes a limitation of our understanding of the history of multi-layered global interactions across Maritime Asia.
This workshop fills this void by focusing on more profound processes of cultural integration stimulated by three objects: sugar, Persian wine, and Jawi diplomatic documents. Examining the interplay of social, economic, and political interests created by them, the discussion reveals how actively both locals and Europeans sought their stakeholder interests, thus shaping an entangled cultural landscape, and explores an oft-forgotten political, economic, and social prologue to the rise of global economy, Western imperialism, and international society in the twentieth century.
Over the years, scholars have highlighted the spread of Islam and its literary traditions to South and Southeast Asia as a crucial driving force for the blending of cultures vastly different from the Middle East into a recognized global community. A shift of focus away from European colonial/commercial expansion that tends to dominate writing on the history of the regions has been a key characteristic of the growing field of scholarship. However, this approach, which divorces Europeans from their indigenous counterparts, causes a limitation of our understanding of the history of multi-layered global interactions across Maritime Asia.
This workshop fills this void by focusing on more profound processes of cultural integration stimulated by three objects: sugar, Persian wine, and Jawi diplomatic documents. Examining the interplay of social, economic, and political interests created by them, the discussion reveals how actively both locals and Europeans sought their stakeholder interests, thus shaping an entangled cultural landscape, and explores an oft-forgotten political, economic, and social prologue to the rise of global economy, Western imperialism, and international society in the twentieth century.
