Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia

A research program in global diplomatic history

Historical Treaties of Southeast Asia is a collaborative research program in Global Diplomatic History financed by the Swedish Research Council and running from 2022 until the end of 2027.

A team of seven researchers based in Europe and Southeast Asia investigate the role of treaties and treaty-making in the imperial expansion and colonisation of Southeast Asia from the eighteenth to the early and twentieth century.

The researchers systematically analyse all bilateral treaties concluded between a European, American or Japanese imperial power and a Southeast Asian polity between the eighteenth and early twentieth century. In addition, a selected number of diplomatic treaty-making processes are studied in detail. In doing so, the project aims to bring about a new and more nuanced understanding modern imperialism of relevance not only to Southeast Asia but globally.

 

Seminar: Towards a new global history of Javanese court culture, politics and governance

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Category
Events
Dates
2023-07-13 - 2023-07-14
Venue
Mangkunegaran Palace, Surakarta

Javanese courts and their significance as centers of governance, politics and culture have been the object of meticulous study. Few historians have however ventured to explore these courts and their histories beyond their Javanese or Indonesian contexts. This seminar aims to both decolonize, expand and ‘demystify’ our understanding of Javanese court culture beyond its overemphasized sanctified, ritual-ceremonial role in Javanese society. The aim is to focus on the worldly and human aspects of Javanese courts, and expose their ties to growing processes of global commercial and political interaction, intercultural diplomacy, colonial power.

More information and call for papers.

Call for papers ends 24th of March 2023. 

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