"Global" and the "Local" in Early Modern and Modern East Asia

The “Global” and the “Local” in Early Modern and Modern East Asia presents a unique set of historical perspectives by scholars from two important universities in the East Asian region—The University of Tokyo (Tōdai) and Fudan University, along with East Asian Studies scholars from Princeton University. Two of the essays address the international leanings in the histories of their respective departments in Todai and Fudan. The rest of the essays showcase how such thinking about the global and local histories have borne fruit, as the scholars of the three institutions contributed essays, arguing about the philosophies, methodologies, and/or perspectives of global history and how it relates to local stories. Authors include Benjamin Elman, Haneda Masashi, and Ge Zhaoguang.

Benjamin Elman, Ph.D. (1980), Gordon Wu ’58 Professor of Chinese Studies at Princeton University, has published numerous studies, including, Classicism, Examinations, and Cultural History (2010), A Cultural Hisetory of Modern Science in China (2009) and Worlds Together, Worlds Apart (5th edition, 2016).Chao-Hui Jenny Liu, Ph.D. (2006), Lecturer of Chinese Studies and Coordinator of the East Asian Program at Princeton University, has worked at The Met, Smithsonian, and New York University and published studies on rituals, figurines, murals, art, and tombs in the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE).